Every Tuesday

We have a regular group of sewists who bring their projects to the shop to work on, with Mona’s help – if they need it.  There’s always coffee and cake, a lot of chatter and life in the shop.  They have been or become friends, have lunch together, always offer to bring me something back (yummy c.c. cookie!) and generally represent one artery of our growing business.

A couple of them stayed a bit longer yesterday to quilt for a children’s charity.  With smaller pieces, they make adorable “lovies” with the same precision as they demand of their own quilt projects.  So I got a few shots in.

 

Blog Heaven

We’ve been watching the Martha Stewart Blog all week, waiting to see when the photos from the VIKING Convention would appear.  Well, if you scroll way down, you’ll see us, but I’ve taken the liberty to borrow a couple that we are very proud of. Meanwhile, Martha did a great job capturing what we experienced at the convention.

 

Some beautiful things come our way.

It’s hard to keep up with all the visual beauty that passes through the Quilter’s Alley on a daily basis.  In the last week, I’ve had visits from customers who shared their hard work with us. It’s amazing how creative and prolific people are.  With all that goes on in a life, it is great that people take time to sew. Those of us who do it know how magical it is. In alphabetical order…

 

Sew, but don’t stop blogging.

We are all in the same craft boat with our doubts, insecurities, lack of time, multiple interests.  I, for one, am so sad, in my isolated creative space,  that so many blogs are going away. Blogs I’ve grown attached to. It’s like the blog is just another craft project. that is finally finished.  Are any of you out there noticing this trend?  But people need to hear what you-all-too-busy-to-blog people have to say and what you are making to keep us all feeling okay about what we do. 

Now a yahoo list I just joined about a week ago… this is spooky!

I know there are still many of us out there, online, flickr, blogging, but I’m afraid I’m losing heart myself, with all the “endings.”  Something cheerful to close…

 

 

 

It’s still Sunday here

I think that my time. (EST) is the right time and yet,  the blog day ends early in the Northeast and begins its accounting too early for my taste.   I don’t know what parallel is the guide and measure for this system, but it always makes me feel like I haven’t had a chance to fully experience the blog visits I deserve. Or, I wonder if my blog is just too boring.  That folks don’t find my projects and activities interesting.

I’ve been struggling to fit all the to-do’s into my days lately.  We have another quilt show this weekend, which has crept up on my work schedule.  I barely have a personal life in this quilt business, except that I work with my husband and  being together all day, blends work and personal into a two-for-one. When our daughter visited this weekend, it caused a tiny detour, but just keeping up, maybe the extra laundry, the extra show preparations, the class we hosted yesterday, make macro picture taking and blog journaling seem like monumental feats.

 

 

 

 

But without it, I am insulated in my fabric world to the point of tunnel vision.  I’m really trying to stay connected.