Welcome Y'all ~ From Monticello, Kentucky!

 Sew Happy to be greeting you this June the 4th, 2023 from Monticello, KY...

Monticello was named after President Thomas Jefferson's home place in 1800 ... Jefferson became President that year and the name seemed fitting to the founding fathers of this town... now it is known as the Houseboat Capitol of the World located on a tributary of the Cumberland River!  Boy I have learned A LOT of History !!! LOL

Since my last post on April 16... I have finished the row of the quilt I was on before it had to be packed up... I am just OVER halfway!!!!

And I mean packed it up!  We had 2 storage units to hold all our hobby and important other stuff... yet over half of what we took was ALL OF MY SEWING AND QUILTING SUPPLIES and SOME of Rick's WOODWORKING SUPPLIES!

We left our cabin with a lot of great memories and a couple of final shots... here is one on a drizzly morning as we went to our closing on the cabin...

What a busy day that turned out to be!  We went to our cabin closing then to our friends home Jack and Theresa!  They made us feel right at home in their cabin... and when dit was time to meet the mover to load our storage units Theresa was there on deck and Jack helped me manage Molly back at their home.... (I am still having intermitent seizures) all our possessions besides our truck holdings were.  Here is where we landed a day later!

Monticello, Kentucky is the blue dot below the Kentucky name on this map...  it is just an hour and a half north of my parents home in Cookeville, TN!  We moved so much closer to my parents!  Though  this move took a lot out of us both we are amazed that we sold a 912 sq ft home in the mountains and got a 1916 sq ft home where delivery of groceries free is so easy!WOWEE!!!!

We saw my parents once for an occasion... they have also been to our new digs... 

And this is where and how we spent our first few nights before locating vertical blinds for the windows and mattress and bed frame for the new bed too!

Our sink faucet in this home lights up and pulls out and changes water configuration too!  So cool! lol

This translucent frosted glass leads to a stellar laundry room with window and a utility closet for the front side of the house... the original part of the home has a different HVAC unit!

Once we got a bit settled when the movers delivered our boxes... and more boxes... and more stuff too!  My honey got right to work with Molly assisting... putting together my quilt frame...

Then we unrolled the thickly covered (for protection) poles with Connie's quilt on it... Rick had to carefully cut off the covering... then it took us a while to get the right layout for the quilt.  Finally it was on and ready to work on when I find my quilting things and figure a storage mechanism that won't be as messy as previous attempts...

P. S.... I found a rolling drawer unit and filled it YESTERDAY that matches our decor here and works GREAT!  Will share next week ;)

The month of May was all about getting more settled and replacing and adding to furniture we left in North Carolina with the grey cabin.

Adding ferns and a FLAG!

We found a COOL leather topped vintage side table and the Quilt Shop night light fit perfect there!

Our new bed and headboard... came with a footboard too but we will make a window seat from it !

A cool very vintage buffet with some of our fave decor and plants too!

The yellow paper that is taped to the glass of a frame is... MY WINNING SCORE on 5 Crowns card game we enjoy with Mom and Dad!  I never win and I stomped em all! :)

Our new dining table with a bit more view of the whole dining area!

The kitchen... from this angle...

A shelf they added over the sink window... we love how our fave decor fit there!

And here...Make Today Awesome sign had a magnet on the back from long ago when Connie gifted in to Rick.  it now lives on our vent in the kitchen :)

Though we didn't have a built in microwave space... WE LOVE this LG countertop 1200 watt one!

Don't forget to notice we finally found the perfect place for the fish cart of ours from Connie on top of the refrigerator too!

My sewing room... starting the job!

More unpacking... gets worse before it gets better right???!  Wait to see the big reveal next week !

My PVC frame rediscovered the wholecloth... now year 8 of enjoying the hand quilting process... we have covered it up now to keep the sun off of it as it sits in front of the window.

We needed a riding mower for this yard ... it had lots of trees in the past... now, though the yard is green and pretty... underneath lies lots of roots so it is very bumpy.  The mower makes this doable vs our rear wheel drive push mower we used in NC.  It WILL be used here though too for a drainage area on the edge of our property (we are on a corner lot).

Then Mother's Day occured and we visited my Mom and Dad :)

Here is mom holding her cake!  She got a gift card to one of their fave restaurants too!

