Saturday morning!

Don't you just love Saturdays?  I don't have an "official" job anymore but I still look forward to Saturday.  During the week Melanie has an annoying habit of arriving very early to get to work. For those of you that don't know...Mel is my brother's wife.  We have started a business doing all sorts of crafty things.  My daughter Candi also recently joined us in this endeavor.  We have turned my basement into the official work area.  I guess that is why Mel arrives here so darn early. I'll give you a quick run down of who does what. First and most importantly, I am the boss!!  I piece quilts and keep everyone else in line.  My husband Elmer uses our huge APQS quilting machine to quilt them after they are finished. I keep hoping I can get him to try piecing someday but he is a typical guy......he only wants to work with the monster machines.  He does beautiful work. Next, there is Mel and I'm not sure how to describe her, other than I don't think she ever sleeps.  Mel owns 2 industrial embroidery machines and has made some gorgeous stuff.  She just recently jumped into quilting and is doing a great job. The only thing she is having a problem with is ironing correctly (wonder how long I can convince her she needs to do all the ironing so she gets practice?) Candi is my daughter, and she is so talented.  She is doing some beautiful crochet work.  Candi is the one we call when we are in a pinch or don't quite understand a quilt pattern.  She is an amazing quilt piecer. Last but certainly not least, my sister Linda and her daughter Debbie live a couple of hours from here, but when we get behind they rush in for a weekend of work - work - work to help us catch up.
We will be posting ideas, tips and photos when we have time (Mel has the most time because she doesn't sleep!). We hope you enjoy your visits to our blog.