Getting Mixed Up

I had a customer come to pick up two of her quilts yesterday and I could have swore she said she'd be in the area next week (the last Wednesday). But, she called and came yesterday instead. I thought I had two more customers coming today to drop off. That's not until next week.

I've been pretty screwed up since the cruise. This dumb ear infection and whatever it was I brought back from Alaska is messing with me. 

Meanwhile, I just park myself in front of my machines and do my thing. I'll just take the customers as they come and go until I get back in my right mind.

Here is some of the quilting going into Judy's second quilt...

A huge border!

Andrew called last night on his way home from work. Thank goodness for AirPods because I was able to chat with him while I continued to work. And Jim was mowing right next to the window on the west side of the studio and I could still hear Andrew and work at the same time.

Once I get this one above finished later today, I'll be moving to this one on DW...

Sue's Woodland Animals

This one is the last one of the "eminent" needs quilts. This one is going to show and needs to be done ASAP. That's why it's on DW. I can't afford the time to diddle around waiting for backs to be frame ironed. Even after this one is finished, I still can't put one of mine on him because I have two digitized tops to do for customers. Ah, well, at least business is good!

I've Timed It

Lots of thread changes in Linda's quilt; 13 of them. If you multiply that out by the eight rolls I took, that's 102 minutes (just under two hours) worth of unproductive quilting. I wanted to see how long it took to do a thread change. If (that's a big if) I can get the needle threaded quickly (like in one or two goes) it takes 61 seconds to change a thread...

Some of the threads going in

Just sayin'. 

The winds yesterday were howling; gusts up to 40 mph and the house was rockin'. I just knew we were going to lose electricity and this quilt HAD to be done by the end of today. My work ethic yesterday was to quilt until a) we lost electricity or b) the quilt was done. Eleven hours later, guess what?

A big finish!

I still have to trim back threads, unload, bill out/record the invoice, and get the quilt ready for delivery, but the quilting is done. I have to get this off quickly because I have another February deadline intensive quilt to work on next. I want it to be ready for me to work when I get back from retreat. 

Which I need to get ready for today at some point. 

And that third Koala is bugging the crap out of me. Should I just add another bottom piece to it? Remake it? Ugh. I hate remaking blocks. I'll work on that tonight once the truck is ready to load tomorrow morning. Since this is logistically my Friday, and despite my being really tired (I'm not cut out to work 11 hours anymore) I'm in a pretty perky mood.