Two finishes. Lots of sewing!!

It may look like these are the same pictures from yesterday, but they're not. The first two tee shirt quilts are finished and the third one is almost a full flimsy. I ran out of time with two borders to go. Tomorrow is another day!!

Number one

Panto:rounded squares

The binding is the same as the backing.

Number two

Same panto

Same back and binding...

Number three without top and bottom borders.

Six piles of shirts ready to be trimmed and made into quilts.

Tomorrow's quilting will be another mammoth project. I'll be sewing while Millie does the heavy lifting!

I finished The Sewing Machine, and the ending was a wonderful surprise. I recommend it for a feel good read.

Rain, rain go away!

 It was cold and rainy today. Mr Wazoo gets antsy when he can't play outside, so I am always wondering what mischief he is getting into while I'm working. It turns out he was trying to make a gate on the deck to keep Penny from running off while he is grilling. Molly used to love to go out  and watch the squirrels while he cooked. Penny, not so much. She is scared of being on the deck. I hope she gets over that before Summer!

In the studio, I worked on a super-king sized quilt while assembling the second tee shirt quilt. I listened to the impeachment trial and found the manager's presentation compelling. I hope ...no, I wish, someone would hold T***p accountable for his actions. The lack of courage and honor in the Republican senators is sickening. Where in the world would jurors in a proceeding like this be allowed to have their feet up on the furniture, read books and even get up and leave the room while the case is being presented? It makes me so sad and frustrated to see where we have gone during the last administration. Okay, I'm done. Back to quilts.

This is one of the tee shirt quilts. I made the checked stripes to enlarge the strip logos on the second row of blocks. It looks nice!

This one is less interesting, but still nice! Only seven more to go!

This quilt is huge!! 101 x 104"

I didn't have time to trim it, but will do that in the morning.

To echo the wheels a bit, I chose Flower Child panto

The back is a lovely floral.

I finished binging another season of Great British Bake Off and will try to go to bed early. Every night I've been reading a book called The Sewing Machine. It is a clever weaving of the lives of several people over decades who all had experiences with the same hand cranked sewing machine. It is a lot like the TV program This Is Us, in that the chapters bounce around in dates in time and main character. I'm finally seeing the thread that binds them all together, so I must be getting close to the end. It's different, but spellbinding and hard to put down. I'll let you know how I feel about it after I finish reading!

Tee shirt quilt assembly line

 Finally! I finished pressing the fusible to all 108 tee shirt quilt blocks. I divided them up into quilt piles, 12 in each, and started in sewing.

Each block has to be cut to size after being fused, and the ones from tank tops need some extra sewing. The quilts will all have a block with the small bits included, too.

Here is the body of the first one. The borders will go on tomorrow and I'll be on to number two!

Deja vu again. Here is another table cloth from the customer who is making nine of them. It was eight, but she decided to make herself one, too! This is hers.

The tops all look pretty much the same.

Same panto: Bush berries

She chose this special fabric for her backing. It's quite lovely.

I got out the vintage blocks I won last year from the Texas show again, and I think I will finally make them into a little quilt. I really need to get my quilt inspiration back. I am in a rut!

Back to normal...?

 My presentation went off fine and I have everything put away and the studio looking normal again. If you missed it, it will be on the www.rgvquiltshow.org site until the weekend. Today, I looked at all the quilts and voted for my favorites. Yesterday, I watched the other presentations and the auction. I think tomorrow I will look at the vendors. I miss quilt shows!

Quilting has also progressed and the QOVs are all done but one. I accidentally used the wrong bobbin case when I switched from pre-wound bobbins to metal bobbins. The pre-wounds don't have a spring in the bottom to prevent backlash. I used that case with my brass bobbins and the resulting stitching had very little tension on the bottom. The quilting all needs to come out. I'll be doing that at my leisure (cough cough) because I am not being paid for this. Customer stuff has to come first. Here are the finished ones.

Number one was really scrappy!

I used the panto Starstruck on all the quilts.

This one is still scrappy but more controlled.

I don't like this fabric. The pattern is pretty,  but it is really stiff!!

Another controlled scrappy quilt. Same panto and same thread, an off white Perma Core.

Stars are always good on quilts of valor.

I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of the favorite QOV of all! It was all made of homespun plaids, and looked manly and pretty.

I just happen to have the maker's picture of the quilt, because I do the guild newsletter and she had it in Show and Tell!

I worked the tee shirts again today and have all 108 blocks backed with the stabilizer! There should be 9 quilts with 12 blocks each. Let's hope I can get them all around the same size...

I also started making the pieces for the next repair. (It is the one that starred in my demo of doing repair.)

Back to true normality tomorrow! Quilting fun and lots of Penny kisses!!