WAZOO! Newsbits

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Busy days, pretty quilts!

Mr Wazoo has been really busy in the studio while I have been running hither and yon for all my quilty commitments. I did do some work on a couple of custom quilts and even a panto for a rush order. There haven't been enough photos of recent customer quilts, so I thought we'd show off just a bit. Here are the quilts of June, so far. And we're only 13 days in! Whew! It helps to love what you do, and here at Wazoo we love to quilt. Enjoy the show.

Mr.Wazoo

Mrs. Wazoo (me!)

Mr.Wazoo

Mine, again!

Me, too!

Mr.Wazoo

Mr.Wazoo did this one with a new panto from Wichita!

Mine. Took a week, but turned out quite nice.

deja vu for Mr.Wazoo

This one was too big for Mr.Wazoo's machine, so I stepped in to take it on.
Very pretty, too!

Mr.Wazoo

another new panto. Really cool, huh?

Light custom by me

Mr.Wazoo

My work on this one.

Mr.Wazoo

My custom work on this

Mr.Wazoo's first freehand quilting

Mr.Wazoo's second freehand

and his third freehand.

Mr. Wazoo on this one

Mr. Wazoo again. Boy, he is a hard worker!!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Finishing up some UFOs

I have had at least thirty quilt tops done and waiting for quilting for a while now, and I decided to sneak them in when I finish a customer quilt. If I have a couple of hours left in the work day, I will get a top on the frame and go to it quilting. Then I get to enjoy the zen of binding in the evening. I sleep really well after doing a long binding sew before turning in, like some people who read until the book hits their face before turning out the light...ask me how I know this. The quilt never hits my face, but I get the same slowing down feeling as when I read a couple of chapters in a good book. As you can see, I have been sleeping well lately! Enjoy the finished quilts; just try to stay awake!

pastel boxed squares

free motion feather meander

what's on the back?

BQ2

I love this panto, Vertigo

Pieced back and the binding

love this back!

got the binding on this one from an earlier blog entry

Oh dear! I didn't see the piecing mistake until I shot the picture!!!
The quilt is from a pattern in Big Block Quilts book

backing and binding

Veteran's quilt with starry quilting

Vet quilt

two hospice signature quilts

corner of a Kaffe Fassett boxed square quilt

I love this fabric! This color is right

Not the right color, but the quilting shows up well.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Moore Love project page

The Oklahoma City Modern Quilting Guild is starting a collection project for tornado victims in their area. Check out the button for Moore Love on the right hand side of this page and send a quilt to a family in need. Thanks, friends! After Charley we had the love and support of quilters all over the U.S. It is a wonderful thing to have a quilty hug from a fellow quilter.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Hooky day! Finished the customer quilt and snuck in one of my own...

After finishing a customer job, I had a bit of time to spare ( ha ha) and decided to put on one of my tops and try out a pattern I learned in a Craftsy class from Angela Walters. I had practiced it on paper, but needed to take the big step and quilt it. I think it looks great!
I recently opened an Etsy shop and will soon have quilts for sale there. This one will be one of the first items. Just have to sew down the binding tonight and it will be totally done.
Back to customer jobs tomorrow. Judy Niemyer pattern is up next...oooOOOOOOOooooo!!

my new quilt from the Belle Wave pattern off Fresh Lemon Quilts blog

Angela Walter's design, concentric circles

Peek at the back

Customer wall quilt

detail of quilting

detail

Friday, May 24, 2013

Here it is!! Wichita, KS MQS 2013

We're home and still unpacking the stuff we got in Kansas. I finished the slide show and thought you'd like to see the wonderful quilts. Get some popcorn (it is a long show) and enjoy the photos.

Create a slideshow

Friday, May 17, 2013

Wichita, too!

We are into the last day, and I have one more class to go and I am getting a bit tired. Of course, the vendor shopping may have played a part in the fatigue, but I can't be sure...
The auction last night was funny-weird! Kimmy Brunner and the auctioneer ran everything smoothly and the quilts went from $125 to $1500! We kept our hands folded in our laps so as not to spend any of our shopping cash accidentally.
I went through the show and saw my quilts there. It was a proud moment, even though neither one took a prize. The competition here is so stiff, only the best of the best get ribbons. The eye candy was overwhelming. I have posted the best of show here (quilted on a Bernina sit-down machine...YIPES!) as well as a few of the quilts I found to be the most stunning.
Tomorrow, we head out for Greenville, SC by way of Tupelo, MS to see Mr Wazoo's family and to present the youngsters with an eye spy quilt. It's kind of sad to go, but we do have customer quilts waiting for us in Florida!
Here is a peek at some of the highlights from the show.

Best of Show, done on a Bernina home sewing machine

Fabulous quilting

too bad the crystals don't show up here

Simple free pattern on Moda Bake Shop with unbelievable quilting

Gina Perkes wonderful pictorial quilt

face detail

Wonderful traditional quilt with truly stupendous quilting

I L-O-V-E this border treatment!!!

Mr Wazoo takes in the splendor

another Kathy Wiggins teaching quilt for her students.

all the hand embroidery added to the details of the fairies in the picture

This won an award for the subject matter; Daddy coming home.

Hey! That's MINE!! Thanks to my friend Dori for letting me borrow it for the show.

Claudia Pfeill hamming it up in front of her award winning quilt

Detail from the basket quilt

I love this quilt. Traditional, but still contemporay

Mr Wazoo comparing my quilting to the really wonderful stuff. No contest!

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

MQS Wichita!!

I am sitting in the lobby writing this because the hotel is too tight to have wi-fi in the rooms. It is $2.50/day to have the privilege of computing in one's jammies. Oh well, I will sit here and tell you all about it while the hotel buzzes around me.
The hotel is right on the Arkansas river and it is a wonderful place to walk and relax after a day of quilting classes. I had a class with Claudia Pfeill today, and she is wonderful. I can't wait to get home and practice so I can begin to use the new motifs and border treatments I learned.
Mr Wazoo has had three classes with Linda Taylor, and is now her pet student. She gives a coffee mug to each student who takes her class, so he has quite a set going! One more and we can have guests in for coffee and cookies.
Wichita is a clean and pretty city, quite pedestrian friendly. I have walked along the riverfront each evening so far; wonderful!! It is about 80 degrees and NO humidity!!! Eat your heart out, Florida.
Golly Moses!! A giant just walked past me here in the lobby!! No kidding, he must be over 7 feet tall!!
On that bizarre note, I think I will call it a day and go to my room and veg out with a glass of wine and some chocolate before turning out the light.
More to come!!
OMG!! Two more giant guys just came in...does Wichita have a basketball team I don't know about? Lordy, I need that drink...and bed. ;0)