A New Year, a new start!

My back problems have finally improved as much as I can hope for, and I feel like I have been given a new lease on my quilting life. This post will be my 2022 year end accounting of what I accomplished, even with my many back procedures and thew resulting down-time. I feel pretty good about what I was able to do.

I quilted 88 customer quilts, the lowest number in ten years!

I made and finished 53 quilts, 32 of them were charity quilts donated to both guilds, 11 were gifts and 2 were prizes after I did a trunk show or demonstration. I kept 8 of them...oh dear!

I repaired 27 quilts, and made 3 customer tee shirt quilts. These were my salvation when I couldn't stand and quilt for more than a couple of hours. Plus, they make my customers so happy when they're done and beautiful again!

I quilted 12 Quilts of Valor, my lowest number in quite a few years.

That makes 212 quilts passing through the Wazoo studio, handled and lovingly cared for by me, It makes all the painful parts of 2022 worth it.

The first customer quilt of 2023 is this patriotic beauty, made for a son who served in the Navy. It is a Quilt of Honor, because he didn't serve in a combat area.

I really like the pattern my customer chose for this project. It has movement and wonderful color placement.

We chose this swirl and star panto to compliment the swirly fabrics.

Nice starry backing.

Daughter number three came for Christmas, making the week a joy for us geezers. We ventured out for short hikes, and some shopping in Blue Ridge. It felt good to move around without back pain!

It was a gorgeous day for a hike around the lake at Vogel State Park.

The views were awesome.

We snapped a selfie half way around.

New Years day brought more rain, but also this spectacular full rainbow. It was a perfect start to the year.

I also changed out the studio quilt by the door from the Christmas log cabin quilt, to my favorite quilt I made with Ruby Star fabric in 2022.

Now, let's get into our sewing rooms and get to work on 2023!