Finally, the windows are open.....

And I totally felt like that silly commercial where they open a window and take a deep breath.  With each window, That is exactly what I did.  Opened a window and took in a deep breath of fresh air by each one.

I had planned to be in full on packing mode today, but I got side-tracked, as usual.  But it was for a good cause.  I have mentioned before that Sheila Williamson, Patty Naftziger and I have been doing pillowcases for Hershey Medical Center on the 4th Saturday of every month at a quilt shop in Ephrata.  This past month, the quilt shop let us know that they would be moving just up the street from where they are, but the space is much smaller.  They would not have the large space for us to come and sew.  However, the owner is still going to be getting fabric and making up pillowcase kits for the Hershey Pillowcase project.

So, we decided that we would reserved the church community room for the 4th Saturday and sew the pillowcases in Parkesburg.  Sheila, who lives just up from the shop, will pick up the kits and we will sew them and Sheila will return the finished pillowcases.

We have been talking about the need to share our sewing skills with others who want to learn how to do basic sewing.  Sheila had mentioned our desire to do this and has had several co-workers volunteer sewing machines.  We are hoping to eventually work this into sewing lessons for anyone in the area who might want to learn to sew.

The project is quickly gaining speed... probably faster than we anticipated.  Sheila announced our plan at church this morning and the response from the ladies in our congregation who want to come and sew was remarkable.

So today, I ordered a couple of things that we will need to just do the pillowcases that will stay at the church.  Then I created an embroidery design around the name we came up with today...
Sew Much Love....

I managed to get three shirts that were just spares I had lying around embroidered and a couple of canvas bags.  I will see Sheila tomorrow and I want to give one to her.  I ordered some Tee-Shirts, too, that will be here Tuesday and I will try to get as many made as I can before I head to Fancy Gap.  I will miss the first session, but I will be back in time for the second one.

It is so wonderful to see this dream that we have been toying with for several months suddenly have all of the pieces fall into place.  We know this endeavor is indeed something that we are being guided to do.