Monday, February 6, 2017

Another week in the books



I didn't post yesterday...I was just too tired! Horrors!! We quilted like crazy people and really made a dent in the queue. Let's have some show-and-tell.

I finished the custome underwater scene, and I think it looks great.

I put loads of bubbles, swirls, fish, and even a jellyfish into the quilting.


Hard to see, but there are turtles in the quilting, too.


Tim worked on this interesting patterned quilt.

Panto: Featherize


Nice back!
In the evenings, I finished the three binding jobs.
A new customer came on Thursday, bringing quilts made by her mother. This isn't unusual for us except for the fact that the customer is in her late eighties! The quilts are made of feed sacks. One has the thread holes in it's piecing from the sacks. They are not especially pretty, but they are family heirlooms that she wants quilted so she can give them to her grown children. The customer is also a quilter, and has made over 100 quilts all by hand. I enjoyed chatting with her, and I'm glad the first quilt held up to the longarm machine.

This is the more intricate of the two quilts, with feed sacks for the piecing.

Some of the blocks had so little contrast between the two fabrics, it was hard to see the design.

The pattern chosen was Big Splat
I set to work on two Kaffe Fassett quilts for another customer. Very different indeed from MrWazoo's antique projects.

The placement of the fabrics gives a woven effect to the quilt

Of course, I can't remember the name of the pantograph...
Its getting harder and harder to remember all the pantos. We have over one hundred of them.

Even the backing is luscious!
Mr Wazoo quilted this quilt for Tennessee fire victims
Panto: Modern Twist
(HA! I remembered!)
purpleicious backing.
Today, I had my sewing day! The border bits for one of my UFOs is well along and I worked on it sporadically while also quilting the top that Mr Wazoo found in the garage. It turned out quite nice, I think.

My 'garage' quilt

I tried out a new digital panto of Baptist fans

The binding is the same as the backing. I did the hand stitching during the Super Bowl,
not so super for Georgians.

The borders are coming along.

I finished quilting the second Kaffe Fassett, and will take it off the frame tomorrow.
It was already 7pm, and I was really ready for the ribs MrWazoo was cooking on the grill.

This is the second feed sack quilt. The sashings used to be red!
Now, I'm watching tonight's episode of Victoria, and then I'll be off to bed. Until tomorrow!!


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