Sewing and quilting

It has been a time of sewing for me, with a bum arm and a throbbing heel spur keeping me from standing at the longarm for long periods of time. The quilts for the family of the deceased quilter are almost all done. and her husband was thrilled to pick up two yesterday. A Daughter in law and a sister in law will be getting quilts this weekend! Here is quilt number three, waiting for the binding to go on tomorrow, and the quilt I made today. It needs the outer border and the backing assembled. Once it is quilted and bound, my job will be done.

Here is the flimsy before borders...

and after borders!

After quilting

panto, Climbing ivy

Pieced back

This is the flimsy I made today.Not my choice of colors or fabrics, but I think its okay.

I laid the final border on the corner to see how its going to look.
Tomorrow I'll add the border and see what I can piece together as a back. I may have to wait until Monday, and get a back from the quilt shop.

Mr Wazoo has been busy with four quilts for the same customer. They all have piecing issues and wavy borders, so he was grumbling in the man cave. I'm happy to have a good distance between us when we are working! For what he was given, I think he has done a stellar job so far.

Number one is a partridge in a pear tree! The fabric, that is...

Panto: Trailing vine

The triangles in the border were all cut and sewn with the bias on the outside edge! Oh dear!

Panto: Featherize

This one features cats front and back!

Panto: Cat's paws

I worked on other customer quilts with the APQS, so I didn't have to stand at the machine the entire time.There are some good things about computer guided quilting...

This is the quilt that had the too small back. I fixed that and got it quilted without going off onto the added fabric. It was a bit fiddly, but worth it.

Panto: Frolic

Yippee! The back is perfect.

This is a comfort quilt for the guild. Comfort quilts are made by our members and given to any member who is coping with an extremely stressful time in their life. The fabrics are soothing and calm, and the quilt is a warm hug from the sisters of the cloth.

I always quilt them with happy patterns, like Flower power.

The binding is on, and I will finish the hand sewing tonight.

I snapped this picture after work. I always walk outside to get a breath of fresh air before starting round two of work...making supper. I converted the photo to black and white because I think the contrast between the blackening sky and the sun on the dead tree is cool looking. Just a bit of fun at the end of another work day.

Yup...it rained buckets right after I took the picture.