Quilt Drop-Off Day

Since last week when I posted about discovering several UFOs, I've been busy; and that's an understatement! I've been getting several of those quilt tops ready to take to the quilter!

I picked the ones with the least amount of work to do on them first....to get some encouraging finishes under my belt!

Every Thursday afternoon, the lady who long arm quilts my quilt tops arrives at Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant parking lot. She meets anyone who has a quilt to drop off or pick up from a previous week.

Snowbird Quilts is located in West Virginia! So this lady drives over two mountains every Thursday to meet quilters in Harrisonburg at Ragtime Fabrics in the morning, in Staunton at Mrs. Rowe's in the afternoon, and back up to Dayton at Patchwork Plus parking lot for a later afternoon pickup/drop off.

This is the super amazing part....what she picked up today will be all finished next Thursday when she drives back to Virginia to drop the quilts off!  One week turn-around time for my three quilts!

Here I am showing her what I brought her with a detailed list of the tops, backings, and quilting patterns I selected as choices when she quilts them. Look at her loaded trunk with so many other quilts!

I'm a happy camper dropping off these quilts that were started many years ago! Can't wait to get them returned!

So...if anyone in our local area reads this blog and you are a quilter, I would highly recommend Terri at Snowbird Quilts to quilt your finished quilt tops for you. She does an excellent job!! All details are on her site. She also accepts quilts mailed to her, and she will mail them back!

This is the next quilt I'm working on finishing that I will take to her next Thursday. All 16 of these blocks were sewn 10 - 12 years ago. So now I'm adding sashing and borders and sewing the backing:

These leaves I showed you last week, unfinished. I straight-line quilted it since the wall hanging was small enough for my machine. Now all finished after all these years!!! It wasn't my favorite when I took that class, but now that it's quilted, I really, really like it. It will make a great fall display:

So....following through on these UFOs and getting things done! Much more to do! I'm in a race against time...yardwork and gardening season is right around the corner!

~Deb

Comments

[Jill]

How wonderful. You do such beautiful work!

[Cathy]

Great job, Deb.

I’m completely impressed by how people in rural areas get things done. It would seem that Terri would do nothing but work on quilts—a week turnaround time is astonishing. The amount of time spent on the road is unbelievable. And she’s smiling, no less!

As always, your post is an interesting one, and I enjoyed it to the hilt.

[victoria]

I love that pretty fall quilt too. Will be so nice for you to have all those projects get crossed off your list. Looks like your long arm quilt lady is a very hard worker to take on all those quilts. Amazing!

[Adrienne]

Thanks, Deb, for including me in your post mailings! I am thoroughly enjoying them.

Of the quilt tops you showed us in this post, I like the leaf one the best! I'm looking forward to your next update.

[Tammy C]

Glad you were able to get many quilts done.

Can't wait to see the finished quilts after you get them back from Snowbird Quilts,