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 Hi All, 

A very busy week and another is heading my way!

Lots of quilting got done and lots of errands and gatherings next week:)

This is my wool table runner that was a free design from Kathy Schmitz. She did hers in a cream colored wool.

This is Jan's guild BOM quilt.

I got to play:) Lots of ruler and free motion quilting.

Love love the batiks she used!

I don't remember when I made this Hexi quilt but I bet it was more then 5 years ago. All hand pieced and now hand quilted:)

Love the grunge border!

The only things the machine touched were the mitered corners and the binding that I then hand stitched down.

Leftover fabrics for backing...it was also ready to go:)

Dolly's niece asked for a quilt from her and she made this beautiful blue and yellow one. Sure was a sunny quilt to work on!

Lots of free motion and some ruler work.

Perfect backing fabric... and it was all in her stash:)

Mary G had mailed me a bunch of runners to quilt a few months ago. I pinned all the backings together so I could just roll and go:) They are all still pinned together in this pic.

Here are all the backings together.

First is the shamrock one.

Lots and lots of cross hatching on this one!

Next is snowflakes. Free motion and ruler work.

Love how it turned out.

Next is tulips. Yup more free motion and ruler work.

Sweet runner!

And then there was the modern fall runner.

I played in all the sections with free motion.

There were also 2 wall-hangings to go with the runners. First is tulips.

More ruler and free motion.

And then the Irish.

Yes more free motion and ruler work.

So as I close down the business I want to thank you for reading my story and also being my clients:)

I am going to try and post more on Instagram if you want to follow me. My name is louster388.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year!

Stay safe and healthy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Hi All,

Did you miss me last week? LOL! I am trying to get you used to me not writing. I will skip next week since it is a holiday and I won't be getting too much done this week. Our son and his family are coming over and I will need the day before to prep and the day after to recover:) LOL! But there will be some quilting done:)

I had a wonderful time Tuesday at our first retreat... MPR. There were 20 of us somewhat socially distanced:) Lots of laughter and food:) LOL! Oh and some sewing did actually get done:) Fun times!!! Already signed up for the next one:)

I got my eyes examined on Friday and yup I am getting older:( I have a floater in the left eye and the start of a cataract in the right eye:( UGH!!! Good news is I got a new pair of glasses ordered!

I got in a preordered mask panel Friday and got them all cut out and the kid ones are all done... now on to the grownups:) They are all holiday designs. I bought them at: https://fortworthfabricstudio.com/products/safety-first-face-mask-panel-holiday-edition-bundle I did not get the bundle only 2 panels. Figure if we have to wear masks at least have some fun with them!

We celebrated Hubby's Bday last week and we went to Georgetown for his catfish meal:) Was a nice drive. Just there and back. Oh and it started real early... our doorbell rang at 1:50. Then a hard knock and another ring. I looked out the window and saw my neighbor talking to a policeman. Hubby answered the door... the deck on the house behind us was on fire and we needed to stay in the living room. Well we immediately looked out the back window and it was out already. So we went back to bed. UGH! First fire since we have been in this house.. almost 40 years. The granddaughters called and sang and our daughter called. Son took him out to lunch while I was at the retreat. So he had a nice week.

Ok so a few pictures:

Charlotte made this quilt for her niece using her mother's scraps.

She had always planned to make her a quilt but her time ran out before she could.

She requested feathers:) 

Love how this huge memory quilt turned out!!!

Jill made this EPP quilt.

The quilting added SO much to it!!!

Love the backing!

Well need to load a quilt for tomorrow and get the rest of the masks made.

Have an awesome week!!!

This week flew by!

 Hi All,

Hope you had a  awesome week!

We got a lot done since it was Dazi and Hubby quilting:) There are just a few more big quilts for the year and then I am done! I am officially closing Dec. 31:)

I am writing this a bit earlier in the day as the son and girls are coming over:) He wants to drive Hubby's 56:) Speaking of the 56... Hubby went to Ribs and Rods in Temple last night and put the car in the show and won an award:) YEA!!! I stayed home so he could stay as long as he wanted:) Aren't I nice:) LOL!

Here are all the pictures. Sorry... you probably won't get any pictures next week as I have a big custom loaded to work on:)

Dot made a Project Linus quilt.

We quilted the orange flowers E2E.

A table topper that Dot made.

Another edge to edge design called cinnamon.

A table runner made by Dot for her DIL.

Poinsettia's edge to edge.

Love Dot's house quilt!

We used Fluffy edge to edge design.

Margaret's snowman quilt for her daughter.

Of course snowflakes E2E.

Elaine gave me these 5 panels to quilt. I sewed all the tops, backs, and batting pieces together and then loaded them. Made it SO much easier!

We quilted them with a star and swirls design E2E.

Then I cut them all apart.

Well we broke a needle at the very end of the last quilt... it hit hubby in the cheek:( He is ok. So I loaded this PL just to see if there were any adjustments to make before I started a client quilt.

No issues. I just looped all over.

This is my bed after I got up this morning:) LOL!

Number 7.. Handsome.. was in the living room with me:)

There is starting in the front: Cali, to the right is Max, above him is Waldo, then Gemma, Jax, and on my pillow is KoKo.

There were 2 left and I had to move them to make the bed:)

Have an awesome week and sew sew sew!

November:)

 Hi All,

It is finally November. This year is almost over:)

This week had the coldest temps so far! So glad I had the heater maintenance done on Monday cuz ew were using it after they left! BRRR!!! Made me wish for summer temps! Good news my winter clothes from last year fit better then they did:) Means WW is working:)

I got a bit of quilting done. Took Thursday- Sunday off and did handwork or sewed some. A nice break! Computer quilting will continue this week.

Hope you had a nice Halloween! We went to cousin's house again but with less people... just family this year. Lots of fun!!! Bet you can't guess my costume????

LOL! Yup a cat lady:)

Thank you Rosemary for the loan of the robe:)

On with the quilting pictures:

This is only Donna's 9th quilt. Wow is all I can say!

She has some awesome teachers!

The girls are the cutest ever! I did a lot of ruler work and freehand quilting.

Love when the backing is scrappy!

Our practice PL.

We used Prism E2E design.

Margaret also got Prism design in a lovely turquoise thread.

Batik half square triangles.

Love the backing fabric!

Bob was definitely the smart one when the cold front came in:)

He was nice and toasty! And he had spent a few nights outside before it came..

Suppose to warm up in the 70's most of the week but still cool in the evenings. I am ok with that!

Have an awesome week and keep sewing!