A bit of everything!

What a week it has been here at Wazoo! Mr Wazoo has divided his time between the yard and the studio, working long hours and getting things finished.

Hard at work on one of the huge quilts.

Manicured lawn and the garden is filling out

I had a couple of challenges as well as some of my own quilts to get finished for the guild meeting on Thursday. A gentleman came in with a beloved quilt that had some holes to be repaired, and he was a fascinating person. I have never met anyone who actually lives in one of those tiny houses you see on TV. This guy lives off the grid, collecting rain water and using solar energy. I was thrilled I could help him with something as simple as a repair to his favorite quilt!

This is what it looked like when I got it.

Here are the pieces pinned in place and ready to applique down.

I realized when posting the 'before' photos, that I had forgotten to take the 'after' shot. Drat!! Well, you'll have to believe me that it looked great and he was thrilled. The next quilt will show you an 'after' shot worthy of the blog!

This quilt was found at a sale for $10!!! I am always sad to see quilts like this, where someone in the family worked for months hand sewing a beautiful quilt just to have it discarded by the people who should love it the most. Fortunately, there are quilters out there sniffing out the cast-offs and giving them new life in new homes. Here is the customer's $10 find, and the repair.

This block was the only one with disintegrated fabrics. Look closely and you'll see all the brown plaid fabric is falling apart.

Here is the same block after I appliqued in the 9 new pieces. The owner wanted something 'prettier' in place of the plaid.

This is the quilt. I took this picture to show the colors better.

I didn't think they showed up as well indoors, on the bed.
The repaired block is center right.

Hand quilting all intact. Lovely!

 The Bernina dealer finally called with the good news! My machine (that was ordered right after the Paducah show in April), was finally here. Mr W drove me to Chattanooga last Friday to pick it up, and I spent the day Saturday following along in the book and putting it through its paces.

I also got a new chair! Ooooo!! Swanky!

Here she is! The insert for the Koala table hasn't come yet,
but I'm comfortable using the extended platform that comes with the machine.
The nifty accessory box came with it, too.

With the new slim light on, I am in sewing Heaven.Thank you, Mr Wazoo!

On Sunday, I quilted my quilt tops from the retreat. Then, I used my new machine to do the bindings. All but one of these are going to the guild for charity. Two for kids and two for adults at the Second Wind respite house.

This quilt is a two-fer. Not only will it be a charity quilt, but it is one of my UFOs for the UFO club. I have been bending the rules a bit by doing mine out of order, but it doesn't seem to matter. They're done.

The digital panto is feather swirl

This one is a good boy quilt, with meander quilting.

This one looks more girly to me. Same quilt pattern.

I'm not sure I like this quilt...too pink! It is from a jelly roll pattern.

My favorite digital panto: Flower Power

I did make a quilt for me, too. Using some of the Australian fabrics from my stash, I made this BQ quilt. The background fabric is a Kaffe Fassett shot cotton.

BQ (which stands for Big Quilt) and Miss Molly on the photobomb.

Panto: Stacked Snailz.
I love the texture of this quilting.

We had our annual meeting of the guild where I present the budget and install new officers, as well as remember friends and relations we have lost in the past year. Oh yes...it's also a luncheon. The meeting went well and everyone left full and happy. I'm really pooped from all the excitement, nd I still need to make supper! More hand sewing, and then to bed...to dream of more quilting.