Road Blocks

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I have hit a road block in my brain. As I sit here writing, I have a headache, my girls are downstairs playing, and I am contemplating my goals for my business. I have 7 orders to make more quilts, one is in the works and the others are in my conceptual thoughts. My mom wants one for a friend with a frog theme, my friend wants one for her grandson that has a John Deere theme, 3 boys blankets, a girl blanket, and 1 that I just need to finish. Tonight is the night I plan on cutting up more squares for those blankets after I get somethings cleaned up. Tomorrow I hope to get that much needed advice from my mom, and to get more fabric for her blanket.

My road block is figuring out time to do all of these blankets, and clean my house, and take care of those girls. Although I usually think I can do it all, today I feel like I am overloaded with so much to do. So here is to getting those blankets finished, making them as warm and cozy and snugly as possible, and getting over that road block, for that road block is just an obstacle for me to overcome instead of allowing it to over take my life.

Blessings and Friendship to all!
Marcia

SOLD!!!!

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Today I am excited to tell all my friends that I have sold a blanket from my Esty Store!!! The person who bought the blanket resides in my favorite state of all! CalifornIA!!! LOVE IT!!! To all my friends who have bought blankets please post comments about how you feel about the purchase. I know some of you have already made comments, and I really appreciate them, I thought others who might not have seen those comments would like to hear what has been said.

I have posted another blanket out on my Etsy Store - very lovely lilac fleece. I changed it up a bit and put a pattern to the quilt. Jay (my husband) even commented that he thought it was a good one.

So as my excitement winds down, I will continue to work on new blankets, revise my store to make it more buyer friendly, add to my repertoire of items and continue to promote those blankets. I thank you all for the comments and ideas I have received. I am still mulling over some of those ideas in my mind.

Blessings and friendship for all!
Marcia

What Do You Think?

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While supper is cooking and the girls are playing quietly, or semi-quietly, I decided to write up another BLOG. I have had a great couple of days. Last night I completed my 2 receiving blankets, and started another blanket which will be purple! Today I have order some more fabrics for future quilts. One of my friends has requested a blanket for her grandson, John Deere is the theme!!! How fun will that be? So I searched the sites I usually visit for my fabrics and found a couple of neat patterns with John Deere patterns. eBay also had a couple really neat ones I am thinking of bidding on or just buying. I have not made a themed quilt yet, but I find this a fun way to give someone an heirloom that will be enjoyed for years to come.

I have not completed the other blanket for my other friend yet, because I am not happy with the color of the fleece I chose to back it. So I have purchased a different fleece, and am hoping the colors match. What I have completed of the blanket has been posted out in my pics, so hopefully this will work for me.

I am enjoying this process of letting all my friends know what is happening in my world, and how I am dealing with my new business of choice. Thank you for you time in helping me with this process, and thanks to you for the business I get from you passing this on to people you know who would enjoy a handmade blanket from someone who enjoys making them.

Blessings and Friendship to all!
Marcia

Antsy

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I am sitting waiting for supper to finish cooking, and I am really antsy to get working on another blanket. I usually work on the blankets at night while my family is snoozing, and dreaming the night away. It gets crazy when I work on the blankets while the girls are awake! They love to help me out and I sometimes am ok with that... but then sometimes I feel overwhelmed with their type of "help"! :) Yet I have been thinking about other strategies on how to promote the blankets I make. Also I have been thinking what other types of crafty blankets I can make that people would want to buy for themselves, for Baby Showers or just to keep around the home for when their grandchildren come to visit.

So I have searched the net for ideas and suggestions. I have seen one idea that I loved and have stitched up a few examples. Yet another reason I am antsy, I am not totally complete with those examples, and I really am looking forward to completing them tonight and posting them on my Etsy store for sale! This is really very fun for me to look for and figure out ways to give people different options. I am calling all my friends to give me ideas - either by posting the idea or posting a website of where I can find an idea to promote my product or something I might make to give parents a better product for their children.

Well that is all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this and for your input!

Blessings and friendship for all!
Marcia

My Latest Project

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I hope that my ramblings have been at the least entertaining. I do have fun writing worthy information, but I also like to add a bit of dry humor to my posting. So while the kids are definitely sleeping, and I have not yet fallen asleep on the floor or in a chair, I will give you the skinny on my latest project.

The project I am working on is for a good friend of mine. She is a really intelligent, interesting, and wonderful Christian woman whom I met at First Church of Christ's (the church I attend) Woman's Bible study on Thursday mornings. She is a mother of 4, and I am making her newest addition a blanket. The blanket has lots of pinks, & purples, and some green and yellow. It has some beautiful and delicate patterns, but also some fun and bold patterns. I have not added the final important step of this process yet, which is the fleece to the backing. I have uploaded the pics to the slide show on the right hand side of the screen. I believe if you click on the pics it will take you to the whole lot, and you won't have to wait for the slide show to work its way to them. The squares are 7" square, and I have sewn 8 squares by 10 rows for the blanket. Which makes this the biggest blanket I have made. I don't have all the dimensions, but I will when it is complete! I believe it is beautiful and I am looking forward to the end product.

Do check it out and post comments about the blankets, one or all. I would love to read your thoughts and comments!

Well that is all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this!

Blessings and friendship for all!
Marcia