Well, here I am!  A blogger.  Oh my.

I’m currently trying to keep about 10 balls juggled.  The biggest ball is moving my quilting studio from my house to a smaller house on the back of our property.  My dear MIL has been living in the smaller house for the past 6 years but she had to go to an assisted living facility at the end of January due to Alzheimer’s.  She is doing very well there and we are pleased to have found such a wonderful place for her. 

I had been playing around with the idea of building a studio for some time but once MIL was moved I realized her little house would be the perfect spot.   Moving has been slowly ongoing since the end of February – we wanted to be sure she was happy at her new place before we made any big changes.  I’m trying to sort and organize and get rid of things I’m not going to use as I make the move.  I’m trying to put everything where it will be happy and stay as it gets to the new studio.  Most of all I’m trying to figure out why I have so much fabric and thread!! 

I’m juggling trying to keep up with my longarm quilting – I’ve got a big backlog of quilts for customers (and I don’t even advertize – this is just word of mouth) plus a closet full of unquilted quilt tops of my own that I really want to get quilted.  I’m juggling my responsibilities as guild president of Cobblestone Quilters Guild (www.charlestonquiltguild.com) and retreat chairperson for Quilters of South Carolina (www.quiltersofsc.org).  I teach quilting at our local quilt shop, People, Places, and Quilts  (www.ppquilts.com) and I’m also studying to become a certified quilt judge through the National Quilting Association (www.nqa.org).  Thank heavens I’m retired and have a lot of time!!