Christmas Day 2020

We're having a beautiful white Christmas here in the Georgia mountains! 

Sunrise in the mountains

Afternoon, the light is much different.

Bigfoot and Little foot! We'll put him out in the woods when the snow is gone.

Meanwhile...

A partridge in a pear tree

Two turtle doves

Three French hens

Four calling birds

Five golden rings

Six geese a laying

Seven swans a swimming

Eight maids a milking

Nine ladies dancing

Ten lords a leaping

Eleven pipers piping

Twelve drummers drumming

Merry Christmas from Wazoo!

 

On the eleventh day of Christmas..

We had snow!! It looks like we will have a white Christmas here in the mountains. It started snowing late in the afternoon and piled up quickly. It is so beautiful.

Penny is intrigued by the snow. She doesn't know if she should play in it or eat it!

I worked hard today and finished two quilts for the same customer. They included adding the bindings and labels.

Giant log cabin is quilted and now ready for binding. I sewed the binding and applied it while quilting the second one

This Chinese coin quilt is colorful and fun. I love looking at all the different fabrics.

Panto: Funky Fans

The backing is pieced from leftover fabrics from the top.

The binding is done and the label made and attached to the big log cabin quilt.

I finished the binding and label on the Chinese Coin quilt while beginning the quilting on a rush Christmas job. 

This quilt is ginormous!! No way it will be done for tomorrow. I plan to not work tomorrow...

each row takes 30 minutes to quilt and one large bobbin does 1 2/3 rows! Yikes!!

Meanwhile, the snow keeps coming. The back porch screens are snowed in! I got out my winter coat and gloves for the middle of the night pee trip with Penny.

Brrrrr!!

Six quilts ready for home. The placemats were a hit. They went home today.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

Eleven pipers piping.

Ten lords a leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking, seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five golden rings. Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree.

Wow! That means I would have received 273 fowl and 90 extra people to take care of! Not to mention the 32 cows needing attention!! Of course, 35 golden rings would be nice. I could make a swell necklace...

Santa Claus comes tonight!

 

On the tenth day of Christmas...

 My packages finally arrived! Tomorrow night after Mr Wazoo goes to bed, I will get my surprise out and put it together!

Today I finished the placemats!! I am so happy to have that job out of the way. What's more remarkable is that they are all the same size! I'm impressed with myself on this task... I made and applied 1792 inches of binding, turned 128 corners and joined the ends 32 times. Good thing I like doing binding.

32 placemats ready for a wonderful wedding reception.

12  of them are white on white prints on both sides. My guess is these are for the couple and their wedding party.

Panto: Borneo

The other 20 are gray swirly fabric on one side and white on white on the other.

Panto: Curlyque

I also finished up the quilt from yesterday. It is a wonderfully scrappy Autumn leaves quilt from a Bonnie Hunter pattern. I can't believe my good fortune to have two perfect quilts in a row! This quilt is an extremely well made project. I love it.

The subtle prints and colors for the background fabrics make this quilt fun to look at. My job is made better by interesting fabrics used in people's quilts. Eye candy for this quiltaholic.

The customer wanted the quilting to look like wind, so I chose the panto, Undulate and reversed every other row to achieve the look.

Gorgeous paisley backing.

In the afternoon, I tackled a large log cabin quilt that will be an 80th birthday gift. Unbelievable as it may be, this quilt is also perfect! Joy unparalleled! It quilted up beautifully and I finished it at 6:10. Well worth a bit of overtime in the studio. I need to trim it and add the binding and label tomorrow.

Beautiful quilt for a man's birthday.

Panto: Come Dance With Me in green thread.

It doesn't show well in photos, but the texture of it is wonderful. It is one of my all time favorite pantographs.

Here is what it looks like. Isn't it pretty?!

Guess what?

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Ten Lords a leaping!

Nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking, seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five golden rings. Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree! Whew!!