Fun stuff in the mailbox.

Making my sewing space more workable (and safe!) and turning into a lot of work! Needless to say I have uncovered yet more UFO's and bags of fabric that was put aside for a project long forgotten. The UFO below just needs three inner-borders and then the blue outer border and it will be finished!

So with my body tired from all this stash maintenance I was still really excited to get a squishy in the mail from Dawn at collectorwithaneedle.blogspot.com I do have a separate shelf for my Kaffe Fasset and moderns. I use them as sparks. There are at least three UFO's (based on my drooling over the Material Obsession Books) that could use a bit of these! Thank you Dawn!

Also some non-fabric but still quilt-y goodness. This polymer logcabin pin and earrings from Jennifer Patterson at Polymer Clay Jewelry. I wear pins all the time and have the perfect lime green sweater for this one! I also have a red,white, and blue patriotic one by Jennifer that I wear every national holiday.

In addition to cleaning and organizing (with occasional fun moments to drink tea and open mail...) I am packing for my guild retreat. Every year we have a four day quilting retreat up at Hickory Knob State Park. I always bring too much. This year I am bringing my Bonnie Hunter mystery, some hand applique and maybe my blue and green stars....

A few folks are bringing antique/vintage quilts for me to look at...so now I am debating bringing my trunk of reference materials? Aye...good think I have a lot of storage space in my car....