Just home form another fun time in Sebring, FL.

Two days to get ready for Wichita! I just got home from Sebring and another WAZOO! good time with 33 of my quilting friends. Enjoy the slideshow!

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Raffle quilt finished and preparations for Wichita

I finished the raffle quilt and handed it off to my friend Donna for a label, and now, we prepare to send it off to the NQA show in June. I'll be picking up the tickets tomorrow and then we will all get to work promoting the quilt show.

Meanwhile, Mr.Wazoo keeps plugging along and finishing customer quilts and sending them out the door with happy quilters. Sometimes it is frustrating to complete one quilt while he does three, but that's the way it is with custom quilting; slow and steady wins the race!

I have the retreat in Sebring with 33 attending starting Sunday. This time will be spent making class samples to replace ones I gave to charity. I love making them, but love giving them away even more. I get my fix seeing the kids, veterans and elderly light up when we give them a quilt. It certainly is a heart warming experience.So, I will keep turning out quilts and spreading joy by giving them away.

Here is a photo of the finished raffle quilt, 'American Treasures', and what we have been doing in the last week or so. 

American Treasures

Mr Wazoo's work

Here he is, hard at work

One of my jobs

Mr. W did this one

Customer finished her class quilt...I have 10 blocks done. I hope mine is this nice.

the quilting

another custome job

I quilted this panel, too

 Mr Wazoo did this one

and this one...

Oh yeah, this one, too

he did these baby quilts

I did this, because we had to avoid the center dots

The hopping foot got caught on them, but the quilt is so soft and pretty

 another of Mr's work

 I got to custom quilt this beauty!

mmm-mmm- good!

 Oooo, I wish it was mine

even the back is yummy!

I did this one

and this one, too. Whew! That's enough for now!!

Almost done...

I have been working on the guild raffle quilt all week and I am almost done. The sleeve and binding went on yesterday afternoon, and then I hand sewed until 1:00AM. I have yet to sew down the bottom of the sleeve, but even us die hard quilters must rest. My other guild met today with a wonderful program by Sally Collins, the queen of small piecing in quilts. Home now and ready to get 'er done with the quilt. Back to regular work tomorrow!

Adding the sleeve at the quilt top

sewing down the binding

The long slog of hand sewing the binding down. Started at 7PM, finished at 1:00AM

Molly wanted to help. She barely fit on the footrest since I wouldn't allow her to touch the quilt!

Just a teaser of the DPQG raffle quilt

I'm not supposed to show the whole quilt yet, so I am posting a few teaser photos to tide you over until it is finished. I finished the interior  and the inner border, and have the quilt turned and ready to do the side outer borders tomorrow. Yippee!! Then it's off the rack and getting a sleeve and binding. Stay tuned for more. Until then, enjoy the bits of quilt I can show.

Of course I had to show part of the Wisconsin block!

The 'sashing' treatment

One of the hidden surprises in the quilting

Giving the machine a rest

The non-appliqued blocks look like this

Ready for the turn. (inner border not quilted here)

Custom quilting on a commissioned quilt, Yikes!

My friend Carole over at Carole's quilts had a commission to re-make a wedding quilt for a customer's anniversary, and it turned out stunning. The quilting was per her direction, including the couple's names and anniversary date. It is a huge quilt, but a very beautiful one. Wish it was mine...
Oh well, we keep on going and quilting our little brains out! I just got the raffle quilt from my evening guild to quilt, and I can't wait to start. A couple of other quilts first and then I will be immersed in the guild project. Woo hoo!

commissioned quilt made by Carole's Quilts

quilting detail

Name/Date block

border detail

Block and arc detail

No, We're not unconscious...just busy!

I realized this week that I hadn't blogged for awhile, so here I am...playing catch up. We have soooo much work to do here before the mass exodus of the snowbirds. Mr Wazoo quilts every day and I quilt on the days when I don't have guild or my other sewing group. Only Molly gets to loll around and look out the window! I did take some time last week, after the day's work was done, to quilt a couple of my UFOs and get the bindings on. When I tidied up the studio a couple of weeks ago, I found 11 UFOs and over 30 unquilted tops. Oh dear. I think it's time to get the quilting mojo going and get'em done!
Enjoy some pictures, and I'll get busy with making pizza for dinner. Yum.

UFO #1

UFO #2

And now, the customer quilts

See! We HAVE been busy!