Windy afternoon

Not as rainy, but the wind is picking up now. The lights have flickered a couple of times, but I've got the dress hemmed, and just have to convert the gloves into gauntlets and I will be done. I got a call from the interior designer I sew for from time to time and she has a couple of jobs for me so I am happy about that! I like to keep busy, but not be overwhelmed and this last month has been perfect for that. Now that I've had my lunch I'll go back to the sewing room and get those gloves done, then on to some quilting!

Rain, rain and wind...

It's 9:00 am on Monday morning, and that promised storm is here. The winds aren't bad, but the rain is pouring down. We have flood watches, flood warnings, and wind warnings in effect. What a nice day to be cozy in my house. I don't think I need to go anywhere today, so I will hem the wedding dress, then do some quilting! As long as we have our power I'm a happy camper in the storm. Just hope everything goes ok for my hubby, he's out making sure the mail gets to where it needs to go (wish they could send him home, but you know the postal service!). I'll update later with more pictures, but for now, here is our soggy day:

There's a Big Wind Coming!

Hopefully we won't all blow away - they've even cancelled school for tomorrow! Hopefully the electricity will stay on because I have just been goofing off today and have not even touched the wedding dress I am supposed to be hemming. I think it will be all right because I don't think the bride will want to come out to pick it up tomorrow anyway! I just wish my poor husband didn't have to go out in this mess tomorrow, but neither wind nor rain....



This is that lovely pastel quilt I was so happy with this week. It's really hard to take a good picture of a pastel quilt - they look really washed out. I just did a nice stipple on it, using a soft green thread, and it looks absolutely awesome. I plan to list it on Etsy this week. I am also having a special sale -25% off the featured items in my shop. Don't know if it will help, but I sure have a lot of quilts that I want to get re-homed before the end of the year!

I have been doing a lot of thinking about Etsy, and I think I have been spending way too much time trying to come up with lower priced items, and promoting, and just generally worrying over it. I have decided that I will just continue to put my finished quilts on there, but no more totes or bag tags or checkbook covers. It's not that much fun to work at making all this stuff just so I can have a variety of prices and new stuff to list all the time. Plus that I am having to store and take care of all of it. Not really what I want to do. I want to make quilts. I like making postcards, too. I may check out some other places for selling my quilts. I plan to spend some time promoting my patterns this month, and hopefully get some wholesale going on with quilt shops on the west coast here.

Hopefully I'll be checking in tomorrow evening and letting you know how the big storm goes!