Gave a couple away

Some people might wonder what I do with all the quilts I make. I give them away, for the most part. This week I gave a baby quilt to my neighbor who is having her first baby, and to my contact at the Kenilworth Lodge where I host WAZOO! retreats.I also am surprising my sister with a quilt, which she should get soon. (It's in the UPS) I didn't take the Mama's pic, but here is Tenille with her quilt. I just love making people happy with the gift of a quilt.

The week of the giant quilts

Wow! This week has been the one for the biggest quilts ever!! I know everyone has a king sized be, but I hope they don't ever make one bigger. People are heading home to the north and I am working non-stop to get everyone's quilts ready. Here are a few of the biggest quilts of all. Enjoy!

Another fruitful day!

Busy as usual, and getting a bit closer to my goal. Took in 3, sent out 3. I like that! Here are today's quilts.

Slow and steady wins the race!

I am in the race to get all the snowbird quilts done this month. Here are a couple of the ones I just did. Plenty more where they came from, so I can't stop to blog!!

Another finished customer quilt

Here's another one!

working...working...working

I have been working hard to get the snowbird quilts done before everyone leaves for their northern homes. Here are a couple of the latest ones.

A bit of time for my stuff

A friend wanted to see what longarm was all about, so I had her come over and see it in action. These were a couple from the pile of quilt tops I've made and haven't had time to quilt. It was a good feeling to just take a half day and do something for me. How selfish is that!!? New baby coming for the neighbor gets a quilt, my contact at the hotel where I have my retreats gets a quilt. Do something nice for me...you get a quilt!

Venice quilt show

It was pouring rain today, so why not go indoors and see some quilts! Here are the quilts I quilted for customers in the show. Every quilt won a prize!! Congratulations to the lucky ladies. Now, back to work!!

Disconnected Piecer's Retreat

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Guild Spring challenge

I have finished the spring challenge due next week! Wow! I never finish anything this early. Anyway, here it is.It had to have a floral theme and be no larger than 160 inches all around. I had the floral fabrics, so I applied fusable to their backs nd hand cut out loads of flowers. Then I arranged them like a wreath on a square piece of background fabric and fused them down. I sewed them all down with lilac metallic thread, added a layer of batting to the back, sewed around the wreath shape, then trimmed away all the excess. Then I put the backing, another batting, the top, and a layer of sparkly tulle on the big machine and quilted the snot out of it! I trimmed it into a circle shape and put on bias binding. Oh yeah, the bird is there because it looked a bit dull without some kind of focal point. How long does something like this take? Only one and a half days! I had to get back to work, you know!!
I hope you like it!