No. 11 - "On The Farm"

Just finished designing No. 11 "On The Farm". (The white line on the skirt is some sort of refection.) It is not quilted yet but layered and I hope to start as soon as I finish this post. More of an old-fashioned look to it in comparison to the modern mother in "The Chat" pictured below with added bassinet (also modern).
"The Chat" is fully quilted and ready for binding and pocket.

I am not one quilt ahead of my goal of 10 this month. That makes me more confident I
will get this project finished by my Dec. 1 deadline.

No. 10 "The Chat"

No. 10 in progress. I call this "The Chat". There are still some elements that are being added
but this it it so far.
I am really tired today. Took me longer to get going. Oh disregard the orange on the right pillow...that is going to be trimmed off so I did not bother removing it. Still working on getting that leg to look like it is sunken into the bedding and not really skinny!

Six, Seven, Eight & Nine - ish!

I am still the mad quilter, but finally got the computer set up in my studio thanks to my daughter, Molly. So now when I am about to quit for the night, I can perhaps visit some of your blogs as well as post some of what I have been doing.
Here is the Tulips with a new border on it. It needed something to fill the background a bit.

Next is "Mother in the Meadow" done in lavender as required.

"The Sailboat" is again a mother with her baby.

To take a break from the mother's and babies, I did "Pelicans" with babies of course.

And in progress......"Egrets". Mother and baby on a stroll.

So are you grasping a theme here? Yes, the commission is for all the labor and delivery rooms in a hospital. I have 20 more of these to do! Luckily they do not ALL have to be of
mothers and babies, just some of them.

I have to say this is very hard work. I am getting such great support from my dh, Bob.
He has taken over much of what I do each day and I think when this is over he will have a new respect for what we women handle on a day to day basis. That is always a good thing.

Well....I am taking a break tonight so I think I will close for now.
PS. None of these have their bindings on yet, but the first five do!

Still Working Hard

I hope to have some photos of some of my newest quilts for you soon. I miss my daily posts and keeping in touch with everyone and what they are doing. Hopefully I will find some time soon.
The commission is causing me to work pretty much 10 hours a day. It is difficult to find anytime to post or to read what all of you have been up to. Hopefully I will be able to catch up soon. I am having my computer hooked up in my studio this weekend and that will be a big help.
So have patience and hopefully I will be able to post a bit more often.

Quilt Expo was better than ever and I hope to show you come of the outstanding quilts that were there too.

First Five

Here is what I have been doing over the last two weeks. I have been doing all of these is
the 30 X 36 size.
They will have simple names....

This Is "Mums" (above).

"Mother With Child"

"The Nest"

"Tulips"

"Monarch"

Hope you enjoy them. They do not have the bindings yet or sleeves.
It is a good start.

Thank YOU!

Just a comment today. Thank you all my friends for the support you are giving me as I work my way through this project I am doing for the next 3 months. It means a lot to me to have you there encouraging me as I work.