Short and sweet!

I sewed all day. It was sublime. This is what I made, a Quilt of Valor for a special soldier. Tomorrow I will get it quilted and get some binding on.

A different direction

Not much happening on the quilting front due to the wind up to the show. There are so many details and loose ends to attend to, it takes my time away from the studio. (insert sad face here...) I don't know if you remember the bear I dressed for the woodland critters challenge, but I still needed  to make her accessories. The only quilting I have finished in the last two days is her little quilt! It is 5" x 8" , pieced and quilted, and was a booger to bind!

I haven't decided what to name her, but she's ready for bed in her nightie and pink bear slippers.

She needed a quilt...and maybe a sleep mask, I haven't decided that either.

So, here is the quilt

...and the back.

I put my wrinkly hand in so you get the idea how small the quilt is.

Or a little carved dog!

I did get all the blocks cut out for a quilt of valor, but won't show it just yet. I also did some of the prep for my demo at the quilt show. I'm slowly getting it all together before the big day. The last thing I saw before coming in to make supper was this rainbow. We didn't have a drop of rain, but had the joy of the rainbow anyway. Confusing, but nice.

See you all on the flip side!

A happy kind of tired

Good news! All my show quilts are finished. The chicken run quilt was finished on Saturday, and I think its cute but not ribbon worthy.

They are certainly running! I used the red dot for the binding.

It's hard to see the quilting; chicken wire in the blocks, swirls in the sashing and simple piano keys in the border.

I got the backing fabric on my trip to Wisconsin.

Late Saturday afternoon, I started the hand work on the primitive applique quilt. I had the binding, sleeve and label sewn down by midnight and my bedtime. Sunday morning, I started sewing on the embellishments. I sewed all day and into the evening, stopping only to make supper and eat. The project was done at 11:30 PM. Murder shows, movies and PBS series on Prime kept me company until the last bead was sewn.

I thought I was finished, but thought I needed to define the center blocks from the borders. So today I added tiny rick rack and more buttons. Now, I'm finished!!

There is no way to photograph the quilting properly, so you have to trust me that it is very nice.

It does look better with the tiny lime green rick rack and the flowery buttons.

You would have to look at the quilt for a few minutes to find all the button and bead embellishments. It was fun seeing them all on, but my fingers are sore and I'm glad to be done.

I have added one of these acorn buttons to three applique quilts with squirrels on them. I have one left...

It took over an hour to sew these heart/flower buttons on this block.  It is difficult to sew them securely to the quilt without going through to the back.

So there you have it. The show quilts are folded in a stack and ready to go. What a load off my mind. I have put off customer quilting long enough. It is time to get to work on the waiting queue of quilts waiting for their debut.

I spent today getting the studio back to normal, putting away the 42 cones of thread I used to quilt the last two quilts, vacuum up the lint and threads from the floor and put away the buttons, beads and rick rack before washing and putting on my brand new Sheex sheets and await my journey to sleepy town. I slept on this brand of sheets at my daughter's place and had to get some. They are the softest, smoothest sheets I have ever slept on. Enough chat!! I'm going to bed!