It Seams To Be Sew...Taking a leap of faith

To say this is a change of plans....

is an understatement.

A simple decision to leave the corporate world

and open an online shop was the plan.

Then in a couple of years, after the house 

in the Hill Country was finished, we were 

going to move and open a brick and mortar shop.

That was the plan.

Then Quilt Market happened and it's been 

a blur since then!

At Market, I found myself dreaming of owning

a longarm quilting machine...so I stopped by the 

Handi Quilter booth to take a look.

I left that booth, phone to my ear,

asking my sweet man if we could attend

the Handi Quilter dinner that night.

We went. We talked to other shop owners.

We talked about the machines.

We talked about a LOT of things.

We left that night, (in the pouring and flooding rain)

and drove around at midnight looking at

available retail rental space.

Two weeks ago, we signed the lease on a 

former Cupcake shop.

We wondered if we had lost our minds...

But, we haven't. We are just too excited to

go back now...

There is a lot of work to do removing the former

tenants equipment and oh my, cleaning and repairing

that floor...but we are not easily dismayed and plans

are already in the works!

We were able to start a little cleaning up before we left

to attend the Handi Quilter training in Utah last week.

However, this morning, we are back at it! 

Balancing this and those Christmas quilts that I have in my

studio at home is going to be tricky, but I KNOW if nothing 

else, I will find the time to fit it all in.

My friend said to me this morning to not over-do it

and try to find some "me" time in this process.

I love her optimism! I assume I won't have any of that

until after the new year and frankly, I couldn't be more happy!

Have a great weekend all!