tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49050213143338769782024-03-17T20:04:10.980-07:00Dayspring Quilter
Welcome to my blog where I share my quilting, faith and travel journeysMavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-54969524163456865422024-03-02T18:19:00.000-08:002024-03-02T18:19:28.176-08:00Martha...and functioning in your purpose<div class="gs" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: initial;"><div class=""><div class="ii gt" id=":2d" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjkwNTgyNzI1MzAzMTYwNjM2MjkiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci00MDk4ODcwNDM4OTE1MzE5Njk3Il0." style="font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;">Oh man....the Holy Spirit was moving in a powerful way at our service today. Once again our pastor was talking about the importance of functioning in your purpose...using our gifts for His Kingdom. Not just saying "present" when the roll call is called, but using the talents and giftings that He has imparted to us and actually showing up, being invested, and not burying our talents .</p><div class="a3s aiL " id=":1k" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;">Matthew 25 is the Parable of the Talents<br /><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="a3s aiL " id=":1k" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><i><span style="color: red;">14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.</span></i></div></div></div></div><div class="gs" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: left; width: initial;"><div class=""><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjkwNTgyNzI1MzAzMTYwNjM2MjkiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci00MDk4ODcwNDM4OTE1MzE5Njk3Il0." style="font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div class="a3s aiL " style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><i><span style="color: red;">20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’</span></i></div></div></div></div><div class="gs" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: initial;"><div class=""><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjkwNTgyNzI1MzAzMTYwNjM2MjkiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci00MDk4ODcwNDM4OTE1MzE5Njk3Il0." style="font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div class="a3s aiL " style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><i><span style="color: red;">24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’<br /><br />26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.<br /><br />29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’<br /></span><br /></i><span style="color: #222222;">I want to use my talents for His Kingdom. I want my life to have Kingdom value. I find myself at this crossroad (again).... involved in a secular business, asking Him, how exactly do I measure in Kingdom terms, what I do on a daily basis as a business owner?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">I shared this vulnerably in our service today during the Q&A after the service. There were a couple of testimonies after I shared. The consensus was that we may never know how we touched a life or made a difference for His Kingdom. We are to use the gifts He has entrusted to us wherever we are, work, home, in the community . It sounds simple. We need to be surrendered and available for those opportunities to touch the lives of those we come into contact with. But it's so easy to get so overwhelmed with the daily to do list that opportunities to make a difference in someone's life slip away. Heaven forbid!</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbb9qhtfkEYBt_-KMkxyoOCwhmPOWaJXQyCDgHOATfwuS_E4csYMnBW7LoAPJ6yCFN129WBL6WgO_RGH81qXbDZV_5lIKlFiZZmBfxbe4DQJrdUiw7NMq0cv__YJp1EJDlPdpiEVvUBl1PGi4e_tYcOu62ftI_LcfXltA5t9c7bfbne_y4thcgkxjHcgY/s1080/She%20was%20busy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbb9qhtfkEYBt_-KMkxyoOCwhmPOWaJXQyCDgHOATfwuS_E4csYMnBW7LoAPJ6yCFN129WBL6WgO_RGH81qXbDZV_5lIKlFiZZmBfxbe4DQJrdUiw7NMq0cv__YJp1EJDlPdpiEVvUBl1PGi4e_tYcOu62ftI_LcfXltA5t9c7bfbne_y4thcgkxjHcgY/s320/She%20was%20busy.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="adL" style="color: #222222;"><br /></div></div><br /><span style="color: #222222;">A friend once said to me that what would be written on my tombstone would be "she was busy and she made great coffee!". Please Father...not just busy...diligent yes! fruitful, yes! faithful, yes! but not just busy.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">I do find myself busy as a business owner, but my heart's cry and prayer is that it will all be used for His Kingdom and His Glory.</span></div><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjkwNTgyNzI1MzAzMTYwNjM2MjkiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci00MDk4ODcwNDM4OTE1MzE5Njk3Il0." style="font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">Shabbat shalom!</span></div><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjkwNTgyNzI1MzAzMTYwNjM2MjkiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci00MDk4ODcwNDM4OTE1MzE5Njk3Il0." style="font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mavis</span></div><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjkwNTgyNzI1MzAzMTYwNjM2MjkiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci00MDk4ODcwNDM4OTE1MzE5Njk3Il0." style="font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222;"></div><div class="adL" style="color: #222222;"><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div></div><div class="hi" style="background: rgb(242, 242, 242); border-bottom-left-radius: 1px; border-bottom-right-radius: 1px; color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"></div><div class="WhmR8e" data-hash="0" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"></div></div></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-52984719916650528952023-12-31T10:52:00.000-08:002023-12-31T10:52:29.049-08:00In the Rear View Mirror - 2023<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I confess to always being a bit anxious on December 31st. For as long as I can remember in my adult years it has always meant fiscal year end deadlines and making sure all those journal entries and the final bank deposit for the year are done and posted before the GL does its thing and empties out all the net income to retained earnings. For all those non-accounting friends, welcome to the inside of my compartmentalized brain.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I've always been a better performer if there is a deadline looming. In fact, when I was doing my BCom degree, one of my team members told me I was a "just in time performer". Not entirely untrue. And today is no different. I'm just focusing on the absolutely necessary things today before relaxing (for once) and enjoying waving goodbye to 2023. It was a pretty good year as years went. We welcomed two teenage step granddaughters who moved here to Tennessee to live with their father, and a new granddaughter in October. My daughter went from being a single mom in 2021 to a wife and mother to four in 2022 and 2023. I started a new business, complete with a huge renovation to a basically unusable space that was the right configuration. I wrote a blog post about that <a href="https://dayspringquilter.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-reveal.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We have so much to be grateful for. While it's good to look in the rear view mirror, if that's the only place you look, then you won't be focused on the road ahead and that could be downright dangerous. So while I am waving goodbye to 2023, with its trials, growth and blessings, my eyes are set to the future of 2024 and what the Father has in store for me/us.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As far as my creative pursuits this last year, here is a quick photo gallery of those completions:</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeQpgmKY7SLpwkVm-1jWryLA87HwRszBPoLUe158Xb7n7SLAu2Svf2rFQiB7jPA9Ekg8mDlDIIEA1I4wOpu0bf6uR1VLisyd7G0UwFYddNtRxUxlUItj2WpX3RbCPJ0ND5JP4vg3VhxOOj-Y74HsTcRSPGt-SttNnGK8O3eaBVWAyFFSAZl9iRyrViYE/s869/IMG_6510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeQpgmKY7SLpwkVm-1jWryLA87HwRszBPoLUe158Xb7n7SLAu2Svf2rFQiB7jPA9Ekg8mDlDIIEA1I4wOpu0bf6uR1VLisyd7G0UwFYddNtRxUxlUItj2WpX3RbCPJ0ND5JP4vg3VhxOOj-Y74HsTcRSPGt-SttNnGK8O3eaBVWAyFFSAZl9iRyrViYE/w300-h400/IMG_6510.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Baby Quilt finished for family member (Boxy Stars pattern by Bonnie Hunter, Quiltville)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG96k_EQspTardj-M4N5_6dJhvklrxE22aqxu0xRDH9DH7ygdphqIJHV05lV2DKf3u7631gRNL2ZsHRehT9ebgw9PzPdPQIqnBGvXN5txU0DqgGFPctuY-vW9mlZeJQSA2-8TRWegEeOUBIMl1cSV8SisSrvseJ_g2hgtlWs_Y7g67L1uFXQaRPzKNrI/s869/IMG_6528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG96k_EQspTardj-M4N5_6dJhvklrxE22aqxu0xRDH9DH7ygdphqIJHV05lV2DKf3u7631gRNL2ZsHRehT9ebgw9PzPdPQIqnBGvXN5txU0DqgGFPctuY-vW9mlZeJQSA2-8TRWegEeOUBIMl1cSV8SisSrvseJ_g2hgtlWs_Y7g67L1uFXQaRPzKNrI/w300-h400/IMG_6528.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Classic Winnie the Pooh quilt for my new granddaughter (Pattern is Warm Wishes by Project Linus)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7NRx1devsLhWC6D6knuqvlqoIe19cuLyTHYPvWEcVauXaqoQv_YxFT6hKBn2rBIyQywVV4g-CMzopXWn9K6c7O3m6x5EQxlB-3MV5j-_97fHNEiWqKNCxo0sfmiDad-ypY2crgEXbeZe0n9xrQjG-seXMz8DsHICKGKKLxKGypRnCMV6hPJrJfnFLGE/s869/IMG_6529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7NRx1devsLhWC6D6knuqvlqoIe19cuLyTHYPvWEcVauXaqoQv_YxFT6hKBn2rBIyQywVV4g-CMzopXWn9K6c7O3m6x5EQxlB-3MV5j-_97fHNEiWqKNCxo0sfmiDad-ypY2crgEXbeZe0n9xrQjG-seXMz8DsHICKGKKLxKGypRnCMV6hPJrJfnFLGE/w300-h400/IMG_6529.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAb7Uy2G1JWOcuqE62l1NXcIlD0gnoBqTOq_TX2H7VKfk4WXF93vEEu20bArbmeEmW6Ujb0sKM3vlH5zlQmE3QYUAEMxZOI98RIQgxjGm3y0a-Ib3qkF9QUfHjEprqG7F7OPUFhkZhqep-tXNqMcblKlDFg-Ymv-MTWx_kqdQMFDvU3Ws4sZ0dZF580g/s869/IMG_6604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAb7Uy2G1JWOcuqE62l1NXcIlD0gnoBqTOq_TX2H7VKfk4WXF93vEEu20bArbmeEmW6Ujb0sKM3vlH5zlQmE3QYUAEMxZOI98RIQgxjGm3y0a-Ib3qkF9QUfHjEprqG7F7OPUFhkZhqep-tXNqMcblKlDFg-Ymv-MTWx_kqdQMFDvU3Ws4sZ0dZF580g/w300-h400/IMG_6604.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2TXWxtGcAYzevzPIvQB_vhHS9DkobxcvhX2ZtjehRRBa5NEICBIhV6Xp3FFAaC6uZW8Yb7xsUbRUFeneRhS6YrlZXlwEEOYW2qDZ9lcP3bZO5vA8NZzzSWXxEBW0ssCCok7cgzaLXu57Nkke7vq95pt_tkCIOez2JORI9wzn8JhpuNtfnlBUdY5rbVQ/s869/IMG_6704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2TXWxtGcAYzevzPIvQB_vhHS9DkobxcvhX2ZtjehRRBa5NEICBIhV6Xp3FFAaC6uZW8Yb7xsUbRUFeneRhS6YrlZXlwEEOYW2qDZ9lcP3bZO5vA8NZzzSWXxEBW0ssCCok7cgzaLXu57Nkke7vq95pt_tkCIOez2JORI9wzn8JhpuNtfnlBUdY5rbVQ/w300-h400/IMG_6704.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Drunkard's Path - no pattern. I just used my GO cutter and die and played with color/value placement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-URxSwo3mMJRwBQ61aWO3UtrkRK6ZSxR7hpiVasrS5DjkVoJExpt_xLyNP0dp2-oz6MmkhGYyqO7SdzhOVAH-D6q0Ix-EmNMWk8Uj_jui4AQ3fK972UfIKdu30MdRSHURr2jJ4c1M6NmuWeUEOqZuCjxEiwRSGsudYODlljBt_rxqTzVd4zBsNtImH0M/s1545/IMG_6706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1545" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-URxSwo3mMJRwBQ61aWO3UtrkRK6ZSxR7hpiVasrS5DjkVoJExpt_xLyNP0dp2-oz6MmkhGYyqO7SdzhOVAH-D6q0Ix-EmNMWk8Uj_jui4AQ3fK972UfIKdu30MdRSHURr2jJ4c1M6NmuWeUEOqZuCjxEiwRSGsudYODlljBt_rxqTzVd4zBsNtImH0M/w400-h225/IMG_6706.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Stars Quilt - also no pattern. I once again used my GO cutter and value die to make the stars and used the leftovers for a piano key border</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkM3VSqBoyHTXKk3BSWGFVj-gVYcLgtegk4WeJATjyTWrf0N7JreBltbJXAq-md91dAkhsm-009Z07BeBqsFuq3QE4SQWlq-dFYAW2nZRFacp3ris3hnFZyFNHVRrI4X8-hNlJyzBOwrrvixMrTYppHsIyGRUAnWyzqXHP8MTn7hCCYKDGAdlhiwrBsc/s869/IMG_6726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkM3VSqBoyHTXKk3BSWGFVj-gVYcLgtegk4WeJATjyTWrf0N7JreBltbJXAq-md91dAkhsm-009Z07BeBqsFuq3QE4SQWlq-dFYAW2nZRFacp3ris3hnFZyFNHVRrI4X8-hNlJyzBOwrrvixMrTYppHsIyGRUAnWyzqXHP8MTn7hCCYKDGAdlhiwrBsc/w300-h400/IMG_6726.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Time After Time - pattern by Sharon Blackmore of Love Shack Quilts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5Y2d7PiPWaPyxDqj_uj2qXQeW9vLQaXMj67K53oSVz3qmdiddZErFxjYpTe6aUbl876mathwnk4FjEhykKnugWQqGqHVMxDCouU_RbPvZ0t-Xzuo6-yd4VfcaGEcNOet3lDYXonhJoAjSjIFoSDyCKhsolpinWj8H7MOWYVsuYNEjuHS-r0DXvdhKDg/s869/IMG_6730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5Y2d7PiPWaPyxDqj_uj2qXQeW9vLQaXMj67K53oSVz3qmdiddZErFxjYpTe6aUbl876mathwnk4FjEhykKnugWQqGqHVMxDCouU_RbPvZ0t-Xzuo6-yd4VfcaGEcNOet3lDYXonhJoAjSjIFoSDyCKhsolpinWj8H7MOWYVsuYNEjuHS-r0DXvdhKDg/w300-h400/IMG_6730.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNHKAhQ4bsW_urEtoBkwgIVSMNx0zDUX6SkS-Bcat-9_6hnDAtfdq_L6xOpRGLRciWo6cBAD_Ood-_y_XBuoTNNMfsUHKwPKI2oXgI9cCaRnR6Npq6sdDsjWVGbh-rmcimYLZUKSsNOaKzG0Mv2D11ct-xDDCRwt4TQ8ClBcHAzDQStURvSVQEGP9Lo0/s1159/IMG_6744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1159" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNHKAhQ4bsW_urEtoBkwgIVSMNx0zDUX6SkS-Bcat-9_6hnDAtfdq_L6xOpRGLRciWo6cBAD_Ood-_y_XBuoTNNMfsUHKwPKI2oXgI9cCaRnR6Npq6sdDsjWVGbh-rmcimYLZUKSsNOaKzG0Mv2D11ct-xDDCRwt4TQ8ClBcHAzDQStURvSVQEGP9Lo0/w400-h300/IMG_6744.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My logo quilt for new business. Logo printed on cotton at Spoonflower and custom quilted on my APQS Millenium with Quiltpath </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSH0JQvUyqgxPLQRH_6F7glmkMpiItF3xlldhSJQM5HogYlSDlRbZfjxqZ-ANkAa1KHvtfp6SEG6yOyoToWU-ohyxXvezKIcrgkOZGZoroUcCllFv56wSCepQJvz5tdl5YYhfQlW9_ewFdfsCeJE1W-B1OxiMcFdROpYWk0rVEeUt1GQgYusnzROz3FjQ/s886/IMG_6876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="886" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSH0JQvUyqgxPLQRH_6F7glmkMpiItF3xlldhSJQM5HogYlSDlRbZfjxqZ-ANkAa1KHvtfp6SEG6yOyoToWU-ohyxXvezKIcrgkOZGZoroUcCllFv56wSCepQJvz5tdl5YYhfQlW9_ewFdfsCeJE1W-B1OxiMcFdROpYWk0rVEeUt1GQgYusnzROz3FjQ/w400-h393/IMG_6876.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sew In Love - pattern by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And I also released some new quilt patterns in 2023. They can be found on my ETSY shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dayspringquilter" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/shop/dayspringquilter</a> and my website. <a href="http://www.dayspringquiltstudio.com" target="_blank">www.dayspringquiltstudio.com</a> and <a href="http://www.thestitcherytn.com." target="_blank">www.thestitcherytn.com.</a> Print copies available in my shop in Cleveland, TN. There are three more just about ready for release. You can watch for those in early 2024. We are just working on the quilt tops.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCC6QV85HpUmvHgl_o6cjV0h69NWjmpcLH125IRCfeP4I2EUlt6Pszv0bLXvuXneWPsXnWym1B-If2dESz1qLbL1TFjJF5mK7ohB4sEzr540CNK8ZASwmLDz1XYc63LGMWW1sR_-JnR-SLrXfivmggCnmn5RN5EOq0P1RzuIe7KmmcPAsfE2I-WBpvxow/s1854/Tennessee%20Backroads%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1530" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCC6QV85HpUmvHgl_o6cjV0h69NWjmpcLH125IRCfeP4I2EUlt6Pszv0bLXvuXneWPsXnWym1B-If2dESz1qLbL1TFjJF5mK7ohB4sEzr540CNK8ZASwmLDz1XYc63LGMWW1sR_-JnR-SLrXfivmggCnmn5RN5EOq0P1RzuIe7KmmcPAsfE2I-WBpvxow/w330-h400/Tennessee%20Backroads%20Cover.jpg" width="330" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Tennessee Trails<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I designed this quilt after I moved to Tennessee from the West Coast of Canada. The last year has been a big adjustment. Besides culture differences, I am realizing, that in my area of Tennessee at least, the backroads lead everywhere! It may look like a country lane but the GPS seems to know that it’s not a dead end. So this designs reflects the multi directional travel that I enjoy in my beautiful area of Tennessee. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This quilt finishes at 64 1/2 x 75 1/2"</span></p></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAe5Wn-p8B5DaOhMEit-A5x2xCIRk5qdgWSuXyH-TbZCfcYc2DgiGjS_zXKxkZ8QouWnFSt8_ukKZ40klIYIQRxWiB-Se_wTL0-FQ39VNbqaTsFFbRANnwLRl-oCHcGSY7h__7uMYiY3DtcIjQRzVpK-GRKXy35AmpsVpX6KU8qSiMaPuHLH8xruxZuk/s884/IMG_6256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="834" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAe5Wn-p8B5DaOhMEit-A5x2xCIRk5qdgWSuXyH-TbZCfcYc2DgiGjS_zXKxkZ8QouWnFSt8_ukKZ40klIYIQRxWiB-Se_wTL0-FQ39VNbqaTsFFbRANnwLRl-oCHcGSY7h__7uMYiY3DtcIjQRzVpK-GRKXy35AmpsVpX6KU8qSiMaPuHLH8xruxZuk/w604-h640/IMG_6256.jpg" width="604" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Yesteryear</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Yesteryear is my attempt at recreating an antique quilt that I found in an antique store here in Tennessee. This quilt finishes at 97" x 97"</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And this free pattern:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTEvrjU_mZyc6jjwPOGfCAuIH0MjYN9BwOutnjvVC2icoKZ9vl6MTJwfFVzJ1QfktG5zjyU4maGkZDFJzgU0HAAtn3g8PApGpudtAdPPUAORkSfsvFMGXMM08BmPn_k4RltuEdCoO8sTKphXgg8U7sCFSgk4NrnDCGcFCj9qY7aVB-r06w6MIF2QsuBg/s792/Blue%20Scrapbuster%20free.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="677" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTEvrjU_mZyc6jjwPOGfCAuIH0MjYN9BwOutnjvVC2icoKZ9vl6MTJwfFVzJ1QfktG5zjyU4maGkZDFJzgU0HAAtn3g8PApGpudtAdPPUAORkSfsvFMGXMM08BmPn_k4RltuEdCoO8sTKphXgg8U7sCFSgk4NrnDCGcFCj9qY7aVB-r06w6MIF2QsuBg/w343-h400/Blue%20Scrapbuster%20free.png" width="343" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Now back to the fiscal year end part now that the fun last post of the year is done.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hope you have a blessed and prosperous 2024!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">From beautiful Tennessee,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-16681056190081233022023-12-23T15:58:00.000-08:002023-12-23T18:41:13.082-08:00Scrappy Mosaic Quilt - FREE PATTERN<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When we moved and downsized, I passed on a lot of my scraps to friends. It wasn't until I was thinking of designing a scrappy quilt that I missed them...just slightly. Like me, if you don't have scraps, fat quarters will work just as well. Mix it up with your yardage for a truly scrappy feel. Mix in different values, add an accent color, or just mix all the colors together. This is truly a scrapbuster (my favorite!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">All you need to know for this quilt is how to make a four patch. No triangles. No weird angles. Just some mindless sewing while you watch your favorite show or listen to an audio book.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6cgyMyh7AHX-xKVVa1W0fcHnlCB7iULf9-fWEPuyelR_cAaME-euxdRc3uWy2KnpoIkldHfxXh9rHtxZhV_Ps5lF4Rg-N9mP0sHWQcrhR-2-vguLDVJ0uBqv4RscB163Fv8TechJucdoB5cGDfMQPCxFQrqeDY7b1QFA19SZHqRsLZdlHROfhgQB1gU/s437/Four%20Patch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="437" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6cgyMyh7AHX-xKVVa1W0fcHnlCB7iULf9-fWEPuyelR_cAaME-euxdRc3uWy2KnpoIkldHfxXh9rHtxZhV_Ps5lF4Rg-N9mP0sHWQcrhR-2-vguLDVJ0uBqv4RscB163Fv8TechJucdoB5cGDfMQPCxFQrqeDY7b1QFA19SZHqRsLZdlHROfhgQB1gU/s320/Four%20Patch.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So dig out those scraps and let's get playing!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLNhlqqgyVTRYE9Z8RZbihXTBADj9Lg2-bzBxwkR7pqg7N-QmAAITSHkUYZ9xi0GdelPJtDSYxTA_dm489lmaPfsehKckZ1c8nyL8LHIFyHzRC7XUPecCGc8DSRz4-ub_HALghTr6AFw_H2clCtTRpD08-TQhGIw3FlgITA04jLwM3UruAiI93xOwfY0/s792/Blue%20Scrapbuster%20free.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="677" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLNhlqqgyVTRYE9Z8RZbihXTBADj9Lg2-bzBxwkR7pqg7N-QmAAITSHkUYZ9xi0GdelPJtDSYxTA_dm489lmaPfsehKckZ1c8nyL8LHIFyHzRC7XUPecCGc8DSRz4-ub_HALghTr6AFw_H2clCtTRpD08-TQhGIw3FlgITA04jLwM3UruAiI93xOwfY0/w343-h400/Blue%20Scrapbuster%20free.png" width="343" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>The quilt is 58" x 68", perfect for charity quilts or snuggle size.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Free Pattern is available <a href="https://www.thestitcherytn.com/shop/Patterns/QUILT/DIGITAL-PATTERN/p/Scrappy-Mosaic-Quilt-Pattern---FREE-x78372240.htm" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Enjoy! And use the hashtag #scrappymosaicquilt to share your photos.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Until next time,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-51695155855262212132023-10-27T05:04:00.003-07:002023-10-27T05:15:08.198-07:00The Reveal!<p>After months of location scouting with a realtor, lease negotiations, followed by renovations, planning and many, many business lunches, we have finally opened our doors to The Stitchery, our new quilting studio and natural fiber fabric store in Cleveland, TN. By "we" I mean myself and my BFF, Sandi.</p><p>My business was created after my immigration approval. Sandi's was created when we decided that a fabric shop would compliment my quilting/APQS showroom and rental studio nicely. And the vision was born. We are together under one roof. Her business is called Goshen Sewing Emporium. Mine The Stitchery and together we have created a space where creativity, skill, community and fellowship converge.</p><p>We have received so much positive feedback on how beautiful the shop is. I felt that now is the time to show you the transformation.</p><p>We signed the lease in February 2023. It was a glow in the dark mini golf in the back and a barber shop in the front. It was pitch black with black paint on the walls and all the windows were blacked out. The ceiling was black. The floor was black. It was so dark we had to go in with lanterns and flashlights just to measure the space.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8c_PoN-DrUPdgzi3Mar5nmFqcnEXsanqkenclINHjMDVHzzI0sZthWcDuqITGoIQ8oOWNI3kWX9gJoaj5kW_-gmxtM-pgrCCtY8R9Tnb40ka8vsSjm9OigD3UjoQOPAB8NYjikiWH0EFtcean6r85U9m-i525b14xdLmgC4NI0a19N7Cof76n-dHQkHQ/s4032/IMG_4625.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8c_PoN-DrUPdgzi3Mar5nmFqcnEXsanqkenclINHjMDVHzzI0sZthWcDuqITGoIQ8oOWNI3kWX9gJoaj5kW_-gmxtM-pgrCCtY8R9Tnb40ka8vsSjm9OigD3UjoQOPAB8NYjikiWH0EFtcean6r85U9m-i525b14xdLmgC4NI0a19N7Cof76n-dHQkHQ/s320/IMG_4625.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsvmOIKIUUnDGkNgREcquOIunotY8HEVXmKYatAI8b8HR-haYH_OI1FbxjaPWwx6P7bgG5EmENaQBeWIccVVdGxl96pF-NzsWlBaGqPWP0y2UKyaKkxaPXYkUyYO9NfHf32ttQ-sgzo8o04721J8P-TzSaYQ6_nNu_2ERNSbBV5dd8v7Ww1ZhCZJ_moA/s4032/IMG_4621.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsvmOIKIUUnDGkNgREcquOIunotY8HEVXmKYatAI8b8HR-haYH_OI1FbxjaPWwx6P7bgG5EmENaQBeWIccVVdGxl96pF-NzsWlBaGqPWP0y2UKyaKkxaPXYkUyYO9NfHf32ttQ-sgzo8o04721J8P-TzSaYQ6_nNu_2ERNSbBV5dd8v7Ww1ZhCZJ_moA/s320/IMG_4621.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Light is coming from the back door which will be our future classroom entrance.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfr2kPZg7oAKCB5NDRLEh3vY2jcCYDQbtPwhEgEHVsxOBPOa31t9COhYko_F1eBCZA9B3kYmZYHz-2VMOjs3P2XNLmHMEOb1BEJYSpfNZmqRaHxtZAcMSNXM0xRDsk7zj-IV1DW0aBEy0xcPrktqnF4HRjceYLRV-qLJ0IyE7f-naWTFL8L7xE6wOXUg/s4032/IMG_4620.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfr2kPZg7oAKCB5NDRLEh3vY2jcCYDQbtPwhEgEHVsxOBPOa31t9COhYko_F1eBCZA9B3kYmZYHz-2VMOjs3P2XNLmHMEOb1BEJYSpfNZmqRaHxtZAcMSNXM0xRDsk7zj-IV1DW0aBEy0xcPrktqnF4HRjceYLRV-qLJ0IyE7f-naWTFL8L7xE6wOXUg/s320/IMG_4620.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabAgi8uRagqPNHkb0uGpTWVgcEyUtxn7HG5oGfgd5LXuhpo2-u_TNTQK_xYiMZzdKH_m8bDYZkhTCkeoZPcC7syxJAJW8R1zi8hazgx5BeEurSrJpXAPXkiSjTpn7TKRLzE3yt7TUKVIY1Ivp1mG-DVuw89MTRc0gEmyp1H638viEPVrDcjV2klLPA7Y/s4032/IMG_5626.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabAgi8uRagqPNHkb0uGpTWVgcEyUtxn7HG5oGfgd5LXuhpo2-u_TNTQK_xYiMZzdKH_m8bDYZkhTCkeoZPcC7syxJAJW8R1zi8hazgx5BeEurSrJpXAPXkiSjTpn7TKRLzE3yt7TUKVIY1Ivp1mG-DVuw89MTRc0gEmyp1H638viEPVrDcjV2klLPA7Y/s320/IMG_5626.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Our front door.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The square footage was right. The configuration was right. The location was right with good driveby traffic. All that was needed was vision, a good contractor, and as it turns out a whole lot of patience. We signed the lease in February and we have just opened our doors the beginning of October. I'm an optimist by nature and I figured three months and we'd be in business. But this was an eight month buildout. We are still not finished with the interior fixtures for fabric and notions but that should be all done by November 1st.