(the Broken Sugar Bowl block for the Farmer’s Wife Quilt-a-Long)
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Why oh why is it so hard for me to blog regularly???
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So … as I said in the last post … lots happening here at chez moi. Let’s see if I can give you the cliffsnotes version! (do people even use cliffsnotes anymore??)
After lots of thought, deliberation, number-crunching, crying and hemming and hawing … I quit my job at the bookstore. This was such a hard decision … I’ve been there for just about 17 years! Half my life!! And, as much as I love books, my little store and the people I worked with, the company was changing and I just didn’t enjoy managing anymore. I felt I couldn’t manage anymore. I’ve been feeling it for awhile … but it was definitely time for a change.
So, we bit the bullet, took the leap and … I quit! At least for the time being, I’m going to be a stay-at-home crafter!!! I’ll be working very hard to get this little business off the ground. I have two big shows lined up between now and December … and I’ve been crocheting up a storm. When it’s time to give my fingers a rest, every now and again, I sew up a Farmer’s Wife block or two. I love them and LOVE watching my wall of blocks grow! This is a picture of my wall of finished blocks minus this one above and another block that I haven’t hung up yet …
I am so so so blessed for having a husband willing to indulge me for a little while … who supports what I do … and who has an awesome job so we can actually afford this experiment. I am so thankful for this opportunity!!!
So, as I said, I have two shows lined up for the time being … and hope to reopen the etsy shop soon. I have stock to reopen … but I’m thinking I should wait until after the Chester Show in September. That show is such a big show … I want to be as prepared as possible.
Oh and for local folks, here’s my show schedule so far …
Chester Craft Show
Chester, NJ
September 8th and 9th
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Hope Township Christmas Craft Fair
Hope, NJ
December 1st and 2nd
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So … that’s the big news!
I am also working on some homefront upgrades and organizing … I have like ten quilty projects in various states of unfinished-ness … Some blog updates and changes … I’m working on our weekly meal planning and budget shopping and would love to do a post on that … working on an Amigurumi tutorial … oh so many things!
But all of this will have to wait until after the Chester show. In the meantime, between now and September 7th … I’ll be crocheting my fingers off! :)
Hope you are all enjoying your summer! See you soon!
xoxo
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