Another busy day

Wow! I have been so busy in the studio lately, I even dreamed about it last night! I got a lot done yesterday, and sewed a binding in the evening before I went to bed.

This is the surprise I made for the customer with two tee shirt quilts. There were several number 24 shirts left over, so I chose two with his name on them and made a throw pillow.

Here's the other side.

I had some zippers left over from a stash of sewing stuff  I got for free.  I think it will be a good surprise when she opens the box! Mr Wazoo sent it off to Tallahassee today.

This is another customer's quarantine quilt. The fabric collection is so cute!

Panto: cat's paws

The quilting pattern looks just like one of the fabrics!

I finished the masks for my daughter. We sent them today along with the tee shirt I bought for my grandson.

This customer made a string quilt during her social distancing

Panto: Jetty

The backing led me to use the green thread for the quilting.

This customer brought me a 1950s twin quilt top that she wants made into a queen sized top. I had a plan, but first, had to press it with starch and square it up. It was floppy and wonky, but well sewn for a hand pieced top.

Squaring up bits.

I find or get gifted quilt tops and blocks from all sorts of places. I bought  a top from a woman at the story telling festival after we got chatting about quilting. Her grandma made some tops and she didn't want them. I bought three for $50 apiece. All 1950's fabrics. I figured I could use the pieces for repair projects. I am so happy the rows are just the right size for borders on the twin top!!

I picked the quilt apart in rows and pressed them with starch.

This blue will make a nice clean edge for the two wonky pieces as an inner border. I quit for the day right here.

A new day, a new quilt to do! The next customer quilt was very pretty and spring like. It was made by my sister in Texas to be used in a hospital setting. She has been making charity quilts that fit hospital beds lately.

The quilts are long and narrow, to fit the bed without getting caught in the mechanical parts.

Panto: Stacked Snailz

The backing is this soft to the hand dotty fabric.

Second verse, same as the first! She made two of them.

Panto: Modern loops

Same nice backing.

Don't you love this!!? I do. I am making a soft floral Irish chain with very similar fabrics. Great minds think alike!

Panto: Daydream. I used variegated thread on this one.

This has pink dots on the back!

I added the new borders and loaded the backing before quitting for the day. It was a full day with three customers coming to pick up or drop off quilts. Everyone wore masks and I am still not letting anyone in the studio. I hate cleaning everything off over and over...

The garden is really coming alive. Mr W spent the entire day (except for the trip to the post office) working in the yard. He does love the outdoors! The weather was perfect and I missed it all. I did my evening stroll up to the house, and took a few pics on the way. 

Another busy day tomorrow, as well as the cleaning lady coming and having the house power washed!! We should be squeaky clean for the weekend.

The pink roses are perfect, and their scent is divine.

More giant iris have bloomed and there are still more coming.

Mr W brought the two rectangular planters down from the back porch. He planted dark pink geraniums just outside my sewing window. So pretty to look at while I'm working.

Somebody took a long nap in the afternoon. I hope she doesn't think I'm getting up at 3AM to take her out...