Let's try this again!

So let's try this again!  :)  I really used to love posting on my blog but for the past couple of years it has been hard for me to concentrate on posting regularly.  So my New Year's resolution is to post regularly on my blog.

Here is a random pic of a custom T-Shirt quilt that I made for a customer and dear friend.  This was a birthday gift for her daughter.  I absolutely love making these T-shirt quilts for people.  

I have a ton of other customer quilt pics that I have quilted lately and I will probably throw them in on my posts occasionally.  

I recently quilted a couple of my own tops and I am so excited about that.  I will post pics of those soon.  I don't have the bindings on them yet.  I have a stack of about 7 quilts that I need to bind.  

I also have some exciting news coming around the first of February!  Well...it's exciting for me!  LOL!  It is quilt related and I will let you in on that in the next few weeks.  

All is well here on the homefront.  Richard is working today, Andrew is working today and Hunter had several of his buddies that stayed over last night.  Me.... I'm trying to decide if I want to go upstairs and load a customer quilt on the longarm or if I want to go back to bed.  LOL!

One of my old ones and a customer quilt

 I finished this customer quilt up around 12:30am last night.  It measures 90x90.  With only 5 blocks across, the blocks are big.  She loves her quilts quilted "loosely" so I just quilted a big meander. 

 I have made several quilts using this block in the past and have always loved them.  Seeing hers really makes me want to make another one for myself.  :)

 I love quilting her quilts because everything is so precise.  That sure makes me job easier. 

 The other day while at my mom's I saw that she had this quilt that I had made years ago on her guest bed.  I can't even remember how long it has been.  I do remember that I did not quilt it.  This was before I got my longarm and I am on my second one.  I don't even remember the pattern name other than I got it from a magazine.

 Looking at it now, my fabric choices are very busy.  LOL!  Oh well...mom seemed to like it and that is all that matters.  :)

 Speaking of mom, she retires in about 3 weeks!!!!! She is nervous and excited both, I believe.  She will be 65 in a few weeks so I think she is ready and not to mention that the past few years her health has declined just a little.  We've talked about it and she knows that it is time to retire.  We are excited to get to spend more time with her.  So expect plenty of "mom" posts.  :)

Richard left for work a few minutes ago and I need to jump in the shower because I will be leaving with my sister at 7:30am.  My little 3yr old niece has a little dental procedure this morning and they will be putting her to sleep.  My BIL works away and will be home today but not in time for the appointment.  So I'm going with my sister for moral support.  LOL!  Then once I get back home, I will hopefully load another quilt on the longarm. 

Quilting Eye Candy!

A little eye candy!  Here are a few customer quilts that I have quilted the past few days.  

First up, is this adorable sheep quilt!  They are just too cute!  This was a big quilt...queen size if I remember correctly.   

 Here is a close up of one of the sheep.  As you can see they are all fuzzy.  They have beads for eyes and nose.  Just too cute!

 A beautiful hand pieced applecore quilt!  Lovely!  I am in the process of doing the binding on the scalloped edges. 

 Then this beautiful umbrella girl!  Sorry it's sideways.  LOL!  For some reason I could not get it to turn.  It was a king size. 

 I have a bunch more coming up this week!  I just thank the Lord for the business!!!  I love it!  So very thankful!  

It's usually just miserably hot upstairs but the past couple of day we have had a lot of rain so it has cooled down a little.  So that makes it real nice.  We also had a power outage for a while due to some storms.  Had some trees down around the farm and at mom's too.  

I know this is short but I need to get quilting!  Richard just left for work.  :)