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 2021 is another one for the books!

It was another record year of long arm quilting customer quilts which is no surprise because the quilters get busy during times of stress as well as during good times. In 2021 they were busy!  I had six quilts from one customer which I worked my way through in between other quilts (at her request).  Six at one time might be a bit hard on the budget right?

I managed to get all but three  quilts in my 2021 queue done before I cut off for some time off on the 24th. I ...

In my previous posts I talked about restoring one of my favourite mystery quilts (Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Christmas from 2009) which had quilting thread popping all over the quilt and a corner of the binding chewed by one of my dogs.

Read about that here: https://dayspringquilter.blogspot.com/2020/11/restoration-underway.html  and

here:  https://dayspringquilter.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-beast-is-skinned.html

It took a couple of months of seam ripping while watching TV but I got it done!  I then added some larger borders and just finished requilting it.

 ....and I have the scars to prove it!

I spent a few hours last night with my feet up, stitch ripper in hand, and the Monday night back to back episodes of Blue Bloods on TV.  I finally finished the mammoth task of removing the former quilting stitches.

My next step will be to remove the stray threads on the quilt top.  The batting and backing have been discarded.  I cut them off in chunks as I went in order to have less bulk.  And honestly, it also helped me see how far I had to go. I was thrilled ...