Happy birthday, Toni~I hope you have a wonderful day!

I love the quilts you've posted!  Especially the one with the circles!  I mainly do piecing but I've been experimenting with applique.  I cheat though...I use fusible webbing and have raw edges that I sew down with a blanket stitch.  It looks like you do needle turned applique; you do a very good job!

Anyway, I just wanted to say hello again and happy birthday!

My favorite shop is about an hour away and I go there every month.  There was a quilt shop there for many years, and then they closed, which was a real disappointment because it was a really nice one.  Luckily someone else bought the business and opened a year later.  It's not as good as it was, but they're still stocking it up.  I mainly sell quilts on Etsy, but back in December a woman bought 33 and it wiped me out.  Now I just have a few small things there...wall hangings, table runners, etc.  I also make quilted journal covers, but I only have one left.  I hope I can get it stocked up again before Christmas time.  That's when I make the most money.  But I highly doubt I'll have 30 quilts made by then!  It was a huge sale, and I made a lot of money, but it was kind of depressing to see them all go at once.

That's a really good idea to sell your Spoonflower fabric on Etsy.  Everyone wants something totally unique.  I love the leaf print you have for sale.  I've been collecting leaf prints for awhile now.  Not for anything in particular...I started out with ginko leaves and moved on to regular leaves.  I go through phases like that.  For awhile I was collecting 30's fabrics...I love those!  But what I really love are geometric brights.  I have too much of everything now, so I plan to go on a fabric diet tomorrow.  Today I'm shopping on-line to get that last fix in!