Look what we found hiding in the shop.

"Stumpy" the lizard. I think he thought maybe he was a T-rex, because if he could he would have eaten me for lunch! Little did he realize that in comparison I am the T-rex. Anyway, Stumpy was set free outside, with room to run and play.

Counting buttons.

We are participating in "Play through downtown"

It is in honor of Masters week. We have a tee that is filled with an item related to our shop. In our case buttons. The participants have to go to 9 out of 18 holes and guess how many items are in the tee. The closest to par wins some great gifts.

Here we are counting lots and lots of buttons!

Yea, for swirls.

I quilted this fun and bright quilt this week. It the woman and her daughters first project together. It is lovely and I got to quilt swirls in it. It was lots of fun!

Also note that she did prarie points on it which was a delightful touch.

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.