Slow and steady wins the race!

There hasn't been much to post here in the last couple of days. We had to go to Gainsville for some personal business, and that took an entire day off working on the primitive quilt. I jumped in early today and am in the home stretch . The colored parts are all done and I have quilted the top border and the first row of the quilt. I hope tomorrow will show more progress, maybe even a finish!
I did quilt just the blocks on the chicken run before taking the quilt off the machine and loading up the next customer quilt.

I quilted the 20 blocks with this chicken wire pattern. The rest of the quilt will be done freehand.

If anyone recognizes this quilt, give me a call!
You didn't put your name or phone number in the bag with the quilt parts,

I chose the panto: Funky Fans

Maybe you recognize the backing. It was a long piece I needed to cut and sew.

When my day was done (and my feet hurt) I finished the quilt made of free blocks from my evening guild. It will be a charity quilt for that guild.

Here it is on the design wall with the borders finished.

All done! I quilted it and got the binding done after our trip to Gainsville.

The panto is Feather Flourish. Oh yes, the name of the pretty panto on the neutral quilt from a couple of days ago is Daydream. Isn't that a lovely name?

I had this backing piece left from another quilt I did.

Today I prepped more pieces for the never ending repair I have been trying to finish.
The hand work fills most evenings in front of the TV with my feet up!

And here is an after school picture of my grandson in his new rainbow shirt and shoes.

My son picks him up after his school day!
He is a middle school teacher.

Pressing on

I finished the hand work on the big chicken and it is ready for the show. Today, I loaded the primitive applique quilt. I also loaded and quilted another blue beauty from the same customer as yesterday's quilt. Both quilts occupied my entire day, and I only managed to get the inner border on the little log cabin quilt I sewed together yesterday.
The story of the blocks is a fun one. My evening guild had a fabric exchange, where we brought fabric we don't want anymore and take home fabric the other members don't want anymore. Hmmmm...I didn't need any other fabric, but there was a small stack of blocks that looked really interesting. I found out a member made them years ago and no longer wanted to make more. They spoke to me, and I took them home. All in all, a good day, quilting and having fun!

The stitch in the ditch took all day, but it is finished and I am ready to start the fun quilting tomorrow.

I only had a few minutes while the Millie finished the last row of the blue quilt, to sew on the inner border of the little log cabin quilt. Its coming along nicely.

Here is the quilt from the same customer who had a blue and neutral quilt yesterday.

Of course, between quitting time and now (midnight) I have totally forgotten the name of this pattern...sorry. It is quite lovely on the quilt though.

The light blue thread looks pretty, too.

My Grandson sent me a picture of his latest artwork.

He's infatuated with rainbows right now, so Grandma sent him a rainbow shirt.


He's so darn cute! I even scored a kiss!

Hard work, satisfying finish

I worked long hours yesterday, but didn't finish anything. Today, I had a really productive streak, and another show finish!

The quilting on this quilt was begun yesterday.
At first, I didn't like this neutral quilt, but it grew on me after quilting it.
(See the blocks on the design wall behind the quilt? Remember them...)

The pattern is called Feather Flourish

The pieced backing really looks nice.

Meanwhile, I quilted and quilted and quilted some more, but couldn't finish the  Big Chicken...

I got as far as the border, and then my feet screamed for me to stop. So I did.

Here is where I started today.

It's finished!

I added the sleeve, label and binding at the end of the day. Tonight, I will do the hand sewing

It was hard to get a good picture of the quilting.

I did the border to mimic the piecing.

I love this fabric! It is the backing.

After finishing the neutral quilt, I loaded this one.
This pretty quilt belongs to a guild member who makes more quilts than most everyone.
I would love to make quilts all day...what a dream.

The pattern on this one is called Butterfly Swirl.

The quilting looks really nice on the back.

Here is what I doodled around with when the chicken was done! These were the blocks you saw earlier on the design wall. I added the blue sashing and red cornerstones, but it needs borders, and then I'll tell you the whole story.
Until then, here are some nice pictures of the homestead I took early this morning on the way to work. How are we so fortunate to live in this beautiful place?!