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

Week of fun

My sister came for a visit and we had loads of fun and good food (of course!) as well as some quality sewing time. She made a quilt for her neighborhood to raffle and I quilted it for her. We made quilts for charity, too, and I have some quilting to do!! The white quilt with applique leaves is a customer job that I liked very much. Enjoy while I get back to work! Susan

WAZOO! August retreat in Sebring

Make a Smilebox slideshow

New this week

This quilt was a real challenge! The customer wanted Amish looking patterns in each block and the borders. She said she especially liked feathers. Voila! Two full days work, but well worth it.

Commissioned baby quilt

I recently got a commission to replicate a baby quilt from the 60's for a customer whose daughter is now having a baby. The customer's mom made the quilt for her from a kit and gave it to her when she was expecting her daughter. It really is a cool idea to give the same quilt to the now grown and pregnant daughter for her baby. I made a couple of slight changes to make the kitties stand out a bit, and made the whole thing bigger per her request. I think it turned out pretty good considering I only had a 4X6 photo of the quilt to go by! Susan

Busy! Busy!

Whew! I am finally able to take a break and sit down for a minute. I finished the applique quilt and think it looks really nice.
Did a quilt in a hurry for a friend's grandson, and one for a friend who is going to Canada next week. Now, it's time for a toddy and some vacuous TV watching... Susan

Back to work!

I started on a beautiful applique quilt for a customer today. It has a totally pieced back, so some areas are really hard to quilt through. All the SID is done as well as stitching around the applique components. I did the leaves before calling it a day. Tomorrow should be lots more fun! Cheers, Susan

Guild show and tell

Friday was guild show and tell day and I brought my finished quilts from the last WAZOO! retreat. I have been at it again, making 2-3-2-6 quilts for charity as well as finishing Jenny's and Carolyn's quilts. Of course, they are done two months after the twin's birthdays...but done, nonetheless!
I have cut out my next project and hope to get started on the sewing tomorrow at our little sewing group. Cheers!Susan

New Gammill doing well

I got my new Gammill Classic Plus this month and I am like a kid on Christmas morning! The old one had some issues and it was time for a trade in. The new machine purrs along at lightning speed, and is fun to use. Here are a couple of photos of Pat and Richard of Pat's Calico Cottage putting in the new machine and table with the help of my husband, Tim. It is a pleasure to use a machine that doesa great stitch without tweaking every few minutes! Back to work now, Susan