Wednesday, March 20, 2013

I think Phil lied to us...

Today is supposed to be the first day of spring.  Here the temperature is below 30 degrees.  That is not spring.  I think Punxsutawney Phil lied to us about there not being 6 more weeks of winter.  What do you think?  After all it did snow on Monday....

We are starting to pick up at the shop, so if you have items that you finished up over the winter and would like to have them quilted for spring don't wait much longer!  Besides, we would love to see what you have been working on.

I don't think Char or I have really had time to work on any of our own projects.  Mainly because of the newest smallest blonde who sucks up the greatest portion of my time and my maternity leave which has sucked up most of Char's time.  I think we are both anxious to get started on some things, especially samples for classes for the shop.  Even if I only get in a few minutes here and there, it can really add up.  Wish me luck on that!

What bright spring projects are you working on?  Or are you still paring down your UFO list?  We'd love to hear from you!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Back to Normal - whatever normal is!

I know, it's been a couple of months since we have updated our blog.  We do have a fairly good reason for that!  You may already know, but in case you don't, Jen was off on maternity leave for the birth of her second son.  He decided to make his appearance a little early and Char was left to fend for herself.  Jen is now back to her regular hours and things at the shop are returning to normal.  At least normal for us.  Oh, and everyone is doing just fine!  The little guy is packing on the weight and growing like he should be.

We had anticipated putting out a newsletter and listing some new classes, but things happened rather suddenly and we did not get to do that like we wanted to.  We should have a newsletter out by the end of the month and we are still working on that row quilt of the month to hopefully have a sample in the shop so you can actually see what we are going to be doing.  Of course if you have any suggestions for classes you would like to see offered, please let us know and we will try to work that into the schedule.

Hope you are all doing well as it seems like spring is trying to make an appearance. Which I am super glad about because I am not a cold weather person and winter is my least favorite season.  However, with spring comes rain and mud so we do ask, as we do all through the winter, be careful of your shoes.  You may want to bring an extra pair to change into when you come in to quilt so as to minimize the risk of getting mud on you quilt or batting.  Thank you!