Labor Day Sale at Mountain Quiltworks' Etsy Shop!

I am so excited to let my readers be the first to know about my first-ever Labor Day Sale in my Etsy Shop - Mountain Quiltworks!  Sales don't happen often, but I'm making way for my new inventory of fall and Christmas items. You can take advantage by saving 20% off everything in my shop!

This includes Baby Quilts

Lap Quilts

Table Runners

And even the fun Aviatrix Quilt Pattern!

This sale runs only through Monday, September 4, so check it out now. Any questions, just let me know.  And have fun shopping!

Quilting with a smile,
Barb

Tenacity - Barb's Word of the Year

As I was pondering how to jump back into my blog, I was stymied. How to start again? Goals for 2017? Nah, that would be too defining. An apology for being gone so long? Nah, I don't think anyone much cares. A look at what I created in 2016? Nah, that would involve too much work finding photos, writing about them. Besides, it's all in the past.

So what I came up with is to pick My Word For The Year. After reading Melissa's post (Sew Bittersweet Designs), the word TENACITY popped into my head.  

It didn't really pop in there, though. It has been brewing for some time. I've found I've used the word 'tenacity' several times this past week when replying to blog posts, whereas I have never really used the word much before. Why now? 

I believe tenacity is especially needed for 2017. Things are changing in America, and indeed, the world. An uncertainty has crept into our collective psyches, and not in a particularly good way. I log onto Facebook, not to see what my friends have been up to, but to be bombarded with a deluge of information/misinformation about our current state of affairs. So I check my email In Box - same thing. 

How do we balance that underlying fear with hope? How do we achieve an inner calm and squelch the knot that develops in the pit our stomachs when thinking of the possibilities of the unknown.

Tenacity!  It's the quality or fact of being very determined; determination. It's the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence. Or of being able to grip something firmly. And look at these great synonyms! Persistence, determination, perseverance, doggedness, strength of purpose, tirelessness, indefatigability, resolution, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, patience, purposefulness, staunchness, steadfastness, staying power, endurance, stamina, stubbornness, obstinacy.

Wow! What a great word, tenacity. I want to be tenacious this year. I want to hold on, to complete my goals, to persist and persevere. Yes, yes, I do. 

So, with this in mind, and as a small start, I am writing down my goals and task for this new year. Quilting and finishing UFOs is high on my list, and sometimes it takes a lot of tenacity to see a quilt through to the very end!  

Enough of me. How about you? Do you have a word that inspires you to carry on when the life gets in the way of your dreams?  

Quilting with a smile,
Barb