Zak's wedding.

Megan's friend Zak from high school got married today. It was a lovely wedding. Here's a picture of Megan and Luke all dressed up for the wedding.

The funny part of this story is that I bought a lovely black dress to wear, but forgot my black bra so Megan stopped by the house and picked it up. She then brought it to me at the church, so I change out of one bra into another in the bathroom stall. And then hid the white one in my purse. It did find this whole situation pretty comical.

Megan and Maggie help out.

Occasionally I get surprise visit from Megan and Maggie.
Today they spent some time on the computer. Maggie loves to come to the shop, maybe not so much sitting on a stool behind the counter though.

But she does love the sun!

A quilt of Valor.

This quilt of valor was pieced by Helen Marie. It is a lovely quilt that I had fun quilting with loops and stars.

Everything is okay.

A friend of mine called from Colorado to check to make sure I am okay, since my blogging has been almost non existent.  Yes I am doing just fine and the shop is doing fine as well, it is the blog/website I am having trouble with.  So, until it is up and running well I have put off blogging so the picture of the shop and the shop info would stay on the first page.  As soon as my web guru gets it all working I will back to blogging like a mad woman.

Here's a couple of quilts I have quilted.

This is a beautiful Turning Twenty quilt pieced by Marsha B. I waited until Debbie came and we quilted it together. With a Ginko leaf pantograph with metalic gold thread. It is lovely.

Here is a fun flip flop quilt pieced and appliqued by Mary. It was a fun and bright quilt to quilt.

A couple of bags.

My friend Dana made this Atkinson Design "Tag Along Bag". She made it out of the vegetable dyed fabric. It is adorable.

My friend April made the Lazy Girl Design, "Miranda Day Bag" out of one of the Studio e fabrics. It is a LARGE great bag. April is taught this bag it was a fun day for the ladies that took the class.

Thanks Ladies!

Shop info.

Quilt Shop on the Corner

426  5th St

Augusta, Ga. 30901

706-721-1298

Tues, Wed, and Fri. 10-6

Thurs. 10-8

Sat.  10-4

Closed Sunday and Monday

Okay, so we moved the shop around AGAIN!

One of the things we have is great windows, however that means that we don't have lots of wall space to hang quilts. But we have been able solve that somewhat with quilt racks. I love having the quilt rack on top of the fabric cases.

The batiks and the Amy Butler fabrics are front and center when you walk in the front door. And notice the great "coffee "cup that holds one of the two plants I have left from the open house. It is a fun walmart find.

We organized the fabrics by color. My friend Jennifer did not like the colorful kid print fabric mixed, we reorganized it in the rocking chair in the kids area. It looks GREAT.

We had to get another roll of tickets and a new container.

For every $5.00 you spend in the shop you get a ticket, and we will have the drawing on March 11th for some door prizes. (I got this idea from my friend Connie you has the Little Wool Shoppe in Colorado.) It has been a lot of fun to do this, and even more surprising that we had to get a new roll of tickets and a bigger container. Thanks CSRA for all your support.

Here's a look at the door prizes, a light that attaches to you sewing machine, a pair of scissors, a Moda charm pack and a Moda turnover complete with a pattern.

Happy Valentines Day.

Here's what greeted me when I came down to the shop on Valentine's Day. Doesn't it look great on this table runner?

These roses were beautiful for almost a whole week. Thanks honey.

A box of crayons.

One of my customers today who owned her own quilt shop a few years ago, told me today how much she loved owning a shop. She said it was some of the best years of her life. Her shop was on her farm in part of her old dairy barn. She said that every day was like waking up and playing with a box of crayons, and all the crayons were sharp. It was a great analogy that once again makes me appreciate that I get to wake up and live my dream and share fabric and quilting with others. I am truly thankful.

Making up for lost time.

Here are some better pictures of some of the fabrics that we have gotten in in the last month. These lovely vegetable dyed have been popular with people for skirts. They are a lot of fun.

These are the pink and brown Charleston V from Marcus Brothers.

This is the yellow brick road baby quilt for Ralph Hornsby.

And I finally got the t-shirt quilt for Jessica Moore Schuster done as well.

And last but not least, the bathroom has a pail to hold paper towels in. I really love it, it is just the right touch for the beach.

new blog address.

Hey, all I have been told that the new thing to do have your website and blog be one....Well with the help of my friend Ellie I am trying to get there. So, my new blog is a wordpress blog, which i still find to be a little confusing, but i am trying to adapt. All this wordiness to say. Check me out at www.quiltshopcorner.com
happy quilting and happy blogging.
kathy

Jessica's baby quilt is done.

I was able to get this yelow brick road pieced on the one day in the shop that I did not sell one item.  So all in all it wasn't a bad day.  That happened to be the day of her baby shower, so I took the top to the shower and managed to finally get it quilted.  And just in time to as she is rapidly approaching her due date.  I had fun with the quilting.  I did some loops and wrote words in it that were in the pictures on the quilt.  Like ball, tree, frog......it was fun and I hope little Mr. Ralph gets to see it very soon.

Charleston V is in!

I know you are surprised, but we have more pink and brown in the shop, this time in the form of reproduction prints.  This is Charleston V,  they are lovely Civil War era reproductions.  I am glad to have some reproduction prints in.

We now have a pail.

So, now that spring is on it's way we were able to find a  pail to hold to the paper towels.   Robert got it hung up, and I am happy, because it is just what the beach needed.

Look what came in while I was at MCG.

Tuesday was a busy and rough day at the cancer clinic.  And when I walked into the shop afr work, it was like getting a hug, then I did get one from Marie and that made being "home" even better.  So, while I was the cancer clinic this is some new fabric that came in.  It has a central american feel to it. These fabrics are hand dyed with vegetables.  They are cool.

Hmmmm.

I am not sure what is going on, but once again our motion dector went off last night.  This time we heard it, and we called the police.  However, before they got here our main alarm was set off and the would be robber got on his bicycle and rode away.  The good news is now he knows that there is and alarm on the shed.  The bad news is that we lost a nights sleep.  I need to pray and to continue to let go.  And call Georgia Power to add a pole light.

Thougts on Nehemiah and living downtown.

So, I have been asked if I have second thoughts about living downtown after we have been broken into twice in two weeks. And the truth is, that it really bums me out that what we have worked hard for seems to be easy for someone to decide they need it more and vandalize and take what is not theirs. But, honestly when we moved to Augusta we felt like God had specifically called us to live, work, support and be a part of downtown Augusta. God moved us out of our "safe and soft" life to that sometimes doesn't feel so "safe and soft". It might be a stretch but I am feeling a little like Nehemiah and feel like we are facing opposition. The lessons I need to learn is to respond like Nehemiah. Respond with prayer. Pray for the opposition not that it be taken away, but that God's work to be vindicated. Then we need to be wise and pair our prayers with action. Maybe a light for our lot would be a good way to provide some protection. Then continue to pray and have a bold response. " Do not be afraid. Remember the Lord who is great and awesome and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses." (Nehemiah 4:14) I'm not sure what that "fight" looks like. But, I know it involves staying where we are and being part of the neighborhood and city that God has called us to.