Wednesday, November 20, 2013

First Quilt Bee at the new house

I know it has been a while since I posted anything, but I have been really busy. I finally sold the other house. This was a huge leap of faith for me and I am so glad I did it. I love my new home with the largest bedroom to be dedicated as my quilting studio and the long narrow Florida type room with large windows that was made to set a long arm right in the middle of it. Unfortunately there are no lights in this room, so I have purchased two track lights to mount above it. For the studio I have friends coming tomorrow who are not only delivering bookcases for fabric storage, but are staying to help me put them together and fold fabric and start loading them up. This process should empty the living room. My only concern is where to put my project boxes. If I don't finish a project, I put it in a clear styrene box with all the pieces and pattern so that everything will be together when I start back to work on this project. My goal is to finish up some of those projects and not have so many things started at one time.

Tomorrow the Knight Bee is meeting here for the first time and it should be sooooo much fun to share my new space with them. I have an Amaretto cheese cake chilling and will be finishing up the rest of the refreshments tomorrow. Tomorrow will also be spent cleaning and maybe trying to put away some of those items that just can't seem to find a home here. I am thinking, if I haven't used or needed some things for over two months, do I really need them? We shall see........Next week I have a closet to unload and donate most of it, including quite a lot of shoes. Suddenly my feet seem to have grown.

I did sew something this week. I repaired 5 flags to be used in the Columbia Vet's Ride on December 8th. Please contribute to this great cause. You do not have to ride a motorcycle to help. This may be the only Christmas presents these veterans will receive at Dorn VA Hospital.

Sew something, anything.
Margaret