Mid year review

Over at Meadow Girl Designs blog, I was struck by her mid-year review of what she has accomplished so far in 2016. I decided to look back and see just what I have done, and I am gobsmacked by the result! Granted, having Mr Wazoo doing the pantograph quilts is a big help in that it frees my time up for custom work and making quilts of my own.
There were thirty two quilted projects from start to finish, twelve restoration/repairs, and thirty one custom quilted customer projects. I don't count pantograph customers because I only do the ones too big for Mr W's machine...king sized ones. I think I was busier than I thought!

Here is a pictorial list of quilts I made in the first six months of this year.

charity

quilt for new grandson

back of grandson's quilt

panel quilt for charity

second panel quilt for charity

third panel quilt for charity

commissioned quilt from vintage blocks

charity

retreat project

retreat project, charity

40 year quilt (see explanation later in the post)

charity sew in kit

guild challenge

customer commission tee shirt quilt

guild raffle quilt

gift for my grandson

customer commissioned baby quilt

charity

Just for fun

I Spy for charity

charity

charity

chicken quilt(just for fun)

made from customer's antique quilt

apron challenge for retreat

pillow shams commission

memory quilt from a horse blanket

memory quilt from clothes and household items

customer commission

Charity

Charity

memory quilt for customer

customer commission tee shirt quilt

As for this week, I have been doing some quilting on tops my sister made. We still have several to do, but I do have to keep working on custom orders, so Mr Wazoo is doing the sister quilts.
On the weekend, I did pull out some old blocks I had embroidered almost 40 years ago when my kids were small, and never made them into anything. Just for fun, I added some sashing and fun borders and made a nice sized baby quilt. 

When you don't have TV, you find other amusements.
Mine was crewel embroidery and redwork.

I did add red sashing to finish the quilt.

My next serious project will be a quilt I have been wanting to make for years, and am just now ready to commit to. It has a load of applique, so it will take a while. You'll have to stay tuned for that one!

Now, I have to go back to work on a lovely Judy Niemeyer customer project!

It was an A-B Day!

 My sister Anne is a prolific quilt maker like I am, and we always have fun looking for fabric and comparing and sharing patterns for quilts. She has decided to slow down on the quilting, and has bestowed on me a pile of lovely tops that only need quilting and binding. They are meant for charity use, so I give them to the homeless shelter. The director there says the quilts are prize possessions of the people who make the shelter their home while they get back on their feet. 
Today was A-B day here at Wazoo, quilting Anne's tops and getting them ready for binding.Mr Wazoo quilted her guild challenge project, so both of us were all about Anne! There are many more to do, so I think tomorrow will be A-B-2 day!

This must have been a fun one to put together!

I used the panto Modern Twist

I love the color combination on this one...and the pattern, too! (You know what a zig-zag fan I am)

Mr Wazoo did a great job!

Panto: Dazzle

 In the afternoon, I quilted the sew-in project I made as well as my retreat project.

Just a width if fabric with a simple border. The easiest kit I ever assembled!

I did free motion swirls for the quilting

My retreat quilt is finished!

I can't recall the name of this panto, but I like it!

I used the same fabric as the inner border for the binding

What did you do today, Susan?

What did I do today?... My customer came early on to pick up the ginormous finished wedding quilt. She was thrilled, and so was her husband. I stayed up pretty late doing the hand sewing, but I'm glad to have it finished and gone to its new home. I spent the rest of the day quilting the charity tops I made last weekend while listening to the news from France. So very sad... the world is a mess right now. We all need to hold each other up.

Tumbler quilt, quilted and binding on.

Another dragonfly quilt. This is the one without faces.

I made this dragonfly quilt. You may remember the blocks from a couple of weeks ago. A good Sunday project!

I added binding of the same green as the back.

Mr Wazoo quilted a French braid quilt. He went on and on about how perfect and wonderful it was. He even took a picture of how straight the bottom was! I think I should make one for him...

He's right! This quilt is perfectly straight, square and flat! Good job Meliss!

He photographed it sideways, but it is beautiful anyway.
It is a wedding present.

Panto: Come dance with me

Mr W spent the remainder of the day outside. We had a nice rain that cooled things off for a while, so he was happy. I loaded and started quilting on a project I made at the Blue Ridge guild retreat. I'll finish it up tomorrow, then back to customer work. Right now, I'm watching PBS and hand sewing bindings.