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The biggest delays were waiting for the Landlord to replace the windows and fix the lighting which was non functional. The previous windows were all blacked out and damaged. The contractor had to also wait for the electrical because they of course needed light to prepare our build out. They ended up having to rip off the plywood on the windows to get some natural light and running electrical cords from the outside to some pole lights so that they could start the buildout and meet the deadline. They were great to work with and as it turned out, brothers in the faith.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHb8RP6BZu-mSnLLMi7nkON1IR14qgULq-7-LBhA_zocFHe1JfeiKli6LyNI3TSDSsYXJSwxW57NVkKoBAlEIwDPSE01jjNiRa9oP9fqqN2NEmTN3C0F5jKtMZfEMutX5MZOVNmn8eDn1gLQRSkxjrv9nCpWhoOUC4NovZ3NvZ40eNZJ3oQ30E2a7HLTs/s4032/IMG_5662.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHb8RP6BZu-mSnLLMi7nkON1IR14qgULq-7-LBhA_zocFHe1JfeiKli6LyNI3TSDSsYXJSwxW57NVkKoBAlEIwDPSE01jjNiRa9oP9fqqN2NEmTN3C0F5jKtMZfEMutX5MZOVNmn8eDn1gLQRSkxjrv9nCpWhoOUC4NovZ3NvZ40eNZJ3oQ30E2a7HLTs/s320/IMG_5662.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Demo days. They broke through one window to add light and a quick way to get refuse into the dumpster.<div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI6RM57bDDs9q6aJ_3zbBabLSE-EJe43_2I8rgpHj82efAruSgIEqfhhu3Ezi-hX9ylLYGfzQ5aqjNK4RKIG8lyl9GKGPxMSr26Nvh-EjZi1PABxiKsFnoqn3nldM71bGkFwXdJMciIQZbGNsIfUMJU_tJJ1BzvpiqnT1GuNXAYMdhIMPTpIoUJn44to/s4032/IMG_5670.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI6RM57bDDs9q6aJ_3zbBabLSE-EJe43_2I8rgpHj82efAruSgIEqfhhu3Ezi-hX9ylLYGfzQ5aqjNK4RKIG8lyl9GKGPxMSr26Nvh-EjZi1PABxiKsFnoqn3nldM71bGkFwXdJMciIQZbGNsIfUMJU_tJJ1BzvpiqnT1GuNXAYMdhIMPTpIoUJn44to/s320/IMG_5670.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So dark!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMIrWSISPeAFR_qhTWLtXGoH1AHGUI_1ed6mqTvAh7OMTK5m1RD1KwoauqQpwbhaOtO60R-Y5-2JRvBrHHnX6g0fEp8G8rALQKUu3IIsj7dJkbZdg2I61Ov8P1s8Rba-Jht8V_9GyPjd5N2d0Cg7Css5U_xwBAKIAOwC1zHlrY7w4FbprDbbBaJ6TEVg/s4032/IMG_5671.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMIrWSISPeAFR_qhTWLtXGoH1AHGUI_1ed6mqTvAh7OMTK5m1RD1KwoauqQpwbhaOtO60R-Y5-2JRvBrHHnX6g0fEp8G8rALQKUu3IIsj7dJkbZdg2I61Ov8P1s8Rba-Jht8V_9GyPjd5N2d0Cg7Css5U_xwBAKIAOwC1zHlrY7w4FbprDbbBaJ6TEVg/s320/IMG_5671.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using what natural light they could, they began framing rooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrogUlqHja9wwPD7iuEts6-RIMDsa7GWKdAzhYUDrp2n97cYLRVP_MSzbBX_vZeAM-ruU3_w12_gV2aboLqisuoRHflfnWr_8l84JFQ3hvbE9SV_OuU7_OGMesxsTPkKpLiAc14zy18sOy2NHdauqA7uEjwth5D0Ba9KFXd3oeGJ_jthC8lfvJ7k6ffE/s4032/IMG_5708.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrogUlqHja9wwPD7iuEts6-RIMDsa7GWKdAzhYUDrp2n97cYLRVP_MSzbBX_vZeAM-ruU3_w12_gV2aboLqisuoRHflfnWr_8l84JFQ3hvbE9SV_OuU7_OGMesxsTPkKpLiAc14zy18sOy2NHdauqA7uEjwth5D0Ba9KFXd3oeGJ_jthC8lfvJ7k6ffE/s320/IMG_5708.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Scraping off the black paint on the windows to get more light. It was very labor intensive and I think they scrapped the idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVvcC2sMV6AmFD71YCzwdZBYlxU9jAHaSQcV-NRTkIHHWCMD_SUzulUJvRd0UB8q_xkR6hwZYO0u9C17CX1Wi1hB6k7IuZ2tJNOYMwjVP24iSBicRTITMkuRCtI52a6irsF580akXLlvKrTpBGeXgzYleFajF5hRS88aD4Qod9hcwd54nUssR_9kLllI/s4032/IMG_5707.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVvcC2sMV6AmFD71YCzwdZBYlxU9jAHaSQcV-NRTkIHHWCMD_SUzulUJvRd0UB8q_xkR6hwZYO0u9C17CX1Wi1hB6k7IuZ2tJNOYMwjVP24iSBicRTITMkuRCtI52a6irsF580akXLlvKrTpBGeXgzYleFajF5hRS88aD4Qod9hcwd54nUssR_9kLllI/s320/IMG_5707.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>This area will be our checkout counter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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What a difference!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8v21V23ARy1qao177BDHG-Pt3zhepdXLjUi0dZkV4hh9knx8NdprIfDB-AB5_RuLnGcEJYCW3AEqJSkdGV6FhCJb9T1IuLNREgKwOV65hyOixBfvyIjFS3PVMmZcJzd7A6GPrjHbTvgdOuGTJwQBVdYqCgi6bZMryi3tC4NO4c8_prwKGzkT5Pgwjyo/s4032/70976017865__F9D009E5-A317-46FC-A27E-73F7719DC11A.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8v21V23ARy1qao177BDHG-Pt3zhepdXLjUi0dZkV4hh9knx8NdprIfDB-AB5_RuLnGcEJYCW3AEqJSkdGV6FhCJb9T1IuLNREgKwOV65hyOixBfvyIjFS3PVMmZcJzd7A6GPrjHbTvgdOuGTJwQBVdYqCgi6bZMryi3tC4NO4c8_prwKGzkT5Pgwjyo/s320/70976017865__F9D009E5-A317-46FC-A27E-73F7719DC11A.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Waiting for the new windows.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrxWJcF5KpnvF09MnJIMgeYNRg8ZqVaQl2ZjOLt-C3XrrComxtFLcysbemN9FRaDOwe_CCfTtW_ZEAd6-1ZfZWSxCYkNqqFnUZHbsBeV7vGTx65BeMal_y_SkVzau1yOUc-jLmFpe7La_7BZGutGiBuFyj_VZAWLUyEe-wiveIyvU9gMFgDLUwQpGNJA/s4032/70976019604__FCFFDA54-ED83-4804-92D0-534EE362BBA1.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrxWJcF5KpnvF09MnJIMgeYNRg8ZqVaQl2ZjOLt-C3XrrComxtFLcysbemN9FRaDOwe_CCfTtW_ZEAd6-1ZfZWSxCYkNqqFnUZHbsBeV7vGTx65BeMal_y_SkVzau1yOUc-jLmFpe7La_7BZGutGiBuFyj_VZAWLUyEe-wiveIyvU9gMFgDLUwQpGNJA/s320/70976019604__FCFFDA54-ED83-4804-92D0-534EE362BBA1.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It's taking shape.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_E5Kd6-wWCmmuN1o4HzWQxgMo9yQJ4cnfbm7kTSLuYtxD7U1hkmUX8EyjGgRNljT2y8nLHNZKyuFDWMLO5rIGsmD7yxyOdQG1joOuh9zu78oL5J3NsS9Bg1lbtfKKDFMFLGGPLvJt47rhoTgnpv036SWZGYg5EeSQ_o6RODNTJQh215ocGnSM3Dz7CKE/s4032/IMG_5854.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_E5Kd6-wWCmmuN1o4HzWQxgMo9yQJ4cnfbm7kTSLuYtxD7U1hkmUX8EyjGgRNljT2y8nLHNZKyuFDWMLO5rIGsmD7yxyOdQG1joOuh9zu78oL5J3NsS9Bg1lbtfKKDFMFLGGPLvJt47rhoTgnpv036SWZGYg5EeSQ_o6RODNTJQh215ocGnSM3Dz7CKE/s320/IMG_5854.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Future space of inspiration!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28deTBHkfChlKeT9C3NWDnRV2kPKWMuThPOt478e7DQ2WODDYeSB5r8n0-UHaLkou7DskwA7sHzJsN7GumoXj4N5vrBhGE7YDiDhh0En2J7_oUsA5bd_YMLbzW5X_fjOOukqyyqTs43X8JL-UAJUiNA4nAtBi_w5Woyn9Dnriudvx40iT2VIMI5NwO74/s4032/71035511450__2592A176-42C8-4C83-ADE3-94045E8DA92A.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28deTBHkfChlKeT9C3NWDnRV2kPKWMuThPOt478e7DQ2WODDYeSB5r8n0-UHaLkou7DskwA7sHzJsN7GumoXj4N5vrBhGE7YDiDhh0En2J7_oUsA5bd_YMLbzW5X_fjOOukqyyqTs43X8JL-UAJUiNA4nAtBi_w5Woyn9Dnriudvx40iT2VIMI5NwO74/s320/71035511450__2592A176-42C8-4C83-ADE3-94045E8DA92A.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYj2dSdOevfm7jOgdhcXVO4vTKNpJXEMvKbaoSuM-omco1N5BEBM5D2fO89Nw9rQ4OluI-BF9g9OxbTaNdce-bTwFFFYSfiaCSkmXkKiH5cARQ_4qUQZvkRmMfyS3jXIJ4jYaeHb2aDZ53hf7vbZikS4PcH7pVNWj49oY0EI-6JHfpQCqftA_JatFF-A/s4032/IMG_5874.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYj2dSdOevfm7jOgdhcXVO4vTKNpJXEMvKbaoSuM-omco1N5BEBM5D2fO89Nw9rQ4OluI-BF9g9OxbTaNdce-bTwFFFYSfiaCSkmXkKiH5cARQ_4qUQZvkRmMfyS3jXIJ4jYaeHb2aDZ53hf7vbZikS4PcH7pVNWj49oY0EI-6JHfpQCqftA_JatFF-A/s320/IMG_5874.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the drywall gets added, it sure makes a difference! And we are loving our floor choice. 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The storage locker is now empty.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_O2AS905EOyugs8Bdsisl7XKFvmJewYREhhlviSrnz5YFYnTpCUukqSzxnZ4yY0qk-B3Y8Fq4oLiKbxiVGXxd_3uI4g27ggvKxQEyi-6z3gc0qDmpDLLwD2_CLBPwj21bTW8LDA_Ke5t9G5qRzGzlUMiL7LcGh3fWX3nxmtFmfpMCD2-dmd-8xJeQZg/s4032/IMG_6415.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_O2AS905EOyugs8Bdsisl7XKFvmJewYREhhlviSrnz5YFYnTpCUukqSzxnZ4yY0qk-B3Y8Fq4oLiKbxiVGXxd_3uI4g27ggvKxQEyi-6z3gc0qDmpDLLwD2_CLBPwj21bTW8LDA_Ke5t9G5qRzGzlUMiL7LcGh3fWX3nxmtFmfpMCD2-dmd-8xJeQZg/s320/IMG_6415.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>"Extreme excitement inside". 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The president of AQPS came to help assemble machines. That was such a blessing. We had a chance to have some great discussions about the company and his goals for the future. I love APQS!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RlPpCrd2cxvlndHBeozQn0DF3S3HgWGnvI8wH7omf5B9YipyIKl27lciCwaD1BU_qwur-7PXZM9o0cQc3oQZo0xf94JWjah66r5j2XHns92nsVci9V9OzIvec-buhKIKNTh0PdWNCH1bjbqkl-V85iGAjBUiycISvnFXutAzjWFTRkD9rqd69t6HJiY/s4032/IMG_6454.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RlPpCrd2cxvlndHBeozQn0DF3S3HgWGnvI8wH7omf5B9YipyIKl27lciCwaD1BU_qwur-7PXZM9o0cQc3oQZo0xf94JWjah66r5j2XHns92nsVci9V9OzIvec-buhKIKNTh0PdWNCH1bjbqkl-V85iGAjBUiycISvnFXutAzjWFTRkD9rqd69t6HJiY/s320/IMG_6454.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr1BGHyvcQqIQxVgwLWIScrjNjk4CaF4A73pXae4aJ047fID6_Az1wioQUt5nR79VfUOFVwiTMESM72Y-ePEwKZJSc8Pr3q9YVxpFb9klfT3vM_qNENW7J-VaQXs0xdObS1S1b12ENQjojcEs5aKH9pLNWKrcSzWyGLkN4lVblChhP3f59bQsoy_ZjF0/s4032/IMG_6455.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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There is a field straight outside and a church to the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VJJELFYonuyqz2Nt_L8IYNonogSvMRnOgAMRRGoy0cLezyW0bWjtJPWLz4WgOms92ypzRxmqA50h9D0Ll_D-HR35l05FJ0erIdDc0Lco2g6kbwjkQ7wFf87eKdfdP85zdk-Yx9v6SrY6D1TK1DpfcIbUbon8Feiy108zUTkJEohpGJGYo8-yvG6A8rQ/s4032/IMG_6461.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VJJELFYonuyqz2Nt_L8IYNonogSvMRnOgAMRRGoy0cLezyW0bWjtJPWLz4WgOms92ypzRxmqA50h9D0Ll_D-HR35l05FJ0erIdDc0Lco2g6kbwjkQ7wFf87eKdfdP85zdk-Yx9v6SrY6D1TK1DpfcIbUbon8Feiy108zUTkJEohpGJGYo8-yvG6A8rQ/s320/IMG_6461.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My son-in-law came to help as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-7ufcuXjhjpznb1Sh_tGtAUNIIeoxgQZ6WPn68NLv6cjNcJ06JO5wtPRR54_Sj4GzTtyA2QQ9objjFefesyl-g2Edoow6aF5B-k1Kn2Xy-wMfpggkukz0h2eG74-7sGt06pFa8JHK41fjV8SmxSXHtPqi8YxB6lOJeXZw6CqGcOA5uGyXp7rh-NYQnY/s4032/IMG_6462.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-7ufcuXjhjpznb1Sh_tGtAUNIIeoxgQZ6WPn68NLv6cjNcJ06JO5wtPRR54_Sj4GzTtyA2QQ9objjFefesyl-g2Edoow6aF5B-k1Kn2Xy-wMfpggkukz0h2eG74-7sGt06pFa8JHK41fjV8SmxSXHtPqi8YxB6lOJeXZw6CqGcOA5uGyXp7rh-NYQnY/s320/IMG_6462.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It's beginning to look like a long arm studio.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhAt1J1UuU9HyA3-7aM_7M7MTkPzAZQWaRh2wiMoy404j9yczCEZ8sD3PKkpvAKi8HGvL2PnilOlrIY6T_IiFmxxFt9wvay_yOMdU_Sij4d17CFki-WWbT3ivrr4ZfXQ0ei1Dyc4uh5tE1OBDf5_ytQTMr7bEuVXoKme5X_90HsxXlAm3AnFJV6J1szY/s4032/IMG_6463.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhAt1J1UuU9HyA3-7aM_7M7MTkPzAZQWaRh2wiMoy404j9yczCEZ8sD3PKkpvAKi8HGvL2PnilOlrIY6T_IiFmxxFt9wvay_yOMdU_Sij4d17CFki-WWbT3ivrr4ZfXQ0ei1Dyc4uh5tE1OBDf5_ytQTMr7bEuVXoKme5X_90HsxXlAm3AnFJV6J1szY/s320/IMG_6463.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAvpxYCesyQ9ryUjgvrMu61nWtdhGD9ArqrG0czOW6LW4cwIixCRZUgH-4ZEbmdoZDDQUjLfA6lE5870PUQcBS_-S2kDpPTBnou9brcRi0jL8xRWdnQ2ZiQmj4_OKjpgzmAOoUSK5_4fI03o-2VMbrp8En6lrV2DT3tJ5GMCml2tEBotz4IOMf5WsAbQ/s4032/IMG_6464.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAvpxYCesyQ9ryUjgvrMu61nWtdhGD9ArqrG0czOW6LW4cwIixCRZUgH-4ZEbmdoZDDQUjLfA6lE5870PUQcBS_-S2kDpPTBnou9brcRi0jL8xRWdnQ2ZiQmj4_OKjpgzmAOoUSK5_4fI03o-2VMbrp8En6lrV2DT3tJ5GMCml2tEBotz4IOMf5WsAbQ/s320/IMG_6464.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The front room blocked out for the element of surprise. Fabric starts arriving soon.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJuR1IRB2D05UD4LCIk4HLT0gxJUWxUGrktn6BDa_i2jFFYXrY0uML2eal7afrytcj1spUDi7ua9JwDsCkydXAg-OYgHENZW4hIVDbK0zkUniACZPmr17gIbDdRNp-EL5xaPqelAg8e0QKO1hxW0pTAnqzNq_DyvcNivciuagS5V7Id2paJxdxMkrLOI/s4032/IMG_6465.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJuR1IRB2D05UD4LCIk4HLT0gxJUWxUGrktn6BDa_i2jFFYXrY0uML2eal7afrytcj1spUDi7ua9JwDsCkydXAg-OYgHENZW4hIVDbK0zkUniACZPmr17gIbDdRNp-EL5xaPqelAg8e0QKO1hxW0pTAnqzNq_DyvcNivciuagS5V7Id2paJxdxMkrLOI/s320/IMG_6465.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hydraulic lifts being added to the rental machines for customer comfort.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-Y2mKSNHAgpK1abdHVKucrHpO9q8vHZsIrkRIprHWiizKrF9KmFL6XHBf6as_gzU56j6oOzsdItECrKstU6S8lguhsZ1OAt42aS3Szud-RdkYu7jm_Vx_PAFxMS5RtXyeG6iZTznB7-ylQZqHce_soNaJxPjF1M3MAOxynFtnruY23x0C0lOudAHPV4/s4032/IMG_6467.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-Y2mKSNHAgpK1abdHVKucrHpO9q8vHZsIrkRIprHWiizKrF9KmFL6XHBf6as_gzU56j6oOzsdItECrKstU6S8lguhsZ1OAt42aS3Szud-RdkYu7jm_Vx_PAFxMS5RtXyeG6iZTznB7-ylQZqHce_soNaJxPjF1M3MAOxynFtnruY23x0C0lOudAHPV4/s320/IMG_6467.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The classroom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURLAkWEdEbec5y_XkRFN-GkFhcGVFyo38a74wZCpllYPlGYxvK5BYar1rNwoJ8lLTFgDGzL6VgjxnvgFqRoeA6xbAn4FpNr8b86TVnn8mhj5PYJfUqST_kpiGm5C_WneO6Ler7KV_lSxQTL266aKF3kwR3bOk6ywau5LY63qq6R8P9g3vv6Q8cRm8iIA/s4032/IMG_6470.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURLAkWEdEbec5y_XkRFN-GkFhcGVFyo38a74wZCpllYPlGYxvK5BYar1rNwoJ8lLTFgDGzL6VgjxnvgFqRoeA6xbAn4FpNr8b86TVnn8mhj5PYJfUqST_kpiGm5C_WneO6Ler7KV_lSxQTL266aKF3kwR3bOk6ywau5LY63qq6R8P9g3vv6Q8cRm8iIA/s320/IMG_6470.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>All four machines in place (Larry is outside the Stitchery)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Xq9z0PFeRgTuWvU8CU-Fcl9Un_YQFTyMv9gvL2j0mB393-jo-1yw7ZGk-BfKWELSf_8LkG0KMF2xYIpCS4MF-lNaiJyFfoJCXOhY8tjYgWVDeP5E6YRLvEb-PczNBk71BjLyu1l8WTG9-SHZsFhau8yND3APBQ2BgEVUspTJIjzLEpx07WQ_7HYUiR0/s4032/71565181406__7A22FBE9-8703-4AEF-ABC0-257D71F98D89.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Xq9z0PFeRgTuWvU8CU-Fcl9Un_YQFTyMv9gvL2j0mB393-jo-1yw7ZGk-BfKWELSf_8LkG0KMF2xYIpCS4MF-lNaiJyFfoJCXOhY8tjYgWVDeP5E6YRLvEb-PczNBk71BjLyu1l8WTG9-SHZsFhau8yND3APBQ2BgEVUspTJIjzLEpx07WQ_7HYUiR0/s320/71565181406__7A22FBE9-8703-4AEF-ABC0-257D71F98D89.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Fabric bolts getting ready for pricing.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsaI_DJffQ7BeuR7VNd0FuVa7T3mCE1MnNyBFy-bRWHuBBwWluOyDMpdk-9BTwb37jegvUCrL9lLgxfZcttffdBkbxepBxC2l7B2W_asrL0_Lqh9fUKHj36aa-ub6vKLsofpUbYNDEKCZsdGcvronBvVPInKdYQEK42w9k1pqn9QmzyN2oBWEAn7uC6A/s4032/IMG_6534.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsaI_DJffQ7BeuR7VNd0FuVa7T3mCE1MnNyBFy-bRWHuBBwWluOyDMpdk-9BTwb37jegvUCrL9lLgxfZcttffdBkbxepBxC2l7B2W_asrL0_Lqh9fUKHj36aa-ub6vKLsofpUbYNDEKCZsdGcvronBvVPInKdYQEK42w9k1pqn9QmzyN2oBWEAn7uC6A/s320/IMG_6534.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Every longarmer needs a thread rack. This one was built by our retired contractor/carpenter friend Bud. He also built the cutting table.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-SfJ8Sn3oATOwxWN6CuETeuHJ6GKu-kbgaOzAc1SGT1fpyhZ3OiJ9-TE_YKn8zs9HV7rLS5s0ulLi_z-EQmli1r3-afqPp1TIAGnHWUZX8vbkBdw0iBuibzlEVlK2CplAgU03yCDwKqFG7XJErnXFLwL00Bo_kpa_1UZ0XK7g6PSK4MZlhtwKvP-pGs/s4032/IMG_6535.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-SfJ8Sn3oATOwxWN6CuETeuHJ6GKu-kbgaOzAc1SGT1fpyhZ3OiJ9-TE_YKn8zs9HV7rLS5s0ulLi_z-EQmli1r3-afqPp1TIAGnHWUZX8vbkBdw0iBuibzlEVlK2CplAgU03yCDwKqFG7XJErnXFLwL00Bo_kpa_1UZ0XK7g6PSK4MZlhtwKvP-pGs/s320/IMG_6535.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My son-in-law, Jordan, hung curtain rods to hand quilts.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnGeLd-KrDapDfB103HeMA2cEEuw82S5kySZQDEBfFSvwXsp00szbbCMH5NaoGfp0fCFdNBgY870qZHygK8U6d2-IR8WuIKJQtTno-WgKgJqI4NTxcGo0FYnTKEKkz7MV5caNP1y7d38s_oa3zLZxbMT5Lwv1DITrqamgR2e_W4dMfnwqJEioPDVJ-Ds/s4032/IMG_6536.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnGeLd-KrDapDfB103HeMA2cEEuw82S5kySZQDEBfFSvwXsp00szbbCMH5NaoGfp0fCFdNBgY870qZHygK8U6d2-IR8WuIKJQtTno-WgKgJqI4NTxcGo0FYnTKEKkz7MV5caNP1y7d38s_oa3zLZxbMT5Lwv1DITrqamgR2e_W4dMfnwqJEioPDVJ-Ds/s320/IMG_6536.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZvi5M6oBIWGaRrkw1JlXIbWtmgosIR_0SAUvQuO4nBX36TaUZHiOSn1KxJNoPEnxQYmv9fnRKrOkmWFLjHE7sn-4DXmh4DQFcbsBYJFpFDDDX3vUIALIjuJlYAsMc0yj8CDdXpWFekiNgZCgcd4ZGRk4uPSf-Nhd-1wfBPd2XmAxB9aBLCCPYoCTnfA/s4032/IMG_6539.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZvi5M6oBIWGaRrkw1JlXIbWtmgosIR_0SAUvQuO4nBX36TaUZHiOSn1KxJNoPEnxQYmv9fnRKrOkmWFLjHE7sn-4DXmh4DQFcbsBYJFpFDDDX3vUIALIjuJlYAsMc0yj8CDdXpWFekiNgZCgcd4ZGRk4uPSf-Nhd-1wfBPd2XmAxB9aBLCCPYoCTnfA/s320/IMG_6539.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My daughter and grandson popped in and helped hang the decal on the front door. The whole family has been involved in this venture.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrZZkDLpvJ7Hb3VsIV_VB3FCOUpxff9x5gvkeSqVYxU4tuUImjnh2sL3PdyNjQzr-1IaCM84asdf0g3Cc6MZCBc9Dx_AEvf47eb7Dnfwm-Os13Ejo3cdOQIPh6o1_vch82qXJcU9UGRn1aN3HPlTkHYNDgE_y9YPh7zMBusFXa7c7o_xq45HVJH1AEXI/s4032/IMG_6541.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrZZkDLpvJ7Hb3VsIV_VB3FCOUpxff9x5gvkeSqVYxU4tuUImjnh2sL3PdyNjQzr-1IaCM84asdf0g3Cc6MZCBc9Dx_AEvf47eb7Dnfwm-Os13Ejo3cdOQIPh6o1_vch82qXJcU9UGRn1aN3HPlTkHYNDgE_y9YPh7zMBusFXa7c7o_xq45HVJH1AEXI/s320/IMG_6541.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3cuZMcmQbFxOF97nE5ogmBj_V1jFRtQd3ydJSQpSxgnZz5E2GD2mVksPcc5Jg0cHnadLlZs4YpeXm1yKzc3lWaKV4UmkYdL8LuiR5dmYt-VrarvLnFYGjIa041N-0TEhyrq64oFYARv1TziRvQZYlhRd7CtHzHFjCcYMmNSI4B96JBg0l0zG0OSUy7Q/s4032/IMG_6542.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3cuZMcmQbFxOF97nE5ogmBj_V1jFRtQd3ydJSQpSxgnZz5E2GD2mVksPcc5Jg0cHnadLlZs4YpeXm1yKzc3lWaKV4UmkYdL8LuiR5dmYt-VrarvLnFYGjIa041N-0TEhyrq64oFYARv1TziRvQZYlhRd7CtHzHFjCcYMmNSI4B96JBg0l0zG0OSUy7Q/s320/IMG_6542.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Time to load a quilt and get these babies tested and ready for renting.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgRYNoRMqB4ISoAs9cAd8L93j1MhLKqlCRJfw-zgmPCVinntwPkdArpAF5zzIim-gGW3EYG0Z_swCviblW0o579kX2pRzp1VbRFMizNA9UErCQPuqkF3qDyGLSipetv8g2SxqpXD1hqklnHsU1X-hHoAgq85ceVd6eIIwTmdRvK7BPiqfEnL254pYQxc/s1920/IMG_6545.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgRYNoRMqB4ISoAs9cAd8L93j1MhLKqlCRJfw-zgmPCVinntwPkdArpAF5zzIim-gGW3EYG0Z_swCviblW0o579kX2pRzp1VbRFMizNA9UErCQPuqkF3qDyGLSipetv8g2SxqpXD1hqklnHsU1X-hHoAgq85ceVd6eIIwTmdRvK7BPiqfEnL254pYQxc/s320/IMG_6545.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I had a vision of a quilted logo quilt. I sent our logo to Spoonflower to have it printed on a 45" wide piece of white fabric. All that remained was some quilting around the logo.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kjtBy2QNfbFkg-5lMmu-LEAizh6TMaa7E4zDwZ-S2kouzWzOgxEXc28qNypiVTdfOHmfA_tsIVDBBvfuGEE6g-6tMCTMoPuJrcMU2RpePjN5082Pfe5aCaCgZaLclTcBt7oJl5x4jpDXprrzbZG1tL4Qt5Wzmc2a2kBw2b1xUEMh0vrkWCKwxTjOGGU/s4032/IMG_6716.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kjtBy2QNfbFkg-5lMmu-LEAizh6TMaa7E4zDwZ-S2kouzWzOgxEXc28qNypiVTdfOHmfA_tsIVDBBvfuGEE6g-6tMCTMoPuJrcMU2RpePjN5082Pfe5aCaCgZaLclTcBt7oJl5x4jpDXprrzbZG1tL4Qt5Wzmc2a2kBw2b1xUEMh0vrkWCKwxTjOGGU/s320/IMG_6716.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ewv_0Lwo882gCqH5DwyMkKKcBq_bp8Bk9oG0lxMXyT_gDGuDPXDlqJsu5ZsPRxEZb6aftob5We3jhlbzdlX0eRLNhwQ-8gf8OQcv3fUfTu25fqRK9zi1tB8SyBQg8JH9BqJurYYPjvMEyYPpYsPGaHYCzRgZ9F3D4L_MjVHmyfjB4spkGeVwkaP6144/s4032/IMG_6731.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ewv_0Lwo882gCqH5DwyMkKKcBq_bp8Bk9oG0lxMXyT_gDGuDPXDlqJsu5ZsPRxEZb6aftob5We3jhlbzdlX0eRLNhwQ-8gf8OQcv3fUfTu25fqRK9zi1tB8SyBQg8JH9BqJurYYPjvMEyYPpYsPGaHYCzRgZ9F3D4L_MjVHmyfjB4spkGeVwkaP6144/s320/IMG_6731.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More quilts being hung by Jordan.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We wanted an awning over the front door for a couple of reasons. 1) we needed some good signage on the front of the store because we are bit tucked away from the street frontage. 2) we loved the idea of having our corporate colors displayed outside and a cute scalloped edge was very appealing too. We used Bradley Awnings in Cleveland. They do excellent work!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGV_po5IPQLTn94R_z-u4j80uCrjWtuS_oYlHZekSiajfJ6LKDrKbhC2yKndu9Bwmca1VGzdSvMMx_Jj_u5UxrqVyh1DzIKrSIABKEBT7Zr1WFMpRqt2DuI7p2NRATljBJVyJdDp_8XrjxzxGGqa7jwQGnboG1cd3DwMm_sPjioDgmQUWz9Tgc4GSvfU/s4032/IMG_6739.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGV_po5IPQLTn94R_z-u4j80uCrjWtuS_oYlHZekSiajfJ6LKDrKbhC2yKndu9Bwmca1VGzdSvMMx_Jj_u5UxrqVyh1DzIKrSIABKEBT7Zr1WFMpRqt2DuI7p2NRATljBJVyJdDp_8XrjxzxGGqa7jwQGnboG1cd3DwMm_sPjioDgmQUWz9Tgc4GSvfU/s320/IMG_6739.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And Sandi had this little silouette sign made for me as a surprise. She's a very thoughtful and generous friend.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPEPj85FhpKuRbwkI_oXvpPXNqFMbrZpd42CD72Zd4_uKcqf8ReLtKeitfpGs9QbrS2TaFyHZvAc9RE0wtP0XKVWWm-TZOTJBhQzr6_82pzFH8I6-64jQO8nQuhTPwoNGIb1P4yCxiWyDORUPfwiAh_pedFT7W1b70nXgr2a_AY3yTzUGcA75896sIyA/s4032/IMG_6742.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPEPj85FhpKuRbwkI_oXvpPXNqFMbrZpd42CD72Zd4_uKcqf8ReLtKeitfpGs9QbrS2TaFyHZvAc9RE0wtP0XKVWWm-TZOTJBhQzr6_82pzFH8I6-64jQO8nQuhTPwoNGIb1P4yCxiWyDORUPfwiAh_pedFT7W1b70nXgr2a_AY3yTzUGcA75896sIyA/s320/IMG_6742.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today the logo sign gets hung.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dy5xfy6zpmDPLXUxoB1ZT11Xo7N_pB1LLGHHjnvy0qEIZuMsOjgHl-31cIE-O-ueyGTOuB-5wmA4os7ey6xyn38SRutnCm6j3yZclcx0f6HXC6AjNlZELyn3qV4_E7vYAxitSZ2Uh07LXAsEoEPRZgZGz5Y46YRt-U-wJa17077JhKtZl9mCRFkAaNk/s4032/IMG_6743.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dy5xfy6zpmDPLXUxoB1ZT11Xo7N_pB1LLGHHjnvy0qEIZuMsOjgHl-31cIE-O-ueyGTOuB-5wmA4os7ey6xyn38SRutnCm6j3yZclcx0f6HXC6AjNlZELyn3qV4_E7vYAxitSZ2Uh07LXAsEoEPRZgZGz5Y46YRt-U-wJa17077JhKtZl9mCRFkAaNk/s320/IMG_6743.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DI3rh7A-n-riRaO7Trkh7T-PUnlxIngarsNt1K6xY0rqZBBUlRZfjiQ_OtEG-MOazsdYluDIc2lZ86jVvU6ICE3tnGQpHHYYr1ZBmZXXDJFcbwXVCsSU7xjUSb_K_PufM36AxhfhXNhM-0N7zAMjmM5L6-9hRWDZZapKl8WXBzYPEyQdm97cCl_bqYo/s4032/IMG_6744.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DI3rh7A-n-riRaO7Trkh7T-PUnlxIngarsNt1K6xY0rqZBBUlRZfjiQ_OtEG-MOazsdYluDIc2lZ86jVvU6ICE3tnGQpHHYYr1ZBmZXXDJFcbwXVCsSU7xjUSb_K_PufM36AxhfhXNhM-0N7zAMjmM5L6-9hRWDZZapKl8WXBzYPEyQdm97cCl_bqYo/s320/IMG_6744.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Classroom tables and chairs have arrived. One table to go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjfnpUBUYAi1r7uagIupzTchDixLamkOTK2yBISUUrIIdGj8PEDRZXWiYe2dSRW5iCOfMbAu_6GqJUvpgMhseKlapb2Ufi2lV-l0RuV6u2bCwy3OowufLwWdZhMpf7-2N4AYZqoBX5FCUckNvqmwJE692jzeWEyEyDetULYaSRzNsdgz0Lq8QcwMatQg/s4032/IMG_6813.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjfnpUBUYAi1r7uagIupzTchDixLamkOTK2yBISUUrIIdGj8PEDRZXWiYe2dSRW5iCOfMbAu_6GqJUvpgMhseKlapb2Ufi2lV-l0RuV6u2bCwy3OowufLwWdZhMpf7-2N4AYZqoBX5FCUckNvqmwJE692jzeWEyEyDetULYaSRzNsdgz0Lq8QcwMatQg/s320/IMG_6813.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>More shelving. We were very thankful for some help getting these assembled by Bud and Jordan</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDAQjQIM55F73pHTwzMhR02vHpYAJdwZSAjvvZdIGm6OiHASFMsWoJSAwlNEYiP0DzLAlcgQYluzGkBVo3SRChPE7lXO383QD8igqhVK-EE3ygy9a1YQS0P5RpbMlnRUACuChGPcn6TjUhJNADfOavYa-J3XhFHxP0wcGcf1_vQSeDdQ8nSJwUcp7dTU/s4032/IMG_6866.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDAQjQIM55F73pHTwzMhR02vHpYAJdwZSAjvvZdIGm6OiHASFMsWoJSAwlNEYiP0DzLAlcgQYluzGkBVo3SRChPE7lXO383QD8igqhVK-EE3ygy9a1YQS0P5RpbMlnRUACuChGPcn6TjUhJNADfOavYa-J3XhFHxP0wcGcf1_vQSeDdQ8nSJwUcp7dTU/s320/IMG_6866.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Tada! The sign is installed which is visible from the main street passersby. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn2kPfsYjpna67aZqAAcRqYpOQYmt7ySIqPIGEAYwm3mXSf2sPEE554uAYCXkeonpcryX3ne5dOUljiK0NDusuvjD48xj_Nm52aPa_pKrJEgPPo1PuD7NHGW6QrZUm474gdxf4PQXnSo4O9UOFL0LmpOqnsByGlsD671bWKKq9dOfNehc6ene4URerNQ/s1620/Attach0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn2kPfsYjpna67aZqAAcRqYpOQYmt7ySIqPIGEAYwm3mXSf2sPEE554uAYCXkeonpcryX3ne5dOUljiK0NDusuvjD48xj_Nm52aPa_pKrJEgPPo1PuD7NHGW6QrZUm474gdxf4PQXnSo4O9UOFL0LmpOqnsByGlsD671bWKKq9dOfNehc6ene4URerNQ/s320/Attach0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRK20JLzBVzMbg8T18Uy3QShFbX6X76qtpJiNfJN2IfjYxaqyaF9DQFL2Wm2v1KslCPW3FGRFYArq4d8Ycc518Kk3yqhcdooZiNRKzhjqBEVLvIK1eMbdcLTMyboJsowTAhV7Pa9c1m3d2Z7hDYj-WO-4NXnNHQisdFAvNvvkZRiTSdboQyYMU4FUBN8/s4032/IMG_6965.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRK20JLzBVzMbg8T18Uy3QShFbX6X76qtpJiNfJN2IfjYxaqyaF9DQFL2Wm2v1KslCPW3FGRFYArq4d8Ycc518Kk3yqhcdooZiNRKzhjqBEVLvIK1eMbdcLTMyboJsowTAhV7Pa9c1m3d2Z7hDYj-WO-4NXnNHQisdFAvNvvkZRiTSdboQyYMU4FUBN8/s320/IMG_6965.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Last table is now in place and we are ready to start thinking about classes and filling this space with inspiration and friendship.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkw9SpVU2oW34hmkLOSayNq1oFQ-HdwWW6wU4BVxjDCGMoWri-mt-xEjE6dKHTYkyZnu3OeQTv6RiFCtsl9fXNwlKQJlIJclQjVEz-Pz2UgjQtdz0fbNhomay2aWmh2pO6y7NYMqpcCdir2qlCpFNBJ26SGInnytHzko1k5fgq5fiYAnCuIT7NfFgrkk/s4032/IMG_6936.