Big quilts and beautiful applique

This was the week of the giant quilt. Tim is still working on his biggest project yet, and I finished a couple more customer quilts for Carole's Quilts before Miss Carole has some long needed back surgery. She is getting her workload pared down and I am trying to keep up with her!! The first quilt is made from tee shirts and tee shirt pockets applied to great batiks and appliqued to a black background.The second (square in a square) is made from the kerchiefs the groomer puts on the dog after it's haircut is finished. The customer saved all of them and had Carole make a quilt for her bed out of the kerchiefs. She did a great job with the materials she was given; I wish I had half her creative talent.
The last quilt is one  is so beautiful in person, the pictures here don't do it justice.My customer hand appliqued and embroidered the blocks . The fabrics are luscious and intense in color. I absolutely loved working on it. I hope you loved seeing it, too

The tee shirt quilt

quilting detail

the back

the doggie necktie quilt

quilting detail

the back

Gorgeous applique quilt

the inner border

quilting detail

hand applique and embroidered

The back is also pieced and has a bird block on it. 

It's Friday! Time to get ready for the WAZOO retreat

We have done quite a few quilts this week and now I have to switch gears and get ready to host another WAZOO retreat. Sunday I am off to the Kenilworth Lodge in Sebring to sew and have fun with my group for three days! Hopefully, I wil get the quilt top made for my son and his wife so it can be finished before we go off to Texas at the end of the month.
Meanwhile, enjoy some lovely customer quilts done by myself and Wazoo 2 this week.
Have a happy quilty weekend!

I got to quilt this beauty. I love it, and I don't think any fabric is repeated.

I put it on my bed to show how big it is. Wow, 5" blocks...

I did this to practice my quilting from the Craftsy class.

Fun!!

a peek at the back

Wazoo 2 did this one

I did this one. I love the rick-rack waves on the water.

the back is a yummy hand dye.

Wazoo 2 again

great fabric combo, isn't it?

Fun quilt finally quilted

I was in Crafty Quilters quilt shop in Sebring, FL and saw these fabrics and HAD to have them.We were at my Wazoo retreat, so I dropped everything else and made this quilt. Months later, I finally had a bit of time to get it quilted and bound. It turned out just as pretty as I thought it would. Sometimes serendipity plays a part in creativity. Hey! Works for me!

I wish the colors would look right in pictures. This looks duller than the real thing.

the pattern is from Happy Hour Quilts book

a peek at the back...a steal at $3 a yard!

Yippee!! Big, giant, humongous, project finally done!!!

I do quilting for a friend who has a remarkable business renovating quilts and making beautiful memory quilts for people. She made this quilt for a client out of wedding clothes, her husband's ties, and even her graduation gown! I think if someone handed me a pile of bridesmaid dresses, ties and a grad gown I'd run screaming from the building. Fortunately, she takes the 'sow's ears' and makes beautiful quilts out of them. The fabrics presented a huge challenge for the quilter, as they were different weights and weaves. The taffeta and metallic ones were the worst culprits for snagging and running, so I used a ballpoint needle (actually, I used 5 of these...they break and dull easily) and worked really s-l-o-w-l-y. Not my usual speed, but it worked. Anyhoo, after several starts and pick-outs, I finally finished the quilting. I think the owner will certainly be pleased!

This is the quilt; the rest of the quilt is hanging over the back of the table! It's HUGE

some quilting detail

a peek at the back

Oh yeah, my friend also makes tee shirt quilts! Here is the front of the quilt...

and here is the back! Two sided, and very nice.

I quilted around the 5 on the front, and this is what it looks like on the back. Cool, huh?

On a roll with work and play

It has been a whirlwind month of July with family visiting, Tim getting his machine quilting going and keeping up with my own work. Frankly, I'm tired!
The next Wazoo retreat is 11 days away and I am gearing up for another fun time in Sebring with the girls. I finished my sample project and have posted it here as well as some of the work we have done this week. Also, I taught my Granddaughter how to sew and she went crazy making blocks for a little quilt for her baby half-brother. Grandpa quilted it and Grandma did the binding. Good job for a budding quilter! Now, somebody get me a beer!!

Project quilt from the Movin' Up tutorial on crazy mom quilts blog

quilting detail

customer quilt done by Wazoo-2 (Tim)

another great customer quilt by Wazoo-2

I like this quilt! Tim quilted it

Customer quilt by Wazoo-1 (me!)

Wazoo-2 again...I was teaching or cooking or something

I L-O-V-E this customer quilt!! Quilted by me

Wazoo-2 quilting

Wazoo-1 quilting. Very pretty quilt,too

Granddaughter puts her blocks on the design wall

switching some around artistically

Grandpa does the quilting

Grandma adds the binding

Hand sewing next!