What a Week!

All the fabric arrived – 4.2 miles of it. You can thank my mother for the mileage figure, she’s one of those people that likes to count things. She asked me how many yard there was and my answer was “A lot”. The studio is turned upside down at the moment and will be for the next several weeks as we cut and ship the kits for the Block-of-the-Season program. I snapped a picture of Paul and Mom doubling and rolling the yardage in preparation for cutting. I am so blessed with a wonderful family and friends – my parents came out and helped unload all the fabric and stayed to get started on the cutting. My Dad figured out the mechanics and built the equipment to make it possible. Toni and Mary were real troopers as they also helped unload and carry.

In addition to the fabrics arrival, I've also been working on artwork for the new childrens fabric line for Andover Fabrics. I hope to have something scanned in and ready to show you this next week or two.

The program guides have arrived from the printer and we will begin shipping those out on Monday.

I finished up a quilt for the upcoming issue of “Quilt It for Christmas” published by Quilters Newsletter. I have a few embellishments to add to the surface and then I’ll be ready to send that off as well.

As you can tell there is a lot going on right now and I’m not getting much time to paint and create but just you wait - when this is all behind me I’m going to be creating like mad.

Have a great day.
- Nancy

Throw Out a Life Line

Did you ever have a day when it feels like...BAMM, everything needs to be done right now. This week has been building to it and today’s the day when it all hit or feels like it all hit anyway. I know in my head that everything is okay and the situation really isn’t that bad. Yes there are a lot of things coming up with deadlines but they all have their time line of being completed and that they all will be completed – on time. But I still have to fight that feeling of all a sudden being overwhelmed with responsibilities. I know we all experience it from time to time and it always passes, especially if I get a few things crossed off the list. So that’s my goal for the day, finish up a few things.

It Feels Like Spring!!

What a glorious day!!! The temperature soared to 65, the sun was out and the Robins arrived. I had seen a few on a drive to the post office a few weeks ago but they hadn’t arrived at our house until today. Days like this give me spring fever and I couldn’t resist taking a walk around the studio to see if any crocus, daffys or tulips were peeking their noses up through the ground yet. I knew it’s still too early but I’ve got spring fever! I want to be done with winter – which by the way is back tomorrow as ice and sleet are in the forecast.

Another welcome sight today was the male bluebird. His bright blue color was a welcome sight after all the winter white we’ve had.

The studio has been buzzing. I’m almost finished with the machine quilting on the smaller Holiday Chorus quilt and questioning every day why I didn’t sent it out to be quilted. The bed size quilt will be getting its borders sewn on tomorrow and then it’s off to the long arm quilter. The appliqué and piecing for the magazine project is finished so the next couple of weeks should bring an end to quite a few projects and a great sense of accomplishment – just what I need.

The Glamorous Life

Things have been busy at the studio for the last few days, but as I sit here thinking it over I have a hard time listing what’s been accomplished. Ever have one of those days where you were busy all day but it doesn’t feel like you got much done? Let’s see…500 cardboard boxes have been delivered and stowed away in the warehouse, lots of paperwork has been done, more machine quilting on the Holiday Chorus quilt…Oh and I got three new storage containers for the studio from Target. Paul put them together for me and I cleaned around in the studio one evening. I put all the little stuff that accumulates away in the drawers and organized things a bit. I guess I did get a few things done over the past few days.