On the road again

I finished the quilting on the scrap quilt and got the binding done last night. Yesterday, I taught a class for making and applying binding, then hurried home to pack and get the car loaded for our trip to Texas.
Of course it was pouring rain this morning and we got off to a slow start, leaving the house around 7:30. Mr Wazoo said he would drive as far as Atlanta and then I would take over. He never gave up the reins and drove all the way to Baton Rouge! I can tell he is really tired, but he did a great job!
Molly was a good girl the whole day and we rewarded her with a plain hamburger patty from Wendy's where we always get our pecan-chicken salads. Yum!

By the end of the day on Sunday, the sun had come out and the snow began to melt away. It was nice while it lasted.

Ta-Da! Scrappy quilt done and ready to bind. I made some green binding and had it on before going to bed.

Panto: Woven Wind

I love this fabric from my stash. I got it while on a retreat last year. We all took a trip to the local quilt shop and I found it in the sale room for $5 a yard. Great find!

Here's the green binding next to the border. I like it.

My next custom project is this odd looking piece of fabric.  It is a digitally printed  image by Kay Donges, on a shiny silk. She had it printed by Spoonflower, a company that will print whatever you want on fabric.  It was a booger to load, as it is very slippery, slinky and shiny. She is using two layers of Warm and Natural batting to give it stability and definition. I am quilting it to look like under water. There will be a swimmer appliqué onto this background and then quilted again! Wow!

I am finished with the lightest color, and the rest of the colors will have to wait until I get home from Texas.

This is Kay's artist rendering of the quilt  before she started cutting and appliquéing together the hundreds of bits of fabric to make the swimmer. You get an idea where she will be on the watery background.

Monday morning the yard looked like this. Drenching rains and warmer temperatures swept away the snow. It was foggy when I left for my class, and kept raining throughout the day.

Today, we started in our journey in the pouring rain that lasted well into Alabama.

Once in the car, Molly got comfy and snoozed for most of the trip.

Somewhere in Mississippi the rain stopped and we had overcast skies until we arrived at the hotel in Baton Rouge. The temperature change from home to Louisiana was mind boggling. When we left it was 42 and I had on a light sweater. At a rest stop in Mississippi, I changed to a tee shirt. It was 81! Texas should be warm, too. I packed a swimsuit just in case the sun comes out and I can enjoy the pool at my Dad's place!

Molly ate her burger, but was hopeful Mr W would drop something from his salad.No luck tonight, Molly!

We leave bright and early for Texas in the morning. The gas here is only $1.95! We filled up at the station next to the hotel so we'll be ready to roll in the morning.

No sewing for a few days, but there will be a quilt show on Padre Island to attend, and vendors to support. My sister and the lady we stay with in Texas are both members of the guild who is putting on the show. It should be fun!! Stay tuned...