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkw9SpVU2oW34hmkLOSayNq1oFQ-HdwWW6wU4BVxjDCGMoWri-mt-xEjE6dKHTYkyZnu3OeQTv6RiFCtsl9fXNwlKQJlIJclQjVEz-Pz2UgjQtdz0fbNhomay2aWmh2pO6y7NYMqpcCdir2qlCpFNBJ26SGInnytHzko1k5fgq5fiYAnCuIT7NfFgrkk/s320/IMG_6936.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cabinets! While I was away at church camp, Sandi and Bud and Sandi's employee transformed the space even more. Bud installed these cabinets and Sandi painted them to match our corporate color.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-8PKDY2SIQRkJxCkdKzhD-xE6Zt2B4wigR9MuQmDWDuuOLAgOF7zexdcxNA27JEZFllAg96wb4TaZ328wirO1aPrrtzFpBkl6bQqx9MSr21QrOAYE9h3yIuX0Rn14jXnOKPduQ1W4PyR5tYMRgLXw3h7RViQNJCdFCf5Ct0J8AlTkamgyLNmgcc-rEc/s4032/IMG_6937.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-8PKDY2SIQRkJxCkdKzhD-xE6Zt2B4wigR9MuQmDWDuuOLAgOF7zexdcxNA27JEZFllAg96wb4TaZ328wirO1aPrrtzFpBkl6bQqx9MSr21QrOAYE9h3yIuX0Rn14jXnOKPduQ1W4PyR5tYMRgLXw3h7RViQNJCdFCf5Ct0J8AlTkamgyLNmgcc-rEc/s320/IMG_6937.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And another one at the cash desk. We are still waiting for our 'cash wrap' counter which is being made by a cabinet maker.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUADNKWUhiBacKN5Dt2fUbKSmMBOdErmIwI2lXdRzGPXdoBO9a8ZkxA-pkW4lKl-J1C0XhP-rKOY0OZKa_mz2s5Dv17bjnVJgj_wwdUHQ2YHvgAfOwqHM49L8w7_erCWSGjAQQ4_fUnTv4gp8rJjxCxTCNDcfNJv29dAiTeFqRalYnvAASM8vvp82RjQ/s4032/IMG_6938.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUADNKWUhiBacKN5Dt2fUbKSmMBOdErmIwI2lXdRzGPXdoBO9a8ZkxA-pkW4lKl-J1C0XhP-rKOY0OZKa_mz2s5Dv17bjnVJgj_wwdUHQ2YHvgAfOwqHM49L8w7_erCWSGjAQQ4_fUnTv4gp8rJjxCxTCNDcfNJv29dAiTeFqRalYnvAASM8vvp82RjQ/s320/IMG_6938.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These shelves are for precuts, and kits and small quilty items.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wYNGZGHy3P6ZOR0Rzv-Rx76aTvKyOGeE0bA5QgpB6hEQElavCtIY1NfhBsAjJyV9PP0EZi4mpvG5Vt940H2sFH4rOQYbCAUjz9rXzgolRTEmu5cbEyTOt7sewvMz77dFkyykO_Gcgio0BOpRxoCELJKbq4D77nqdULmRtoX83yCkeXq06vVcMfWaZpM/s4032/IMG_6939.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wYNGZGHy3P6ZOR0Rzv-Rx76aTvKyOGeE0bA5QgpB6hEQElavCtIY1NfhBsAjJyV9PP0EZi4mpvG5Vt940H2sFH4rOQYbCAUjz9rXzgolRTEmu5cbEyTOt7sewvMz77dFkyykO_Gcgio0BOpRxoCELJKbq4D77nqdULmRtoX83yCkeXq06vVcMfWaZpM/s320/IMG_6939.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My batting corner. And that spinner is for my quilting patterns.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxu-RAdB9opXl8mS4ilExXad8ui0cPZZbbZbHgoeuF35SdE1nPCcgy37Ui5Yrus3BRgsuxoW0xoNfS8bakYMJeGqOr9OPXnEJXU8IdJv254W4Hi7o1RQif3m8nDpF93MAbDEagybfsR6Jx084dr17EDDYIlrK25Rer9opwLle1efo1JRGTEiXFvtu8v8/s4032/IMG_6940.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxu-RAdB9opXl8mS4ilExXad8ui0cPZZbbZbHgoeuF35SdE1nPCcgy37Ui5Yrus3BRgsuxoW0xoNfS8bakYMJeGqOr9OPXnEJXU8IdJv254W4Hi7o1RQif3m8nDpF93MAbDEagybfsR6Jx084dr17EDDYIlrK25Rer9opwLle1efo1JRGTEiXFvtu8v8/s320/IMG_6940.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtWYqTgsTrf2z_0y2iJkh73LrvyFEysisA4aiZ7rDRjtolgrl4Lzk9vDQmS3dbIWThUkL8t2squY1fVx8cZKavGQLXK0v0Thsrzl86k4y2RIk7IPK91fIsV-5mZ1H_iXpJMHyEG-KedTtIXnX_HoPNCSZl6wsg9OQYUx3gPAz7PTtqj6W51i9vsqrc7k/s4032/IMG_6942.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtWYqTgsTrf2z_0y2iJkh73LrvyFEysisA4aiZ7rDRjtolgrl4Lzk9vDQmS3dbIWThUkL8t2squY1fVx8cZKavGQLXK0v0Thsrzl86k4y2RIk7IPK91fIsV-5mZ1H_iXpJMHyEG-KedTtIXnX_HoPNCSZl6wsg9OQYUx3gPAz7PTtqj6W51i9vsqrc7k/s320/IMG_6942.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It's very spacious and bright and exactly how we envisioned it coming together.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEbnNpys7m8kZHbJqbAaNVf6F4LqbZ8gNOuYGlHOfY4zrUhhjkKtnGmS6jJ01uDg8rxGV3MPuKzGaCY9eW4xQyhvOcZNRq6vo4aEoVp_-IKhw-kbRj2PcK8RVlWVUO_Dm0c97q06-aES3OzIO_LaU6E960htceRPq6xHMiTAzP0hqHUfZxRfiYehTbH0/s4032/IMG_6945.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEbnNpys7m8kZHbJqbAaNVf6F4LqbZ8gNOuYGlHOfY4zrUhhjkKtnGmS6jJ01uDg8rxGV3MPuKzGaCY9eW4xQyhvOcZNRq6vo4aEoVp_-IKhw-kbRj2PcK8RVlWVUO_Dm0c97q06-aES3OzIO_LaU6E960htceRPq6xHMiTAzP0hqHUfZxRfiYehTbH0/s320/IMG_6945.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This slat wall is for notions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJwhtkVP5GLM19zw0JIpVkohbW__JEbRJdr4ikeD5dpv2DxM-oAh-L3a24CKxxT1vHQjTpvdw2DflWakHlbE04jzScxSmtMn3GWLjrl41OJ_1zxsXy05myk-zME7U3_XXaCxncbm28coUnvreX3uVYieGPYaGHb6Y5JkEmiEUJfSN3Izpqt4Ww4qku9U/s4032/IMG_6946.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJwhtkVP5GLM19zw0JIpVkohbW__JEbRJdr4ikeD5dpv2DxM-oAh-L3a24CKxxT1vHQjTpvdw2DflWakHlbE04jzScxSmtMn3GWLjrl41OJ_1zxsXy05myk-zME7U3_XXaCxncbm28coUnvreX3uVYieGPYaGHb6Y5JkEmiEUJfSN3Izpqt4Ww4qku9U/s320/IMG_6946.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A second slat wall outside the office. This one is for patterns and books.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBsXP5fPtL2kO9ZPUWOu2Pa7VITRO2Zzu4AiWH98TMoOkoAZxJx3AGcCrsqrfzZYvyeOhMCePMf5UJic-LhHPerQxUX2JFHRamt7b_Y4VjmG4F6152PguM_3OV9oNEjNG21NaDXxwHsaljEy0vziy7WcM91kepB8W7d6hZDyI7qzX3ZGZn7LL3gU2wME/s4032/IMG_6947.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBsXP5fPtL2kO9ZPUWOu2Pa7VITRO2Zzu4AiWH98TMoOkoAZxJx3AGcCrsqrfzZYvyeOhMCePMf5UJic-LhHPerQxUX2JFHRamt7b_Y4VjmG4F6152PguM_3OV9oNEjNG21NaDXxwHsaljEy0vziy7WcM91kepB8W7d6hZDyI7qzX3ZGZn7LL3gU2wME/s320/IMG_6947.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It's starting to look like a store!</div><div><br /></div><div>My son arrived from Canada Sept. 25th and joined the fun. Together with Jordan they hung all of my quilts....well not ALL of my quilts...just the ones that are samples for my patterns. Some remain in storage.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_8I0_Utg0rZKTSsbDB5ApBN-vIiigjfl68Zxw1ofliH7m7Nn1UHNPdkk30lJy4B7Esxzrce09iW3cX_C0LswfqoKP4EqD-rwqFch7TZUbPiqqnpR58K-JIa60VVTlAa_gFB7tZW9gwOXGwJzGAg5Z3JEoSZB5ogekgVZAuLKfHhcN2WJVDE0ESt0Ki8/s4032/IMG_6956.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_8I0_Utg0rZKTSsbDB5ApBN-vIiigjfl68Zxw1ofliH7m7Nn1UHNPdkk30lJy4B7Esxzrce09iW3cX_C0LswfqoKP4EqD-rwqFch7TZUbPiqqnpR58K-JIa60VVTlAa_gFB7tZW9gwOXGwJzGAg5Z3JEoSZB5ogekgVZAuLKfHhcN2WJVDE0ESt0Ki8/s320/IMG_6956.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJX9CZFdMe9T0tqLz8pDgiT0FUgJShTHqMRCbgM-J79uDPDcqY-luAlfv2cihiwjXWxBfl5X0FMZh1EsEkgYspX0JnFIvBH_7KaBIlbPr0p6M_L0On-PVXGedv1zVATuo5JxJm6ymZEPOd_2H-tS6xfSjzOdX84LcgGYuooSecD5w1LznGaGarDC_7g8/s4032/IMG_6957.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJX9CZFdMe9T0tqLz8pDgiT0FUgJShTHqMRCbgM-J79uDPDcqY-luAlfv2cihiwjXWxBfl5X0FMZh1EsEkgYspX0JnFIvBH_7KaBIlbPr0p6M_L0On-PVXGedv1zVATuo5JxJm6ymZEPOd_2H-tS6xfSjzOdX84LcgGYuooSecD5w1LznGaGarDC_7g8/s320/IMG_6957.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJR0xb8TcfO0azGoCBEhGcYIEdBbaif3383IxMn8PQMv6tmhK9lWKqeR38Z6bVE9jkp8OQgLaHXTHurwvZUlQwB6qGAOFYaLajVoYEHghphFSUSGHW5D-eCYERU3rUCoJXrx-jFHLw3pcHMfVgS2X_LjzZjYZ3kYZQXb8vz4Mmq-7bChpfLsfOEMGao8/s4032/IMG_6958.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJR0xb8TcfO0azGoCBEhGcYIEdBbaif3383IxMn8PQMv6tmhK9lWKqeR38Z6bVE9jkp8OQgLaHXTHurwvZUlQwB6qGAOFYaLajVoYEHghphFSUSGHW5D-eCYERU3rUCoJXrx-jFHLw3pcHMfVgS2X_LjzZjYZ3kYZQXb8vz4Mmq-7bChpfLsfOEMGao8/s320/IMG_6958.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These quilt ladders display my quilts which are for sale.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP42I6EqKacx0z7P27lMmtnCIP1xoILkAuliC6bT2SzXy5hse-nX9_I3uvMm0ylrbo_ZxKTVvJRakg0Ep9WcXahA-Rsa9vbUkhduLdz-ULMxDBhkKr35ZrfRSj3OZazDz6FCukvjRUSOs_rYEYWfOQnCnHXASuLZxtd7AeGWNcF4kxMSQJmZkcrzSFNU/s4032/IMG_6967.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP42I6EqKacx0z7P27lMmtnCIP1xoILkAuliC6bT2SzXy5hse-nX9_I3uvMm0ylrbo_ZxKTVvJRakg0Ep9WcXahA-Rsa9vbUkhduLdz-ULMxDBhkKr35ZrfRSj3OZazDz6FCukvjRUSOs_rYEYWfOQnCnHXASuLZxtd7AeGWNcF4kxMSQJmZkcrzSFNU/s320/IMG_6967.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Shelving is starting to arrive. First up are my wide backs. They will be faced with wood to give a more farmhouse feel and less 'industrial' vibe.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBk9losTaZ8e8o9i86hA6O_Y0ty4zkv5Lc5254YOdsZNj7eCfR0mOlVGCuZp6mZ28RT0YMFlzLQiGQoh1gbAVJ4E3VjIKBYKbEl0mBK47nUEnjrEVdOFewLdZlOGs62RqS52KQRlol5LA5oU2Xl0HPYdCHc1GSDe9l8gSlYBJtBd_X3Yj6Dg1Aeq9HmM/s4032/IMG_6968.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBk9losTaZ8e8o9i86hA6O_Y0ty4zkv5Lc5254YOdsZNj7eCfR0mOlVGCuZp6mZ28RT0YMFlzLQiGQoh1gbAVJ4E3VjIKBYKbEl0mBK47nUEnjrEVdOFewLdZlOGs62RqS52KQRlol5LA5oU2Xl0HPYdCHc1GSDe9l8gSlYBJtBd_X3Yj6Dg1Aeq9HmM/s320/IMG_6968.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguM9QOCH_L7sg6bPXFKYYHoyplcC68gKgQApwaLYZ2BUhYEy-Pv0xbPsUd3g_giubwLAr6ouyPwQh5algmA8jZ5GQVWWW803yBwLCPEhLj_N684x373CDrpG55FM04rakI2qI56NAUOX6jxcXXS0u-ZAfiDMTHp1OOydlCUv1Rjsn2qbtmeH0dfpJwtJU/s4032/IMG_6969.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguM9QOCH_L7sg6bPXFKYYHoyplcC68gKgQApwaLYZ2BUhYEy-Pv0xbPsUd3g_giubwLAr6ouyPwQh5algmA8jZ5GQVWWW803yBwLCPEhLj_N684x373CDrpG55FM04rakI2qI56NAUOX6jxcXXS0u-ZAfiDMTHp1OOydlCUv1Rjsn2qbtmeH0dfpJwtJU/s320/IMG_6969.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Fabric shelves are being assembled and getting ready for wood facing. The final step will be adding the fabric which should all be done by the end of October.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ92Kq-REtH7wsjdxoaYJRX-EcKrJ0LhVPeUOOaQq8MB1NijMV55rJT6ExHg6zGciOWncSN1NaqWHVEowPqT9UB_-BK1dZ6rQc-_p-Q8IbAtees-8i3p8mkYPH15CAQ5PwaKXv_mQg8AzKxCkoPtbMGycueEkFqjRd_MGsVKp7SJpJAA-jMMCcpqhdXew/s4032/71985824555__674B0180-1C20-4732-AB1E-B7BF283628DD.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ92Kq-REtH7wsjdxoaYJRX-EcKrJ0LhVPeUOOaQq8MB1NijMV55rJT6ExHg6zGciOWncSN1NaqWHVEowPqT9UB_-BK1dZ6rQc-_p-Q8IbAtees-8i3p8mkYPH15CAQ5PwaKXv_mQg8AzKxCkoPtbMGycueEkFqjRd_MGsVKp7SJpJAA-jMMCcpqhdXew/s320/71985824555__674B0180-1C20-4732-AB1E-B7BF283628DD.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Today's helpers, Bud and my son, Mike.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSLViNfgKNspPuv_1gwf7QpXD8m-75gTuvHt0b8ZCGIeQykBIidTMfQBeNafvR_-y8ybaOjOhgVNNYbiF3KQOyBvBu3eq6UP3Ypn06w2meHrmqHLfQiJXq70LItHy6Ox1bMf_EAc7rROBaSZ4ol-c0GhclbqCNwwoPqKZj8Srvub9dEB8cubZtT0rF6g/s4032/IMG_7113.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSLViNfgKNspPuv_1gwf7QpXD8m-75gTuvHt0b8ZCGIeQykBIidTMfQBeNafvR_-y8ybaOjOhgVNNYbiF3KQOyBvBu3eq6UP3Ypn06w2meHrmqHLfQiJXq70LItHy6Ox1bMf_EAc7rROBaSZ4ol-c0GhclbqCNwwoPqKZj8Srvub9dEB8cubZtT0rF6g/s320/IMG_7113.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Employee Cindy was busy unwrapping bolts and getting them grouped and ready for racks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDbwQoX5igUT4x3GQ087MUt_xYu1GUyQvLOjPwS1Q5nJLImf5mPyLei0JG0scfPYhyYcxNMJlkfJ2jyFcn7svwDqj35uJCEg6ssxkzbZi9IMKaPwRk0QhA3IAAfmspyeFxZImVy9neytoRzu2q2k34rzA6iR6DY60PioAfxAa5FdfVb2L0CZ4CQkDgMQ/s4032/IMG_7114.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDbwQoX5igUT4x3GQ087MUt_xYu1GUyQvLOjPwS1Q5nJLImf5mPyLei0JG0scfPYhyYcxNMJlkfJ2jyFcn7svwDqj35uJCEg6ssxkzbZi9IMKaPwRk0QhA3IAAfmspyeFxZImVy9neytoRzu2q2k34rzA6iR6DY60PioAfxAa5FdfVb2L0CZ4CQkDgMQ/s320/IMG_7114.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What an adventure this has been. The final picture of the front room with fabric on bolts will be forthcoming in a future blog post. But I really wanted to share the journey with those who have been waiting patiently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We love our new space. We are grateful to God for His provision, His timing, and how He orchestrated all the pieces to come together for this new venture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All that is left is to add the people to give it life and purpose. We are confident that He will add those as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With a grateful heart,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mavis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-48442151100535165992023-09-03T07:30:00.001-07:002023-09-03T07:30:00.152-07:00Next up.....Barcelona Quilt Pattern refresh...<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Next up for a refresh is my "Barcelona" quilt pattern. The colors of this quilt are reminescent of the Mediterraean sea and the Sagrada Familia. The snails trails represent the waves. The magenta reminds me of the beautiful bougainvillea bushes throughout the region. In short, this quilt brings back fond memories of my cruise to the Mediterranean in 2016.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You don't need to go on a cruise to enjoy making this quilt. Pull together some gorgeous batiks and drift away while creating your own beautiful Barcelona quilt.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XhGoILxSl47-qFE4GFI3fx09HP18vLz1mpw8JPE0vAYR65dqQdVZ40UDqdtbn9ITxEKB15YKIUyhSi4QDdL7G4Oos7vZPAQ5FV5NR6XENHCTZ6wV5RZC_QSCg5nVhfZjurDXFI74TpXAOqLuCR6eRzSwTholO4G1HNFWmGXAKOzz3qb6Ne9aSb59-yA/s2000/Barcelona%20cover%20social%20media.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XhGoILxSl47-qFE4GFI3fx09HP18vLz1mpw8JPE0vAYR65dqQdVZ40UDqdtbn9ITxEKB15YKIUyhSi4QDdL7G4Oos7vZPAQ5FV5NR6XENHCTZ6wV5RZC_QSCg5nVhfZjurDXFI74TpXAOqLuCR6eRzSwTholO4G1HNFWmGXAKOzz3qb6Ne9aSb59-yA/w309-h400/Barcelona%20cover%20social%20media.png" width="309" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This pattern is available for immediate download or is available in print at our shop. Check the website for further details.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">www.thestitcherytn.com</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Until next time!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-77735172590390602202023-09-02T21:04:00.001-07:002023-09-03T05:58:27.969-07:00Amish Block Party - pattern refresh!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Amish Block Party is the second of my patterns to be 'refreshed' with a new cover and some new graphics. It is one of most popular patterns. It's an "Amish" meets modern quilt. It is fabulous in traditional Amish colors, and equally gorgeous in batiks. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TCdaINnSlgtlLCn2Fh3nfd65el1nTpebLGYeIHXxXycqDSaEExMHQXOP64EoFqv52idZhrjrRDZayzte744ARHHEwtqE6tmy39Fn86U1CSKiJ3mfQHQgsPy9viOS8Bwp1cij2uAj_wpsCsVfCovBQuy03VlZe8MyoDJbxm7H34tkkZHNALVlxbhTgVk/s2000/Cover%20for%20social%20media.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TCdaINnSlgtlLCn2Fh3nfd65el1nTpebLGYeIHXxXycqDSaEExMHQXOP64EoFqv52idZhrjrRDZayzte744ARHHEwtqE6tmy39Fn86U1CSKiJ3mfQHQgsPy9viOS8Bwp1cij2uAj_wpsCsVfCovBQuy03VlZe8MyoDJbxm7H34tkkZHNALVlxbhTgVk/w309-h400/Cover%20for%20social%20media.png" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some other colorways to consider. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKvM9Moy-zX5a5mmTTPsqOedoY1SYu1932Cp4qYustK_jNpDsRDdX_iqSn7NbfhcJwhHnSMzaSKWPtrHhwh8HeaJj7d5EdH6Gt_BPWy8mG5KHGvJRmMemy2pB8PSff7k9yQDruJFdpZ6qIYLI4AbK_e41bOp-LyADz9mohessUEoGlMqfZGMeuB_p6mY/s543/IMG_0025%20cropped.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="543" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKvM9Moy-zX5a5mmTTPsqOedoY1SYu1932Cp4qYustK_jNpDsRDdX_iqSn7NbfhcJwhHnSMzaSKWPtrHhwh8HeaJj7d5EdH6Gt_BPWy8mG5KHGvJRmMemy2pB8PSff7k9yQDruJFdpZ6qIYLI4AbK_e41bOp-LyADz9mohessUEoGlMqfZGMeuB_p6mY/s320/IMG_0025%20cropped.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The digital version of the pattern is available for immediate download at the links below.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The print version is available at The Stitchery LLC. Kits are also available. Visit us soon at 880 25th Street NW, Cleveland, TN 37311.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Digital version:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.dayspringquiltstudio.com">www.dayspringquiltstudio.com</a></span></p><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/dayspringquiltstudio"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.etsy.com/dayspringquiltstudio</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.thestitcherytn.com"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.thestitcherytn.com</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Until next time!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-28787430572424633262023-08-22T18:21:00.003-07:002023-09-02T20:53:51.199-07:00A Little Bit Country - updated pattern!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I've been busy rebranding my patterns while I'm waiting for my quilting studio to open. I needed some consistency in fonts, pattern covers, etc. I have been writing patterns for the past 12 years and not frequently so it's easy to have inconsistencies over a spread of time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I figured I should start at the beginning of the alphabet so first out of the gate is A Little Bit Country. Originally a mystery quilt, this is a scrappy quilt that I had a ton of fun creating. The warm colors make my heart sing. I love nine patches and I really love stars, so you can see why this one is one of my favourites.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUykDuCUxh1H9QzHsYfCDF5ZGITsD3J9HVZEUHZ28bzV1-9KDkE9duYYurcXq9jOULHnQTcv4WdDxVPw0SAzwiK95-inh4g4yR06EfbAtTxTy9M-8nUciW2OOIr945M0LwXK0-EeoaBLdri07mB8WtxVG5NRqOQ9u02FbbAkEcV-3MQYcckOnUZiaZFM0/s2000/A%20Little%20Bit%20Country%20-%20front%20cover%20for%20social%20media.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUykDuCUxh1H9QzHsYfCDF5ZGITsD3J9HVZEUHZ28bzV1-9KDkE9duYYurcXq9jOULHnQTcv4WdDxVPw0SAzwiK95-inh4g4yR06EfbAtTxTy9M-8nUciW2OOIr945M0LwXK0-EeoaBLdri07mB8WtxVG5NRqOQ9u02FbbAkEcV-3MQYcckOnUZiaZFM0/s320/A%20Little%20Bit%20Country%20-%20front%20cover%20for%20social%20media.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's available for immediate download in my Etsy shop and on my websites:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DayspringQuilter" target="_blank">Dayspring Quilt Studio - Etsy Shop</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dayspringquiltstudio.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dayspring Quilt Studio - Store</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thestitcherytn.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Stitchery LLC - Quilting Studio</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for supporting my business!</span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-92179760327943105272023-08-18T12:00:00.001-07:002023-08-23T04:38:23.340-07:00Pattern Release Day! - Yesteryear<p><span style="font-size: large;">Yippee! This quilt design has been in the hopper for a few months. It was inspired by an antique quilt I saw at Antiques Parlour here in Cleveland, TN.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkwIukk2r1hCi00jKE8mVxsTeHj3arSyolc3_pDOmcRLlwnzD5AdOkuhN3hkJCQUhmNv9cbakCg-GojIfQwTvtfDE-l2Qsp1ktUupY1ylL-yikJ_2DaP4U1bjx7EQ6zGZRvksnw6JxT2tENqe5i5yqQYzRNzvG1FjOtFeMGVhtSL3mV1BCozkDdwI76U/s2000/Yesteryear%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkwIukk2r1hCi00jKE8mVxsTeHj3arSyolc3_pDOmcRLlwnzD5AdOkuhN3hkJCQUhmNv9cbakCg-GojIfQwTvtfDE-l2Qsp1ktUupY1ylL-yikJ_2DaP4U1bjx7EQ6zGZRvksnw6JxT2tENqe5i5yqQYzRNzvG1FjOtFeMGVhtSL3mV1BCozkDdwI76U/w309-h400/Yesteryear%20cover.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The quilt finishes at 97" x 97" and is a log cabin variation with a little sashing magic to kick it up a notch.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This sample was pieced and quilted by a good friend in Victoria who tested the pattern for me. Her version does not have the star cornerstones as she chose plain borders. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is the inspiration quilt:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4yLinOCKysWa9SyajRVPY3LJwGnavzIlfuQ9wIzhK5lGRUvxj_8PQY00woJ8pgEhlh8c0MRL3wOQx8qD9u3aa-0pSS6scLAKXfnHfcZiwhVpT-e0yRz6_OeEGErnM0UiVBPvgEhY5vXOSc55Mikjb5lAfJXdP3dr55CN2tLPyHwe_60gB2ywPn50WiU/s4032/antique%20quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4yLinOCKysWa9SyajRVPY3LJwGnavzIlfuQ9wIzhK5lGRUvxj_8PQY00woJ8pgEhlh8c0MRL3wOQx8qD9u3aa-0pSS6scLAKXfnHfcZiwhVpT-e0yRz6_OeEGErnM0UiVBPvgEhY5vXOSc55Mikjb5lAfJXdP3dr55CN2tLPyHwe_60gB2ywPn50WiU/w300-h400/antique%20quilt.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This quilt looks equally great in civil war prints, or modern fabrics. Pick your favorite color, find some fat quarters plus some yardage for the sashings and borders and create your own beautiful Yesteryear quilt.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-nOMiGPiQQCsdWwgsRDCl6SC9OS-5naLrNoC7Oj2WMgD06gsa0Pbmxg1sAGWziPeUkdU1-PMGo4jrCj7IhtcdevlFGyN5A3RYy5LKb63VG-LHef5PJ-O1QV2O1XW_ksHgE9oUfY3x44DLuLvGnngnoCNlreUYhLbbWV76AOERB2jK3EglZAij-i5bfw/s685/Yesteryear%201930s%20prints.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-nOMiGPiQQCsdWwgsRDCl6SC9OS-5naLrNoC7Oj2WMgD06gsa0Pbmxg1sAGWziPeUkdU1-PMGo4jrCj7IhtcdevlFGyN5A3RYy5LKb63VG-LHef5PJ-O1QV2O1XW_ksHgE9oUfY3x44DLuLvGnngnoCNlreUYhLbbWV76AOERB2jK3EglZAij-i5bfw/s320/Yesteryear%201930s%20prints.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuL-SONs_AHQ1n69OIIYBXZf6wNvef8VuDrOUU7gdnV_nfm29SMXyjSPxq0g3jJ-i8c-1EsixO4U2Nl_V5P-RhKHFPOuDw8i5ZDs8o8RmFH72EygnC9kCjLlM1vJFHVsxWvznDYdev6zVHZvIEh7sLAB6UBR-5lMKFlcmnXjs2-rJFqVGLeshLmbYiWg/s600/Yesteryear%20EQ%20drawing%20coloring%20page.BMP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuL-SONs_AHQ1n69OIIYBXZf6wNvef8VuDrOUU7gdnV_nfm29SMXyjSPxq0g3jJ-i8c-1EsixO4U2Nl_V5P-RhKHFPOuDw8i5ZDs8o8RmFH72EygnC9kCjLlM1vJFHVsxWvznDYdev6zVHZvIEh7sLAB6UBR-5lMKFlcmnXjs2-rJFqVGLeshLmbYiWg/s320/Yesteryear%20EQ%20drawing%20coloring%20page.BMP" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXo8T9qIyknLTRehGiDAPFnCN1pbVwddGniAhVF3iHNcCkc-EJTxbPaIsHBCvsedk0VIXAS_PWfn--B17Fy9wClVtJt4b6-xhinoXGul9x0Tw0RpHar6RIV0_WBwK0qUpMXM8hKql5q_8ZVFPLj-a993yxy1nH8QuWC8KVhiCruugQsDO-LVvPCYkTNCk/s682/Yesteryear%20pink.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXo8T9qIyknLTRehGiDAPFnCN1pbVwddGniAhVF3iHNcCkc-EJTxbPaIsHBCvsedk0VIXAS_PWfn--B17Fy9wClVtJt4b6-xhinoXGul9x0Tw0RpHar6RIV0_WBwK0qUpMXM8hKql5q_8ZVFPLj-a993yxy1nH8QuWC8KVhiCruugQsDO-LVvPCYkTNCk/s320/Yesteryear%20pink.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgClR5A73wUvYiBdi73g_NAr0Bc5kdreUS0M9ZUpKYWRNvgnMUpevn7J_9oqnwWskZS4Wr1IzurnkhManKyat5xqSeqbKFaPJIQN_c4KUUHiEIuSJAcQdUtYvUQ3aqkbT22ROaztfLslhlcLMUgZqzW9EGjbG3WOdjTeGi5ENvC2kUR8s8-E5UX0jDF1w/s682/Yesteryear%20purple.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="673" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgClR5A73wUvYiBdi73g_NAr0Bc5kdreUS0M9ZUpKYWRNvgnMUpevn7J_9oqnwWskZS4Wr1IzurnkhManKyat5xqSeqbKFaPJIQN_c4KUUHiEIuSJAcQdUtYvUQ3aqkbT22ROaztfLslhlcLMUgZqzW9EGjbG3WOdjTeGi5ENvC2kUR8s8-E5UX0jDF1w/s320/Yesteryear%20purple.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The pattern is available for immediate download in my Etsy shop and on my websites. Links below:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.dayspringquiltstudio.com" target="_blank">Dayspring Quilt Studio</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Dayspringquilter" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dayspring Quilt Studio - Etsy Shop</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thestitcherytn.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Stitchery LLC</span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-53216043920727432772023-08-15T08:40:00.001-07:002023-08-23T17:38:17.067-07:00Come Sew with Me!!<p>Further to my last post about "answering the call for quilts for Maui", I was pleased to see that Bonnie Hunter had some instructions inside the <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/pineapple-blossom.html" target="_blank">Pineapple Blossoms Free Quilt Pattern</a> that included 2 1/2" strips rather than 2" strips. Rather than making a 9 1/2" block, using jelly roll strips or 2 1/2" scrappy strips, the blocks are 12 1/2". This is appealing when you want to make big bed quilts fast. </p><p>I checked with Kate, the quilter on Maui that put the request out for comfort quilts, asking her what size quilts they need. She said twin and larger for actual beds. So the bigger the blocks, the quicker these quilt tops will get finished.</p><p> I recently purchased a Kaffe Jelly roll from a local quilt shop here in Cleveland, TN. Paired with a solid white I think these will be perfect for the Pineapple Blossom blocks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jDE1ecazJWnkSWyoPzPVrnjhWjj3kno5Ut1jXpqLHO2VdUrGVwlMtwTlSxrx2bD1rXmk6-DMV0OgpgO2FKONXhyatFIdGJUh1OXskY7U1p1r3TC2Y8fVAzHJ4Dgo32tjwMzDcvuf5gG0PUO_bNiLABX3NZWQ32Gudmqc1Q7o5jJh9iGkK2eLDU0W1mk/s4032/IMG_6276.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jDE1ecazJWnkSWyoPzPVrnjhWjj3kno5Ut1jXpqLHO2VdUrGVwlMtwTlSxrx2bD1rXmk6-DMV0OgpgO2FKONXhyatFIdGJUh1OXskY7U1p1r3TC2Y8fVAzHJ4Dgo32tjwMzDcvuf5gG0PUO_bNiLABX3NZWQ32Gudmqc1Q7o5jJh9iGkK2eLDU0W1mk/s320/IMG_6276.