31 Day Blog Writing Challenge

I'm joining Cheryl Sleboda

for her annual 

31 Day Blog Writing Challenge.

I'm trying to up my game by blogging every day in December.

That's 31 days straight

and

designed to build good blogging habits as we head into 2020.

Do I have that much to write about?

Luckily for me, Cheryl has prompts to help us along the way.

The first 3 days of December were reserved here in the Sticks for

A Time for All Seasons Block of the Month

and

The Christmas Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop.

Today I'll use Cheryl's prompts 1-4 to catch up.

#1 - Introduction

I'm Carla

and

I live outside of  Dodge City, Kansas - (out in the sticks)
I started this blog back in 2012 and the name, Creatin' in the Sticks, just seemed fitting.

Creatin' in the Sticks is the name of my business where I sell PDF quilting and sewing patterns.  I am a designer for Thermoweb and a 2019 Island Batik Ambassador.

#2 - Sewing Space

 My studio is above our detached garage.

I love that I can work and leave my mess and no one knows

because it usually looks like this...

I'm usually fighting deadlines and this is my ugly.

#3 - Machine

You can see my Janome MC6600P  in the above pictures and she is certainly a workhorse.

She is humming pretty much every day.

This is the machine that should get more credit that she does though.

This was the first sewing machine that was my very own.

Mom and Dad gave it to me for Christmas before I graduated High School.

The old Kenmore will stitch through just about anything and I've stitched a lot of miles on her.  I did my first free-motion quilting on her without a needle down feature.  That seems like such a challenge now that I'm spoiled with the modern features of my Janome.

#4 - Favorite Tools

This is such a hard prompt for me.  Every tool is a must-have once I have it.

I mean, I didn't know how cool a rotary cutter was until I had one.  The modern conveniences we enjoy in quilting is amazing.

If I have to choose, it would be my new pink Oliso Iron and wool mat.

There is just something about having a pretty iron and that wool mat is a game-changer.

Thanks for visiting my daily blog in December.

This should be fun.