Hi Y'all! Hope your Sunday is going Stellar! You will never know how Joyful I felt this week getting back to Hand Quilting!!!
June is a time to find JOY without making it feel so hard to fill your own cup up instead of everyone elses. A great example of this is making time to Hand Quilt again!
June is also a nice time to be almost out of boxes :) There are 3 1/2 in my quilt cave that need stuff before they can be sorted... Rick has several in his room ... which hasn't been sorted yet in his defense! lol He has been working on settling ALL the rest of our home! Finally there are 2 in our master closet. Pretty cool I can now count boxes down instead of having 2 of the 10' x 10' x 10' tall storage lockers full of boxes and things that wouldn't fit in boxes mostly placed or replaced because we didn't need that in this home!!!
Finding Joy in June for me is sharing a bit of a view of our home then a close up of my hand quilting I have started on!
We have 2 ferns maturing on our front porch... a flag flying in the breeze and...
I love the front door the previous owners picked... It is lovely! And the door mat was a gift from them to us... our new Home Sweet Home for sure!
As you enter our home there is a bit of a foyer time area.... but nothing formal...
My quilt frame ... also a chest I found through Amazon to house all my quilting supplies for any project in my frame....
Above you can also see I update my lighting at my frame... this new light works well... Rick wants to install some track lights though... we shall see down the road ;)
Here is my fabric storage for fat quarters and up... finally organized by color or family... for instance all the solids and tot's are in 1 area and all the rest IS divided by color with exception to some plaids I was gifted and plan to make quilts from all those homespun plaids.. and my civil war repros we love so much are in a basket to themselves :D
Here is where I am quilting on the Granny Square quilt.... It sew nice to sit down occasionally now and just stitch... Such a luxury and definitely a Joy this June!
Our dining room really is enjoyable!
I love the table/chairs/buffet/plants & decor...
And our latest find... a table to sit our internet below with a nice plant above!
Our kitchen is awesome... we use ALL the drawers but not all the cabinets on the bottom yet! lol
We will delve into our bedroom and the guest room and other shots I wanted to share with you next week ... but for this week... I must share... Connie came for a visit...yes, my bestie drove 2 1/2 hours to help me get organized.... I haven't missed a day since she had to return to her life... of nesting or organizing something in here or elsewhere if needed :)
Tah-dah! My bestie at the end of her visit with sew much progress we celebrated!
This is a look at the door that leads into the quilt cave from the hallway. The silver cart is bag making supplies and patterns for that... the black doors are my quilting supplies and scrap fabric organization :)
See! More to share on this closet next week because I used every little inche thanks to Connie and her awesome organizational skills!
Above.. the center drawers are all scraps separated by color... nothing bigger that a partial fat quarter in there. The baskets on the doors each hold quilting goodies I use only intermittently and we liked them there. On the left side of the closet is batting stabilizers and interfacings as well as stuffing etc. On the right those 2 columns of boxes??? See Those???? There are 14 of those white lidded crates and I think some are double filled with UFO's and WIP's!!! I am sew embarrassed by this... 18-20 UFO's???
Linking this post and all our handiwork to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching HERE <<< Come see and come link too what hand work you are up to this week!
I would like to see what joy June has brought your way... or how you took time for you and how you felt about that ... Come back next week for some Handy Progress!
You certainly have done a lot of unpacking and organising this week, Kathi. Your front door is a lovely welcome and the foyer is fabulous. Love your beautiful dining suite. How nice your quilt is on the frame. Enjoy your hand quilting.
ReplyDeleteIt was so nice Connie could come and help you organize, that is such a blessing! Your front door is very pretty. It was so nice of the former owners to gift you the lovely door mat. The rose is so special to you and how wonderful it's found a perfect spot at your new home. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteenjoy organizing - I think in the kitchen I would have every cabinet and drawer full LOL - looks like you need to get busy sewing - so many supplies
ReplyDeleteI love how organized that closet is. I don't think I could ever manage that. It looks like you will have to get started on those WIPs! Enjoy your new home. It looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteYour new home is beautiful! Enjoy your new quilt cave!
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, you have made great progress settling into your new home! It is lovely and so happy to see you back to stitching. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteGreat job getting most everything unpacked and organized! Looks great. I love your outdoor plant stand!
ReplyDeleteI love the June poem you posted. So lovely! Yes! Slow stitching is certainly a great time to nourish our souls!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you’re settling into a new home? How lovely to have a fresh start! As a military family we moved several times and I can empathize about counting boxes down! 😊LOL! Even your rose bush it thrilled with your move!
Love your quilting frame! Your home is lovely. Isn’t it nice to have a fellow quilter with organizational skills help you set up your space?
Your new home looks amazing. So glad you are settling in .
ReplyDeleteConnie is a blessing to be sure! Things are really coming together with so few boxes left to unpack; you will enjoy getting back to your regular schedule of activities. The house looks splendid!
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