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I cut enough for one sample block to make sure I like it. Then I pulled out Ferdinand, my Singer Featherweight, dusted him off from his long journey with our locker contents from Canada, and made sure that my seam allowance is 1/4". For this, I use Bonnie's seam allowance ruler and then used some flourescent marking tape to mark the bed of my machine. I tried the little seam allowance gadget from the Featherweight shop, but when you are doing folded corner stitching, it's awkward to have anything beyond a seam allowance butting up to it. So I opted for the flourescent tape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbGkaNWAV8adGauQtgs2XxnG2AurgHemRSLBbjj-AShQT6uoqReplyTZUhF0PY6axB5BM2Q7ckw7axGm5FtWwW_O1_zYHuvOclPgzf5CH6VTrcCBj3aJ4Lg92mbmRGVH0QvZT6kF2YMGNju-87HSRq42d_L1DQPTMbgdJZiNapKNMdufyDCeNyEcSqMs/s4032/IMG_6279.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbGkaNWAV8adGauQtgs2XxnG2AurgHemRSLBbjj-AShQT6uoqReplyTZUhF0PY6axB5BM2Q7ckw7axGm5FtWwW_O1_zYHuvOclPgzf5CH6VTrcCBj3aJ4Lg92mbmRGVH0QvZT6kF2YMGNju-87HSRq42d_L1DQPTMbgdJZiNapKNMdufyDCeNyEcSqMs/s320/IMG_6279.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5oXFkf5UnyyLNN5dmvHSzmCeJPTGQ6PhD3Myv2uu-6snXjStMTeGIQHF8bjri4ifYruhkYShTHqfSSJPqCbcSOMAFOT1AKJlGYae3SEpR4guiwJQkXG2__p3-NoXKrxfobtT7QjbrowmSN_SU0syvVCgD-eXf2OzjMOMDXZFsCisBz4NQIzHb8LPE4I/s4032/IMG_6282.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5oXFkf5UnyyLNN5dmvHSzmCeJPTGQ6PhD3Myv2uu-6snXjStMTeGIQHF8bjri4ifYruhkYShTHqfSSJPqCbcSOMAFOT1AKJlGYae3SEpR4guiwJQkXG2__p3-NoXKrxfobtT7QjbrowmSN_SU0syvVCgD-eXf2OzjMOMDXZFsCisBz4NQIzHb8LPE4I/s320/IMG_6282.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is my first test block...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8mOSdyrNhn-0qZ97xHX1w6eFXdYqicfWLwbhTy4g5Ep2W2TKP57k3ifOJBbnPp5JRnufTOyTe5Jcjiwf1ejPjNwYwElxW7l0_QekXaIbu5MkKJk5gghDK_dER-c4FPzW1SJ-ez6HTP1T6PxouU4KLqTKUIhIJDiYubGIOKWXfSmecPEaATJa12_rgmg/s4032/IMG_6280.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8mOSdyrNhn-0qZ97xHX1w6eFXdYqicfWLwbhTy4g5Ep2W2TKP57k3ifOJBbnPp5JRnufTOyTe5Jcjiwf1ejPjNwYwElxW7l0_QekXaIbu5MkKJk5gghDK_dER-c4FPzW1SJ-ez6HTP1T6PxouU4KLqTKUIhIJDiYubGIOKWXfSmecPEaATJa12_rgmg/s320/IMG_6280.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It's a little wonky but I confess I didn't have my iron pulled out. But I do now and the next blocks will be better. So this block is 12 1/2" and will finish 12" in the quilt. I think it will be a great quilt and it's easy to assemble.<br /><br />I've calculated that without borders and a setting of 7 blocks wide by 8 blocks wide, the quilt will be 84" wide by 96" long and will definitely cover a queen bed and amply cover a double bed. That's 56 blocks.<div><br /></div><div>Time to get busy! I'd love for you join me in this charity project. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Finished Quilts can be sent to:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Maui Quilt Shop</b></div><div><b>18 Central Avenue</b></div><div><b>Wailuku, HI 96793</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Their post on Instagram says they will distribute to proper agencies and shelters.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>If you are in Tennessee or can mail your quilt top to Cleveland, TN I will be happy to quilt up to 10 for free on my longarm if batting and backing are provided. Contact me for further details.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mavis</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-84432001446311091562023-08-12T17:06:00.002-07:002023-08-23T17:38:35.132-07:00Answering the Call ... Quilts for Maui<p>I think by now we've all heard of the devastating fires in Maui. Today on Instagram, I saw a post by @quiltwithmisskate calling for quilts of comfort for residents of the island that have lost everything.</p><p>As I've thought about how I could help, it occurred to me that Bonnie Hunter has a free pattern which I believe would be a perfect Hawaiian-themed expression of love to the victims of the fires. It's called Pineapple Blossom. It has been on my 'to do someday list' for years. I can't think of a more perfect moment to make this quilt.</p><p>Here is the link to the free pattern: https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/pineapple-blossom.html</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9vS1GLiq6B6m3LbadUEEazyec1aY0zYIn6VUEMLCvApGeSqarLY-IDrB_FMS8bKt10QW-Z2wzy-lAWkW67lJoPYDlJd_frjULwajgU0MYFHU-cfQ5zdySzWvrQVGr8qT8skhmZlSKFRKHln9r_wZxNsKsK24ShAJUAQz8CYuT5nlZK9xOatj3pKqWfY/s720/Pineapple%20Blossom%20quilt%20blue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9vS1GLiq6B6m3LbadUEEazyec1aY0zYIn6VUEMLCvApGeSqarLY-IDrB_FMS8bKt10QW-Z2wzy-lAWkW67lJoPYDlJd_frjULwajgU0MYFHU-cfQ5zdySzWvrQVGr8qT8skhmZlSKFRKHln9r_wZxNsKsK24ShAJUAQz8CYuT5nlZK9xOatj3pKqWfY/s320/Pineapple%20Blossom%20quilt%20blue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mTqsEa6MESNAyglRTEad_69LN3EtAo0pA7_4b0LyJsruyT4QP3fEUfS83uGGRUnHJnMGp0MU8Rreavwh0UARxblKw5DKHi0Y3-eushS8i2B8H9kWPLQPWjpay3iev8-k4_FFs26bfVIHSPHo4pZTHL6-ggX7tLH5T1F7yzJ74EKxzIVL_PCGrNrgw7o/s640/Pineapple%20Blossom%20quilt%20plaid.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="640" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mTqsEa6MESNAyglRTEad_69LN3EtAo0pA7_4b0LyJsruyT4QP3fEUfS83uGGRUnHJnMGp0MU8Rreavwh0UARxblKw5DKHi0Y3-eushS8i2B8H9kWPLQPWjpay3iev8-k4_FFs26bfVIHSPHo4pZTHL6-ggX7tLH5T1F7yzJ74EKxzIVL_PCGrNrgw7o/s320/Pineapple%20Blossom%20quilt%20plaid.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRu7ccEI4Rv27EnXmKA9-uBp8b1BxOt8rOcKazdm6Jc_b7VGq7fSd2G-cBGGkRdSVgI_YOME9fHYNE-bp_AmjFwHUgfyFJ7MjjL1ujH2fXtZ6Fvpr4O9-DRAgvq5tIYZjzTn6Ep09uBatV1U7A44R_Klt_vUG990cM12gTZjN90aeUnT-KUGaWpcpPYE/s981/Pineapple%20Blossom%20scrappy%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRu7ccEI4Rv27EnXmKA9-uBp8b1BxOt8rOcKazdm6Jc_b7VGq7fSd2G-cBGGkRdSVgI_YOME9fHYNE-bp_AmjFwHUgfyFJ7MjjL1ujH2fXtZ6Fvpr4O9-DRAgvq5tIYZjzTn6Ep09uBatV1U7A44R_Klt_vUG990cM12gTZjN90aeUnT-KUGaWpcpPYE/s320/Pineapple%20Blossom%20scrappy%202.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcD-WW58FhTTrnIGEsEKRaZx-nBKpS8J_3N93m6pQfEep8vBu-p5-29YiTJ7UWZETpbv2onEfYa6Zp44Fi8pGlLzEonaajTnht1r1T2HrLb1fhaTuhGsYdcy3B5zFDq5cDRC1QOCqIX0-8xFTJTkVrkgcJ6JFgWwolrhGkWneeBSWtOOQD3KLTynYziXk/s550/Pineapple%20Blossom%20scrappy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="550" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcD-WW58FhTTrnIGEsEKRaZx-nBKpS8J_3N93m6pQfEep8vBu-p5-29YiTJ7UWZETpbv2onEfYa6Zp44Fi8pGlLzEonaajTnht1r1T2HrLb1fhaTuhGsYdcy3B5zFDq5cDRC1QOCqIX0-8xFTJTkVrkgcJ6JFgWwolrhGkWneeBSWtOOQD3KLTynYziXk/s320/Pineapple%20Blossom%20scrappy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>As you can see, it works well with so many different colors and fabrics. And it's a really simple block. </p><p>I'm issuing a challenge and an opportunity. Our shop in Cleveland, TN is going to be opening in a few short weeks. We have a nice, bright classroom and I can think of no better way to break it in than with this charity quilt project. So check out our website at www.thestitcherytn.com and watch for an announcement.</p><p>Whether you can join us in person or from afar, contribute one block or a whole quilt top, we welcome you to pull out your 2" scraps and some neutrals and join us in making some quilts to ship to Maui.</p><p>Details to follow. In the meantime, how about downloading Bonnie's free pattern, gathering those fabrics, and let's prepare to get sewing!</p><p>Sending love and prayers to the people of Maui.</p><p>Mavis</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-28863189263893524762023-07-20T16:58:00.001-07:002023-07-20T16:58:15.361-07:00Tennessee Backroads - Pattern Release!!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">This pattern has been in my brain for awhile. As we familiarized ourselves with our new hometown in Cleveland, Tennessee, we used our GPS for going almost everywhere. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes the GPS would lead us down country backroads leading to what looked like a dead end. Some of these nail biter journeys were in the night with no street lights as we live in a rural area and these drives were in the pitch black. But these backroads always seemed to lead where we wanted to go.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And so this quilt design was born. My new phraise became "backroads lead everywhere" and they truly do in this little corner of the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I created the quilt pattern with a two color theme (plus white) but I can totally see it in scrappy as well. I might just have to try that once I excavate the storage locker and find my scraps.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The pattern is available for immediate download in my online Etsy shop: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dayspringquilter" target="_blank">My Etsy Shop</a>. Soon, my Tennessee quilting studio will be open and print copies will be available there as will some lovely fabrics to choose from. Stay tuned! Our website is nearing completion: <a href="http://www.thestitcherytn.com">www.thestitcherytn.com</a>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0tjzct_PGCjS68E2EOLAJxTJvtNCYHzhlQ8kvN_QCBqfVsqwlv4Lvh63-wYh74VRQ7XaUtuOP0hwW6E3Qvi3m_vKSXnXJws7DvIscwZ0SSSb_50s1NMYvzCs-JDgNVCjvNBIUIzNi8EOHWXirXzLRn3Fc-wYLeHgZ0MAUP9UZYszyjX2-OL0lOdlCts/s1854/Tennessee%20Backroads%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0tjzct_PGCjS68E2EOLAJxTJvtNCYHzhlQ8kvN_QCBqfVsqwlv4Lvh63-wYh74VRQ7XaUtuOP0hwW6E3Qvi3m_vKSXnXJws7DvIscwZ0SSSb_50s1NMYvzCs-JDgNVCjvNBIUIzNi8EOHWXirXzLRn3Fc-wYLeHgZ0MAUP9UZYszyjX2-OL0lOdlCts/s320/Tennessee%20Backroads%20Cover.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcHXig7vW984kWV-yc-Yg7yfUyW08k1urbKBayJpJneqVn6R4MZJYDAC1P20XCxZr-okvk8U2-3qAf5At3taKSIRsLGjcEDlUVV4IOJy8LUq6KfePKnZhORAQ6bAwgUz-7s7DLz6Oj2bpd1mltk7JCikq71aANszDXNRRjYWJ6Q6DXXmQUUEH4C9cRKI/s2048/Tennessee%20Backroads%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcHXig7vW984kWV-yc-Yg7yfUyW08k1urbKBayJpJneqVn6R4MZJYDAC1P20XCxZr-okvk8U2-3qAf5At3taKSIRsLGjcEDlUVV4IOJy8LUq6KfePKnZhORAQ6bAwgUz-7s7DLz6Oj2bpd1mltk7JCikq71aANszDXNRRjYWJ6Q6DXXmQUUEH4C9cRKI/s320/Tennessee%20Backroads%209.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilt pieced and quilted by Sharlene Lyseng<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">This pattern was released a few months ago so this post is a bit tardy. When you make the quilt, please share it online with the hashtag #tennesseetrailsquilt so we can all see your finished work of art. And thank you to my friend Sharlene for testing the pattern and piecing and quilting the quilt while my studio is still under construction.</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Until next time, happy sewing!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><br /></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-38792310132465032322023-07-19T17:43:00.005-07:002023-07-20T10:21:45.711-07:00I Spy with my Little Eye....<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> .....something that is <span style="color: #93c47d;">GREEN. </span>This was yesterday's game in the car with my grandson and daughter as we were driving home together. When I heard <span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>green</b></span> I actually laughed out loud and slapped my knee. Why? Because Tennessee is the greenest place I've ever seen. The answer was equally hilarious. That tree? That tree? How about that other tree?</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NspGcI7K3fiY1SLFPYYmpLsZXWpJo1FOzp7tFKYIu37_20F9LNRz6N0i-v5jilsW-ulyAEcnm2HlIbcf_NJW67UrVwEypP7AoeXAOiBGbituXR5vLAeXu9LalHcgKVB0HDeMFJWQ5EMrvmjra6pTJd8sl8Ib7V3cpU5gCCtydVZ0idnyn6On1gOcuO0/s2000/tennessee-smoky-mountains_sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2000" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NspGcI7K3fiY1SLFPYYmpLsZXWpJo1FOzp7tFKYIu37_20F9LNRz6N0i-v5jilsW-ulyAEcnm2HlIbcf_NJW67UrVwEypP7AoeXAOiBGbituXR5vLAeXu9LalHcgKVB0HDeMFJWQ5EMrvmjra6pTJd8sl8Ib7V3cpU5gCCtydVZ0idnyn6On1gOcuO0/s320/tennessee-smoky-mountains_sunset.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Smokey Mountains - Sunset</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />It's been a year since we left the west coast ... the 'wet coast' as we called it ... because we thought it rained all the time, that we lived in a rainforest and that it was lush and green. Green until July, that is. And despite all the sprinklers and watering of lawns and gardens in Victoria, BC (labelled "the city of gardens" and aptly so), everything turns brown by July.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I should have been paying more attention last August when we arrived here in Tennessee. It was late August and everything was still green. And I didn't see one irrigation system, not even one sprinkler system anywhere.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I recently looked up the rainfall in Tennessee vs. the rainfall on Vancouver Island (the wet coast). It turns out that Tennessee gets double the rain that Vancouver Island gets. Who knew? Not this girl. Victoria's average is 23 inches annually. Cleveland's average is 55 inches annually.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔☔</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We experienced lots of different weather systems as we ventured across the USA towards Tennessee. From the lush yellow fields of Canola in Idaho to the deserts of California and Arizona, to the midwest with its flashfloods, I have to say we've experienced a lot and every change of scenery held its own beauty.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexOYOuuj4gPy88SCV42SZN3sYMfwChRvshkehiPjRyCxNfGo0BKo2SFEe5soTV2m4jD09PzkLAZBIQPlHo7vk87P26EtHNGrZ_zIAeEiQrhhiyZHCAQA9WYXof7C-qSF7Nv-wE-rtl9cta_iSTv3ImoFeLw4JowmzO8Ic29VL1ppYrdYQtac5feaSCIw/s820/IMG_1708.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexOYOuuj4gPy88SCV42SZN3sYMfwChRvshkehiPjRyCxNfGo0BKo2SFEe5soTV2m4jD09PzkLAZBIQPlHo7vk87P26EtHNGrZ_zIAeEiQrhhiyZHCAQA9WYXof7C-qSF7Nv-wE-rtl9cta_iSTv3ImoFeLw4JowmzO8Ic29VL1ppYrdYQtac5feaSCIw/s320/IMG_1708.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Idaho canola fields</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's really hard to believe that a year ago we were on the road. On July 19 last year we were in Peachland, BC catching our breath and plotting our journey. We had no idea where we would end up. The plan was to visit Tennessee for Sukkot, then head to Florida to visit friends and Legoland and from there plot the journey back. But it was always a surrendered plan. We all wanted to be where He wanted us and we followed Him the best we could.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I wasn't sure where we would end up after our RV adventure. But that didn't matter. One day at a time. One campground at a time. One adventure at a time. One sunset at a time.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYJ8xWVOTXXDtfRkLCyWfZpLvdjYfMtQgKhwXrwgZ8kockM_XVPqVR5Dzlw46IyGC46jAkuxiLXAr57Rx3YKscvcBABsXXvWGaeqpCKEP61YEFADw6DJX_5IurW88Eyh7n0zYfUiSHZnpMbYhWJhKvAthYj2suuTkfCVhT3ll-ThnalwRJ0Vtsx_XUwU/s820/IMG_2958.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYJ8xWVOTXXDtfRkLCyWfZpLvdjYfMtQgKhwXrwgZ8kockM_XVPqVR5Dzlw46IyGC46jAkuxiLXAr57Rx3YKscvcBABsXXvWGaeqpCKEP61YEFADw6DJX_5IurW88Eyh7n0zYfUiSHZnpMbYhWJhKvAthYj2suuTkfCVhT3ll-ThnalwRJ0Vtsx_XUwU/s320/IMG_2958.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stickers represent the states we visited on the journey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnI3rRfPt6sz_HLs27SNAejCjjaxBsewaGz8fhelSZ3l3-9D3p1l66LWdXTrDXFjy4IfmwW1i69XFTCuMywEgbwhm_d6Rv9Sua8SQm0URPKn282viMETc6bFPdbtNoZGw7X-TywCff2NkGpGcbpVIJzpmw9wQDL_lmjIgrkgxCaxQQFJBbkUPZHo9pQA/s1094/IMG_3332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1094" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnI3rRfPt6sz_HLs27SNAejCjjaxBsewaGz8fhelSZ3l3-9D3p1l66LWdXTrDXFjy4IfmwW1i69XFTCuMywEgbwhm_d6Rv9Sua8SQm0URPKn282viMETc6bFPdbtNoZGw7X-TywCff2NkGpGcbpVIJzpmw9wQDL_lmjIgrkgxCaxQQFJBbkUPZHo9pQA/s320/IMG_3332.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVREoOA5Bv--M4WX6WMlKuHW3lzt_54-v3TC831RmPcGYAO_dZMyxkV4eU8xH86Yv6dfKKBXzLAlaWuLSFPQLZjr2OGJrvnP_XMlMyQ6Cmly6VPhh9FmUXY6ceuRpanmdWma0wq-gjHSKBlgYsVXL_OZM9OipfgZBGOI2PQLNK2XgeCrrVMH4eg18sn28/s1094/IMG_3534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1094" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVREoOA5Bv--M4WX6WMlKuHW3lzt_54-v3TC831RmPcGYAO_dZMyxkV4eU8xH86Yv6dfKKBXzLAlaWuLSFPQLZjr2OGJrvnP_XMlMyQ6Cmly6VPhh9FmUXY6ceuRpanmdWma0wq-gjHSKBlgYsVXL_OZM9OipfgZBGOI2PQLNK2XgeCrrVMH4eg18sn28/s320/IMG_3534.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Before leaving, when I dropped my doggies off with my friend on Salt Spring Island I thought a few times "I could live here". Then as we stayed in the Okanagan in British Columbia, after leaving the island, I thought a few times that "I could live here". It's beautiful. But He hadn't revealed anything to us yet but just asked us to trust Him, not to make presumptious decisions, but to walk with Him.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Neither of those locations was God's plan. We didn't know that Tennessee could be the plan until October. Then at Sukkot we knew very quickly that we had found our people, our tribe, our home. When my daughter met her future husband there, that cemented our plans. As our chief driver, it would have been an interesting pivot to get back to BC without her. But a lot of things had to happen to make our stay happen, immigration being the main one. As a tourist we could stay for six months and then we would have to leave.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So began the immigration process, which included a business plan for a quilting studio here. And now here we are a few months later and the shop is almost ready to open. My life right now does not resemble my life a year ago. It's amazing how the Father will lead and guide you if you let Him.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1437" data-original-width="1600" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaOSpZKCesywFpU5nXJBYm_1nLhL289U4PK0h_xUeIbQgHbpi0qQizkXL50AKJbpjr9Ai27FjSWYIExVkwy_itX8f1ClJujxqHNOPJd24JY6IUMLGnmswNSIUMq004Qc4vmSV_z4_mCmMqo1MW3ZXcSx1BIMy3jomVc9Y5TTHE1Q0NLQ93TTtJSZScew/w216-h194/Approved-Stamp.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="216" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immigration approved!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaOSpZKCesywFpU5nXJBYm_1nLhL289U4PK0h_xUeIbQgHbpi0qQizkXL50AKJbpjr9Ai27FjSWYIExVkwy_itX8f1ClJujxqHNOPJd24JY6IUMLGnmswNSIUMq004Qc4vmSV_z4_mCmMqo1MW3ZXcSx1BIMy3jomVc9Y5TTHE1Q0NLQ93TTtJSZScew/s1600/Approved-Stamp.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">A year ago I was laying down my quilting on the altar. I was laying down my business. I was surrendering our home and I was leaving precious family, doggies and friends behind. Parts of it were excruciating. The journey has been one of growth in the Lord, of healing of parts of me that I didn't know needed healing, a year of pressing in for more in my relationship with the Lord, a year of receiving the gift of new friendships, and a gift of my new passion project with the quilting studio. None of this was anticipated a year ago, and yet here we are.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some photos of our space before (it was a glow in the dark mini golf and was pitch black, windows and all). The second picture is a progress shot of a few weeks ago.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvkSXtEOJtx8Nr4FHKb3pSqx_k_Of1Lk6thytc2KbavhshZO0fb4NwSv4WuqJatGUl_eQ7rV5kA6qNtaJoL6qikjgModEhuKk4r_UN66u07dfWT_xhZ980UwkpGpRs0a0CQF0uz2jWRdstub06J-DBz1Tn1E8Bli2kYyks5TCq8CVOY3Ya5iA39AAPsk/s820/IMG_5670.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvkSXtEOJtx8Nr4FHKb3pSqx_k_Of1Lk6thytc2KbavhshZO0fb4NwSv4WuqJatGUl_eQ7rV5kA6qNtaJoL6qikjgModEhuKk4r_UN66u07dfWT_xhZ980UwkpGpRs0a0CQF0uz2jWRdstub06J-DBz1Tn1E8Bli2kYyks5TCq8CVOY3Ya5iA39AAPsk/w300-h400/IMG_5670.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuv-Ztk5XohthduHtCfHupxCvZze4I_1ZW82tJXNmqmRpbV1AiPRipwpoGQJnO5eVkhqx2296sS4oVVJFn0voOpFF8URWUl7pow1w9eNYuh6yxZL1E8h3aH7HKaJhawTtl8kWI_nsV8QBX49OHlEDa7axAS2eFJwyLbUHutBLoxCdnzh5OP-JeWn4S54/s820/IMG_5868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuv-Ztk5XohthduHtCfHupxCvZze4I_1ZW82tJXNmqmRpbV1AiPRipwpoGQJnO5eVkhqx2296sS4oVVJFn0voOpFF8URWUl7pow1w9eNYuh6yxZL1E8h3aH7HKaJhawTtl8kWI_nsV8QBX49OHlEDa7axAS2eFJwyLbUHutBLoxCdnzh5OP-JeWn4S54/w300-h400/IMG_5868.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Lord is so good!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This post started with weather and greenery and ended with the high notes and gratitude for what the Father has done for us.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKh84T5WZYYInL1ghGCSxa0CD1OAJPbkdusHfRL7Lkca0snuOCoycUAnQSmiS6nVth1_ZZlxNoFjQ6nYOjEU4rRkSVRTWydQFN2DKioI6w0iM8ulZ_RFcXcYY9Xg-TepHfcwhyrIjBc-y1WWzCKdL4y7ZX8zIqSen_tz5DeNVTdQB9VGLuBKN_kIjy2I/s640/save-image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKh84T5WZYYInL1ghGCSxa0CD1OAJPbkdusHfRL7Lkca0snuOCoycUAnQSmiS6nVth1_ZZlxNoFjQ6nYOjEU4rRkSVRTWydQFN2DKioI6w0iM8ulZ_RFcXcYY9Xg-TepHfcwhyrIjBc-y1WWzCKdL4y7ZX8zIqSen_tz5DeNVTdQB9VGLuBKN_kIjy2I/s320/save-image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tennessee experiences very wet spring/summer seasons complete with many lightning and thunderstorms, extreme rains that make it feel like we are in a carwash with Harriet (our RV home). But then the skies clear and those beautiful blue skies return. It's hardly ever grey here as the storms pass quickly and bright days follow. I'm grateful for all of it. I'm grateful for a safe haven in the storms as we dwell under the shadow of His wings. I'm grateful for my simpler life. I'm grateful for my family, friends and church family. And I'm grateful for my new business venture with my dear friend.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for hanging out with me for these few moments. I'll soon be back in the quilting world with more colorful fabric posts. In the background while we are waiting to move in, I'm busy working on loading the website, tracking inventory of quilt backings and batting, and preparing rental class curriculum, and helping my friend Sandi choose fabrics for her part of our store. I'll be the quilting studio and she will be the fabric shop. And it will be wonderful! Currently no blog worthy photos to share though. Stay tuned!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Until next time,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><br /></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-2785483266745520642023-06-13T02:10:00.000-07:002023-06-13T02:10:06.883-07:00Update from my sewing nook - RV quilting!<p>I<span style="font-size: medium;"> think it's time for an update from my sewing room (nook).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There has been some piecing in 2023 but no quilting completions until I have my storefront space and machines set up. Then I will take a victory lap. So for now, it's just piecing and pattern designing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqs3-C_swjCYCBiOMMGWZcvW-TeelwQwLMX1npOEnni_-RcvZqWv3sJM2GP6OWuWQSfDgwEwjLVMrJhh3fXyg58qWfvXFco-tlh6iYJ2B_R67SGeoVov0rVvnn8oRFhgjVMH09d-LhUq9O_JkCDF47px9AwHmvwT0V9N2tH1qoi-ipGa4YzG0VPXf/s640/IMG_4790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqs3-C_swjCYCBiOMMGWZcvW-TeelwQwLMX1npOEnni_-RcvZqWv3sJM2GP6OWuWQSfDgwEwjLVMrJhh3fXyg58qWfvXFco-tlh6iYJ2B_R67SGeoVov0rVvnn8oRFhgjVMH09d-LhUq9O_JkCDF47px9AwHmvwT0V9N2tH1qoi-ipGa4YzG0VPXf/w480-h640/IMG_4790.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sew in Love" quilt</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I did this class with my friend Sandi at Lana's Quilts and Sew Much More over 10 weeks. It is an Edyta Sitar pattern. It was challenging but we got our blocks done. Now for the borders. I have everything cut out. I just have to get it done.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My hand sewing project, La Passion Hexagon quilt gets some attention from time to time. This is a lifetime project. I fit in stitching every so often and sometimes take it to church with me for in between the service and the afternoon Midrash. I'm currently working on the outer blue border.