Mixed up day

Mr Wazoo journeyed to South Carolina to see his mother and talk about arrangements with the nursing home staff. It was a tough day for him. We had a call from there yesterday about her quick decline. He said she is in bed all the time now, and sleeps most of the time. They were excited when she opened her eyes for a moment when he was there, and actually took a drink of water and a bite of applesauce. Otherwise, she didn't speak or acknowledge his being there. The hard decision was made and the admission started for hospice care right where she is. No more hospital trips. Comfort care has begun. Needless to say, he is heartbroken.
I stayed home with Molly, and took a small trip to see a man about a computerized Millie, but was unhappy to learn he does not have the same software as I do. Rats! The big adventure was Molly's, She rides in the truck with MrW to get the mail and tour the neighborhood, but today, we took a real ride into the countryside and back.
In the afternoon, I worked on getting malware off the computer and phone. Someone hacked me and I am ticked off about it. I think it is fixed, but took hours to scan and remove the offending bugs.
The light side of the day was an email with pictures of the little girl who I gave a quilt to at my trunk show. You may remember her...she was so excited and happy. It made my day. Later, I saw her at the Cobb County show and she hugged me and said she had slept under the quilt every night since getting it. Her Mom sent a picture today. Made my day again!
Tomorrow has to be better.

Here we are at the trunk show when little Harmony got her quilt

Typical little girl. Stuffed animals and princess posters.
I don't know why she has a towel on her head, but she looks happy, the quilt is nice and fits her bed.
What could be nicer?

A little field trip

Yesterday, I took a break and went to Blue Ridge for their annual Fiber Arts Show at the Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association. It is a small show, but is always lovely because of the setting in the old courthouse courtroom. Here is a slideshow of the quilts. Some are mine, some are my friends, and some are from artists I don't know. Enjoy!

This photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox

When I got home, I worked on the mysterious quilt I am making. Can you guess what it is yet? I bet you have a good idea!!

I'm getting there...

Happy Independence Day!

Day two of the mystery quilt progress

I passed the morning adding and sewing down bindings on customer quilts. After lunch, I worked on the mystery quilt from yesterday, adding two more blocks. It is really slow going, even though it looks easy. The applique pieces are tiny!!Just making them with my fat fingers is hard work.
Here are the results of today's labor.

My studio looks like a fabric bomb went off.

All for this little bit of progress. Do you see it yet?

I did the ditch stitching on another row of the applique quilt. One more to go!

I think this quilt ranks in the top three of the most beautiful quilts I have ever worked on.
I hope I can do it the justice it deserves. It will be a precious family heirloom for generations to come. It's a big responsibility and I am being very careful with the quilting.

Tomorrow is another work day! We will be taking the fourth off, but will be back in the studio on the fifth.

Happy Independence Day to everyone out there. We are all blessed to live in this country, even with the bumpy ride we're on now. E Pluribus Unum. Out of many...one.

Photos of stuff

I am so tired, I need to make this brief! So I have decided to just add photos with captions. I'll re-boot tomorrow (or really, today, since it is after midnight) and make better sense of what's happening here.

Tie quilt number 2 is finished but for the binding.

Panto: Woven Wind

I sacrificed some of this beautiful fabric for the border. I thought the quilt needed something a bit feminine. It is for the daughter of the man whose ties these are.

Basic black back.

I worked all day and only finished one block of this mystery of a quilt. You'll have to follow along and see what it is.

The quilt will use all these fabrics. H fell off. It is also red.

The hosts are about to bloom!

Everything at this end of the garden is blooming pink!

Russian sage in the late day sun.

The garden view from the deck.

Another deck shot.

Mr Wazoo spent the day mulching and making a drain field for the roof run-off.