Whew!!!!

I have just completed the biggest project I have ever taken on! I love to be challenged and pushed to try new things. I good friend of mine works for Myrick, Gurosky and Associates. They are a commercial construction company specializing in building and remodeling churches throughout the southeast. Through a casual conversation with another friend of mine, she found out that I make window treatments, bedding, etc.. So, while I was at the beach this summer I received an email from her asking to give a quote for "theatrical type" panels for Shades Mountain Baptist Church. I immediately grabbed a pencil and piece of paper and started figuring yardage and cost, all the while thinking "I probably won't get the job". Well, little did I know! About a month or so after that email, I got a call and was told that the job was mine if I was still interested! We met, did a little more figuring, ordered almost 300 yards of fabric and began sewing. Initially, I made 6 panels that were 25 feet long by 20 feet wide! That was a lot of fabric and a lot of backaches! I even had my Mother, Daddy, Mother in law and Charlie in on the gig (Thanks)! As most of my family and friends know, I work really well under pressure and a deadline which worked well in this situation. Construction companies in general want it yesterday, so I enjoyed the challenge.

I received another call last weekend that they wanted another panel to go above the very large projector screen on the stage. More figuring, more fabric, and Oh-they needed it by Friday!!!! I picked up the fabric late Monday and began sewing! This panel measured 54 feet wide by 5 feet tall so it was a little easier to manage!

The third call came on Wednesday afternoon. They needed me to cover 14 acoustical panels that hang on the wall. Eight of the panels measured 3 feet by 10 feet and six measured 5 feet by 10 feet! I'll post pictures soon.

Through this whole process, I have thought of the hundreds of youth that will use this beautiful facility. I have thought of the lives that will be changed through Christ, the commitments that will be made and the God that will be praised! I thought of my own "youth" and how excited she is to be a part of a church and youth group. This Sunday, she will be baptized at our church. She accepted Christ and has made the commitment to live for Him! This is the moment Charlie and I have prayed for! I pray that those same commitments are made in the new youth facility at Shades Mountain Baptist Church! To God be the Glory-GREAT things HE has done!