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ53_aqWskWI02oDEvE_h-NyXtV7a8X2xhLjtlYWr9yrTRaxDjc3mOvtfadMoXZTDaIyf_K5J00xIlk5HrTqHo4fjMTuZARDXBA7VmOwgt-4dhwop3b-OscjORsmMynYZVgO1yqb2yAwigt3RfgcXv26QlBAEVUKbo7UlOGQXAG52CX43b5IjxytAJ/s820/Jan%202023%20progress%20shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="820" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ53_aqWskWI02oDEvE_h-NyXtV7a8X2xhLjtlYWr9yrTRaxDjc3mOvtfadMoXZTDaIyf_K5J00xIlk5HrTqHo4fjMTuZARDXBA7VmOwgt-4dhwop3b-OscjORsmMynYZVgO1yqb2yAwigt3RfgcXv26QlBAEVUKbo7UlOGQXAG52CX43b5IjxytAJ/w400-h400/Jan%202023%20progress%20shot.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfQJ5rOxY1tXBtzXxfXUyGccb70paUx_vPTlfg26bYt7CUhenXusHugs1t1wjECj4mPtN3qLSn9s2eW9DGK02RN5WqsQUHv-XAhvw5cgRfKFN3WGwyndSzRcZyEyLoyQK6nwM90K21np-UTVDr0t0OcVJcOSsgIGKa3I2oafQ8nSEnDRPY1NlGINh/s820/IMG_3911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="810" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfQJ5rOxY1tXBtzXxfXUyGccb70paUx_vPTlfg26bYt7CUhenXusHugs1t1wjECj4mPtN3qLSn9s2eW9DGK02RN5WqsQUHv-XAhvw5cgRfKFN3WGwyndSzRcZyEyLoyQK6nwM90K21np-UTVDr0t0OcVJcOSsgIGKa3I2oafQ8nSEnDRPY1NlGINh/w395-h400/IMG_3911.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Progress shots on my La Passion Hexagon Quilt.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I started this Time After Time sew-a-long with Sharon Blackmore of Prairie Quilt Militia back in the fall when we arrived here in Tennessee. The fabrics were purchased at Lana's also. I am very near finishing. I just have to press, trim and add the borders. I'm excited to get my long arm machines set up so I can get back to quilting these treasures. I already have a recipient in mind for this one.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBN4R8ix73CufbQ08i2B3RSKZ9pIOEOxt3aB7Ozb9z3XeTvIFfzSRXBeGPHqrXBIFjZjKQ04gowvtVso4IXzV8ZwU23fx7zZq6WTb4Rx-VkxfYT9Eq1qG54OjjI6DWJB_lH24yXDH_x5EhzeGuwhqBBXD0RegGWgOqurdhQZhcKc5nCYkxI_naWCI/s4032/IMG_5522.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBN4R8ix73CufbQ08i2B3RSKZ9pIOEOxt3aB7Ozb9z3XeTvIFfzSRXBeGPHqrXBIFjZjKQ04gowvtVso4IXzV8ZwU23fx7zZq6WTb4Rx-VkxfYT9Eq1qG54OjjI6DWJB_lH24yXDH_x5EhzeGuwhqBBXD0RegGWgOqurdhQZhcKc5nCYkxI_naWCI/w480-h640/IMG_5522.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Aside from these projects I have been working on two baby quilts.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lde6Vlp927NWj7Ha4VVM96KtI5KYhLxsk-ppThIv2p5Q_ajsklm96lJkIWaXbJcNyyRqNjMrBYzBfDf2P8Myb1XJWw8_UKHA6Xz0wIfgqoE1uqK4dl2rcXc4V_m4MArjUf8rxt8ZeqB2wsyfKyPsccYl5FPKKclT2wBQeQmsEV8iKSfiM8uuU-w5/s820/Boxy%20Stars%20quilt%20top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lde6Vlp927NWj7Ha4VVM96KtI5KYhLxsk-ppThIv2p5Q_ajsklm96lJkIWaXbJcNyyRqNjMrBYzBfDf2P8Myb1XJWw8_UKHA6Xz0wIfgqoE1uqK4dl2rcXc4V_m4MArjUf8rxt8ZeqB2wsyfKyPsccYl5FPKKclT2wBQeQmsEV8iKSfiM8uuU-w5/w320-h400/Boxy%20Stars%20quilt%20top.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The lighting is bad in the RV but I hope you can get the idea. This is "Boxy Stars", a free pattern by Bonnie Hunter. There is a funny story attached to this one. I prepared this kit before we left Victoria. I thought it would be a good one for RV sewing. I made two blocks before we left to test my colors. I did the remaining blocks months later (August 2022) and I made them with the fabric values in the wrong place. So I initially thought I had 2 blocks wrong. But I in fact had 2 right and the rest wrong.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpNiWGLB112hSPdeIP5nd5D8NxFLgjqj18utApjItBddpfa2pSjFXEOyHAr2puZHf8-yDkezk3bm6aOVCJl-p_z1KoTJFUC571ESaOmYP_XdEvqVMXC-ISuQJXz_xMbUrAtEEhoyndfzVphXpZ5FjtTH1fO_0A5cvIrEwHLOD7BPWP1qdtS8Oqvpl/s820/IMG_2743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpNiWGLB112hSPdeIP5nd5D8NxFLgjqj18utApjItBddpfa2pSjFXEOyHAr2puZHf8-yDkezk3bm6aOVCJl-p_z1KoTJFUC571ESaOmYP_XdEvqVMXC-ISuQJXz_xMbUrAtEEhoyndfzVphXpZ5FjtTH1fO_0A5cvIrEwHLOD7BPWP1qdtS8Oqvpl/w300-h400/IMG_2743.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you see how the value placement on the two on the left makes darker star points? That's what I was going for. And since I had precut this 'kit' to take on the road, I didn't have any fabric to fix the problem, so I just had to roll with it. I figure the baby who receives this quilt won't know the difference.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Then I found some pre cut 2 1/2" squares in a quilt shop in Texas. I set them aside. One day I just wanted a quick and easy thing to sew so I decided to make another baby quilt.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTP2twj9LRIqx9ZlRU_EYD_sps08q7C94-OGkJVo8nA5QqXD0iNdgW36taM78fm5q5sB_Cmor1bIQCwjEtornpozXr87xrDS98wQouGoH4fk5l_93zTOrtn2kCRocDUDco1o2t2ymLMzIicxDJ-3Vh1f0ZFNk_DQb4lPMxCf2TuN-c9mDjQDB6qka/s820/IMG_3423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTP2twj9LRIqx9ZlRU_EYD_sps08q7C94-OGkJVo8nA5QqXD0iNdgW36taM78fm5q5sB_Cmor1bIQCwjEtornpozXr87xrDS98wQouGoH4fk5l_93zTOrtn2kCRocDUDco1o2t2ymLMzIicxDJ-3Vh1f0ZFNk_DQb4lPMxCf2TuN-c9mDjQDB6qka/w300-h400/IMG_3423.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIGFRGEruNQQKc61L7se5SVWEzyb2egFflCvrFEHTlgLP6kc2AENFkYviHIRRpS58ZRRbv-PCjlRXFnlkl6MDDyS6gvrHMTWRwgGUVbIBmK60ddtGI_XDJmud2rFVzV0eEPilzy_ip_Gc5tj-UwGixqnqFpEdJZ4iF4ZiAGbcqKRYN3qDnX-HTQwg/s820/IMG_3424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIGFRGEruNQQKc61L7se5SVWEzyb2egFflCvrFEHTlgLP6kc2AENFkYviHIRRpS58ZRRbv-PCjlRXFnlkl6MDDyS6gvrHMTWRwgGUVbIBmK60ddtGI_XDJmud2rFVzV0eEPilzy_ip_Gc5tj-UwGixqnqFpEdJZ4iF4ZiAGbcqKRYN3qDnX-HTQwg/w300-h400/IMG_3424.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv-Qq0DKRtt1qP6RJewIxFuBfBZDos7mASh6dtxyig8vqtcKVHX5M-gFVT2ZAVdJH9vE1KnJKD2zI_8dM95_tRGXwrBKAj5CZnIjM0JQtojtVc-ehlQTZdUJSGlBHcwqZLuGeW_d2zmb6Cr2E7iA_P8vu-a1ruN-e4UOoVEnhtsWF8ry5e6hQal5e/s820/IMG_3425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv-Qq0DKRtt1qP6RJewIxFuBfBZDos7mASh6dtxyig8vqtcKVHX5M-gFVT2ZAVdJH9vE1KnJKD2zI_8dM95_tRGXwrBKAj5CZnIjM0JQtojtVc-ehlQTZdUJSGlBHcwqZLuGeW_d2zmb6Cr2E7iA_P8vu-a1ruN-e4UOoVEnhtsWF8ry5e6hQal5e/w300-h400/IMG_3425.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I have purchased some aqua for the border of this one and some minky style backing. This one will be for my new grandbaby due in October.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It hasn't been a very productive year so far but I've enjoyed the piecing time I've had and am now getting excited about getting those quilting machines set up and ready to stitch.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for following!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-66691421876064915202023-04-30T11:59:00.000-07:002023-04-30T11:59:03.966-07:00A year ago today...<p>We were at a home fellowship gather this past Friday evening and the Father led us to a time of thanksgiving. Sometimes, we are so busy going forward that we can sometimes miss the sweet memories that led us to where we are now.</p><p>A year ago we accepted an offer on our house and put that sold sign up. We sold almost everything, bought an RV and truck in anticipation of a journey with God to parts unknown.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-ACX8qWJ8VX-0EiHuboxXGggW6nuu1eJmrRIYPgEYukcKW2PzAgRfK0Ajm7_lptDbCXtMHRz8JK-ObvGPP_DpkOCyCXPtT8SzTeahq5qRsPHZuT8QXjYwGFN-ET9KuS4yNUp4R3M2phCi7F6mCmHev7ScdADdotWvZFsD3FGrKXKm7_Iw1czG6XC/s4032/IMG_1678.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-ACX8qWJ8VX-0EiHuboxXGggW6nuu1eJmrRIYPgEYukcKW2PzAgRfK0Ajm7_lptDbCXtMHRz8JK-ObvGPP_DpkOCyCXPtT8SzTeahq5qRsPHZuT8QXjYwGFN-ET9KuS4yNUp4R3M2phCi7F6mCmHev7ScdADdotWvZFsD3FGrKXKm7_Iw1czG6XC/s320/IMG_1678.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boondocking at blueberry farm in Idaho</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1wIkXoqoXQTt3fU-AA9unOmhYW47I-SPOykWE634NTWB-eMHedMXNeREUN4lThZj_MsNo2mehVpKb4u6uimZIICtHfkf61bC2YX05PKVzyn6Bi1oJKlWq7n4ziNvIfiPyU5atPgIPv6q7DbpqIeCv7e9WFn9lEpWlrrQhyxFDvxs1KLz2J4hxh4_/s1190/Max%20Blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1190" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1wIkXoqoXQTt3fU-AA9unOmhYW47I-SPOykWE634NTWB-eMHedMXNeREUN4lThZj_MsNo2mehVpKb4u6uimZIICtHfkf61bC2YX05PKVzyn6Bi1oJKlWq7n4ziNvIfiPyU5atPgIPv6q7DbpqIeCv7e9WFn9lEpWlrrQhyxFDvxs1KLz2J4hxh4_/s320/Max%20Blue.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day we took delivery of Max Blue (Aidan named the truck)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>This post from March 31, 2022 tells the back story: <a href="https://dayspringquilter.blogspot.com/2022/03/dayspring-quilter-on-move.html" target="_blank">Dayspring Quilter On the Move</a></p><p>In hindsight, the Covid years were hard and took a toll on all of us. We endured isolation, judgment, misunderstanding, lack of community and despair. </p><p>We took a time out. I put my quilting business on hiatus and my long arm in storage. I spent two solid months scanning all the family photos. We gifted some art pieces to friends. We lived our last days in the house minus livingroom furniture but happy on lawn chairs. We packed a storage locker with our remaining precious items. We arranged for care for our doggies. We had a hard but sweet goodbye with our son who wanted to remain in Victoria. He had lived with us for 30 years and he said it was time for him to find his own way. We stepped out in faith that God was leading us, all of us, and in hindsight we can say He certainly was.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Hk6PKa26_82fur1vGuoMahEZ4X54iTqSV64ZsoAAIePOwodk9hWWDhMkmT138oSj1Q-B1LtJb8aCwngpEe0zmvQSwkB3-Cj31V43I-D3Fe9z_oKDu9sA4D-OZ2gS_OCgHzQKd7h8dP5XWk97DJ4ZfiQPFx0e8SGzbPrMGD32Mjvk1wTYR5lmPWOc/s4032/IMG_1439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Hk6PKa26_82fur1vGuoMahEZ4X54iTqSV64ZsoAAIePOwodk9hWWDhMkmT138oSj1Q-B1LtJb8aCwngpEe0zmvQSwkB3-Cj31V43I-D3Fe9z_oKDu9sA4D-OZ2gS_OCgHzQKd7h8dP5XWk97DJ4ZfiQPFx0e8SGzbPrMGD32Mjvk1wTYR5lmPWOc/s320/IMG_1439.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely farewell picnic before we left Victoria</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>And here we are a year later. We are in a wonderful Church community, living in a beautiful part of the USA (Eastern Tennessee), with a new son-in-law and a new grandchild on the way, a new quilting studio and fabric store underway (The Stitchery LLC). We are on a two year visa which is extendable so Tennessee is now home. We sure didn't see that coming but are very thankful for where He led us and the spiritual journey that got us here. To God by the glory!!</p><p>The Lord has done so much work in our hearts with healing, recalibration, and restoration, that it was wonderful to pause on Friday night and speak out those prayers of thanksgiving.</p><p>Wow! What a ride it has been.</p><p>Mavis</p><br />Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-46723378094056990432023-02-20T04:05:00.000-08:002023-02-20T04:05:00.337-08:00Never too old for a big change....<p>If you've been following me this past year, you probably know that my quilting business is on hiatus. I described the journey in detail on the pages of this blog and have been anxiously awaiting some news so that I could share with you the direction I'm taking. Hubby and I applied for a VISA to stay in the USA (where our daughter married the most wonderful man). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kSGZ92IegZuOduK_qTQLzZwGrKmnD1MYmJlysXcp_qByhH78boR7dpW1sSlXz-nL8NT4ZngrkGeA3LqHdZwGWVlPCP2dF-d-Lxj497veZfF8RHEkC-iZCTENNqk_In5YIIQswKSf6HGHYKGeChbVc3R4SGzCCAl9ZGoM2Ds6e5IaKGlM6zUtANSr/s612/approved%20clipart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kSGZ92IegZuOduK_qTQLzZwGrKmnD1MYmJlysXcp_qByhH78boR7dpW1sSlXz-nL8NT4ZngrkGeA3LqHdZwGWVlPCP2dF-d-Lxj497veZfF8RHEkC-iZCTENNqk_In5YIIQswKSf6HGHYKGeChbVc3R4SGzCCAl9ZGoM2Ds6e5IaKGlM6zUtANSr/w195-h195/approved%20clipart.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">On February 14, 2023 the approval came t</span><span style="text-align: left;">hrough and I'm happy to announce that I will be setting up a long arm business, continuing what I was doing for customers in Victoria but adding a rental program component for those that would like to quilt their own quilts but cannot afford or don't have room to buy their own long arm. I am still a representative for APQS and will be adding machines for this purpose and my shop will be a mini APQS showroom.</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The machines have been ordered (Lenni, Lucey, and Freddie with QuiltPath) and my Millie with QuiltPath will be joining the fleet. My business will be called The Stitchery LLC. I am currently trying to find a commercial location for the venture. The machines are ready to ship now so I'm hoping this happens this week. It was a 'hurry up and wait' scenario until the approval for the VISA came through and now it's full steam ahead to get up and running. SO MUCH TO DO!!!</p><p>God has been faithful to lead me this far and the plan has taken shape slowly and methodically, including having my new best friend down here want to join me. We lunch together every Friday and besides a beautiful friendship forming we have talked about her opening a fabric shop under the same roof as The Stitchery LLC (separate but complimentary). We got all sorts of excited at this prospect!! Dreams do come true y'all! Since I was a little girl I've wanted a store. It took until retirement from a stressful legal career and a radical life change to bring it to fruition. And now I have a friend to do it with. And here we are.... We don't have everything quite figured out yet. It's still all gelling.</p><p>I will be changing this page from Dayspring Quilt Company back to my personal blog in the near future. It has chronicled my quilting journey and I don't want to lose that. It served my purpose as a simple website for Dayspring but I will now need a more robust website. I plan on a blog page on the new Stitchery website for the business but that is all still in production. Like I said...SO MUCH TO DO!!!</p><p>You can visit my new business at <a href="http://www.thestitcherytn.com" target="_blank">The Stitchery LLC</a> in the near future. The website is still under construction so there's nothing to see there now but hopefully soon enough!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfltkhuIzfk7bO1dcNvK52qeCj1AvUsuRGN3nzPjET-Wf4sr-yjlm4AhlyKF1JnQTzGhbtaqJP-W8v9yc6okiU8ma2CBGSQOk3aUk8lC96gyydiMM57yDXKuMBOCtJAbXOEGJzQNQ2GsIo_JcRRUJ0bLN2xup3BQS48E1oqAuTEr_HAFX59l3WO_nq/s2048/Logo%20light.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfltkhuIzfk7bO1dcNvK52qeCj1AvUsuRGN3nzPjET-Wf4sr-yjlm4AhlyKF1JnQTzGhbtaqJP-W8v9yc6okiU8ma2CBGSQOk3aUk8lC96gyydiMM57yDXKuMBOCtJAbXOEGJzQNQ2GsIo_JcRRUJ0bLN2xup3BQS48E1oqAuTEr_HAFX59l3WO_nq/s320/Logo%20light.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>What a wild ride! Thanks for following along and I'll see you at The Stitchery LLC!</p><p>Mavis</p><p><br /></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-61625756381705096382023-01-13T08:39:00.000-08:002023-01-13T08:39:23.552-08:00It's a Mystery! (quilt)<p> In my previous post <a href="https://dayspringquilter.blogspot.com/2022/11/and-they-are-married.html" target="_blank">here</a> I shared my photos of my fabric choices for the Bonnie Hunter Chilhowie mystery quilt which started on Black Friday. This was my post wedding project to help me transition to the next stage of our adventure on the road.</p><p>I haven't kept up with the clues (my normal) but have been very amazed at the reveal. This is Bonnie's quilt:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8UqtnKwWKnZcVCwhWgSJBTLcmrjdMsIFULlNDGgEZMwO_YlONiTsYjlYOEWA5jvWt9LAij-WRmnLLMR57BG5J1F7W2ceaVYkGs28ZFJNbJcin86RUSCVshXMFy89ZHsb7vxhvnKAzbu0mL4wEbLL3R7BQUAQ_esH7c75q4lR18NXBLNJ1UIfVxl6/s640/Bonnie's%20Chilhowie%20quilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8UqtnKwWKnZcVCwhWgSJBTLcmrjdMsIFULlNDGgEZMwO_YlONiTsYjlYOEWA5jvWt9LAij-WRmnLLMR57BG5J1F7W2ceaVYkGs28ZFJNbJcin86RUSCVshXMFy89ZHsb7vxhvnKAzbu0mL4wEbLL3R7BQUAQ_esH7c75q4lR18NXBLNJ1UIfVxl6/s320/Bonnie's%20Chilhowie%20quilt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I chose her colours this year basically because my stash isn't with me and it was just easier. And of course it wasn't a chore to actually visit quilt shops in my area of Tennessee to find a suitable array of fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Look at some of these other spectacular colourways and finishes. I'm so inspired by these variations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8WPu2fWiUo7yaG72PRohawI6r8nNyUf_e6qnnUBRJjwu_vHEfmgdPU2Hxqkp809-7mo7dBCxI0bcYWSHa9EgmL4YGLLR1cFyr12P6FYEIy1E-lM6MruylwXIe5-ORPPfKOv6sWldFOef6MwsdfGqoBSYsAQ0uA80uS7u7kJC3zzmx4iIVsHplE0E/s1203/Screenshot%202023-01-13%20113700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1203" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8WPu2fWiUo7yaG72PRohawI6r8nNyUf_e6qnnUBRJjwu_vHEfmgdPU2Hxqkp809-7mo7dBCxI0bcYWSHa9EgmL4YGLLR1cFyr12P6FYEIy1E-lM6MruylwXIe5-ORPPfKOv6sWldFOef6MwsdfGqoBSYsAQ0uA80uS7u7kJC3zzmx4iIVsHplE0E/w640-h410/Screenshot%202023-01-13%20113700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm plugging away at the steps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAtnpg50HKO0kl5GOmiEVEK6ErbxWD0GPj4taO5puiZFyfxu1C2W1pHLDJ14_seIPfAtY8oOM3KeZ2jCRyMfVXSBostDJx268Frm5XXbIXX5NDn8MeRQDSstntkHhz701essHPbcn3XvpNWPejNgQDSLuFI46g0i1u2D-GJzM1N2pwtc1ArkJOi7L/s4032/IMG_4022.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAtnpg50HKO0kl5GOmiEVEK6ErbxWD0GPj4taO5puiZFyfxu1C2W1pHLDJ14_seIPfAtY8oOM3KeZ2jCRyMfVXSBostDJx268Frm5XXbIXX5NDn8MeRQDSstntkHhz701essHPbcn3XvpNWPejNgQDSLuFI46g0i1u2D-GJzM1N2pwtc1ArkJOi7L/s320/IMG_4022.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILf0xpqmRZzuYqSkcuajVyZJyryf4QcFpVuI-F8X8u0unXHWpclOhqd5XxBFUUjim23rRUqq7rWJ4QoyJ34brSRuzVwUQqDorDuHl69Fu6wbC9kEkQ1186OkDfypR6Rr-DF9SdBjrnXy9uRCkFygm8cMH9htbbKynHdPjXhphI-JsYQPhFhpfUbLm/s4032/IMG_4014.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILf0xpqmRZzuYqSkcuajVyZJyryf4QcFpVuI-F8X8u0unXHWpclOhqd5XxBFUUjim23rRUqq7rWJ4QoyJ34brSRuzVwUQqDorDuHl69Fu6wbC9kEkQ1186OkDfypR6Rr-DF9SdBjrnXy9uRCkFygm8cMH9htbbKynHdPjXhphI-JsYQPhFhpfUbLm/s320/IMG_4014.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSXj97aLdPT-DFLxc0UKnDeOJjccvAgtB76oTQgH7eZFunAd9Mcr-5i93gp7i4mm9C1Aaqra32cHhag969N5nKzObQrfdA7nm0bpQRk1w86-Bfx1_E3NU6ORDe32r6gHZtC7oOrguPKs6t9P-wQLm7qlKrnCuql8HphY-LeIBsDkBqi5LqsIPaz_R/s4096/IMG_20221218_201319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSXj97aLdPT-DFLxc0UKnDeOJjccvAgtB76oTQgH7eZFunAd9Mcr-5i93gp7i4mm9C1Aaqra32cHhag969N5nKzObQrfdA7nm0bpQRk1w86-Bfx1_E3NU6ORDe32r6gHZtC7oOrguPKs6t9P-wQLm7qlKrnCuql8HphY-LeIBsDkBqi5LqsIPaz_R/s320/IMG_20221218_201319.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBAPbCCcgI0ODEe-XvK86xSL4hna_91ThzWhSHNomqg7P7xplY2Z_-CcnQ3rpWV4T1BgUdKDieUT6W7rMIsuF1xExeAEJM4VoP-fxnO24IJcWd2NY9A6Q-HN4XlwjXIVv8IVZvXBt95zs8Ht6Vvsfj2BeEAAxYg86j_OOoBzemTN4jXRus5jkykRu/s3078/IMG_4078.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3078" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBAPbCCcgI0ODEe-XvK86xSL4hna_91ThzWhSHNomqg7P7xplY2Z_-CcnQ3rpWV4T1BgUdKDieUT6W7rMIsuF1xExeAEJM4VoP-fxnO24IJcWd2NY9A6Q-HN4XlwjXIVv8IVZvXBt95zs8Ht6Vvsfj2BeEAAxYg86j_OOoBzemTN4jXRus5jkykRu/s320/IMG_4078.HEIC" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This blocks gets enlarged once I get to the next step. I'm LOVING this quilt. <div><br /></div><div>I ended up using <a href="https://www.bearpawproductions.com/shop/c/p/Triangulations-40---DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-x54150408.htm" target="_blank">Triangulations</a> software for the hourglass units (quarter square triangles). The accuracy when using these is amazing. I'll be using them for all my triangle units in the remaining steps. I don't mind tearing the papers off while watching a show. And they are so uniform! It makes the final product so much better. If I had my Accuquilt Go cutter and dies with me then I'd probably use those but these are a great option when you don't have your tools with you.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am up to Step 4 which is the hourglass units. i've finished them all and they are neatly counted and in a ziploc bag awaiting their next step. </div><div><br /></div><div>Next up is some half square triangles. And yes, I've got my Triangulations papers printed out and ready to process into fabric units.</div><div><br /></div><div>Until next time,</div><div><br /></div><div>Mavis<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-5653003802736474792022-12-07T07:01:00.003-08:002022-12-07T07:15:39.687-08:00I was a self professed thread snob<span style="font-size: medium;"><br />This question was posted on a quilting group I follow on Facebook.<br /><br /><br />"Quilting police, ignore this post - I'd like to ask a question that may give some of you a coronary.....</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />New(ish) quilter here - I know why I'm not *supposed* to use those inexpensive overlock/serger polyester thread cones to sew quilts (thinner, doesn't show as much, hides stitches, etc), but why in reality is it actually "wrong" or "bad"? I've pieced and quilted (stitched in the ditch mostly) a few quilts with it, and I thought they've turned out great. <br />Cotton thread users, please set aside judgment/comments - I'm just looking for a way to enjoy my craft without breaking the bank.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Does anyone else use (or have you used) the overlock thread, and what have you found out? And if I do eventually switch to cotton to quilt, can I still piece with the overlock thread? Personal experiences only, please - I've done plenty of googling myself, but it's hard to trust since so many people get paid to advertise a specific brand.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />PS new to the group - who is Jack?"<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQuhcZtOIuoW55u36z0j9aKXmkUsXKj_5-NL675zwO4WWW8sReVVr1Wg7dTZvb50CRA6bcn8kS6tvh4IjDCGZGQPyhNd_oAKH3p-FlsiaAn4FLKJTHdkG6KG8DOLvZVWq35wcTni_xFNcn_aR7sesSr1cFbzwVJLmMbonOJcYjMTd5VEtXwjBOcVV/s7194/2040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="7194" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQuhcZtOIuoW55u36z0j9aKXmkUsXKj_5-NL675zwO4WWW8sReVVr1Wg7dTZvb50CRA6bcn8kS6tvh4IjDCGZGQPyhNd_oAKH3p-FlsiaAn4FLKJTHdkG6KG8DOLvZVWq35wcTni_xFNcn_aR7sesSr1cFbzwVJLmMbonOJcYjMTd5VEtXwjBOcVV/s320/2040.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="<a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/realistic-set-wooden-plastic-bobbins-spools-with-colored-thread_3090503.htm#query=thread&position=0&from_view=keyword">Image by vectorpocket</a> on Freepik" rel="nofollow">Image attribution</a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>This was my answer to this new(ish) quilter.<br /><br />I am a recovering thread “snob”. I was a cotton purist until I heard about long arm quilting with Glide poly. During this journey to thread freedom this is what I’ve learned:<br /><br />1. Good cotton thread is strong and I prefer to piece with it. I use Aurifil mostly but also Connecting Threads brand for piecing.<br /><br />2. Glide poly is slippery for piecing and stitches can unravel easily. I know this because my daughter used glide to make a quilt top that had lots of unraveling when I was quilting it for her. The price for Glide is reasonable. I almost exclusively use Glide for long arming but also love Superior but the price in Canada is 3x what a Glide is.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />3. I had one of my first Bonnie Hunter quilts (Carolina Christmas) quilted by someone else and she used Cotton long arm thread. Within ten years I had to “skin” the quilt (unstitch the long arm stitches with “Jack”) because the cotton stitches were popping all over the quilt. I was so disappointed. But I ended up restoring it and I’m so glad I did. It was worth it to be able to keep one of my favourite quilts. But lesson learned about cheap cotton long arm thread. The snap test is what I use for determining if I will use it. (PS - Jack is a stitch ripper).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQ_nTU4Fg6uhZ2UB_0Lkf7vXsXj2wcKYJHMMXtu-h5BY8PkZ9qyfoTd59m8cS6gE28lnTbm2JpnfNE8BMs7AEcUi2YkpBCVn4-igL1aZXUoapAhbHrgnG9WvCb1v_RK3Vh7h4cecaoQGDNd9OWNWRyL2bn7e3Z3HcjsYMRuP29aZ79o2GJMh6KldR/s4032/IMG_6248.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQ_nTU4Fg6uhZ2UB_0Lkf7vXsXj2wcKYJHMMXtu-h5BY8PkZ9qyfoTd59m8cS6gE28lnTbm2JpnfNE8BMs7AEcUi2YkpBCVn4-igL1aZXUoapAhbHrgnG9WvCb1v_RK3Vh7h4cecaoQGDNd9OWNWRyL2bn7e3Z3HcjsYMRuP29aZ79o2GJMh6KldR/s320/IMG_6248.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before restoration. Stitches popping all over the quilt.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aP4BPSl2pdstME0WBExXY0pBvIkvN_Vz-lm83w_-EoCtbP1ipDQcPFmD63R-plvEmlpbwmE_AGHQEGWMNQo1RyGHAqBG1RWm6_-umikDHU0Dt56l9I9om58Ah4RRGFFD7dEfP5JesmxLZFdFgHci0VrqXiOdCUtqqlqfz3fjbZMH5ijgCL5VifyI/s4032/IMG_6247.