Do I HAVE to go to bed????

Oh, this has been a fun and EXCITING night!!!!!
And, Jen...forgive me, but our shared excitement from earlier will need to wait until the end of this post...

Because.....

I'll let THESE pictures say it all...

Ta-DAH!!!!! AND....AHEAD OF SCHEDULE!!!!!

From the doorway

sewing area

shelves (the big one is new!) just ready for more fabric!

design wall up in action already (yeah, Star Struck has seen just a little bit of time)

my strip storage

no more lamps needed!!!

I will need some adjustment with this set up because I've never been restricted "behind my machine" before. But, I don't think it'll be much of an issue since I won't be quilting anything of a large nature.

**sigh** It was SO hard to force myself (out of sheer discipline!!!) to turn that light off at 11:00 so I could blog and get to bed by midnight. My previous sewing area is a DISASTER; my sewing stuff strewn about, DH's tools all over, and LOTS of clutter!!!! DH is gung-ho to KEEP working on finishing up the basement. Therefore, he emptied out all the "junk" that had been collecting in the "someday-eventually-will-be-a-bathroom" room. I think he wants to see this room finished by the time school starts????? So, another of my tiling adventures will begin next week after my morning volleyball camp sessions....


Okay.....

Anyway.....

Let's back up a few hours.....


Meet Jen. Jen is a former student of mine who coined the phrase, "That doesn't make sense to my brain" while she was in my Pre-Calculus class a few years back. No, it's not because she couldn't understand the material; she simply put the challenge out to me and her classmates to come up with a different way of explaining certain topics to have it make sense. She is truly one of those students that every teacher wants in the classroom!!!

Well, looky-looky at what she's been up to lately!

Doesn't she look absolutely "giddy" in this picture. She had just tried out some border layouts and was admiring her choice!

Oh, this poor girl----This is her first quilt (I think?); well, at least it's her first BIG quilt. She has some more blocks to make yet before she will be able to lay out the entire top, and I think I overwhelmed her tonight with too many suggestions on what will need to be done after that. I assured her it'll all come together, one bit at a time. I opened up my email to her and will open up my basement up to her once the top is ready so she'll be able to quilt it on the frame herself. I can't WAIT to see it together!!!

Okay---time for a quick midnight snack, and then BED.....