A footnote

The day is done and my lip still hurts. Tomorrow, we go Christmas shopping. Here's what transpired during the day. We'll be back later with more Wazoo stories.

Mr Wazoo helped me out today by quilting this QOV.

Panto: Square Spiral

He did a good job, and now I only have one more to do.

I am working on this beautiful log cabin quilt on the APQS. The pattern is complicated, so it took all day to get three quarters done. Maybe because the quilt is 105x105, too!

While that was going on, I did the stitch in the ditch on this custom quilt. The 9 patch quilting is almost done, then I'll start the stars and wide open spaces. 

I stopped quilting at 5:30 and made the binding for the big tee shirt quilt. 

I hope to get it on the quilt on Friday.

Here is a peek at the lovely pattern.

Oh boy!! Time for shopping!! See you all later.

Earthquake?!

I have been very under the weather the last few days, fighting a cold sore on my lower lip that has affected my trigeminal nerve and caused excruciating pain in the left side of my face, teeth and ear. Who would guess something so small could bring me down? I would! So, yesterday, I didn't accomplish anything. I rested and put medicine on the sore, hoping it would go away. No dice. I went to bed at 10:30 after taking a sturdy dose of pain medicine.
At 4:15 this morning, I was awakened by the bed trembling like a tumble dryer with a heavy load. What the heck?! It lasted about 20 seconds, then stopped. I laid awake wondering what it was, thinking about the improbability of an earthquake. Yup! Earthquake! Somewhere north of us (Tennessee?) there was a 4.4 magnitude earthquake! Wow. Now, I can say we have been through a hurricane and an earthquake. Ha! Mr Wazoo snored through it.
Speaking of the man...he quilted yesterday, and finished this starry quilt. It has glittery background that's hard to see in photos, but made it even more celestial looking.

The colors on the black sparkly background made for a striking quilt.

Panto: Quirky

Gray skies on the back

This morning I awoke early (going to bed at 10:30 will do that) and got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise. Maybe it will be a better day here at Wazoo. I have two quilts on the machines, and more in the wings. I need to get busy!

I wish you could have seen how saturated this was. The photo doesn't capture the intensity of the colors.

The sky quickly changed to fire and lavender

The entire horizon was beautiful

Sun's up!! Time to get to work!

Rainy weather work days

Rain, rain, and more rain. There was even some snow this morning, but it melted by noon. The raw, cold weather was perfect for some quilting, so that's what we did. Big and small, the quilts are slowly going out the door, reducing the queue and the stress.

This style quilt is called The Thin Blue Line. Its made for police officers. I had never heard of it, so I looked it up on Google images. There are hundreds of them pictured there!
The quilter's son is a policeman and will get this for Christmas!

The blocks are all varieties of gray fabrics, with a line of blue.
Panto: Woven Wind

The backing is also gray.

This snowman quilt was made by the daughter of the previous customer.

I quilted swirls and holly. She didn't want quilting on the snowman.

The stars got this treatment.

The backing is a black and white print.

Another quilter made this tee shirt quilt for her firefighter son.

The panto, Hotrod, looks like flames!

transportation themed backing.

I quilted this tee shirt quilt I made last month for a Texas customer.
Tomorrow, I'll get the binding on.

The quilt has an all over meander quilting pattern.

The blue backing has two columns of tee shirts!

The same Texas customer made this quilt.
I love bow-tie quilts!

Panto: Yodel, is perfect for the geometric look of the quilt.

The backing is a bright red surprise print of poppies.

I got a call from a lady last Friday who was looking for someone to finish a quilt for her great- granddaughter. She had been working on the quilt for a year, and just couldn't finish the quilting and binding. She wanted to have the quilt finished for a Christmas gift. Mr Wazoo drove to town and picked the quilt up, and I set to work on Sunday. I finished it up with binding and a label, then drove it back to the customer. She is a delightful 91 year old who had an accident a year ago, breaking her hip and ankle. After surgeries and rehab, she is becoming more mobile, but still has some weakness. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with her and hope she continues to recover and make more quilts! Her embroidery is lovely, and I'm sure her little great-granddaughter will love the quilt.

Sun Bonnet Sue blocks, hand embroidered.

The customer had hand quilted around all the blocks, so I just did the sashing and borders.

I outlined the Sues and attached the label.

Grammy Doris with her quilt!

Christmas season kindness

We have been quilting like mad to get things done on time, and have only a couple of "hurry-ups" from anxious customers. All in all, I feel good. I felt even better after a relaxed evening out with friends. A couple we know from Florida took us out to dinner for a Christmas present, and it was the best thing they could have done. Mr Wazoo enjoyed himself and loved the southern style food. We chatted and laughed and just had a really good time. Thanks, guys!!
Here is why we needed a break...

Drum roll please!! Number 12 of the 12 quilts of Christmas is done!

Panto: Modern Twist

Pieced, non-Parisian back

We're talking HUGE here. This is the biggest quilt of the season for me.

See how it swallows my 12 foot long table. Wow.

Panto: Wandering Daisies

Pieced backing, encore.

This is a Christmas gift for a customer's husband who has retired after teaching in colleges and high schools for 50 years!!

Panto: Woven Wind

Pieced backing once more.

This is a Christmas gift for a newly adopted granddaughter of the customer.

The fabric is sprinkled with angels blowing stars and bubbles from their trumpets, and Bible verses from the Christmas story.

Mr W quilted it with a sweet hearts and swirls pattern.

A beautiful gift from a Grandma to her specially chosen granddaughter.

Long day in the studio

Mr Wazoo went on a day trip to visit his 97 year old Mom in South Carolina today, leaving me to hold down the fort . Molly and I settled in at 9:00 and I quilted all day with out a break. I listened to George H.W. Bushes funeral service while I worked, and thought it was a lovely tribute to an exemplary man.
The customer came for the wedding ring quilt, and was pleased with the quilting. Whew! I worked on the big white quilt while doing some custom quilting on a quilt I had set aside to do the wedding one. ( If you followed all that, you are very bright!)

The quilt is very elegant. I would probably never make one, but I think it is beautiful

Panto: African Samba

White on white backing. I'm guessing no kids, no pets...

I made another pile of half square triangles for Mr W's quilt during the quieter parts of the funeral, but don't think it will be ready by Christmas. Too many quilts, too little time left to do them all.

Christmas is looming and there is shopping, cleaning and baking to be done before it gets here. We have quilts to finish for customer's Christmas, and I'm wondering how it will all get done. I need to go to bed!!

My mother-in-law, looking a bit peeved at her son for taking her picture.

Mr Wazoo, his mom, and his sister... looking a bit happier.
I have known her longer than I have known my husband. We used to teach in classrooms next to each other years ago. Who would have guessed I would meet him one day and live happily ever after?!