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aP4BPSl2pdstME0WBExXY0pBvIkvN_Vz-lm83w_-EoCtbP1ipDQcPFmD63R-plvEmlpbwmE_AGHQEGWMNQo1RyGHAqBG1RWm6_-umikDHU0Dt56l9I9om58Ah4RRGFFD7dEfP5JesmxLZFdFgHci0VrqXiOdCUtqqlqfz3fjbZMH5ijgCL5VifyI/s320/IMG_6247.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before restoration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXP8Eqkotfr78HvsJLzYBCwtR3S9EqW309AzaB4HY4hJydu7GGJt8wprCA1b__mBX-mqYETvYgmzOTMvKa2a7S9sQARhbrcXxLExMR4ww7XBuXGhHTrIt3GqDWY0a4Y0IBsVK-j2_EJTbw6arKgaMPJaaNuvm1Efdd96JgeXaaVIj3o1q6RRclrrw0/s893/IMG_9145.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXP8Eqkotfr78HvsJLzYBCwtR3S9EqW309AzaB4HY4hJydu7GGJt8wprCA1b__mBX-mqYETvYgmzOTMvKa2a7S9sQARhbrcXxLExMR4ww7XBuXGhHTrIt3GqDWY0a4Y0IBsVK-j2_EJTbw6arKgaMPJaaNuvm1Efdd96JgeXaaVIj3o1q6RRclrrw0/s320/IMG_9145.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Restored. New batting, new backing, new quilting with Glide thread.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />3. Lint is a factor for me. Cotton thread is more linty for sewing machine and my long arm.<br />On a sewing machine it just means cleaning regularly. On a long arm it can cause stitch quality issues.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />4. I echo what others have said about the technology of thread improving.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />5. I still have some prejudice about serger cones, at least the cheapest ones, but I guess it stands to reason that technology has improved them as well.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Bottom line: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I put my heart and soul into my quilts and I don’t want them falling apart prematurely because I used crappy thread. I use the best I can afford for fabric and thread and enjoy myself. I tend to keep from mixing fibers but it’s not a hard and fast rule. For example I make linen clothing and I use 100% cotton thread on it (both natural fibers) because linen thread is coarse, expensive and hard to come by. In my perfect world it would be linen thread too. I guess I really am a purist at heart.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />So many good answers here. Enjoy your quilting journey</span><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="animation-name: none; background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; transition-property: none;"><p></p></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you'd like to chime in on this thread conversation, leave me a comment. I'd especially like to know:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Your favourite thread for machine piecing;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Your favourite thread for hand quilting;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Your favourite thread for english paper piecing (ie hexies);</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Your favourite thread for binding;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Your favourite thread for quilting (either by domestic or longarm).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />And go!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Until next time,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-24265723362510273162022-11-20T10:44:00.002-08:002022-11-20T10:46:33.943-08:00Time After Time sew-along<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The cold weather in Tennessee has coincided with two less people in Harriet the Chariot, our trailer, thanks to last Friday's (11/11/22) wedding.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjAZnRcO6RdXmWPk9P8k1722yoXoYQkf_5SGKNkkOssXQu_W3jun7OLZwlLzpTb4AHI-X_HAr5d_aPCMQQUy54j8NPXcOFaItLlwCM32DZJyHZftJUuS6P4vpbgyWQ5ljCjn8iUxsO-Tth2E57woaGcq0Qr5QFB8ob7H3yKvHvAE-CZlNFqMUOtud/s821/weather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="821" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjAZnRcO6RdXmWPk9P8k1722yoXoYQkf_5SGKNkkOssXQu_W3jun7OLZwlLzpTb4AHI-X_HAr5d_aPCMQQUy54j8NPXcOFaItLlwCM32DZJyHZftJUuS6P4vpbgyWQ5ljCjn8iUxsO-Tth2E57woaGcq0Qr5QFB8ob7H3yKvHvAE-CZlNFqMUOtud/s320/weather.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please note: these temperatures are in Fahrenheit. You might otherwise think we are on a beach somewhere enjoying a second summer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My daughter and I have enjoyed some wonderful times of outside sewing over the warmer months, but I'm now thankful that we have a new friend from Church that has a spare bedroom that she wanted to share with us so we can continue to sew on our linen projects in the colder winter months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm also thankful that the bunk room formerly occupied by my daughter and grandson has been repurposed into an indoor sewing space for me. This means that my hubby can have more consistent use of the dining table in Harriet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3vOqI9ou5o7WwrnibCKRpb_FW8AiGAEJhnJD5QMnSHnGRB5RgV9YmMIkeLotb3omb1EUirmpUeF83HjDSfq8x9VsIpPpKZHfJXt_xp97IYd9b-EkLSmQpQrETKlX6YdDDhkaIYxbtXB4v-m0ZVAd9Ao2NULR0roC0Lr9gsBzbaCR9jBO15DJQpZX/s1440/75304254-ED86-4703-BDBA-522F85617DE7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3vOqI9ou5o7WwrnibCKRpb_FW8AiGAEJhnJD5QMnSHnGRB5RgV9YmMIkeLotb3omb1EUirmpUeF83HjDSfq8x9VsIpPpKZHfJXt_xp97IYd9b-EkLSmQpQrETKlX6YdDDhkaIYxbtXB4v-m0ZVAd9Ao2NULR0roC0Lr9gsBzbaCR9jBO15DJQpZX/s320/75304254-ED86-4703-BDBA-522F85617DE7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">A room with a view! And I'm using the kitchen island counter as my cutting and pressing station. I'm so glad we brought our wool pressing mats. They fit nicely on the counter (about the same size as the cutting mat pictured here).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmzJRIvnJn6I741DMZ8JNK9WlKvxrVrN85w0noztYhf0qbm59hTsJK4CEx26d1BJotUPqtPWbuRC-fzIWqg1_3tQX3WzYRtWm-M_k3wuAz8_EvPkQs9lI9wlDdCi0bDfyMcBR5RRoKwnrzDRpU44RgAWoeBjeKjYAeITZbcIm-BqUBQ6sI4wcszfS/s1440/F791A5F5-144C-4C30-A543-8DD5BACEB223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmzJRIvnJn6I741DMZ8JNK9WlKvxrVrN85w0noztYhf0qbm59hTsJK4CEx26d1BJotUPqtPWbuRC-fzIWqg1_3tQX3WzYRtWm-M_k3wuAz8_EvPkQs9lI9wlDdCi0bDfyMcBR5RRoKwnrzDRpU44RgAWoeBjeKjYAeITZbcIm-BqUBQ6sI4wcszfS/s320/F791A5F5-144C-4C30-A543-8DD5BACEB223.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I've been joining the Prairie Quilt Militia on a sew-along which started in the summer. It's called Time After Time. We've had a busy time since Sukkot so I've gotten a bit behind. I brought it out last night to get the steps I've missed caught up before the Chilhowie Winter Quilt begins on Black Friday. I'd like to be current on this one and not be creating a UFO (unfinished object).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As of this morning, here's where I'm at: Step 3 completed. Step 6 is the current step released so I'm hoping to spend today getting more done. But my family is on the way over for a short visit so time to tidy the 'cabin' and create some more seating.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCVmaqLKZnyINPSFYS6wYLENsdoy4IPt3iYNkxFFrWbbLqbG_4jkcEdq3zBT2gHzFMBp5vJIRK83XqmzDSaGjhalXYhtdhGmMJdLJNW2GTMxIBa67LyalMLB7qdTWM6chgJEK6NnY6VoPJd9r6KpNf2U1h6wsbOzxy1GhWdW57AYXRizXaDtDYmGl/s4032/IMG_3823.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCVmaqLKZnyINPSFYS6wYLENsdoy4IPt3iYNkxFFrWbbLqbG_4jkcEdq3zBT2gHzFMBp5vJIRK83XqmzDSaGjhalXYhtdhGmMJdLJNW2GTMxIBa67LyalMLB7qdTWM6chgJEK6NnY6VoPJd9r6KpNf2U1h6wsbOzxy1GhWdW57AYXRizXaDtDYmGl/w300-h400/IMG_3823.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is where we are headed. I love Sharon's designs (Sharon is the founder of Prairie Quilt Militia).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aZVhpBrh48hrX44KP_789UZudawLs1dS-NRjX5ABltIHIEnTK0krcF_p3ESIsg-LSfRcvyRFQg3KjD1VEjRS4nRcDwqkCynukFlYMY_Rr4K0F4SSuOY4zBh5jGc5bOz-XxkI28Hq2GtRO0faEHCAjYr57ZBHuHputAWHrm9VNWvMQe3NUoaRgfZD/s740/Time%20After%20Time%20quilt%20diagram%20finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aZVhpBrh48hrX44KP_789UZudawLs1dS-NRjX5ABltIHIEnTK0krcF_p3ESIsg-LSfRcvyRFQg3KjD1VEjRS4nRcDwqkCynukFlYMY_Rr4K0F4SSuOY4zBh5jGc5bOz-XxkI28Hq2GtRO0faEHCAjYr57ZBHuHputAWHrm9VNWvMQe3NUoaRgfZD/w311-h400/Time%20After%20Time%20quilt%20diagram%20finished.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Gorgeous hey? As you can see I didn't branch away from her colours. I have varied tastes in fabric and design. I love everything from solids, to Kaffe Fassett wild and bright, to more traditional civil war designs and colours like the ones for this quilt. My favourite quilting expression is SCRAPPY but having donated a lot of my scraps with the remainder kept in storage back in Victoria, for this one I had to buy yardage. I know...oh darn! ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And in pursuit of this yardage, I found my new favourite quilt shop here in Cleveland, TN. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_HrsYH98Aw_4sKHCh_NYO_dbTwuQtqGkpbhRcRgd0Chpz9ePPtvUfl2RLwlrBK3rQ_J7AbxWgYa_hzLBHn1nkmRCfsSA9FWrlJ70kIUEQnsUX_K7-_IVqQjPRMQhEFMy4ujftyRXg9fp3v1_TCI2upOS4wA4-Fj55xBlgdxWrPi4MosopLmKIbPb/s363/Lanas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="363" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_HrsYH98Aw_4sKHCh_NYO_dbTwuQtqGkpbhRcRgd0Chpz9ePPtvUfl2RLwlrBK3rQ_J7AbxWgYa_hzLBHn1nkmRCfsSA9FWrlJ70kIUEQnsUX_K7-_IVqQjPRMQhEFMy4ujftyRXg9fp3v1_TCI2upOS4wA4-Fj55xBlgdxWrPi4MosopLmKIbPb/s320/Lanas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here is the link to her website: <a href="https://lanasquiltsandsewmuchmore.com/" target="_blank">https://lanasquiltsandsewmuchmore.com/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a rancher style house on her acreage, with rooms and rooms full of beautiful fabrics and two long arms in a back room and a workshop. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm feeling very blessed to have found a wonderful Church family, an extended family now with the addition of Jordan and his family to our life, some new friends and some great fabric shopping opportunities. And yes Hobby Lobby is a wonderful treat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This empty nest is very quiet today. No little boy climbing into Grandma's bed to warm those cold toes and for that morning snuggle. I pulled out my new bread maker and am awaiting the first loaf. Smells mighty fine in Harriet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62mTuYCYOunqhizC3eAGwjR7gaqg6sqBLQLbaQKpe3BKAAkx1mFMGkbNU_cWuP86JqIvsYiPe8P-XU9b25TrGB444BbDNMIyDdNz7bw8dz8fxO9736tpSsDHa9WRwzb7GvlOzaFJukNt7jzuh7hUIoPmK32DqQ6tFuWX1ycLXb8vqabeYONmHR0QZ/s4032/IMG_3826.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62mTuYCYOunqhizC3eAGwjR7gaqg6sqBLQLbaQKpe3BKAAkx1mFMGkbNU_cWuP86JqIvsYiPe8P-XU9b25TrGB444BbDNMIyDdNz7bw8dz8fxO9736tpSsDHa9WRwzb7GvlOzaFJukNt7jzuh7hUIoPmK32DqQ6tFuWX1ycLXb8vqabeYONmHR0QZ/w300-h400/IMG_3826.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now back to the cutting mat I go. Stay tuned for the next instalment of my Time After Time quilt.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><p></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-47578165274422843192022-11-17T19:02:00.001-08:002022-12-22T04:26:45.223-08:00And they are married....<p><span style="font-size: medium;">In what can only be described as the best love story I've heard of in a long time Elizabeth and Jordan were married on Friday, November 11th at a winery/Greek Cafe in Athens, TN.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPBd6-DYlZYaF8nP7cbwXDMnSspIp6HDizRyan0dtxbj9TbubcKWpljBYgmPdPwbYP_V8oWUoeigbPuYaciAq-x4IvdGd9VTbwYvk6MtvYe9AaZRgtokcHPz-2lhk-Ybm1ADNsn4WxonYV7a7TWOzi0CZLXQWjtzQyrSwsJ7SaYZfxZK2Vubk2WXf/s4032/IMG_3720.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPBd6-DYlZYaF8nP7cbwXDMnSspIp6HDizRyan0dtxbj9TbubcKWpljBYgmPdPwbYP_V8oWUoeigbPuYaciAq-x4IvdGd9VTbwYvk6MtvYe9AaZRgtokcHPz-2lhk-Ybm1ADNsn4WxonYV7a7TWOzi0CZLXQWjtzQyrSwsJ7SaYZfxZK2Vubk2WXf/w400-h300/IMG_3720.HEIC" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwJaOx5hSzwv97F9zNlj7bbiZuu37wQAava2gfbLAWKIg05MdgWSusEYPfETPCecgpZyxA9SgAiHWP1JKfwCsUVSFbkuFSrVexJKeEWUzgS0qP0hTl9w1_8unmrbntXMdFP8xWCoHs78-AlZXY0HeECDiHgzcJael-TIl4-uvZww75QdsW2Otz6SL/s4032/IMG_3722.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwJaOx5hSzwv97F9zNlj7bbiZuu37wQAava2gfbLAWKIg05MdgWSusEYPfETPCecgpZyxA9SgAiHWP1JKfwCsUVSFbkuFSrVexJKeEWUzgS0qP0hTl9w1_8unmrbntXMdFP8xWCoHs78-AlZXY0HeECDiHgzcJael-TIl4-uvZww75QdsW2Otz6SL/w300-h400/IMG_3722.HEIC" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was beautiful and tender and blessed by the Father. What a journey to find each other. What a blessing to watch the relationship sprout at Sukkot and be confirmed by multiple witnesses and then for the wedding to happen while Jordan's family was here for Thanksgiving. And what a joy to see my daughter find true love in a Godly man. What I saw of him at Sukkot confirmed to me that he had the character, conviction, faith and substance of the man I've always dreamed my daughter would one day find.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So imagine this ... we are camping...and he falls in love with her while she was in her camping "looks homeless" clothes, with no makeup, with a son and two parents in tow in a trailer. Yup. That's exactly how it happened. No pretenses at all on either side. Raw and real, just the way it should be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They are currently on their honeymoon close by and we have Aidan. He keeps counting down the days until they will come and get him. For this week, they are getting their home established and enjoying some 'no kid' time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What does this mean for us now? Well, since our driver went and got married we can't drive the trailer back to Canada. Not that we were wanting that though. We have found our 'tribe' down here in Tennessee and love it. We are secure in our campsite over the winter. And at some point in the future they will have more children and we'll want to be here for them. So, we are looking into staying here permanently. That will require something other than a tourist visa so that is in the works. We are praying and waiting on the Father for further direction. We are at a crossroads. We didn't anticipate this when we set out on our adventure of a lifetime roadtrip. But here we are and we are thrilled with where the Lord has led us.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1whjoHDRxSSQat4OqoYfwyvSJ6UaPTore2hljH9v1MjsE_okhCd-KJiVcQqPnOgiIFGXCfv9fXSfxCOECrVFYZLAAzCWAxUJcDWrrZIZpa4Kvm-h5WNfgGriEc5FH0n_yLKzQRzSUiQchKaNssw8TCiwEn9aJz67z5NhcX6MbRQGC0P5n-K_86fq/s1024/FreeVector-Crossroads-Sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1whjoHDRxSSQat4OqoYfwyvSJ6UaPTore2hljH9v1MjsE_okhCd-KJiVcQqPnOgiIFGXCfv9fXSfxCOECrVFYZLAAzCWAxUJcDWrrZIZpa4Kvm-h5WNfgGriEc5FH0n_yLKzQRzSUiQchKaNssw8TCiwEn9aJz67z5NhcX6MbRQGC0P5n-K_86fq/s320/FreeVector-Crossroads-Sign.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This week I find myself missing those outdoor evening chats with my daughter over a glass of wine as we watched the Tennessee sunsets. We lived in very close quarters for eight months. While we got on each other's nerves as anyone would, it was a special time filled with wonderful memories. I'm very happy for Liz and Jordan and Aidan. This is the best outcome for them. And we rejoice with them. As with all big life changes, this is bittersweet. I'm so happy for them, but I'm missing my best buddy.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Winter has now set in and there are no evening campfires. It's getting down to below freezing at night but warms up to about 50 degrees with beautiful clear skies and sunshine in the daytime. Sounds like quilting time to me. How about you? I decided that it wouldn't be a terrible idea if I started the Bonnie Hunter winter mystery. So I found some fabric at the local quilt shops here and am ready for the first clue to drop on Black Friday. Over the years, it has always come at the busiest time of year for me, but this year is different. This year I'm in transition and I need some machine work while I process stuff. This is my best time to hear from the Father, while my hands are busy. So I shall sew!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been a big year of change, adjustment, adventure, and challenge. Now I need some processing time to adjust to our new life and the road from here. And I shall do just that while making something beautiful with a bunch of other quilters around the world.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGL9PQ-sFrCSfzB1wxpH_ezXi3HRMjnZbW-3eD3wfY2QKf9KcV_PKKUR_K3l3QwP0Z2QEEK4KoOWVmEMV8gpoR2vj6NLUYAwW995outStkNSnbNpvJIW8XUSSSWmOjYSJHc5LIvh5ckwbQe7G_IRdTpD5yXqMwiUKzcAf9HXRIcKbsl_oC8g4jOPQ/s4032/IMG_3781.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGL9PQ-sFrCSfzB1wxpH_ezXi3HRMjnZbW-3eD3wfY2QKf9KcV_PKKUR_K3l3QwP0Z2QEEK4KoOWVmEMV8gpoR2vj6NLUYAwW995outStkNSnbNpvJIW8XUSSSWmOjYSJHc5LIvh5ckwbQe7G_IRdTpD5yXqMwiUKzcAf9HXRIcKbsl_oC8g4jOPQ/w300-h400/IMG_3781.HEIC" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanN-QxBfycxk5n9QMxiBPWp-c2euRduvbKjX0oB9m1qJmKfBSpelZ3UwyGSIEGUTWLKhXAUrLILBZ0W8f4bhJGnCRkkhLcBp_B4DABEszmVvRKQyJOW9mpiTDm1kOawN8RLlSdhDj-VNTwHXHYPnrLwi-TMyQ5tevX4LAiB8MsRl-Zuoa1wSNbElC/s960/ChilhowieBanner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="960" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanN-QxBfycxk5n9QMxiBPWp-c2euRduvbKjX0oB9m1qJmKfBSpelZ3UwyGSIEGUTWLKhXAUrLILBZ0W8f4bhJGnCRkkhLcBp_B4DABEszmVvRKQyJOW9mpiTDm1kOawN8RLlSdhDj-VNTwHXHYPnrLwi-TMyQ5tevX4LAiB8MsRl-Zuoa1wSNbElC/s320/ChilhowieBanner.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to join in it's not too late. Visit Bonnie's blog here: <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/chilhowie-mystery.html" target="_blank">https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/chilhowie-mystery.html</a> for the colour choices. This is where all the clues will be shared every friday from Black Friday through the New Year when the reveal is shared.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">That's the latest update. We've been recuperating from a whirlwind of a time planning and enjoying the wedding. Just catching my breath and getting my bearings.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Next you will probably see some mystery quilt pictures and less about family. This is a quilting blog of course, so that won't be unexpected. But so many have shared with me that they wanted to follow our adventure. Little did we know where it would lead. Thank you for following along with our family.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessings on you!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-74232332311931620242022-11-03T11:13:00.002-07:002022-11-17T19:27:01.392-08:00Quilting in small spaces...<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have a couple of quilting projects underway and I'm learning to pack them up after working on them and storing them away out of sight. Gone is the sewing room and the associated clutter. And I'm not sad about that. We only have about 500 square feet in Harriet the Chariot (our RV) and we all have to keep our respective spaces available out of respect for the family members sharing the space.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">During our time of seeking the Lord about selling the house and going on an adventure I was ready to leave quilting behind for the time being and take a time out. It had become all consuming and I was ready to put my long arm in storage but not ready to sell it and do something else. I didn't want to make a decision during a time of emotional upheaval. The Covid years were very hard emotionally and I knew it wasn't a good idea to make a big decision when you're depressed. So a time out it was!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I brought two piecing projects with me and my English Paper Piecing project (La Passion) hexagon quilt. Since arriving in Tennessee, I designed a new quilt pattern which needed fabric and I also joined a sewalong which also needed fabric. This was great retail therapy.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvEVYCstxYMRjFr-a6kzaMXF-ysgVylUE27STnLuFCNivl4xC9d87Hj8ecaHLyhneOx4_dV4jtkssExc6H0DCeqrODkZ2rKni5sWZaX88W3b5r2bEmX9ROBhvAqQv6vUwSGSZfsRP9kQgeYD35XrlOqer53goveXExN_0UIBLhD266NejUPqPiu9S/s1800/DEB911EC-9A89-4435-9C6B-20194DACCFC7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvEVYCstxYMRjFr-a6kzaMXF-ysgVylUE27STnLuFCNivl4xC9d87Hj8ecaHLyhneOx4_dV4jtkssExc6H0DCeqrODkZ2rKni5sWZaX88W3b5r2bEmX9ROBhvAqQv6vUwSGSZfsRP9kQgeYD35XrlOqer53goveXExN_0UIBLhD266NejUPqPiu9S/s320/DEB911EC-9A89-4435-9C6B-20194DACCFC7.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are for a sewalong with Sharon Blackmore called "Time after Time"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4XsYoa42x82lWl3NFRx8DQgqr5DyfWMUILM6wGj3fh0-KVUlY7jnzAmlEEnElCA6CUBuDzIQZGFIg9BuBOZTiCs_ECE4kiWLY2O9NCnP5OPyqI9HpfkwInBdK_Vfjyp2RjfPH4Li7Sld7YdKRxx9lSc8L-qJBqxGI7o7o9XIo_VYiVf6oLsN2Egn/s1800/8B3D4887-5789-43B0-B9A6-ED7FF2249B3D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4XsYoa42x82lWl3NFRx8DQgqr5DyfWMUILM6wGj3fh0-KVUlY7jnzAmlEEnElCA6CUBuDzIQZGFIg9BuBOZTiCs_ECE4kiWLY2O9NCnP5OPyqI9HpfkwInBdK_Vfjyp2RjfPH4Li7Sld7YdKRxx9lSc8L-qJBqxGI7o7o9XIo_VYiVf6oLsN2Egn/s320/8B3D4887-5789-43B0-B9A6-ED7FF2249B3D.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1R5Y6202HxlzxGTEjb6a3rBWPRbxX5gN9JIijiNzsDYTbHbfR7rPlTLGLvDU0A7BhFYo1EzkFQlNfUZc8Wb1MJYV1ZoKTB6oF7g1HfqSCLE-Z_sx6-I-BnTu-4360uoXIYrz76nxZki6GxD1iJ47Z5n4ehezVfbuwZP_OqnSPkJSGZ334Zj0mkXT/s1800/F53E8F4A-56AB-4AE7-83B8-A50302C93ABA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1R5Y6202HxlzxGTEjb6a3rBWPRbxX5gN9JIijiNzsDYTbHbfR7rPlTLGLvDU0A7BhFYo1EzkFQlNfUZc8Wb1MJYV1ZoKTB6oF7g1HfqSCLE-Z_sx6-I-BnTu-4360uoXIYrz76nxZki6GxD1iJ47Z5n4ehezVfbuwZP_OqnSPkJSGZ334Zj0mkXT/s320/F53E8F4A-56AB-4AE7-83B8-A50302C93ABA.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I always loved little 3 1/2" nine patches. A personal favourite!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKktDn7XksCT91uGX7zQqS5y3G5apqVtY6nHxomc4yQ3XQjgJFc8aKfYjBHzqrntxffzJNxy2tX2ZddRZrQAHM2i2_KuZ1S_xvkiwcf_Owu_UrkyuqUaifnuWXz1i-OM3V85gORduyP_4qilKhloUwkiT2IOog9Y9jFIvhhGlCY9cmnWMAxbeuvCqL/s4032/IMG_3018.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKktDn7XksCT91uGX7zQqS5y3G5apqVtY6nHxomc4yQ3XQjgJFc8aKfYjBHzqrntxffzJNxy2tX2ZddRZrQAHM2i2_KuZ1S_xvkiwcf_Owu_UrkyuqUaifnuWXz1i-OM3V85gORduyP_4qilKhloUwkiT2IOog9Y9jFIvhhGlCY9cmnWMAxbeuvCqL/s320/IMG_3018.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And these are for my new pattern which is in the design process. Those are dark greens and neutral batiks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And this project was a simple 'flex your piecing muscles'. I purchased some precut 2 1/2" squares and some white charm squares from a quilt shop somewhere along our journey. I decided to do some mindless piecing. I wanted to make just a simple baby quilt and it went together very quickly. I may still add a border. We'll see.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIFzZ41ryGxQj9fzPYGQyMWXUv3HlAMELqGTdKYRbwkI1uwIWc1uaen4w7v_eG0XwzE4L40lAW1j-rKMpfT8SIpm1j3aRFmQ-JuYUstIIUwerVRO7XuNpNdNajYnHD8Z3dLL2rikWSSeE010Pd00oUloAIwyk-oESFmd93laHj2RMXuU1jvCm6qZe/s4032/IMG_3423.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIFzZ41ryGxQj9fzPYGQyMWXUv3HlAMELqGTdKYRbwkI1uwIWc1uaen4w7v_eG0XwzE4L40lAW1j-rKMpfT8SIpm1j3aRFmQ-JuYUstIIUwerVRO7XuNpNdNajYnHD8Z3dLL2rikWSSeE010Pd00oUloAIwyk-oESFmd93laHj2RMXuU1jvCm6qZe/s320/IMG_3423.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNK1ic2tVJGFGgtcUxKEi5KB1cJyo_99l0ONw8dVH0m98V6_94rgG68Ylj71Ac_JRh3z5yfvE6_QAGE8flO2vDctDgbAq9d7sr_EiLF-B_eGtwDoGPsGu8C--SrbXLlogDTbEQuDgl-bfLNcwIeDs-BJs-PuBSXBthfXNLY2QQ0uTfW_Z6xSg8Fhsu/s4032/IMG_3424.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNK1ic2tVJGFGgtcUxKEi5KB1cJyo_99l0ONw8dVH0m98V6_94rgG68Ylj71Ac_JRh3z5yfvE6_QAGE8flO2vDctDgbAq9d7sr_EiLF-B_eGtwDoGPsGu8C--SrbXLlogDTbEQuDgl-bfLNcwIeDs-BJs-PuBSXBthfXNLY2QQ0uTfW_Z6xSg8Fhsu/s320/IMG_3424.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MFlNxgJkkRguSv5B6tiDEsSxaauneBd5KsBNkD9e8ibVVmYj98SBnw0f9fI0s8lCEbi4mbKtd5B8d3jT3zeQVh58hUqX2_h7eQmm6_TGpFWqTope3xCvqHitBSeVsZqgMuuJN4TNIOs9Q5nqOlyOmUpEhII4lPtEnNKWycMPBJzAPqSG7-D46k1h/s4032/IMG_3425.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MFlNxgJkkRguSv5B6tiDEsSxaauneBd5KsBNkD9e8ibVVmYj98SBnw0f9fI0s8lCEbi4mbKtd5B8d3jT3zeQVh58hUqX2_h7eQmm6_TGpFWqTope3xCvqHitBSeVsZqgMuuJN4TNIOs9Q5nqOlyOmUpEhII4lPtEnNKWycMPBJzAPqSG7-D46k1h/s320/IMG_3425.