Today Quilt Vine Opens

 Today is the big day we have all been waiting for. My shop, Quilt Vine, opens at 10am. Yesterday the railing went on around the porch. It looks FABULOUS!

Over the weekend, Faith and Karli helped to cut and display fat quarters.

 Over the past two weeks several of my friends have been helping me to make samples for the shop.

 We finished 6 quilts of varying sizes and 3 Christmas stockings. I will get pictures of the completed samples posted soon.

On Saturday we needed a volunteer to make a purchase with a credit card to check and see if everything in the computer was set up correctly. Lou volunteered to be the test bunny.

There was a glitch with the software and we were able to get it corrected.

After all of that hard shopping Lou took a rest on the window seat.

I love this house! Stop by and see us sometime.

The Sign Is Up

On Thursday the sign went up at Quilt Vine. Just one week before our opening.

I was able to get the sign hung with a little help from my friends!

Here we are admiring our work. That sign sure does look nice hanging from the porch. Isn't that a great house for a quilt shop!

I am anxious, excited, and scared. Just 4 days now until we open the doors.
 

First Shop Sample

When Chris was not helping at the shop this week she was working on this sample. We have this entire fabric line and I think we will be making up kits. Hopefully I will get it quilted soon.

Here is Chris and I at the Denton Shop Hop last Saturday.

Cheryl, Karli, and Lou selling raffle tickets for 7-Sisters at the Shop Hop last week.

Jan finished her Lightning Quilt top from the class I taught at Bayside in April.

The Shop Is Shaping Up

Things are really coming together at the shop.

When these 6 inch Kaffe Fassett Design Strips arrived I squealed with excitement. Don't you just love them?

The fabric has been arriving several days a week.

Lately I have been trying to decide where all of the furniture goes.

The basics are on the white shelves.

The nursing rocker looks good by the wood stove.

This room is going to look great with juvenile prints and 30's reproduction fabrics.

 Love these Ty Pennington fabrics.

I couldn't resist putting the rick rack in candy jars.

Michael Miller fabrics.

I recovered this little settee today with an Amy Butler Decorator Fabric.

 Love, love, love Jane Sassaman fabrics!

This jelly cupboard is a nice place for thread and patterns.

Things are shaping up and there is still a lot to do before we open.

Quilt Vine Debut

I am so excited!!!!!

Quilt Vine is having her debut today. Chris and I are taking the shop on the road. Even though we are not yet ready to be vending we will be promoting the opening of the shop. Above is a preview of what our booth will look like. This will be taking place at the Shop Hop in Denton, Maryland today.

Heartland Quilt Guild of the Eastern Shore presents the 4th Annual Shop Hop, Saturday, August 4, 2012, at the Denton Volunteer Fire Hall from 3:00 – 8:00 pmThis event will feature over 40 fiber arts vendors from the Delmarva Peninsula and surrounding states, including quilt, antique quilt, fabric and yarn shops; beaders; wool spinners; long arm quilters; wood workers; machine embroiderers; and much more. You can find out more about the Shop Hop here.


Sounds like it is going to be a great day!

7-Sisters Raffle Quilt

When time allows I try to keep up on some longarm quilting.

This quilt is a raffle quilt made by the 7-Sisters Quilt Guild.

You just can't go wrong using all Batiks.

Fabric Keeps Coming In

Fabric has been arriving every day this week.

It is like Christmas every day!

The Michael Miller Krystals are beginning to line the basics wall.

The Kona Solids are still lined up on the floor.

Some must needed white-on-whites.

Today Chris cut some fabric from Windham's Skater's Village collection to make a sample quilt.

How do we decide what fabric goes on which shelves?

Faith really enjoyed opening boxes and checking in fabric.

Opening day is quickly approaching. There is still so much to do!