Konza Creative

"You're leaving on a jet plane Don't know when you'll be back again Oh babe I hate to see you go..." She's off to Boston tomorrow and I am a little teary eyed. I know I've had her longer than most but it is still hard. She's off for new adventures and knowledge... I wish her happiness I wish her strength and courage for the unknown And I wish her so much ❤️

This summer went by so quickly... and I say that every year! This morning I was going through my pictures, trying to figure out what to post.  My phone came up with a little video of what had happened in the last two months.  I thought it was a pretty good re-cap:

Have you heard?  There was a solar eclipse yesterday!! We headed to St. Joe, Mo for a Eclipse party at  the home of Dan's old college buddy!  The day started out wonderful. We had the perfect place for viewing! And what we saw was very cool! But then the clouds came and totality was not meant to be for us. 😢 But we did get to see it turn to night as we drove out of town trying to chase some sunshine.  I wish we had taken pictures but we were too busy watching in awe. And as we headed west the sky cleared a little and we stopped along the side of the road to see this: In the end it was a bust but I did manage to stop at a quilt store on the way home and picked up these really cute row by row patterns.  I can wait to include them in a baby quilt.  While we might of missed totality the trip was not in vain! I borrowed this from a Facebook post as it is one of the coolest pics of the 2017 Eclipse that I have seen. It was a gr

Since I got back from Huntsville it's been a mad rush to get some Etsy quilts done. I finally got both of them shipped out this week.  Both buyers requested cotton so I used kona black and kona white in one and kona navy and kona snow on the other. Joanns carries quite a few of the kona basic colors and with coupons you can't beat that deal!! Here's how the black and white one turned out. The backing is something that I have had in my inventory.  This customer requested personalization for her quilt and wanted a quick turn around... three weeks from the date she ordered it.  I am getting it shipped with very little time to spare so I hope she and her grand daughter enjoy it. I've also been contemplating a new quilt design.  I have had quite a few requests for puppies so I may try this one out.  I hope that these are puppies that most people would recognize!

We took a road trip to Huntsville, Al. earlier this month.  Mom needed to go back home and check on things at her house.  The wonderful thing about this trip is that we literally go by Hancock of Paducha!!  I know... how great is that.  We always stop on they way there and on the way back! This place is a feast for the eyes!  The quilts are just amazing. And there is fabric as far as the eye can see!  There are lots of people working and you realize that they are all pulling fabric and cutting fabric to full fulling many of their online orders.  Every time I stop I say I am not going to buy anything, I am just going to look...and of course that never happens. I tried to just concentrate on fabric I would need for my Etsy quilt. I think I did a good job of restraining myself! And since there was lots of driving involved,  I did mange to finish another chemo hat!

So it is August and as usual we wait with baited breath for the announcement of our new UFO.  Nevermind that the June and July Quilt UFO did not get done..... And what does this mean for me?  Actually, this is a great UFO!! The Fall Floral Wall quilt get done in time for the fall.  I love the fabric in this kit and have been looking forward to working on it! We are leaving tomorrow for a trip to Huntsville, so the chemo hats will be a perfect a road trip project.  I think I have about 3 or 4 more to do and I am hoping that I can get them all done on this trip. We go by Paduch, which means that we stop at Hancock Fabrics!  I have my list ready and it makes the trip so worthwhile even if I am only in there for a little while.  But we do stop on the way there and on the way back!! As I was making my list of things I needed I also decided to see what are the "must need items" are for quilt rulers.  This gal has a pretty good list and I am happy to se