Half Way There

Can you believe it?!?!

14 days in a row of blogging!!

Does it feel like you have been Quarantined?

Half of you have probably left the room screaming for your lives...

To a closet....

 Where else can a girl go these days?

lol

You probably feel like this poor lady....

 

Have a watch... You will laugh so hard!

I think we are all there!!

My recently retired husband had decided we need to paint the house....

He had NEVER painted in 35 years of our lives!

We have painted every room in the house....

While the only one I wanted to be in was my sewing room.

It's winter...I earned this time!

Any ways....

I need to thank all of you who participated in 'Elf YourSelf'

on

my Facebook page @secondstoryquilting

I was blown away with the support from far and wide 

as 

well as local.

Social media is new to me but I decided I would give it a shot.

Still a learning curve and with FB changing their platform DAILY

It could be the death of me rather than Covid.

Since Covid has cancelled EVERYTHING.....

Heck...where are we going?

NO WHERE!

Who needs to quilt??

We do!!

What do we need??

Fabric!

Ok...maybe not need...WANT!!

I heard some people had missed our poll for the Bonus day

If you wanted one more day of 'Elfing' you voted 

'Yes...I have been NICE'

If not, it was...

No..I have been Naughty.

The official count was only one Naughty.....

This was the culprit...

My sister, Larissa!!

Whose vote was officially kiboshed...

Due to the fact she DOES NOT quilt

and

could very well received her last quilt  from me!

(Just kidding...Christmas is coming)

Thank you for helping make a small business feel loved!

I hope to surprise you with some inspiration

throughout

 the next few months.

My website is a work in progress.

Second Story Quilting

If you need a backing, batting or other surprise quilty things....

 just send us a text and we will send you options in stock!

I always love a surprise on the back!

I also need to thank my 'in house' Social Media Specialist...

Justin

He has been entrepreneurial since he was a kid...

Since his days of selling Gladiolas at Farmer's Markert

as

12 years old 

to

 Community Shared Agriculture with his Organic Farmer Boy company

He currently is chairperson for Sunrise Community Futures!

Thanks for the help!

MOM...

(Christa)

 

Can you believe it is JUNE 1st today???

Come on, Summer!! Bring it on!!!

Winny and I got all the flowers planted and the pond running.

Now send some heat!!

Justin's CSA garden is doing amazing this year.

What is a CSA?

It is Community Shared Agriculture.

 Justin sells shares(1 share = one box) in his garden in exchange for a box of certified organic vegetables for 10-15 weeks through the summer as things become available.

It shares the risk between the farmer and the consumer in crop failure or success.

He includes recipes for the things he grows as he likes to grow unusual things sometimes.

He calls his company "The Organic Farmer Boy" and is in his 6th year of growing good food.

He also grows gladiolas for a local flower shop and farmer's market. He has grown as many as 7000.

This year, he cut back to 1800. Instead, he went wild with 900lb of potatoes.

A little like his mother...nothing in moderation...something to work on!

On the flower front inside.....Three more rows to go!!

But I think this one definately is calling for some type of border to complete it.

Candy Cane Clothesline stitched up!!

I am using a fusible muslin on the back called Presto Sheer.

 It helps to hide the stitches and give the white a brighter look.

My color choice for thread is DMC 815.

My girlfriend is using a much brighter color, DMC 347.

It will be interesting to see the contrast when the two projects are complete.

Got to go...the sun is shining!!

Christa