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not quite big enough for a baby quilt so at some point I'll consider adding that border but there's no hurry for it and it has now been safely 'stowed' with my other sewing projects. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is no hint of a quilter working in Harriet so I'm guessing I've got the quilting clutter under control...for today.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy stitching!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><br /></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-26992653473507337382022-11-02T13:32:00.001-07:002022-11-02T13:35:15.829-07:00Sukkot was incredible...<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sukkot (also referred to the Feast of Tabernacles) is a biblical feast for all believers. All the biblical feasts, including Sukkot, are in Leviticus 23.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">In the last few years our family has come into a fuller understanding of a whole bible belief and our identity in the family of God. We knew we were grafted into Israel (people, not country). A newer friend reposted this on Facebook today and it really captures our story as well and the anonymous author says it better than I could.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: var(--primary-text); white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">"What I wish my friends who don't understand what I believe knew about my Whole Bible Belief: </span></i></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">get asked questions about my faith and why our family does what we do but what I think happens the most is the silent misunderstandings without the questions. So here are a “few” things (loved this idea from Land of Honey blog!) I wish my amazing friends knew about our walk and our obedience to Yah (God) and HIS ways. It’s long but I couldn’t narrow it down easily. </span> </span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Yahusha (Jesus) is the Messiah!!! Praise Yah!! Yes, we fully believe that He is our Messiah. Our salvation comes through Him. He redeemed us and He is our atonement for our sin, taking away the curse we deserve: death. This has never changed and never will. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We have many things in common! We are both reading our Bibles and desiring to know Him more intimately! I do recognize and choose to occasionally read the books that were removed from the Canon.</span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We’ve given up a LOT of worldly things. We feel strongly about not mixing our lives with the ways of the world. Not because of judgment of others but because we are called to look and be set apart as HE is set apart. We are not to look like, read like, act like, watch things like, or be like the world. We are a NEW creation. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We are NOT Jewish or trying to be. Seriously, if I had a quarter for every time we’ve been asked if we are or told we are Jewish..we’d have a heavy pocket. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Truly, we are not. We have not converted to Judaism. Judaism means you are agreeing to the Talmudic teachings and following the oral traditions of MAN and often times not following Yahusha (Jesus) as Messiah. That’s exactly what we are working away from. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We believe the WHOLE Bible is FOR today. We are whole Bible believers. We ARE ISRAEL—Israelites! (This was a HUGE game changer!!!) The whole Bible opens up in an amazing way once you understand this! John 10:16 Yeshua is saying that there is ONE flock and ONE Shepherd. There isn’t a flock of Christians and a flock of Jews. ONE FLOCK. When we believe in Yahusha our Messiah and join His covenant—we are GRAFTED IN (Romans 11:16-27) TO ISRAEL. There is neither Jew nor GREEK. There is ONE FLOCK. Ephesians 2 references how we were once FAR OFF (without Messiah) then through Messiah we were brought NEAR (with Messiah) and this bringing us NEAR. We are adoptees INTO ISRAEL. When far off we are EXCLUDED from citizenship of Israel. When we are brought NEAR—we become Israel! The people... NOT the nation state.</span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We are grafted in—which means we are Israel—which means when He says “Hear Oh Israel!” That’s us. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Once we have our belief in Messiah, we then “work out our belief with fear and trembling”. We then show our love to Him by keeping His commands (John 14:15, 1 John 2:3). Yahusha said “Follow ME” and "if you love me keep My commands" He wasn't here teaching anything but His Father's ways so His commands are His Father's commands.</span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">So some of the big changes we’ve made is we keep the </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sabbath on the seventh day (Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset), we observe </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">the appointed times, </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">completely gave up man-made holidays, and </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">eat Biblically clean (Lev 11). </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We are NOT living in bondage or with a burden. I’ve never felt more FREE. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We have an inner peace in our lives we can’t even explain. I’ve never felt closer to HIM than I do today. I have all the abundance I could need—spiritual abundance!! It’s like I was looking for a missing puzzle piece my whole life and it’s FINALLY in place. I still stumble and struggle but it never takes away the completeness I now feel in my life. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We wholeheartedly LOVE this journey we are on. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">I still love and appreciate YOU. I KNOW there are many people and things that played a role in Him leading me to where I am today. Even things I disagree with now have helped me be where I am today. I am grateful for every person in my journey and just pray to encourage others along the way. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Please ask me questions. I won’t try to prove anything to you but I will talk and share scripture! I’d love to! Talking scripture and about Yah fills me with JOY.</span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m incredibly grateful for where we are today. Yah's timing is perfect and HIS mercy and Grace are so humbling! I know we aren’t perfect and we pray DAILY for discernment and for HIM to show us the way and keep us on HIS PATH!"</span></blockquote></blockquote><div style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_6lr" style="animation-name: none; padding: 4px 16px 16px; transition-property: none;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="animation-name: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px; transition-property: none;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="animation-name: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; transition-property: none;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; display: block; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_6lr" style="animation-name: none; padding: 4px 16px 16px; transition-property: none;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="animation-name: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px; transition-property: none;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="animation-name: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; transition-property: none;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; display: block; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Part of our journey/adventure was to visit Jacob's Tent in Tennessee. We have been watching the livestream for a few years and concluded that we would for sure make a stop on our trip. We wanted to be there for Sukkot and thereafter we thought we would visit Florida and then pray and figure out where God was leading us from there. We truly had no idea where we would end up. All we heard from the Lord was 'sell everything and follow me'. As we did!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">It was a very interesting emotional journey for me wrought with some heartache. We visited some beautiful landscapes as we made our way across the USA but I was missing the dogs and begging God to find a way for them to join us, then realizing that was selfish on my part and not the best for them due to their anxiety issues, then realizing that we wouldn't be back before the end of October to get them. This meant ultimately having to rehome them. I didn't anticipate that when we set out on our journey and I cried buckets of tears for weeks. I remember asking the Lord "will I ever be happy again?". There were many dark, difficult days, but I knew we were on the right path. It was just my flesh screaming and I needed to learn not to be led by my emotions, but by the Holy Spirit. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">This also all was happening during the month of Elul which is a time of repentance, reflection and preparation leading up to our 'season of joy', Sukkot. It's a time when I was asking the Lord to sweep out any darkness from the corners of my heart. Then came Yom Kippur, and a service at Jacob's Tent. It was an amazing service but I can't say I felt anything emotionally change that day, but the next day I remember telling me daughter, "mark it on the calendar, I'm actually happy". That day I turned a corner and my heart remains settled that we are in the right place. We anticipated Sukkot with great joy and were not disappointed. So many times, I reflected on the journey here and this scripture from 1 Corinthians 2:9 says it best "<i>No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him</i>".</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">During our time at Sukkot it became very apparent that what we are experiencing is actually a revival of Spirit AND Truth. Jacob's Tent is not the only Sukkot gathering where the Holy Spirit poured out. I truly believe that the Holy Spirit is awakening His remnant people to the truth of their identity which was stolen from them back during the time of Marcion and the dispensational teaching that he and others like Scofield added to the church. If you don't believe me, study it for yourself. The shortest way to describe it is this: Jesus didn't come to start a new religion (Christianity), He came to complete an old one (The Way of the early Apostles). Doctrines of man have been added to the Christian church, and doctrines of man have also been added to Judaism (Talmudic teachings). The Apostles had the Old Testament scriptures only. The New Testament hadn't been written yet, so all references in the New Testament are referring to the Old. This was a lightbulb moment for me. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">At Sukkot, we experienced great joy and an outpouring of His Spirit and more blessings than we could contain. It was incredible and life changing. Our hearts have been knit together with the local Jacob's Tent family. We are learning to walk in the whole truth of Scripture and now the Holy Spirit is moving in a similar way to our experience in my early church experience but without the things which caused me concern and sent me searching for the full Bible truth.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And as an added blessing our daughter met her future husband here in Tennessee and it has been a game changer for her. They are now engaged. He made a similar journey to Tennessee from California. I won't share here their love story as it's their story to share, but suffice it say that we are feeling blessed beyond measure and very happy for them to have found each other. As we passed through California, specifically Joshua Tree for that sunset adventure, we learned that he was there the same day but earlier in the day. Their paths didn't cross until Tennessee. This had all the feelings of "Sleepless in Seattle" and that gave me goosebumps.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RSjfg5ByL79kEDW0Z6qxXpd9rQS9x6PEfM-VU9BrajldMPbfVfFYLGmsMUk6ErdPMmokeH_zCByoWiuUe7pw5MXd_vINdOKu7U2b7DrGqPWLD7yRAuGSoSyPTc5qJWJa1UzBNL93hLp4F8bVAw6mlHp06ScinP7YnvCwGPDNcXRNYzW7ST8ow00J/s4032/IMG_3388.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RSjfg5ByL79kEDW0Z6qxXpd9rQS9x6PEfM-VU9BrajldMPbfVfFYLGmsMUk6ErdPMmokeH_zCByoWiuUe7pw5MXd_vINdOKu7U2b7DrGqPWLD7yRAuGSoSyPTc5qJWJa1UzBNL93hLp4F8bVAw6mlHp06ScinP7YnvCwGPDNcXRNYzW7ST8ow00J/s320/IMG_3388.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was the night he asked for our blessing to court her.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvzfBe1kTQvs969WGr3BBlk_alsYVYhos-I6FD-R5QAQkkzu5s_8nrNcuhiVgb20_CJ2AtjoKDlrIJpKa1JAvpLpWwfRZcdbI7effiLeuQptrO9KhmkgE83DoXTMOCRyRoHDqJkfsNS0jI0Ec9KakUQutmNh2tvrTr4ZPQ40aw-ClOse13QFMZJ1T/s4032/IMG_3378.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvzfBe1kTQvs969WGr3BBlk_alsYVYhos-I6FD-R5QAQkkzu5s_8nrNcuhiVgb20_CJ2AtjoKDlrIJpKa1JAvpLpWwfRZcdbI7effiLeuQptrO9KhmkgE83DoXTMOCRyRoHDqJkfsNS0jI0Ec9KakUQutmNh2tvrTr4ZPQ40aw-ClOse13QFMZJ1T/s320/IMG_3378.HEIC" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Worship jam around our campfire</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuBY92pTisGY2bjLj37gFSmBzLtPEMx2GI4ZdIiS2Hcmdnrb5mvf1uPuJ0eIU_ljfT4r8eUxrHpl8ZPqfni9F4fnsGgU3fi6K3Gqp3rICxXubOqiPodxzQ4LWWiyflhdJqbSp4hkGcKginLOBL9wNzCUeDsOv1MqNb2xj6YsWT2E1oymWZQTKn6zq/s4032/IMG_3375.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuBY92pTisGY2bjLj37gFSmBzLtPEMx2GI4ZdIiS2Hcmdnrb5mvf1uPuJ0eIU_ljfT4r8eUxrHpl8ZPqfni9F4fnsGgU3fi6K3Gqp3rICxXubOqiPodxzQ4LWWiyflhdJqbSp4hkGcKginLOBL9wNzCUeDsOv1MqNb2xj6YsWT2E1oymWZQTKn6zq/s320/IMG_3375.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessing the children under the chuppah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEuVctrkdkydr4ETDV8hmPx7HyEWeHyjeQUJTRN5uqXHVDnKh5w9aaQl7wmDM58KaSCAuAXK0kXM9lMvdiI0k9gIryrQiDdacsObcgReeMaRqm6oHiud7o8EBVXEUzAAaOd4ewCkrFr8OJYXiEUZ86jHoJ-ZckRGlaXGsM_AjlExsNyV55iddT3rw/s4032/IMG_3369.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEuVctrkdkydr4ETDV8hmPx7HyEWeHyjeQUJTRN5uqXHVDnKh5w9aaQl7wmDM58KaSCAuAXK0kXM9lMvdiI0k9gIryrQiDdacsObcgReeMaRqm6oHiud7o8EBVXEUzAAaOd4ewCkrFr8OJYXiEUZ86jHoJ-ZckRGlaXGsM_AjlExsNyV55iddT3rw/s320/IMG_3369.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Davidic dance during worship<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmTpwm1k_fc82zNQPVSxiTpuNIYd2ReXNUs4L7m3okk8QYAXB9GcFsbmaIpiphuYTdH0pLaWpI2oh4SAnXmPtW8BCVeEX6vkKJiSOgpe1eqZ4QUzf0pP5VizcdGxrxKjbHCugb_ctZianV5cc7QS-x08Fi6Q9LYxl-BybqRv9K6wSM1eZR6Nv5QcK/s4032/IMG_3384.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmTpwm1k_fc82zNQPVSxiTpuNIYd2ReXNUs4L7m3okk8QYAXB9GcFsbmaIpiphuYTdH0pLaWpI2oh4SAnXmPtW8BCVeEX6vkKJiSOgpe1eqZ4QUzf0pP5VizcdGxrxKjbHCugb_ctZianV5cc7QS-x08Fi6Q9LYxl-BybqRv9K6wSM1eZR6Nv5QcK/s320/IMG_3384.HEIC" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful scenery at our Sukkot camp</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-HRXMFStTV4dykFNlcDmyZYFghYv8Nj86oIPPJnsL-PKA3M-81MXAy2ywDzlQVg-wHFmRML-L9PR5qIAMayGaxPTKAnO_iVztL4g4N50A2SRntmuioEMOXgYMp3-1dZ1Ktd5w3_8GcYApEJdGYUEcBJBREhIHq3VLRTQx3gOzFU0AYnvqSSv9B-g/s4032/IMG_3383.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-HRXMFStTV4dykFNlcDmyZYFghYv8Nj86oIPPJnsL-PKA3M-81MXAy2ywDzlQVg-wHFmRML-L9PR5qIAMayGaxPTKAnO_iVztL4g4N50A2SRntmuioEMOXgYMp3-1dZ1Ktd5w3_8GcYApEJdGYUEcBJBREhIHq3VLRTQx3gOzFU0AYnvqSSv9B-g/s320/IMG_3383.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Little boy is all about snacks and bare feet<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmGHaBxR_coIvYwpbLags6y0kBi-9IwOVyZsBD8jgg01ZqTilkIUkWZ5CENdrcMIu0V8kAb-vSj8xLQBIaMIRU4amz1OeJ2uH6eo26JnvqYSxEt_HMV0KfsMxg4pBIMSn5hJUhABeqH1GiV9zMz4mQxNBuBqSWLG-4u3TtFAGkQfvpDM4wUJIyQ9u/s4032/IMG_3398.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmGHaBxR_coIvYwpbLags6y0kBi-9IwOVyZsBD8jgg01ZqTilkIUkWZ5CENdrcMIu0V8kAb-vSj8xLQBIaMIRU4amz1OeJ2uH6eo26JnvqYSxEt_HMV0KfsMxg4pBIMSn5hJUhABeqH1GiV9zMz4mQxNBuBqSWLG-4u3TtFAGkQfvpDM4wUJIyQ9u/s320/IMG_3398.HEIC" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The final night and the kids doing their presentation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduErSrB72U5xHNgEhATtnLDk9kZQOcW1caGy3j3mNpcMAbVkxCAv-eaPh1zXayE5m0OJyg-OnhQdQBbe2I9AUn8miSRQ7areHwIDHnh6rPwi4CdwtLZCJIfunoMu0Yb0eO7S-dBlnNMjqIdbNJnkzzQktm6mSOT76MYXijbWiQELfA5SDQ_kpfo70/s2080/EB1EC5D3-A58D-4041-91CB-79EE6639A4F9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduErSrB72U5xHNgEhATtnLDk9kZQOcW1caGy3j3mNpcMAbVkxCAv-eaPh1zXayE5m0OJyg-OnhQdQBbe2I9AUn8miSRQ7areHwIDHnh6rPwi4CdwtLZCJIfunoMu0Yb0eO7S-dBlnNMjqIdbNJnkzzQktm6mSOT76MYXijbWiQELfA5SDQ_kpfo70/s320/EB1EC5D3-A58D-4041-91CB-79EE6639A4F9.jpg" width="180" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Building candy sukkah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZdGPk6maBMTeNeYVxJu8gRhkdutPqXDJtbOEf4ibpk5fxvBmFFxHfUTuYWs7FM8ULzhMJ-7RWdb0e-SYRT1e_d35RQHmL7yYrlIyCf6Htbpcr0IvFoY7akmoOJuIcG-nvTgBeMbfkmFNrKtfPv_emYi96diB1al4Ppp8rtdJineftEyVDgPIdw79/s4032/IMG_3332.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZdGPk6maBMTeNeYVxJu8gRhkdutPqXDJtbOEf4ibpk5fxvBmFFxHfUTuYWs7FM8ULzhMJ-7RWdb0e-SYRT1e_d35RQHmL7yYrlIyCf6Htbpcr0IvFoY7akmoOJuIcG-nvTgBeMbfkmFNrKtfPv_emYi96diB1al4Ppp8rtdJineftEyVDgPIdw79/s320/IMG_3332.HEIC" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another glorious sunset</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mb_Qn9bwxLgwBL4s8r-Q3TMHU8b--BROfm5lYSLGCCX4PNiX8JgVJXu6DuSHauZDfrp_0eXZHdiBWMcIrpYtiTfsz32RLh1LdK9r-X3FScmx5zOn00Qzuj_IzVlteagde5-3avM7UcpTFUgmOtH97ZSG3psonS4_vn6yl_8_FAtF7rwviw1uJyhY/s1440/2BDC77C8-975D-4F44-AB63-FCC6AE895176.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mb_Qn9bwxLgwBL4s8r-Q3TMHU8b--BROfm5lYSLGCCX4PNiX8JgVJXu6DuSHauZDfrp_0eXZHdiBWMcIrpYtiTfsz32RLh1LdK9r-X3FScmx5zOn00Qzuj_IzVlteagde5-3avM7UcpTFUgmOtH97ZSG3psonS4_vn6yl_8_FAtF7rwviw1uJyhY/s320/2BDC77C8-975D-4F44-AB63-FCC6AE895176.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More scenery during my 'walkabout'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfD1efitdDt9G_-qGTIxy-erQtJ6xYbOLJBLvLPN8VBXgn3bxTXYrgiNIc1wzm_rZz9k2xK11MA9IMTucXNPgMqXpkMW_qsumikn_hYZk2yf4fWGV2FjiLJ8ud7toK8dik-PhekcJMx6oyylUSRhrTxjTscuTVLGmp8bAWUriWPFTi9wIn5F1TFWY/s1440/5E6B0424-0E00-4600-A2C8-345356AC0236.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfD1efitdDt9G_-qGTIxy-erQtJ6xYbOLJBLvLPN8VBXgn3bxTXYrgiNIc1wzm_rZz9k2xK11MA9IMTucXNPgMqXpkMW_qsumikn_hYZk2yf4fWGV2FjiLJ8ud7toK8dik-PhekcJMx6oyylUSRhrTxjTscuTVLGmp8bAWUriWPFTi9wIn5F1TFWY/s320/5E6B0424-0E00-4600-A2C8-345356AC0236.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Reflection of the fall colours on the lake. Gorgeous!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I only got videos of the actual worship services which were amazing but unfortunately I can't seem to embed them here. But if you're intrigued enough to see what I'm talking about, check out this link on YouTube. There is a whole playlist of all the videos from Sukkot. I'm happy to share the joy we experienced. <a href="https://youtu.be/YzKM1Jxnq3E" target="_blank">Jacob's Tent 2022 Sukkot</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have had a lot to absorb since Sukkot so only today have I thought it's time for a blog update. We are continuing to seek God on this journey and are awaiting His leading for the next steps.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stay tuned!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-69344205453260557472022-09-02T09:12:00.003-07:002022-09-02T09:30:47.428-07:00Settling in for fall<p><span style="font-size: medium;">After a hot but amazing summer of travel, we have arrived in Tennessee. Summer is not over here yet. Daytime temperatures are still in the high 80s Fahrenheit and the pool is open until mid September.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpSC0_dFMvcmf-nLa40Cfm5WMhRZ2a0KmluIE7Tot7hg-Dl4CKyX4b_aP2T5h4s2ndUmwtvXLrosMBKspLNVUoQtDtu4xIqroCCLNIkXbwm6PI5Lln66lED5rbf7c9Iq-JoFCbTMalLWmPRUJM2G3RdtpPkiYrPMpEEOK17zYwC1apv8oWqVfTB-G/s1800/8EA8758B-E60F-477B-AFF1-DFB0ADC36A9D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpSC0_dFMvcmf-nLa40Cfm5WMhRZ2a0KmluIE7Tot7hg-Dl4CKyX4b_aP2T5h4s2ndUmwtvXLrosMBKspLNVUoQtDtu4xIqroCCLNIkXbwm6PI5Lln66lED5rbf7c9Iq-JoFCbTMalLWmPRUJM2G3RdtpPkiYrPMpEEOK17zYwC1apv8oWqVfTB-G/w320-h400/8EA8758B-E60F-477B-AFF1-DFB0ADC36A9D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The goal was to get here to celebrate the fall feasts and we made it in good time. We visited our church for the first time last Shabbat (Sabbath) and it was even better in person than our online experience the last couple of years. We received the warmest welcome I've ever had from a church. Their focus is on being a family fellowship more than a 'church'.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I told Beth, the pastor's wife, that it's her fault we are here. At the end of the livestreaming service, the whole congregation is told "turn around and face the red light on the camera and wave to our livestreamers", followed by a Shabbat Shalom! Without exception, I always cried at that part of the service. I wanted to be there with my people...my tribe. And now here we are. We don't know for how long. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Aside from camping with our church family during the Feast of Tabernacles, we will be staying in the same spot until the end of October unless the Lord leads us otherwise. It's nice to settle someplace for more than a few days and to spend some quality time with our church family and meet some new friends. But we have also promised Aidan Legoland in Florida so we aren't sure how the travel will play out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our campground is beautiful, very well maintained and it has the best pool to date. So we are very content with our season here. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It has been amazing to run across so many people in our travels that have sold their "sticks and bricks" and have gone full time RV living.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I don't miss our house at all. I don't miss the hectic life I had. I do miss recycling though LOL. I know this may sound weird, but in the south, everything goes in the trash. It goes against every fibre of my being. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyW6DGZA3Ge6gC0uFdq64WQh_l41R-0KFBc6fq90fJ41kc6DeQStXksytFpQUL4hotfnO2xEh77QlAyuwjY_j7hya5mgO-R04tjrCAWh-_JfXMIyCDTrdbnyHppyvSoxsmnBnE4JxgZx4OKfJnYQvrPuIsVWUFl3k-hGw09aBF2t6FocaGXMJ8m1p5/s1440/561A8DEA-D9D5-418B-9B0C-0336CB86BF19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyW6DGZA3Ge6gC0uFdq64WQh_l41R-0KFBc6fq90fJ41kc6DeQStXksytFpQUL4hotfnO2xEh77QlAyuwjY_j7hya5mgO-R04tjrCAWh-_JfXMIyCDTrdbnyHppyvSoxsmnBnE4JxgZx4OKfJnYQvrPuIsVWUFl3k-hGw09aBF2t6FocaGXMJ8m1p5/w400-h400/561A8DEA-D9D5-418B-9B0C-0336CB86BF19.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset Sewing. Working on linen dress prototypes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhgyCC-gHaORb6Kn3Egryr9mlPCu2F4ebzsUxgjNeBeYlAdwXO4iAOtJ3h5zRhpHnxo22bGSithjmWKZJaEvgI-4FH2rR3MnSzi0YDBshD_b4pZvAqIZAZAIyaiTHmG1BTgPj-dkjsDVk91kpWjGH1IfDK3Ca0x8PnaODQcBTDw3QjtvZjbW8rkve/s1440/8D8BE4D2-4209-445A-82C3-D3A09A24309A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhgyCC-gHaORb6Kn3Egryr9mlPCu2F4ebzsUxgjNeBeYlAdwXO4iAOtJ3h5zRhpHnxo22bGSithjmWKZJaEvgI-4FH2rR3MnSzi0YDBshD_b4pZvAqIZAZAIyaiTHmG1BTgPj-dkjsDVk91kpWjGH1IfDK3Ca0x8PnaODQcBTDw3QjtvZjbW8rkve/w400-h400/8D8BE4D2-4209-445A-82C3-D3A09A24309A.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another glorious sunset, Tennessee style!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDqh5eeFHNOJrQbQchnjjztWHFAcCMcSNXKPSe5DD3n81mLRTfKBz-6keR1eLo6WDlNJzb5jmSnTYRgsru9kZ4tkMUA6sgpZxFuEERF95xjd8U_xZUYL_B1T2hw5Z6v1c31SVL_-EraUfCpSpsE-9f5vBPayht57faIRb2NnS80Lh7koEyMJdnIts/s4032/IMG_2996.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDqh5eeFHNOJrQbQchnjjztWHFAcCMcSNXKPSe5DD3n81mLRTfKBz-6keR1eLo6WDlNJzb5jmSnTYRgsru9kZ4tkMUA6sgpZxFuEERF95xjd8U_xZUYL_B1T2hw5Z6v1c31SVL_-EraUfCpSpsE-9f5vBPayht57faIRb2NnS80Lh7koEyMJdnIts/w400-h300/IMG_2996.HEIC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puzzles from the homeschool (roadschool) bin. Getting ready to get started on Kindergarten</td></tr></tbody></table>.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySHuuGBJjm-8LgcGJ1AspeSeENkY4nA-krvMyHCSmeejdgfDRXddHCdVu8Jb8681WqQ9vOGDN7HGNdGQfZyb4s4jfzLHNe3unAfKKQFaO8m6WxVPiL3V-Hj7nFujE--KgM54286VP2_YClFjGyk2kxNapmWAPsICCvVqljv3vkkCT8zLaLYkf1OZw/s4032/IMG_2998.