I am on my own

Today I do storytelling on my own.  I have studied.  I have sang songs (to my husband) and I have prepared a craft.  Let's do this. 

Cautious Blogger

Today was the beginning of my 4th week of being a librarian.  What I have found is that being a librarian is more then just checking out/in books.  You have to do storytime!!  Now my recollection of storytime is with my kids, sitting on their beds and reading to them at night.  Well, my new version is a whole lot different.  I am reading to 3 and 4 year olds groups and this summer will be doing a large group event for 6 weeks.  I will have an audience.  Now as some of you know, being in front of alot of people just really isn't my thing.  I cry, I forget what I am saying and am just generally nervous.  So somewhere deep inside me I have to bring out the "performer" part of me.  I discovered the "artist" part when I began machine quilting.  I guess deep inside of  a person are all types of skills, personalities and strengths just waiting to come out.  So if you are downtown during the summertime, take a peek and see the "performer" in me, just bring the Kleenex.

Learning Everyday

Well, Here I go with another change in my life.


I closed my store front business at the end of 2010 and took some time off. Folks thought I would be retired, but I really didn't feel or like that idea. I have been on a couple of small vacations, but during that time I knew I had to get refocused and back on track. So I got a job as our town librarian, which actually has always been something I wanted to do since I was a kid. I love libraries!! I continue to do machine quilting and am feeling very good about my life right now.

I am planning on creating a couple of videos on techinques that I think you will appreciate.

I will be posting quilts that I have quilted so that you can see my style. Stay tune I feel that the fun is just about to happen, again.

stuff going on in the quilting world of Palouse and beyond

Saturday, April 10, Palouse Spring Open House 10am to 5pm. Eleven downtown business in Palouse, WA are welcoming spring. Enjoy unique shopping, great food, door prizes and refreshments.

Saturday, April 10, Bingo, Potato Bar and Silent Auction
5PM potato bar and silent auction fundraiser for the new Palouse Community Center, hosted by Needful Things Thrift Store.
7PM Bingo, hosted by the Palouse Lions Club
All this is at the Palouse Arts Council Building (grange hall) Palouse Washington

Saturday, April 17 10 am to 6pm and Sunday, April 18 noon to 5pm
Palouse Patchers Quilt Show
Admisson $5, seniors and children under 10 $3
Latah County Fairgrounds, Moscow, Idaho

Saturday, April 24 10 am to 5pm and Sunday, April 25th 10 am to 4pm
Seaport Quilters Guild Quilt show
Clarkston High School, Clarkston, Washington
Admission $3

Whew, that should keep you going until the shop hop, more info coming soon!!!!!

Well, we are coming up on the middle of March already. My 5th year anniversary of business will be on Saturday, April 3, this coincides with my birthday of April 2. I will have a 30% off sale, except all ready marked on items and consignments. I will have my favorite cake, chocolate and drinks, please join me in this event.
I am off to the beach for a couple of days. My friends Nancy Hill and Alvira Spangler will be in charge while I am gone. Lincoln City here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have new fabrics in the shop, sweet, sweet rose. A beautiful pink grouping and there is a free pattern with this line.
I haven't quite figured out the adding of photos to this blog, bare with me as I journey along on this new facet of my business.

making room

Well, with the help of my husband and two friends, we rearranged the store on Sunday. Mostly because my class room just wasn't quite big enough. It is very open now and hopefully we will be able to get more daylight in the back part of the store. Whenever I do this I get nervous about if it's the right thing to do. I don't mind changes, you have to go with the flow. However, I want the space to always be appealing to my customers. The only way to find out is to go with it. You never know what life has to offer if you don't go down that road. It's probably going to be great.

blogs that I like

Well, It's a beautiful day on the Palouse and I am ready for quilters to come into my store. This is the year that I have discovered Eleanor Burns method of quilting. You might see that in my class scheduling. I mean once I post it here, but you can view it at my stores website, www.smalltownequilts.com. Eleanor has a fun website too, www.quiltinaday.com.
I also have bec0me inamored with the selvaged edge blog site www.selvageblog.blogspot.com, you can do any kind of sewing projects using your slevage edges and their is no shortage, just ask your friends to give them to you.
My daughter also has a blog, www.kelseysquiltadventure.blogspot.com, please view her site and see what a 22 year old can accomplish when she puts her mind to it.