Busy week and pending surgery

I had a bad experience after the retreat, a gall bladder attack. I thought I was dieing! Two weeks later and feeling crappy the whole time, I am having surgery to get rid of the affected organ. Meanwhile, I have worked my tail off to get caught up and ready for the inevitable recovery time. Here are a couple of the quilts I did last week.
Also, the West Palm World quilt show was fun, and I saw many spectacular quilts. A man won the best of show. Quilting...not just for grandmas anymore!!

On Point class

I had great fun teaching the on point quilt class this week. The girls seemed to enjoy it as much as I did! Now, it's off to Sebring and the Murder Mystery retreat.

2009 Mystery quilt

My guild, Peace River Quilters, has an annual mystery quilt challenge, and this year's was a doozy! I had some trouble with the 'scant quarter inch' directions, and my bits didn't match up right. Oh well, I appliqued big birds and flowers over the worst ones and called it a day! Not too bad, but not too good, either.

Customer quilting

I have been very busy trying to get caught up on my customer quilts. I thought you might like these, as they were by far the nicest quilts I have had in a while. Enjoy!

On Point Class projects

I am teaching a class on how to set a quilt on point and had to make my class samples. I thought you might like to see what Easy-On-Point looks like. You can't get much simpler than this! It should be a fun class for everyone, even the absolute beginner.

Back at work again!

I really have had the old nose to the grindstone this week, trying to keep current with the customer quilting. It is like laundry...just when you have it all done, there are socks in the hamper! So it is with customer quilts...they keep on coming. I am so grateful for the work in this slow economy, if any of the quilts are yours--Thank you! Here are a couple of quick pics of this week's work. Later, Susan

More visitors!

My daughter Amy and her fiance Peter came for a few days after they were in Orlando for a pre-deployment briefing. We had a great time seeing the sights and catching up on things, but now I am really having to hurry up and quilt! Amy is preparing to go to Iraq next month for her second tour there. We all wish her well.

Back to work!

It was great to have the kids here for a week, but now I need to put the nose to the grindstone and get some quilting done. This is a customer quilt I just finished. Pretty nice! Susan

Kids visiting

My son, Andrew and his wife Chikako are here with my son's boy, Choden, for a visit. We have been having good Florida fun and the quilting will be on hold for a few days. Here they are! Later, Susan

Kids coming!

We will be having some fun company this week. My son and his wife are coming from Boston for a visit and my grandson from Wisconsin is coming, too. There will be swimming, sight seeing and going exploring since none of them have spent time in Florida before. Quilting will take a back seat, but I thought I would show you what I did last week. My customer made the embroidery blocks in a local class and added the other elements to make the quilt big enough for her bed. The quilting took three days, but I think it came out well. Enjoy! Susan