2 weeks and counting!!

O.K. I'll admit it. I have had daylight savings time circled on the calender since I put the new calender up in January. In two weeks we will "spring forward" and although I know winter won't be over, in my head..... it will.

The posted photos are a visual display of some of the newest fabrics at Seams Like Home. The inside of the shop looks and feels like Spring. The fabrics are fresh, fun and ready to turn into the perfect quilt to welcome Summer.

The vintage farm table holds "Olivia's Holiday" and "Pineapple Post" by Tina Givens for Free Spirit. The center photo is "Montana Modern" by Benartex and "Lakeside Resort" by Holly Taylor for Moda. The photo on the far right is "Oz" by Sanae for Moda. The sideways photo(sorry!) shows "Love" by Amy Butler for Rowan Fabrics, also new in this area, "Nicey Jane" by Heather Bailey for Free Spirit. With more fabrics arriving daily, sometimes you just have to pick a project and get started. I am currently working with "Nicey Jane" it's going to be a hard quilt to give away.

February was our annual winter retreat and I think we made the most of it. The women now come together as old friends, we know each others stories, the routine is familier, so many beautiful projects get started and some even get done. We rest, we get pampered(thanks Cindy) and we look forward to the next time we all get together. We have a waiting list so if you would like your name added, call the shop. We absorb new people in and by the end of the weekend they are part of the gang.

March will be a busy month here at Seams Like Home, we kick off the month with the label class. Join us to learn about using your computer and printer to design the "Story ending" to your quilt. Classes include the "Sweet Harmony Bag" and the "Curve Appeal Tote". We have a "pin cushion workshop" and with Block of the Month, Thimbleberries and our Book Club, April will be here before we know it.
April brings our "Loon Country Shop Hop". This years dates are April 8,9 and 10. Hours are on the 8th 9-5, the 9th 9-7 and the 10th 9-5. I'll also be in the shop more in April as will Deb and Wendy. Melissa has several commitments that will take some of her time. We are always happy to see you all and try very hard to help you as Melissa would.

The poster displays for this years "Minnesota Shop Hop" are up and we are taking advance orders. Stop in and see the "Mock-ups". The fabric is in shades of Blue and White and is "true Minnesota" and darling!

And then there's this:

I have spent the winter removing photos from old albums, re-organizing them and placing them in new albums. It has been a huge job that at times I could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. We all have thousands of photos and if you are like me you spent years getting doubles of every photo you took. Needless to say, now I have to try and remember if I've seen a certain picture before and if yes, I need to throw one. (Yikes!) I was telling my Mom and she said she did the same thing when she was around my age. Then she said"I don't know what we'll ever do with all those albums, who is going to want them?"

This is what I know. Yesterday, while my grand-daughters were here I was working on one of the albums. My youngest grand-daughter was sleeping. The 4 year old was sitting across from me and she was looking through an album I finished a couple of weeks ago. It was quiet, so quiet I could hear the kitchen clock ticking. I looked over at Laura and she was turning pages slowly, I watched her eyes as they traveled from one photo to the next. She spent time with each photo, studying the faces, engraving the image in her head. Some of the photos she was in, many she was not. It didn't matter. She gave each her complete and undivided attention. It was concentration in it's purest form. She was stamping footprints on her heart.

That is why we take photos, that is why we save photos.

So to answer my Mom: I'll want them, my brothers, sisters, and all our children will want them.

They are "our" footprints.

Till next time!