TWO NEW MACHINES AND NOT A PLACE TO PUT EM.... house closing set backs and all that jazz!!!!

Well where to start... I know it has been a while since I last posted.... I apologize but sometimes life gets in the way. I have been working a lot of extra shifts and been dealing with trying to get closed on this house. If any of you are underwriters or know an underwriter for home loans/mortgages I am sorry. They have to be the weirdest people in the world!!! Some of the stuff that they have asked for is just crazy! Like they wanted a letter from my employer stating that my move to the new house wouldn't affect my employment. My employer looked at me like I was absolutely crazy when I asked then for this!!! She didn't even know what to write! She said that she wanted to put something really, well shall I say not so nice in the letter but thought better of it! So all of the forms and letters and this that and the other have been submitted and the underwriting part is done. Here in Oklahoma however we still have abstracts for our properties. A very antiquated system, but still a requirement for property purchases. The abstract is basically the history of the property since before Oklahoma was even a state(1907). Needless to say the abstract didn't make it to the title company until today and that is certainly not enough time for us to be able to close by Thursday! So closing has been pushed back to Monday or Tuesday!

On the upside I found a White treadle sewing machine for $75!!! All it needed was a good cleaning and a new belt and a little oil here and there and she moves like she did the day she was new! I named her Betty.... get it Betty White!!! I crack myself up sometimes. My realtor just recently sold a property and the previous owners left a vintage sewing machine! She asked me if I wanted it and of course I said yes... I haven't had a chance to play with it yet but soon that day will come. It is in a sewing cabinet and looks to be in good condition but we will see. So there we are I now am the owner of 4 sewing machines with no place to put them quite yet... Does anyone know what that is like to have 4 sewing machines that you can't play with right now because of this transition period!!! I am going a little crazy!!! I hope this finds everyone well and everyone's projects are going great!!! Thank you to whoever you are reading this blog!!! I encourage you all to go over to Bonnie Hunter's blog which is quiltville.blogspot.com. She was my inspiration to start this blog and has a ton of great videos and tips on her blog!!! Bonnie if ever you read this blog thank you so much for all that you do and making quilting entertaining and fun!!!

Having major withdraws!!!

Okay so with the majority of my quilting room packed... I have found myself having some major withdraws. It really doesn't help that as soon as I get home from my night shift and immediately get on youtube and watch Bonnie Hunter for hours!!! I am actually loosing sleep at this point and not being productive at all... I wanna get moved and get set up and get to work on something.... If anyone is reading this tell me what you are working on... maybe even add some pictures so I can live vicariously through you while my sewing studio is packed for the move!!!

Buying a new house!!! Making me a little CRAZY!!!!

Okay everyone... so as Bonnie Hunter says "you don't know how much fabric you have until you move!!!" So I knew that I had a ton of stuff in my sewing room but I didn't realize how much!!! I kept walking into my sewing room and just looking around and walking back out!!! I don't close on the house until the 25th of this month but wanted to get a head start. So I finally got up enough courage and decided I had put it off long enough. Armed with my boxes, packing tape, and markers to lable boxes, I went head strong into the abyss of fabric and quilting rulers and yarn and bobbins and spools of thread.... well I spent an entire night and ended up with 5 boxes full of stuff and can you guess how far along I think I am with packing all the stuff... That's right not even half way. Where did all this stuff come from...  I personally blame Joann's and their damn cupons that I just feel obligated to use. I know that when I get moved I will have a great space for creating!!! I almost feel like I may have packed prematurely, because every time I came across this fabric or that fabric I wanted to start sewing something... I am really having a sewing fit and of course that fit is worse now that my wonderful brother sewing machine is all packed away!!! Here are some pictures of the new place and there are two other bed rooms not pictured!!!

Introduction

Hello,

Welcome to my blog. My name is Sean Elsten and I have been quilting for the last 3 years. I am going to do my best to blog as much as possible and keep up with this for anyone who is interested. I will be sharing some tips and tricks that I have found along the way and try and keep everyone up to date on all of the projects I am working on. I hope that this blog will inspire others to keep quilting even when times get tough... you know when the thread breaks mid seam... when the bobbin vomits on the back of your project.... when the feed dogs grab ahold of your fabric and refuses to let go... when you get to the sewing table and realize you have cut something completely wrong... or better yet you sew something together that was not meant to be sewn!!!  IT'S OKAY!!!! We have all been there and will probably be there again. Sure it is frustrating but you just have to learn to laugh through it... As Bonnie Hunter says "It's not the end of the world!". Well I hope that at least someone reads this blog and that we can share several of our trials and tribulations as well as many beautiful successes. Until next time happy sewing!!!