Wow!! What a busy week this has been!!
Wednesday morning the Horn of America cabinets arrived... all 3+ tons (no kidding!!) of them... Early that morning, the driver called and asked if we had a forklift -- nope.... but we had Rick (the HoA rep) and the Shiisa Quilts staff ready to get that furniture off the truck and into the shop!!
So... the truck arrived and we started hefting boxes -- 66 of them!! Once they were in the shop, I looked at them and thought, "What was I thinking????" and "We will NEVER get these things assembled and on the floor!!"
But... we started in... Rick showed us how to "assemble" each of the different models.. and really, they come "fully assembled," so we were doing things like putting on casters and drawer hardware mostly.
Chris and David tackled the chairs -- 3 different styles... and they got that assembly process down to a rhythm that was pretty amazing!! Bonnie and I worked on the tables.... and we had the same process.... there's way more than 3 models of tables, but there were a LOT of one of the models because we'll be using them in the classroom... so we really got that one down!! And Rick provided guidance -- and assembled the "one of a kinds"....
Wait till you SEE them!! I'm in awe of the tables with the hydraulic lifts -- You can lower them for sewing... and then when it's time for cutting, you can lower your machine on the airlift platform... cover the hole... and push the button to activate the hydraulic lift to raise the table to your optimum cutting table height!!! WOW!!!
And, of course, we have the HoA Quilter's Dream.... which is really just that!! and the Craft Table... and... a whole bunch more!!
We finished getting everything together at about 5:30 on Wednesday and we all went home and slept REALLY well!! A HUGE thanks to Rick for all his help!!
On Thursday we had a virtual meeting with Micro-Solve for continued set-up of our point-of-sale system... and we printed the labels for all the fabric that we currently have in the store....
We also had a visit from one of my favorite fabric reps... Benartex... In the Beginning... Westminster...
On Friday, I got an early morning call from FEDEX (my FEDEX delivery folks are the BEST!!) to "warn" me about a shipment of "a lot of boxes"... I told him I'd be there... Twenty-two boxes of notions and books and other fun stuff from Quilters' Resource, Inc! Unpacking those boxes felt like Christmas!! Chris and Bonnie and I had a ball!!
Next week, Patricia will join us!! And we'll be pulling in the ready reserves -- our kids who are home from college for what they thought was going to be Christmas break -- to help assemble the fabric display fixtures that will be arriving this week...
We expect daily arrivals from QRI and OESD and Robert Kaufmann and Benartex and on and on...
AND... the Berninas should arrive on Monday!!
If you're in the neighborhood, stop in and see us! We love to show off our progress toward opening!! And... we can print you a gift certificate if you're looking for that perfect Christmas present for your favorite quilter!!
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