First Customer Quilt

Did you think I had quit doing new projects. I just have a hard time finishing one before starting the next.
This marks a new path in my quilting. A couple came in the store a few weeks age looking for a gift for a granddaughter who is getting married this summer and starting medical school this fall in Omaha. They picked a throw size quilt with a backing that has words of inspiration. It is ready to send off to the longarm quilter. I got to pick the pattern and the fabrics to compliment the brown contemporary floral on the front. I like how it looks and I think the couple will be pleased.

Snow Pictures

I can't resist sharing. 5:15 and still snowing and blowing. School called to say it would start 2 hours late.(ya think?)

All I can say is, its more time to quilt for me.

The direction of the wind is producing the drifts. The yard has 2-3 feet. Poor Tucker. Hard to go when the snow is higher than he is. We are cozy and warm.

Blizzard Day

I would post a picture, but it would be mostly white on white. There is something magical about being cozy and warm inside when it is cold and blowing outside. We went to Fargo this weekend but came home a day early to beat the storm. We ate awesome Thai coconut chicken soup. For breakfast we had my favorite sweet potato pancakes at the Cajon cafe. Lance bought me an early birthday present, a NookColor. I am still learning all it can do, but I love having a book that can be any book I want. Wow! It also has internet, crosswords and sudoku. I am looking forward to the day I read Rachel's novels, snuggled under the covers on another snowy weekend.

My other project is a lap quilt I am making for a Sequence player for his granddaughter. He and his wife picked out the fabric and I get to sew it. I'm putting the rows together, then all it will need is the borders. It is pretty and going together quickly. I'm hoping we don't get plowed out until tomorrow afternoon so I can get it finished.

I am shopping for a new car...thinking about a Ford Fusion hybrid. It has good gas mileage and can be purchased in town. We'll see. I hope it has good traction on snowy roads. Hard to do a test drive, but it is on sale for Presidents Day. Hmmmm.

Still Here

We are still here in the snowy North. It is actually above freezing today. Big chunks of snow and ice are finally slipping off the roof of the house. So satisfying to hear it dripping. I think its fun to breaks the chunks away from the gutters and create a snow cascade. Lance is not so easily entertained.

We go to Fargo this weekend to visit Rhonda and Dave. Time for a road trip. I have started doing some of the customer service email for the Quilt Shop. It amazes me what people will put in an email they would not say face to face. I also volunteered to make a lap size quilt to be given as a wedding present. My first commissioned project for a non-family member.

Work is steady. There is a growing influx of people with the oil boom north of Dickinson. If it spreads south, we should have a bump in our population as well. Good for business, but less quilting time for me. There is a new bakery and coffee shop next door to the quilt shop. Hooray!