Joyful Creativity - It's Etsy Time

One of the amazing things about being created in the image of God is that he allows us to reflect His power to create by allowing us to make things using the gifts and talents He has given us.  It is a delight to bring Him glory in this way!

My sister Amy, my daughter Heather, and I have finally opened an Etsy store to see if anyone wants to purchase some of the creative things we enjoy making.  Amy is mostly doing beaded bracelets so far.  Heather is focusing on wire wrapped jewelry and I am posting quilted or fabric-related items.  Take a peek at our Etsy store.  We will be continuing to add things as we go along.

I have also had a couple of customers this summer who asked me to quilt some older quilts for them.  One of the quilts was made a couple of generations earlier so I figured it must have been made by someone born in the late 1800s.  Wow!  It was a precious quilt made with clothing from family members.  I quilted that one on a sewing machine rather than my longarm (Handi Quilter Simply Sixteen).  It was too fragile for the longarm.  I really enjoyed that project!  The other two weren't as old or fragile so I have quilted one on the longarm quilting machine and I am about to do the other this week.  I also made the backs of these quilts and put the binding on.

That said, I am hoping to continue to develop my quilting business.  I have a sheet of rates available by request.