Whew and sorry....

Sorry...I know a few of you have said, "You haven't blogged lately!" I got a tad busy and behind getting ready for last week's big Shop Hop. Whew! It was a lot of fun and work and I'm in the throes of clean-up today. And I know lots of you have asked - the gas prices may have been a factor, but we did have almost exactly the same numbers of "hoppers" as last year.

The other thing we were getting ready for is associated with today's picture - our first Block of the Month Program! We wanted to kick it off during Shop Hop, but I guess I kind of underestimated how long it would take me to get the first month up and running. But the good news is that we did it! And this picture does not do the quilt justice. It's called "Ode to 1930's" by Lori Smith. Tracey did a phenomenal job putting it together. (I keep saying we have her son, Matt to thank for that. Unfortunately, Matt got a nasty bug during Spring Break this year. Tracey had taken the week off to do fun stuff with him, but all he wanted to do was sleep. So...what's a girl to do? Make blocks!! Voila...Block of the Month quilt done!) And then we handed it off to Nikki Crisp of The Country Quilter and her quilting is really exquisite. Stop by the store, see the quilt and get the details - it's not too late at all to start!

Other than that, things are still happening at Fab-Etc! Lots of new fabrics have come, including Hoffman Christmas and new batiks. There were a few things I wanted to get done before Shop Hop that I'm excited about finishing now - better late than never! Harriet and all of her family are going on a trip to visit relatives and see the sights in North Carolina and Virginia! Jan's on her way to a retreat with her sewing circle buddies this week. Tracey's "playing with trucks" during one of the busiest times of the year for her. Linda's in Alaska for the summer. Diane's working on lots of projects, including her "Winter Wolf" that's fabulous. And Emily is done with Whatcom CC for the school year and looking forward to some "me" time. We are so lucky to have her!

Right now, I'm taking the towels out of the dryer and getting ready to head to bed...haircut in the morning, first Beginning Quilting class starting and hopefully, Emily and I will get lots more cleaning up done! I promise to try and be a better blogger in the coming weeks!