Family Sewcial

We’ve all been there… Just when you’ve gotten a project underway, you set it aside and say “I’ll finish it later”. But later never comes, anytime soon that is. And then next thing you know, another project comes your way and you remember that excitement you felt the last time you started a new project!  Well, fam, it happened to me today   At the moment, I'm working on a "block of the month" at our store called Summer Moon by Carrie Nelson. I was talking to some ladies at the shop one day about how I just can't seem to stick to one project and complete it before finding something new to work on, and they suggested that I join them in working on Summer Moon this year. I thought to myself "maybe if I had these people holding me accountable, I would somehow dedicate all my quilting time to just that one project." I was wrong... Between running vendor shows for the shop ( Quilts Like Crazy ), having external obligations the day of class, and not doing my homewo...

This past weekend, we attended the 2024 Central Carolina Quilt Fair hosted by the Salisbury Rowan Quilters Guild as a vendor and we had a blast! The Merchant kids got to run the show so you can already bet that we had fun😜 We started vending at quilt shows about 2 years ago. With that being said, you would think that we have a system for packing up, loading the truck up, and so on... but truthfully we do not. You would also think that we would be ready weeks in advance and not wait until the last minute to prepare everything we are bringing, but as our family has proven time and time again, we're procrastinators, but we are a sure thing! But this time around, we were packed up and ready to load the day before which is already ahead of our usual schedule!😂 We always joke about how our store is "naked" when we are vending at shows as you can see: Travis and I loaded up the truck Thursday morning and hit the road for our 2 hour drive to Salisbury, NC. We set up the booth, ...