This door is to remain unlocked when occupied...

Two clear sentences continued to be set before

us this past couple of months...

First...

One of the most notable quotes history...

"If you build it, they will come..." 
from the movie
Field of Dreams.

And then...

Believe it or not, this one from 

the bottom of the shop door.

"This door is to remain unlocked when this space is occupied"

We will talk about both and 

I will try not to lose you.

*SPOILER ALERT*

Everything you see from here on down...

WAS BUILT BY HAND

 and I wish I could take credit for it all, 

but I can not.

My husband jumped in with everything he had

 on this one and even as my list kept growing,

he kept working. 

For example:

I needed shelves. 

He Built Them.

I needed a little sink area with a table leaf on the 

side of it so I could have a coffee / snack table.

He Built It.

(disclaimer: this one is not finished but 

only needs the sink and faucets now...I will

update it later)

I needed the shelf he built me at home

for my online shop 

painted and altered a bit.

He Built It Out.

I saw a cutting table on Pinterest months

ago that I had pinned from

Stop Staring and Start Sewing

and I showed it to Bill.

I bought the shelving units from IKEA and

put them together, but...

He Built that top.

To tell the truth...everything in this space 

he fixed, replaced, cleaned or re-tiled 

BEFORE 

He BUILT everything else.

(including putting together my Handi Quilter Avante')

All that hard work led up to this....

These shelves with beautiful fabrics...

A place secured so I could display my favorite 

virtual rabbits from

Raspberry Rabbits and Michelle May...

It led up to a perfect Studio feel...

An even better classroom, all bright

and cheery...

A cutting center to make me never want to

cut anything anywhere else...EVER.

more displays of many, many colors...

Finally, it all led to this door.

My entire life, I've walked in and out of doors

because I was either told to 

 or I knew I had no other way out.

I spent a lot of time 

 looking in from the outside.

This time, the door opened.

I walked in.

I heard it silently drift closed behind me 

 and I thought...

"This door is to remain unlocked when this space is occupied"

The important doors in my life will remain unlocked 

as long as the space in my heart is occupied

with faith.

Thank you Bill 

for all the hard work, late nights, and hugs.

It Seams To Be Sew...

Lana

Mixin it up

 

 I have always been a HUGE fan of Michele May and her site Raspberry Rabbits...

but I finally decided to dive in and try doing some stitching on fabric and wool.

My little grandbaby H's room is getting a little makeover.

Perfect chance to try something I created.

 

I sat down and drew something out...something very familiar.

 

 

 

I decided it didn't have to be perfect...

and I found the perfect wools and fabrics to use.

 

In a couple of hours, I had it all laid out and

began to do a little quilting...

I don't know what it is, but this has become

my favorite part!

 

I love how it is turning out!

I have decided to use the only fabric that

made sense to back this...

(not just because I collect this word...)

 

and rather than bind it with binding,

I am going to just fold it over and

"pretend" bind it.

It looked so preeeety...

 

 

 

It's fun working on things for this baby's room...

I mean seriously...he's laughing all the time!

 

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!