Here I am in a new shirt and below new house shoes for my Mother's Day gifts :)

Below... we discovered a nest in our fern soon after hanging them out front... with my Dad's help we discovered this was a baby egg from a Hermit Thrush bird.  Mom laid 4 eggs here... she had already had a clutch of 5 babies in a wreath that was staging decor when we viewed the house.  It was hanging on the front door about 4 feet from the new nest ... we think the same mom.... but this time something ate or stole all the eggs because the next day we went to take pics when there were 4 the day before there were none!!!  We haven't heard or seen mama bird since :(  Survival though is for the most fit and this breed of bird lays eggs close to the ground and in ferns is a popular place our research revealed!) 

We found this awesome Quilt Cave sign at our first thrift shop experience.  This sign on the wall and the calendar of all things remain the ONLY things on the wall in my quilt cave atm :) lol

Has anyone made this yet?  Once I can add a project to my MULTITUDE of found and organized projects.... (pics of that to follow next week)... I would love to make this!  The 2 heart version <3

I haven't been hurt one bit by enjoying my fabric wrapping and storage filling...

>>> THIS WEEK I WILL BE CREATING MYSTERY BOXES <<<

Each lbox will include a quilting/hand stitching fiction book G rated.... and a box full of fabric - all different sizes.. a few scraps. fat quarters and larger cuts too!- equally divided from my unable to keep fabrics ...  I plan to sell these boxes of mystery fun to YOU ALL and on Quilter's Classified on Facebook by next weeks blog post I hope... if not sooner!  Let me know how to reach you if you want first dibs on this sale... $30per medium sized flat rate equivalent box & each box should contain about 2 pounds or MORE of fabric plus the book and a special goody from me 💞 to the buyer :)  YIPPEE!

Enjoy spending time with a truly friend this month... have your own slow stitching party!

Speaking of slow stitching... I have managed a bit myself during and since the move... in our new rocking recliner loveseat!!  Pics of our whole living room next week and more home shots!

Connie came up with the idea to try cross stitch style stitches for the base of the tea pot...  I love it too!! Now back to chain stitching around the outside... Unsure of how I will do the handle on the actual top of the tea pot not the handle above that you hold to move it.  Any thoughts???

Linking this slow stitching progress and my life update (LOL) to Kathy's Slow 
Sunday Stitchers HERE <<<<<  Click that link to open a NEW tab with Kathy's blogpost and check out everyone's progress this first Sunday of June.... over 90 * F AGAIN today too!  CRAZY!!!!

In closing today I want to thank you all that made it to the end PLEASE leave a comment or send me a direct email HERE as blogger can be tricky sometimes ... Joy has been a great word this year for me.  Also please  pray for my honey .... that is all I will say right now but more later if needed ~ Thanks!

~ On Sabbatical ~

As we move from our Uber cool mountain cabin on North Carolina …

To southern central Kentucky to be closer to my parents…

We covet your prayers and thoughts of correct decisions and stamina throughout the upcoming 2 weeks or so!

 

Life in the Fast Lane! Mid April Already????

 Hey Y'all!  

Special Jonquil from Jack and Theresa 💖

Blogging break is next few weeks now ! We got an offer on over asking on our cabin  that passed all their contingencies... we are going up soon to have our inspections on the home we found too... so 

NO MORE BLOGGING THIS NEXT FEW WEEKS

>>>> When I'm back y'all will see me at Kathy's HERE <<<<<  most of the time or on my direct Facebook page ;)

It has been crazy busy here as we have been packing in a flurry... we have 2 storage rooms 8 x 10 and decided we needed to get movers... so we found someone that would do it and was reasonable AND recommended too!

None the less... every morning AT LEAST ... I stitch!  I finished the lass 2 granny squares on this row!!!!

so below is both weeks progress :)

Let me introduce you to our new home!  In a little town in Kentucky... Monticello!

Here is the kitchen!

Here is our fab shower!

We wanna get a shower caddy too... and a showerhead that is moveable also but otherwise LOVE <3

Hope y'all will watch out for us and keep us in your prayers/ thoughts please!  Lots of decisions ahead too!

As for taxes... Tax Day in the USA is April 18... are you claiming all you can quilters ????! lol

Have a wonderful rest of April... will photo dump real pics in May 2023!

 

Blessed Easter my friends!

