THE QUILTER'S ALLEY

…and  I’m not referring to the incessant snowing this Winter has performed in Connecticut this year.  While I’m a bit tired of ice under foot and being cold most of the time, I’m thrilled when January comes.  The orders from October’s Quilt Market start arriving and it has been,  like I said, a deluge.  I hardly know where to start.

Well  backwards, part of our Art Gallery Fabrics order arrived yesterday.

The KOKKA jacquards and preciously drawn floral are spilling from their bolts in a lucious rainbow.

Aprons are awaiting  this adorable Andover collection of graphically arranged kitchen utensils.

Tote Bags are in heaven with the newly released Alexander Henry canvas-weight prints.

We are also  in serious prep mode for our first show of the season. Samples and kits are being produced assembly-line style by my trusty team of worker bees.

The Gammill is also buzzing constantly.  Not the alarm,  just the beautifully tuned mechanics of  quiltedness.  I am in love  with this machine.  There is a constant flow of quilt projects that keep us going.  The best part is that they are all so different, so it stays interesting.

Stay tuned  for more…

from catching up after the holidays.  I wish I didn’t have to sleep  sometimes, because I have so much to do.  And with all of it going on, the Quilter’s Alley  parallel universe sustains.  

The decorations are down, finally,
the showroom has been reinvented,
January stock has started to arrive,
samples for new lines are in the works,
very pink super hero visits the  store,
the long arm machine is rarely idle,
the final editing of On The Grid continues,
new drawings for Molly’s Quilt must be done (to complement the book)
Classes have started and new classes are filling up 
Super Bowl Sunday sewing event is planned
Show stock is being prepared: March Empire Quilters
The Quilter’s Alley website is updated, again…
whew!
Pictures? Who has time, but…