Second annual Relay for LIfe donation quilt.

This is the second donation quilt that I have made for Relay for Life. I used some relay t-shirts, but because I only had ten I made some nine patches to go in between the t-shirts. Also, I thought the blank t-shirts could be signed by the staff and patients. I enjoyed making this quilt. I do wish I had gotten it done earlier to help raise more money for Relay for Life.

The quilting on this is swirls. I must say that the last two weeks of quilting on the HQ have been soooo much fun!

Pajama class.

Today was the first time we had a kids sewing class at the shop. Jennifer taught it and she had two girls make a pair of pajama pants. They were very different, but they turned out adorable!

A couple of completed quilts.

The swim trunks, ended up on the bathroom door. They do make me smile.

Okay so the quilting is done, now I need to put the binding on it. But, here is some pictures of the quilting.

It was lots of fun to be creative when quilting this quilt.

Okay, so maybe E,W,E in the three inner borders maybe was a little much.....

Quilting, quilting, quilting.

Though, I don't have any pictures, we have been quilting maniacs the last two days at the shop. We have quilted four quilts and have Joyful Days on the machine now. Yee ha! Hopefully I will have some pictures up tomorrow.

Sometimes.....

Sometimes, it is hard to go back and forth from nursing to quilt shop ownership. I work hard at both places and always walk into the shop at 5:00 on Tuesday feeling tired, overwhelmed and a little detached. So, I have a hard time because I feel like I have one foot in one camp and one foot into another. I want to give all I have to the shop, but at the same time sometimes it feels like nursing is safer and easier. I am glad to live in downtown Augusta, but at the same time I miss suburban Alpharetta. I want to make new friends, but at the same time I miss my old ones. Anyway it was just one of the things I am struggling with this week. *sigh*

Boxers or ????

We have this fun pattern in the shop called Boxers or ???
Marie thought that this fabric in the new Windham Storybook collection looked light boxers, so I made the pattern up into these fun "swim trunks." Tonight I added the grommets and the string. Adorable. I think they will look cute on the wall at the "beach."

A great day for a ride.

I couldn't wait to blog about today, so I will fill in the rest of the month later I promise. Robert and I rode our bikes to church today. We did think it was warmer than it actually was, so we wore our summer jackets with the liner in them. I just need to say brrrr. However, after church we took off and rode to lake Strom Thurman. It was still a little cold for my taste but it was a nice day for a ride none the less.

When we got home we took a nap. Yay the joys of being middle aged bikers.

I also got some sewing done.

It really was a wonderful day of rest. *sigh*

Okay the funny thing about the picture is my sassy son who commented that people might think that the Well is a biker bar in downtown Augusta because we parked our bikes right in front of the church.

End of the bolt sale.

Today is National Quilting Day. We had an end of bolt sale at the shop. Finish the bolt and you receive 25% off that fabric. It was a great day, in fact it was the second best Saturday in the shop. We also had a block of the month class going and Jennifer brought donuts for all of, so it was an all around great day. Here is all the bolts that were finished. Woo hoo! Happy quilting everyone!

The 1930's reproduction prints are here.

Story Book V is in. This is a really adorable line from Windham. It was the largest line that I ordered at quilt market. 54 lovely bolts of fabric. I love it. It inspired me to want to make a double pinwheel quilt. Yummy!

The Charm Party Bag

Here's the really adorable Charm Party Bag, made with the "Berry" charm pack from Moda.

I love the blueberry pocket and with the bird button.

Adorable!

Stuff I never thought I would see in Drew's bathroom.

Enough said.

Joyful Days.

This picture doesn't do it justice, but this is the Joyful Days fabric from Quilting Treasures and the pattern that comes with it. We cut it out one Saturday at the shop and Jennifer pieced it for me. I love it! I have a couple of for pay quilts to quilt and then I am going to reward myself with quilting this one. Yee ha!

Another view of the arch.

Here's what the arch looks like complete with quilts hanging on the arch and with bolts of the new Windham Storybook V collection in the flower pot area of the of the arch. It is great the way the arch in the kids area echos the arch at the step.

It has been a good thing to have draw attention to the step into the classroom, and it looks great.

What happens in the quilt shop.....

...gets written on the wall. Honestly, there are some funny and ocaaionally some profound things said in the quilt shop. Usually around the cutting table. The cutting table seems to be like the kitchen in most of our homes. It is the place where people gather, especially since Jennifer suggested we get some stools for people to sit on around it. The four stools have been a nice addtion. We had a lady in recently who does not quilt or sew, but has a neighbor that does and so she brought her neighbor back to see the shop. The non-quilting lady sat around the cutting table and chatted. She said it was almost like being at the neighborhood "Cheers" where it is fun and everybody knows your name. Stuff like that really makes me smile. Occasionally a husband will venture past the husband benches and sit on the stool and visit as well, which is always interesting and entertaining. Anyway, amongst all of that we hear some fun stuff that is getting written on the wall in the office/break room storage area.

Here's a shot of the cutting table "bar" stools.

Drawing for door prizes!

Today is the day we drew for the door prizes. I plan to do this once a quarter. I think we start again on April 1st. It really was fun to give away some great notions. Congrats to the four winners!

Drew gets a hair cut.

Robert and I did a double take when Drew came home tonight with his hair cut. He got about 13 inches cut off, which he is donating to locks of love.
It is adorable, which he probably doesn't want me to say. It does make him look younger that Megan instead of older I don't know how he feels about this. It also is Emo-ish.

Megan makes a skirt.

Megan stopped by the shop today and made this really adorable skirt. (pardon the glare from the sun). The skirt is in a book by Anna Maria Horner. There are several other things in the book that she would like to make. She said she decided that she would leave the quilting to me and might stick to clothes and such.

Anyway, way to go Megan it is an adorable skirt on an adorable young woman.

The arbor.

We have a step up into the classroom area, that people really don't see, because they are busy looking around at all the beautiful fabric and quilts. So, Robert found this arbor at Frog Hollow downtown. Can I just say he hunted well. It is perfect. It has a gate that causes people to stop and hopefully notice the step. I can't wait to get a couple of quilts on it and bolts of fabric in the areas that is supposed to be for plants.

Megan working on her quilt.

Megan is working on the machine applique of the African elepahnts. She is her mother's daughter concentrating with her tongue sticking out.

Moda jelly rolls, charm packs and honey buns.

The Moda jelly rolls, charm packs and honey buns are in and they are lots of fun. We also got in a selection of books that are dedicated to the whole sweet assortment.

Coming home from Atlanta in the SNOW!!!

So, this one time there was a great snow storm in Atlanta, and we got to drive home in it. It was a fun wet spring snow. About 30 miles out of Augusta it turned into rain so we didn't get any snow, just lots of rain.

Nope it's not dandruff it is snow.