Kicking Butt and Taking Names

A short break from blogging. Uninvited stress seemed to be taking over my life and I wasn’t happy about it. Who is the only person that can fix it? Me. I’m the only one who could possibly shake things up and get back to being me. The positive, happy person who loves to write and to sew and to laugh and visit with friends. I’m back, baby. Hang on, while I give you a short update. We’ve been kicking butt and taking some names on anything that got in our way.

Butt Kicks aka Sewing Time

Keister, dupa, butt, or whatever term you’d like to use . . . we’ve been kicking it here in spades. Sewing, that is. Not on a schedule. Not even, shockingly enough, following a list per se. But you know Sue has been keeping us in line and notating updates as needed on The List.

While I would be randomly sewing on projects here and there with little focus, Sue keeps us on track. Three car quilts were cut out and ready to be sewn right after Christmas. Remember, five car quilts had to be quickly finished for no reason other than they were cute – two Barbie, one Hot Wheel, one Coloring on the Farm, and a Thomas the Train version.

Before the pieces got lost, I was determined to sew those last three car quilts together. That determination paid off and no pieces were lost in this portion of the kicking butt process. It only took four months after the initial push . . .

Long Forgotten Butt Kick

Way, way, WAY back in 2019 we were on a Dr. Seuss kick. We managed to sell a few quilts in our Etsy store plus a special commissioned one. I even turned down a request for another commission quilt. Shocking! Back then, I even had to quilt these on my Elna domestic machine using the crosshatch pattern.

Fast forward a few years (at least three!), and here we are. There had been a Dr. Seuss quilt top in progress and I wasn’t happy with the way the columns were lining up back then. Those five rows didn’t find their way into the closet to wait for more attention. Oh, no. One row sat, folded, right by my bedroom light switch. Each and every time I turned on the light in my bedroom, I was reminded about the Dr. Seuss quilt top. Finally, I’d had enough. Its timeout was over and it was through irritating me. I’m d.o.n.e., as Dominic would say.

Oh yes, I got that sucker together. All five rows of it. Sue reminded me that there is still one more to piece with 20 more trimmed panel pieces. What??!! Was I nuts back in 2019?? ~smile~ Once she finds the pieces which she already did, I’m going to get that puppy together, too. They are on the design wall now. The newly finished quilt top is in the going-to-the-longarm bag, along with batting and a backing. Oh yeah, we’re kicking butt big time!

Happy Happenstance While Kicking Butt

Underneath the Dr. Seuss row that was doing its best to nag me was a completed small quilt top. Huh. Who even knew that was there? Since I was doing such a good job of ignoring the Dr. Seuss piece, why would I look below it?!

It’s a piece that has been hand quilted by moi during my lunch break at work circa 2018. It’s all ready to be listed with some new photos. Our Etsy shop is going to have more than three things listed in it. I’m actually starting to look forward to a new and improved shop launch. Although, I am also thinking about trying a different platform. Amazon Marketplace takes 15% of the sales price but there’s no listing fee. Amazon has excellent market share exposure – does anyone have experience using Amazon? Just curious.

Just a little positivity to start your day! You can expect another longarm session update soon. Maybe we’ll branch out from the “Loop the Loop” panto design. Who knows? Also, we are committed to making THREE baby quilts and a Positivity quilt. Someone in our immediate family is having a baby . . . and we’re making Zoey the Zebra. ~smile~

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