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySHuuGBJjm-8LgcGJ1AspeSeENkY4nA-krvMyHCSmeejdgfDRXddHCdVu8Jb8681WqQ9vOGDN7HGNdGQfZyb4s4jfzLHNe3unAfKKQFaO8m6WxVPiL3V-Hj7nFujE--KgM54286VP2_YClFjGyk2kxNapmWAPsICCvVqljv3vkkCT8zLaLYkf1OZw/w300-h400/IMG_2998.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little boy: Lego! Mom and Grandma: Sewing!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And here comes a bit more vulnerability. The one thing I do miss horribly is our doggies. It has been almost torture emotionally and I'm continually praying about it. My friend is dog sitting for me back near Victoria but that was based on us returning before the end of October. So we are really asking the Father what we should do because we will still be here end of October and after that we don't know where He will lead us. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2rC7EA5F1_h_8SKGQMEY2-dmedaHMwAdK9RYAQWkc2T9R_DrEkuqRL6e9UwMQ9hhHlA27oLAIbTJ3y4bYMSa7q_ICzKgCglscBmbCRwWjmAEc-KSg1SJnAFPNgDwh3l0KzoRNzup_xEC96TB1kfDaBwHMU-50pesaGkbl1mk_PoaIZrKsWNbq1VQ/s960/IMG_2999.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2rC7EA5F1_h_8SKGQMEY2-dmedaHMwAdK9RYAQWkc2T9R_DrEkuqRL6e9UwMQ9hhHlA27oLAIbTJ3y4bYMSa7q_ICzKgCglscBmbCRwWjmAEc-KSg1SJnAFPNgDwh3l0KzoRNzup_xEC96TB1kfDaBwHMU-50pesaGkbl1mk_PoaIZrKsWNbq1VQ/w300-h400/IMG_2999.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was during a house showing. An hour in the car and Cooper was a hot mess. :(</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I desperately want them here with us, but the reason we left them is that Cooper has extreme travel anxiety and we thought it would be more compassionate for them to keep them together and let them stay with my friend. They settled in well and I know they are in a loving home. I didn't anticipate how it would affect me emotionally. If we stay living full time in an RV, we aren't sure how they would adapt and the travel would still be an issue. Is it kinder to them to rehome them with someone who can give them the life they deserve? Or is it more important for them to be with their original family? I've looked into getting them transported. I've looked into getting them rehomed. I've talked to our vet in Victoria. The path forward isn't clear and every day I shed more tears about it and place it before the Father. I made an error in judgment and posted on a camping facebook page. All the vitriolic comments sent me in a downward spiral. How dare I leave my dogs! People comment without any understanding. It was hateful! I deleted the post and cried myself to sleep that night. The fact remains that Cooper would be a hysterical mess with our travel days. It wouldn't have been fair to him. But I do miss them so much and pray that the Lord provides us with clear direction. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And now I'm crying again...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-89297565791227562432022-08-26T10:20:00.001-07:002022-08-26T10:56:39.569-07:00The people we meet along the way...<p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are convinced that these encounters on the road are not accidental but orchestrated by the Author of our faith and the One who has taken the wheel (ie Jesus take the Wheel...great song Carrie Underwood!) We have earnestly prayed for opportunities to share the Lord with people on this journey.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These are two recent stories...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In Texas: Liz, Aidan and I were out on a shopping trip and decided to stop in a little Mexican restaurant for lunch. It had five stars and despite looking like a little shack on the edge of the road, we decided the reviews don't lie so we went in.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was the kind of cafe where you place your order at the till and they bring it to you. So we placed our order and sat down. The cashier, Christine, brought us our drinks and struck up a conversation. I shared where we were from and that we were on an extended RV adventure. She opened up and basically shared that she was a single mom of three kids, aged 15 (youngest) up to adult. The oldest has just gone off to the army and she took the job at the cafe to help keep her mind off the fact that she was missing him. Her youngest is a girl and she shared her battle with raising her. It opened up the conversation for us to share the Lord with her and we told her to stay strong, stay the course, not to give up, and that we would pray for her and her family. It felt wonderful to share the goodness of the Lord with her. We know that she is not alone and He watches over her and she had some measure of faith already (based on her response). We are very thankful for the opportunity to sow some seeds that we can continue watering with prayer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In Alabama: Yesterday was a four state drive. We left Tennessee from one campsite headed towards our current destination, also in Tennessee. The highway took us from Tennessee, to Mississippi through Alabama, then we touched down in Georgia for a hot minute, and back into Tennessee (not necessarily in the correct order as I'm not looking at the map). I actually had to look up which state we had lunch in. Turns out it was at a Cracker Barrel in Madison, Alabama.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1xlEqq83K7xSo8jVZdTRnKUnHjzmCh0jE-haBmARlDEWykB2J2YCH2tOLi4kUB_Cf_1fccXATZVtCyraIJctJnDeuEuHWIRvciSCbn5zBRnBtZcMEMtThRYnmx2PBtPon-t1PNYzi7uv2TKDDj340wNQJl3gi6on3c8dnXBOMjFEwJZMEjP6G6dd/s1170/IMG_2947.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1xlEqq83K7xSo8jVZdTRnKUnHjzmCh0jE-haBmARlDEWykB2J2YCH2tOLi4kUB_Cf_1fccXATZVtCyraIJctJnDeuEuHWIRvciSCbn5zBRnBtZcMEMtThRYnmx2PBtPon-t1PNYzi7uv2TKDDj340wNQJl3gi6on3c8dnXBOMjFEwJZMEjP6G6dd/s320/IMG_2947.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpbhgydH3y3N6nn_VGrLAT8WblWMfwZ_u8iBmXTlVC9dxHX5TvBRd-o8XnlXqR5jV8TwxJVhRMdtXIMNGCijbpvpfL5Ow8O2kS8RXONx3Tci_xiem_vvVSowybKcJZls4wbB9SCKfgqhNfe6OqKdt1nFvohel1q0TKIk3bbawF80dAyM-hezPPqZW/s1170/IMG_2950.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1170" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpbhgydH3y3N6nn_VGrLAT8WblWMfwZ_u8iBmXTlVC9dxHX5TvBRd-o8XnlXqR5jV8TwxJVhRMdtXIMNGCijbpvpfL5Ow8O2kS8RXONx3Tci_xiem_vvVSowybKcJZls4wbB9SCKfgqhNfe6OqKdt1nFvohel1q0TKIk3bbawF80dAyM-hezPPqZW/s320/IMG_2950.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56SqtieKQlkCmAsyt_iaVRhxE8OaC_DtYQmZvNFi-qhzIyjbGXFEhFH_3d5MNKqGoAqdvhXacW7au8q-XvtG-I0QktZVjipV4hNEX-8AKiAc0fJEDZzIlgIae33V-H7H37A5Qoha_sZQFEdT_ctLk2UUnWQYg5pKtZm0qJliUdo47vF1y4o3O50A4/s1170/IMG_2946.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1170" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56SqtieKQlkCmAsyt_iaVRhxE8OaC_DtYQmZvNFi-qhzIyjbGXFEhFH_3d5MNKqGoAqdvhXacW7au8q-XvtG-I0QktZVjipV4hNEX-8AKiAc0fJEDZzIlgIae33V-H7H37A5Qoha_sZQFEdT_ctLk2UUnWQYg5pKtZm0qJliUdo47vF1y4o3O50A4/s320/IMG_2946.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8X_h9aM7_pnIq03WT3M2FW0VuWrspGTmGNkcSQe0yDai3NQONi_VwsCsp6Iwq0dHu0o-Ddmjw14RaUzoDffiS7bkk_jcl3ZCZenUDdzp2g2vJtsiSOwZfjjvdE0qro84W7oMM5WIFn3RGY4oXcODjakAR5CMXjw5fiNLM7uBrp6RgyE-lZtzvBkn2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8X_h9aM7_pnIq03WT3M2FW0VuWrspGTmGNkcSQe0yDai3NQONi_VwsCsp6Iwq0dHu0o-Ddmjw14RaUzoDffiS7bkk_jcl3ZCZenUDdzp2g2vJtsiSOwZfjjvdE0qro84W7oMM5WIFn3RGY4oXcODjakAR5CMXjw5fiNLM7uBrp6RgyE-lZtzvBkn2=w320-h320" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">I just want to say that the Cracker Barrel billboards work. We saw the cheesecake stuffed pancakes up on the billboard and knew that it had to happen one day. During this trip, we have tried In and Out Burgers, Chic-Fil-A, and now today it was Cracker Barrell for those amazing looking pancakes.</span></div></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDoFf7mvnocu4LTNdTgdWU8FrrNrSEXYh_XveYlFHFa5SFfLVAtIKYqEYXptnmP0p_OWvrcrloobRgaEEilku23Qm7TRTUxJAflM28I5WIPY3BtqJmg_ZYrA4RcE0KIl89_66mEO92Cjpeiye5ly9y0p5by_TESZS_aJtwKAFXjEseZIbnVmKPBnQ/s4032/IMG_2920.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDoFf7mvnocu4LTNdTgdWU8FrrNrSEXYh_XveYlFHFa5SFfLVAtIKYqEYXptnmP0p_OWvrcrloobRgaEEilku23Qm7TRTUxJAflM28I5WIPY3BtqJmg_ZYrA4RcE0KIl89_66mEO92Cjpeiye5ly9y0p5by_TESZS_aJtwKAFXjEseZIbnVmKPBnQ/w300-h400/IMG_2920.HEIC" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are as good as they look. Cheesecake stuffed pancakes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurnTBUatdhf1F98CxWra0tBBLTKmUEL1yPSPl3WbXkbOaTbGCod4-6DmLHeoXu63FR-EloYAWwrSmfJ890I_29_8IxzlV21oe4nALGYv1KoHOKffvrR9ivM0zs0xRGrTMF4-JcJ-fchZps6ON7uJVaR5DeAAI85Wqxm4TvJesq5J8KiqBXZAtvqct/s4032/IMG_2923.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurnTBUatdhf1F98CxWra0tBBLTKmUEL1yPSPl3WbXkbOaTbGCod4-6DmLHeoXu63FR-EloYAWwrSmfJ890I_29_8IxzlV21oe4nALGYv1KoHOKffvrR9ivM0zs0xRGrTMF4-JcJ-fchZps6ON7uJVaR5DeAAI85Wqxm4TvJesq5J8KiqBXZAtvqct/s320/IMG_2923.HEIC" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The front of the store is lined with these irresistible rocking chairs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpH9bjLUcJ4yps8xMbWxZSepEAgZRjcuZKgbJKFkrx6s3dbB2BzF3d1FvRTiXoTy2sY4gEJTTAq_FGRNy4j8YSiHDJOUBpmhbckaskuwT3lBXC_AJjPFO_r3CqitZQkhNJsI1XlqwfkJ7PNaak5CxdVaPp_4lRKOKCrB-ujR_JITFQ2avU9e-QpUTB/s4032/IMG_2919.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpH9bjLUcJ4yps8xMbWxZSepEAgZRjcuZKgbJKFkrx6s3dbB2BzF3d1FvRTiXoTy2sY4gEJTTAq_FGRNy4j8YSiHDJOUBpmhbckaskuwT3lBXC_AJjPFO_r3CqitZQkhNJsI1XlqwfkJ7PNaak5CxdVaPp_4lRKOKCrB-ujR_JITFQ2avU9e-QpUTB/w300-h400/IMG_2919.HEIC" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Delicious brunch.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Our server Sharon was a lovely and hospitable lady who when she took our order, asked if she should bring out Aidan's drink with his meal. Liz and Aidan had gone to the washroom so I said "yes please! You must be a mom". Only a mom would KNOW that a kid is going to drink all the juice first and then not eat his meal.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Her reply took my breath away. She said "I had one child, a son. He was murdered when he was six years old. Drowned." Of course, I gasped, covered my mouth as you would at hearing this shocking news and then immediately told her how sorry I was. She told us he her was her only child. I'm still reeling at the hearing of her story. Part of me was mad at myself for making this flippant comment. But how could I know her story? </span><span>God must have known we needed to hear it. We prayed for her after she left our table and will be continuing to do so. Such a tragic story. When she returned I said, "Thank you for sharing your story with us. I can't imagine how horrible that must have been for you. We will be praying for you." She sent us off with a God Bless You.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And with that we set off for Tennessee to our next camping spot. The cheesecake pancakes were awesome and the experience unforgettable, both for the food experience and also for hearing of this sweet lady's tragedy.</span></p><p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: medium;"><i><span face=""Work Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Colossians 3:12</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif;" /><span face=""Work Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-15083940131112870222022-08-24T18:00:00.094-07:002022-09-02T08:26:47.724-07:00Oh Memphis!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So wow! What a day.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yesterday we had just about enough of the Thousand Trails Cherokee Landing campsite. While the vegetation was gorgeous, and the pool the largest we have experienced so far, the campground was very neglected. The "comfort centre" wasn't fit for a dog let alone a human. It is obvious that this is not one of the Thousand Trails that has had an injection of capital. Compared to Verde Valley in Arizona (10/10), this was a 0/10. Our campsite was a pull-through but it sloped downhill right outside the front door of Harriet. So we couldn't set up any tables or chairs or sit outside and we had to watch our footing all the time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, we made a decision to leave early for the next campsite, also in Tennessee, which meant we needed to experience Memphis today. And did we ever!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We knew we wanted to hear some live music but weren't sure if there would be a venue that Aidan could also come into. We were thrilled to find B.B. Kings Blues Club right on Beale Street in Memphis. We had experienced the BB King Blues Club at Sea on our Alaska Cruise and had loved it. And this one had a kids menu! They had two shows, one at 2:00 pm and the other at 4:30. The one at 2:00 was a solo act and a trio was scheduled at 4:30. We thought we would park and wander Beale Street and eventually end up at BB Kings.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We were surprised that the city was basically asleep at noon. Then Tony reminded us that musicians don't get up until noon LOL. I'm sure Beale Street comes alive at night. So we had no problem parking, only encountered one questionable character (who seemed high) that we managed to avoid, and then made our way to Beale Street.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There were many photo opportunities.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4sWVe6rG3S3NKh8XB4dubdjGkvRrPEYqJm7YdYiZkz1ihAo9Ckevj3HTG7bLGO-DWMp2gu7z-vVzxcYsdo_4LsmXRm1Q-JMMwL-tisbYtegYXKghN_QSNvnwrvvT4reLEzzNuFyh8zrC0U7b6jX8IFz5BK9EhUx_diViUq3lJNZghupX98phVSJd/s4032/IMG_2840.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4sWVe6rG3S3NKh8XB4dubdjGkvRrPEYqJm7YdYiZkz1ihAo9Ckevj3HTG7bLGO-DWMp2gu7z-vVzxcYsdo_4LsmXRm1Q-JMMwL-tisbYtegYXKghN_QSNvnwrvvT4reLEzzNuFyh8zrC0U7b6jX8IFz5BK9EhUx_diViUq3lJNZghupX98phVSJd/s320/IMG_2840.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">The Peabody Memphis</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> is a historic luxury </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Hotel">hotel</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> in </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Memphis" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Downtown Memphis">Downtown Memphis</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">, Tennessee, opened in 1925. The hotel is known for the "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop and make daily treks to the lobby. The Peabody is a member of Historic Hotels of America, a program of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Historic_Preservation" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="National Trust for Historic Preservation">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U1oZPzrd1UIdg9_bzQLwuI_1Z3JyxgyzYPCoDa0vsP3fbNy3N4Mk4JDiX-5J1GjS1eik5GCYEEl_O2DCI-ZUryH4DF20D7Gw8G-sWxf43aj-6xOzXdxV_U_IsJhGiv54sULVBSJW3clDDslyep82X9f3DFjgtET8lMYa_dABWXPslpwfi1zHcwKM/s4032/IMG_2841.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U1oZPzrd1UIdg9_bzQLwuI_1Z3JyxgyzYPCoDa0vsP3fbNy3N4Mk4JDiX-5J1GjS1eik5GCYEEl_O2DCI-ZUryH4DF20D7Gw8G-sWxf43aj-6xOzXdxV_U_IsJhGiv54sULVBSJW3clDDslyep82X9f3DFjgtET8lMYa_dABWXPslpwfi1zHcwKM/w300-h400/IMG_2841.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard Rock Cafe. Photo op only. We didn't go in.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdcq4oH8M4hfqYl5N5WscUs8bZ-rU6Z2x6d-_RwnMOI1kkwChOTfMuFlA5U8HKXszbsjBzGwtOu-anc6-RPOj1b1ScpOPrUkFMvU5veqiHtdpmgQZvDXU6kEnbniK_lcx_e5PKsW8YfDf-ANsp4ckzkPRB3DLKJfJg2EI_oG8UjrgzfAYz9NQLzJD/s4032/IMG_2842.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdcq4oH8M4hfqYl5N5WscUs8bZ-rU6Z2x6d-_RwnMOI1kkwChOTfMuFlA5U8HKXszbsjBzGwtOu-anc6-RPOj1b1ScpOPrUkFMvU5veqiHtdpmgQZvDXU6kEnbniK_lcx_e5PKsW8YfDf-ANsp4ckzkPRB3DLKJfJg2EI_oG8UjrgzfAYz9NQLzJD/w300-h400/IMG_2842.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr403O5rvPvtwtNbKZn8IpQF8NX1GC9A69PGTgnSzjhC0lm0fm2R5gwwTgXwHLIjP9bgI2cGAN4LK3Ful8T30ZC1YOcrMpxTjSi4j88bEpZE3Zo-nyUO0TdqH8rPtc_yKbbGz0YdqY63HlvodD0WvvMpQbLIE4qfoYSVjZ53IeIfF3Vviz8zkB15Zt/s4032/IMG_2846.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoPWFuRa3IUDFcSI5hgjIjPI8DojgPpZNK2g9p4cyZx2QkjgWhGrjXnhAqnI0zGqZsSUx091pwE5T3XEqniksv9mA0rL3Se6KCxU-TiYTQZ5MpLF8CGAhg9Pb6zJMoc1iAIqLyeWHs0iHZVnUYo3qnwn2QVJiO1osHciig1WCjxzClsDUksIVL4ON/w300-h400/IMG_2873.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">It was hot and muggy so we decided to go to BB Kings at about 2:15 and see if we could sit through both shows. They happily obliged.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first act was Memphis Jones. He reminded me of the Memphis version of our own Jeff Stevenson from Brentwood Bay. A very versatile musician/singer with lots of stories interwoven, we loved his act. We found out during his stories, that he is a senior Pastor at Cornerstone Church in Memphis. He ministered to the crowd throughout his set. When he was promoted to Senior Pastor he was going to quit his side musical gigs, but the Church encouraged him to stay because of the ministry opportunity. Very cool.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We had a front row seat, and Aidan couldn't hide his enthusiasm for the music. Thankfully there was a dance floor for him to get expressive on and it was the best place ever for a boy who loved music and needs to move to express it. He was the life of the party and Memphis Jones even called out a blessing for him. It was actually precious. Aidan happily transported the donations to the bucket on stage and soon others enjoying the show asked Aidan to give their money as well. This kid was in his element.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHnXgWSxCMf0EXu4F1KbBQKZXSQbz8jrCl5Q_1LIoKYq2pcmXPmUOIf0uWppwYOyZZ7AChqnoXh_CXyxHhQ081ejYiPPtB-aBH_yoWDwej2wnQlz7s0IsSs0p69Qt-TU1ocA75UvPeIUpPulBpXlWNEkPFlP9zcSbJ0T_u3Lt0YAUkHShX-2jI4K8/s4032/IMG_2881.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHnXgWSxCMf0EXu4F1KbBQKZXSQbz8jrCl5Q_1LIoKYq2pcmXPmUOIf0uWppwYOyZZ7AChqnoXh_CXyxHhQ081ejYiPPtB-aBH_yoWDwej2wnQlz7s0IsSs0p69Qt-TU1ocA75UvPeIUpPulBpXlWNEkPFlP9zcSbJ0T_u3Lt0YAUkHShX-2jI4K8/w300-h400/IMG_2881.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Memphis Jones</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3ITuH3W_lS0YPX5VNgMEv0cZWgy0C_8AcTq7W7GRARYAh3qz4nfXNZkP1aupEyT97PCBwmpiJoFtK0a6A15LOAjv1jVie2IYCZ2M6k8FA85M9sxgvE6043ixqpSYDHd23WePd0XGaPokyB9UkqDD9wLfGwBpQQImYZkTr_CVLpKxHQjtxrr6UOtX/s4032/IMG_2891.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3ITuH3W_lS0YPX5VNgMEv0cZWgy0C_8AcTq7W7GRARYAh3qz4nfXNZkP1aupEyT97PCBwmpiJoFtK0a6A15LOAjv1jVie2IYCZ2M6k8FA85M9sxgvE6043ixqpSYDHd23WePd0XGaPokyB9UkqDD9wLfGwBpQQImYZkTr_CVLpKxHQjtxrr6UOtX/w300-h400/IMG_2891.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next up was the Trio (actually a quartet)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7-q-njoJrq7F11s6kzzA_N2cTbgF2xlDJww2ln4z2EFUyYEFUn_X9p71fwrdE0VKpdDTA0csZK2QRetmOBZFfVmNk8ZPdylrRmJnIxjx2fy96J5NnsXU0QrHz2OPcbCAk9T5zs3Z-pc1YWR5hdH-SiGNF5gEqw5oD1AeJyZpn_Cfld0AVTyiHCsD/s4032/IMG_2884.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7-q-njoJrq7F11s6kzzA_N2cTbgF2xlDJww2ln4z2EFUyYEFUn_X9p71fwrdE0VKpdDTA0csZK2QRetmOBZFfVmNk8ZPdylrRmJnIxjx2fy96J5NnsXU0QrHz2OPcbCAk9T5zs3Z-pc1YWR5hdH-SiGNF5gEqw5oD1AeJyZpn_Cfld0AVTyiHCsD/w300-h400/IMG_2884.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front row seat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDFynAs9bQYCv2XyBvcd9QWPtR1edwtTvoIpq8ttwqANymaPoLQy68i1CyDR3ERTBkZrrZCJj-DkOHebt7-YZSg1xXYn5UzAyVYU8wBjbxCVXAykT9iCEurK-V6B2JcUonw1U-CfIJEhhypLSydU3RYCh6f8I6orW3IIBlJHE_B9_kuXUD6V0TZCG/s4032/IMG_2888.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDFynAs9bQYCv2XyBvcd9QWPtR1edwtTvoIpq8ttwqANymaPoLQy68i1CyDR3ERTBkZrrZCJj-DkOHebt7-YZSg1xXYn5UzAyVYU8wBjbxCVXAykT9iCEurK-V6B2JcUonw1U-CfIJEhhypLSydU3RYCh6f8I6orW3IIBlJHE_B9_kuXUD6V0TZCG/w300-h400/IMG_2888.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Memphis Jones said to Liz "I take credit for him falling asleep at 6 p.m. tonight". Ha ha..</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This kid was moving! There was a whole lot o' shakin' goin' on. It's not something any of us will forget any time soon. And the BBQd chicken dinner was superb too. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Then we headed back to the campsite and began packing up for tomorrow's departure.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></div><div><br /></div>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905021314333876978.post-19262833803328331542022-08-23T15:05:00.001-07:002022-08-23T15:08:14.843-07:00Texarkana and Arkadelphia? really?<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Ok...so who named these towns? We thought they were quite comical and I promise you (that's something the "southern" people say) that these are actually on the map.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was also quite entertaining to hear other customers talking in the gas station once we crossed from Texas to Arkansas. I felt like I might just be in a John Grisham novel. The accents are very thick, but I guess it's actually us that have the accents now. Anyway, it was entertaining to the say the least. We in the south now!</span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We spent just one night in Arkansas at the Little Rock KOA. I really want to give a shout out to KOA. They have been always clean, friendly, and very welcoming. They escort you right to your site and the majority of them actually come and pick up garbage every morning. You just need to leave your full garbage bag at the end of your site and they will collect it.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">On the one night stays we usually don't end up hooking up the sewer or unhooking the trailer from the truck. It makes for an easier and earlier getaway in the morning. We are getting it down to a science now. Liz and I prepare the inside cabin before the slides come in. Liz and Tony and I all take care of the outside. It takes us about an hour to be ready to hit the road.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are not going to "Texarkana" nor "Arkadelphia" but are glad we left Fort Worth when we did. There was a massive rainstorm which would have been treacherous to drive through. So we are very grateful that we missed it. We have been blessed with missing the bad weather storms.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I decided to work on my hexies in the car. It was really too bumpy and I did prick myself with a needle multiple times before I decided that a better activity might be to remove the papers that could be removed (because their borders were totally encased).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfhZk9mPFE9faQp7eZh3bjwqMzmBoIGFjOg1v4cBOjHU6P-wTvhcuu9fHc58ESFnW0nTKyrIvDty-a4sK-V2JIRN8ZP6HmctM5T5goZewOKNKVF9kGoR2e7CwCzCY3DzV0lcWQ3dhvOftICXDf11KPrSUgqmexopioCIYJR-agD9ygTYX19oOHcS1/s1800/A709320C-5272-4095-A481-70987998DBED.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfhZk9mPFE9faQp7eZh3bjwqMzmBoIGFjOg1v4cBOjHU6P-wTvhcuu9fHc58ESFnW0nTKyrIvDty-a4sK-V2JIRN8ZP6HmctM5T5goZewOKNKVF9kGoR2e7CwCzCY3DzV0lcWQ3dhvOftICXDf11KPrSUgqmexopioCIYJR-agD9ygTYX19oOHcS1/w320-h400/A709320C-5272-4095-A481-70987998DBED.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V6pT7obpUYFTPSl5SIwVNHmP3ga4npG5jBp65baWHHNQeUayRGz9-81T2CQ3I0akcuxEnYTAny9XNS24x26TF6wBEezxUnEUfGEyV7Z7905vZtRAeuxliEKRzaXlFL72LVh9PpXRKusxeiVQJ0UN4RS1AroSrGkmTu9zlIOn8nVT_0g4WeaQi7ut/s1800/EA276412-15B9-431E-A78B-2FA873AD47FE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V6pT7obpUYFTPSl5SIwVNHmP3ga4npG5jBp65baWHHNQeUayRGz9-81T2CQ3I0akcuxEnYTAny9XNS24x26TF6wBEezxUnEUfGEyV7Z7905vZtRAeuxliEKRzaXlFL72LVh9PpXRKusxeiVQJ0UN4RS1AroSrGkmTu9zlIOn8nVT_0g4WeaQi7ut/w320-h400/EA276412-15B9-431E-A78B-2FA873AD47FE.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Next up is Tennessee!! And we will be so happy to finally get there. Our church, Jacob's Tent, is there and we have been longing to visit them for a very long time ever since we found them online. And we will be celebrating the fall Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) with our Jacob's Tent family.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We have a lot to be thankful for!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See you in Tennessee y'all!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mavis</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Mavis Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350799545526305852noreply@blogger.com2