Sew'n Wild Oaks April Retreat

Hello Everyone,

I've spent the last few days totally immersed in beauty both inside and out at  Snowflake Lodge in Arnold, CA.

This is an incredibly talented and kind group of women who stay connected all day long—and apparently moonlight as stand‑up comedians, because they’ve had me laughing nonstop.

Seeing such happy projects brings joy to the day.

We have show and tell every night and here are just some of the images.

I'll be posting more images over the next few days.

Soon,

Lynn

The Case of the Missing Quilt

Hello Everyone,

My worst nightmare of losing my Timeless quilt somewhere in the vast abyss of the U.S. mail system haunted me all week.  It was supposed to be delivered on April 13th....last Monday.  Supposed being the key word here.

I checked the USPS tracking number every morning and evening and sometimes in between, I obsessively checked the USPS tracking number. The quilt never budged.  It appeared to be permanently vacationing at a mail facility in New York.  My local post office could clearly sense my rising panic and printed out a very detailed report of where my quilt was right down to the container number where she was sleeping. 

I called my contact at Marcus Fabrics, who kindly opened a Service Case Request on her end, while I worked on perfecting my worried pacing technique.  I was literally sick to my stomach over this quilt.  Dramatic? Maybe. Justified? Absolutely!

Then, miracle of miracles, it was finally delivered yesterday afternoon, along with a sincere apology from the post office for any inconvenience this may have caused.  Inconvenience?  Let's just say the extreme anxiety spiral I experienced was, indeed a great deal of trouble and I will start processing the paperwork on Monday to get a full refund of the entire cost of shipping, which was huge to pay for the cost of 2nd day air and insurance.

On Monday, my friend Diane and my sister Gail and I made Timeless kits for my Sew'n Wild Oaks Retreat which starts a week from tomorrow!  YIKES, I still have a lot to do between now and then.

The kits have 21+ yards of fabric.  I had empty bolts all over the cabin! 

I'm working on the tutorials for this quilt and I'm almost done. I bought a great binder from Madam Sew to hold all of my tutorials and tools to teach this quilt.

All of my tutorials and tools fit nicely inside of the binder.  It's a grab and go with all my tools and everything I need in one place to teach this quilt.

I originally purchased this binder for my trip to Hobby House in western New York next month.  Unfortunately, I had to cancel my trip.  Mr. Joe has experienced a series of health issues that make me feel extremely uncomfortable about leaving him on his own for several days while I'm out of the state. My heart would have been with him and not focused on the class.  I feel as though a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and it was the right decision to cancel.  In talking with the staff at Hobby House, I may teach a class via Zoom for the quilt.

I'm down to adding the embellishments on my Country Harvest table topper.  I should be able to get the backing on today and finish this cutie over the weekend.  The pattern is written and now I just need to take a picture of the finished product for the pattern cover.  Nothing like having a deadline to keep the pedal to the metal and finish a project.

More rain—and just enough snow to be annoying—is in the forecast for the coming week. We’ve had some real barnburner thunderstorms lately, the kind that make the cabin rafters rattle like a percussion section. Mazey, however, remains completely unimpressed. At this point, we’re convinced she must be deaf, because the booming thunder doesn’t faze her in the slightest. Clearly, she’s braver than the rest of us.

Soon,

Lynn

 

Cabin Happenings

 Hello Everyone,

It's been a flurry of activity at the cabin.  'Timeless' is almost a finish!

 'Timeless' came back beautifully quilted by my machine quilter, Dianne.  Her quilting is incredible and I LOVE how she quilted every single element of it.

I had to get the binding done quickly since I have to send the quilt to Marcus Fabrics so they can pack it in their shipping containers and send off to the H & H show in May where Timeless will be proudly on display in their booth.

I had a little mini photo shoot in the cabin yesterday.  Normally this little crib is filled with finished quilts.  The bolts of Timeless Stitches by Marcus Fabrics look so pretty and Spring-like, I just may leave them there until I start cutting kits next week.

I'm also getting ready for my first Sew'n Wild Oaks retreat at the end of the month.  One of the classes I'm going to teach is a wool project.  I absolutely LOVE working with wool.  

The kits are cut, now I just have to finish the pattern.

Our sweet, sweet Mazey celebrated her 12th birthday on Saturday.  She was all dressed up in her Easter bow.  She had just come home from the groomers after her spa day.  She's our little doll.

Gotta scoot and get a lot more accomplished today. I'm finishing up the hanging sleeve and label.

Would you believe there is snow in our forecast later on this week?  The old saying up here is that winter is not over until there's snow on the dogwoods......our dogwoods are blossoming so why not decorate the blossoms with snow!

Soon,

Lynn