Wow it’s been forever since I have blogged and even had forgotten how! Retirement brain. It is amazing how long it takes to adjust to a new routine! After 40 years of nursing and juggling time ,having it can cause panic! So much I want to do  and how do I do it all! Of course I miss my wonderful nursing colleagues but oh how I love sleeping late,enjoying a long morning coffee, traveling to visit friends and dashing off to be with my grand babies! Now I know why they are called grand,just can’t get enough of them and now my oldest daughter and son in law are blessing us with another!

I finally dug into cleaning my sewing studio,uf da. It took a week! Where did all those unfinished projects come from?

You know it is very freeing to give away fabric you no longer love and even projects knowing they will become charity quilts. I even shampooed the carpet and changed the room around. Love it!

Then tackled the office,fun to find a lot of archives of my pattern business.

Then for an adventure,I bought an I-pad with my retirement bonus who would have thought! But I love it for pictures, checking e-mail, web surfing,face book and music. It has a nice hard case but a quilter needs a handle ,so to the studio to design. I used a great fabric called Roc- lon multi- purpose fabric for the batting and made a snap happy closure and a grab it handle. It turned out terrific if I say so myself. It met approval at quilt club and now it is in the test phase. Coming soon,anyone with a cool name?  Till later, going to brave the heat of 90+

Wow, how the time does fly! Since the web site went live, I have been one busy girl. I have celebrated my 40th wedding anniversary in Costa Rica, swinging from the trees on a zip line. Then home to await the arrival of grand baby number two, Henry Mason weighing  in at 8# 7,with a cute little head of black hair. I absolutely love being a grandparent!  The birth must have stimulated my creative side as three new patterns are being released this next week. A second version of Snap Happy called Snap Happy II, a 7″x10″ little bag with french seams, an inside pocket, and boxed bottom. Also Grab & go, a quick and easy drawstring bag with a “Snap Happy” pocket. The Case Closed a 15″ tote with lots of pockets and a cool piped edge. Needless to say,I really need to get that Owl quilt done too! I hope you are all enjoying the weather and will soon be catching  Snap Happy Fever !

Wow, two new adventures for a small town girl. A first web site for Stitchin’ Sisters and a blog.

Being I have never done this before it,this really is an adventure. I have been busy either making or selling Snap Happy’s. So I thought my first entry should be on ideas how to expand your pattern usage. Here are some great tips shared by others. You can cut your Snap Happy length measurements a few inches longer and then box the bottom. These make a great cosmetic bag. Another great idea is to make them with oil cloth and seam them on the outside. These are really fast and fun. For guys use camo fabrics and line with polar fleece for their GPS. If you have other ideas it is always fun to share.

Coming soon will be a new quilt pattern with the cutest owl ever, I originally designed it for my first grandbaby and it turned out so cute,I just have to share it. Look for it this spring.

keeping you in stitches, Rosemary