 Good Easter Sunday to you each!  Thanks for stopping into my blog!

I plan to rest and relax after a wild and crazy week here!  Grab a cuppa and let me fill you in!

We went to visit some homes we had viewed in Kentucky...

Above was the greeting on my GPS app when entering the state!  Horse country here ya know with participation in the Kentucky Derby and big hats on ladies at that big race with Mint Julips in hand!!

I fell in love with one the realtor we are using found that was not listed on the internet until you knew the address.  BUT it's older but recently completely renovated inside beautifully.  Since the exterior shell is older though it would need a professional inspection... so we will ponder this weekend if we want to make an offer or not.... please think of us during this time... THIS home should be our forever home now!

I did get some sewing done in the sewing room between inspections and all that on our cabin here.

I made one more of the Sunny Skies quilt above so that makes 3 of 20 and I have the next one all ready to set out in the project box.

I have a TOP SECRET project fabric for my honeys new quilt idea... this one should fly... I showed the sample and my proposed fabrics for this new quilt last week ... I needed 30 strips but 40 came so 2 matching strips became sashing... and some got culled out on black and white double check inspection on saturation check! lol  So it has been a busy week in the sewing room as I prepare for packing most all of it up and moving .

Due Diligence period is over this Friday...then the closing is due April 26th!  WHAT!!!  Yep... we can't make noticeable changes in case something falls through before due diligence period is over.  "Due Diligence" in North Carolina is a set timeline a buyer has when the house is pending and not available to see by others any more with a promise in cash to the closing agent... which here is an attorney... to back up the promise and do inspections and appraisals etc.  So the buyer actually saw this house online and sent someone to view the house in their place.  So now they will come Tuesday to view it!  We are living in a mausoleum right now trying not to mess everything up and sweeping all the time and taking stuff out of storage here to put in a storage nearby we rented.  Whew!

So I have even managed to spend time enjoying my Zen time in the early mornings hand quilting... I have 2 granny squares done which also puts me halfway across this row!!!   Yipee :) 😄🙌

I plan to relax from our trip today... 2 days round trip and only one night overnight stay with my parents isn't enough!  I need more time with them and to feel settled too!

Have a pleasant day whether you celebrate Jesus resurrection or something different or nothing at all... 

From our home to you .... Have a Happy _________ <<< fill in the blank!

For now I bid you a joyful day!

Happy April 2023!!!

 Hi Y'all!  Thanks for visiting my little spot in this grand universe of ours!

Well... many of you have been asking.... and we haven't tried to hold back but first realtor we let in the doorway.... listed our home!!!

She convinced us it was ready for photos and boy did she do a GREAT job with just her iphone!!!

I wish you could see the photo of my sewing room...  She took a photo of leaving the room and seeing the hall and laundry!!! lol  So I had to clean that a bit so it was open for others to see!

And look how neat the living room is!

And our bedroom refreshed too!

So with contracts signed and showings happening... I sewed and stitched!

First I finished the center of this quilt...

Then after thinking I had PLENTY of fabric for the outer border...the fabric that has never found just the right home.... did with only this much left over!

And the finished Thunder & Lightening quilt flimsy!!!!

Options for backing.... I have ordered batting so when I layer it up I will try to get a pic of the final decision and how I laid it out and stitched it! lol

In the midst of stitching.. we got an offer on our cabin OVER the asking price and to include most of our furniture... not my frame or sewing room though! lol  We prefer this kind of moving because we can choose a new base to add our vibe to once we find new digs!

So now we start the inspection and appraisal process ... they have 2 weeks from last Friday to do that and make a final decision...

Meanwhile I quilt...

And roll!!!....

A full on above and a side view on my frame with my chair light and extras on the rolling table...

Now to finish the top half and stitch some rosettes :)

So slow stitching is what you will find me doing today... besides daydreaming about the future that faces us in Southern KY... Linking this hand quilting relaxation to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitchers HERE<<<<  It is simply a place to share your hand and needle work online for all to enjoy :)

I did order a Civil War era neutral and these 2 1/2" strips to make a quilt for my honey he will enjoy !!!

This center...

With this border incorporated or some version of it!

So stay tuned for next Sunday to see what I can share or have done... no extra packing stuff yet!  We must remain vigilant for showings in the future!  Ah the joys of moving!