An all around good day

Molly got her fluff and buff, the dryer got fixed, Mr Wazoo finished his garden project and I did a whole bunch of quilting. It turns out the dryer had a defective part that is so common the repairman had it with him in his truck. We are back in the laundry business! I need to wash repaired quilts.

                                          

This is all that is left from the septic tank invasion yesterday. Mr Wazoo will be dealing with this tomorrow. Today, he took Molly to the groomer and the trash to the dump.

Okay...here is where I left you yesterday.

This is the finished trellis that will have honeysuckle vines growing up it in the future. He made it like a stylized pine tree.

We have had this weathervane for over twenty years, and I'm ecstatic to have it in the garden once more. If you can't see it, there is a little dog sitting behind her.

At the end of the workday today, the wind had shifted, and so did the girl with the umbrella!

From the house it doesn't look quite as overwhelmingly large.

I did an Oxyclean and Dawn soak of the quilt I repaired yesterday. I thought I would show you the first sink of water! Nasty!! I rinsed it twice and then washed it. It is in the dryer and I will take an 'after' picture when it's done. I hope I won't find some more squares to replace. Sometimes that happens with washing. It's like the dirt was all that held the fabric together.

I quilted this Mardi Gras quilt today. The pattern is quite complex, so it took from 10 until 3 to get finished.

Panto: Borneo

I thought it looked like the feathery masks in the focus fabric.

You can decide.

It shows up well on the back. 

I have been working on the custom double wedding ring quilt for about a week now. The stitch in the ditch took forever and all of it had to be done with rulers. Yuk. I'm up to the quilting now, and slogging my way through the hundreds of cells in the arcs. Each one gets a swirl, and the corners get four long swirls. I'd say I am about half done with this part. Then I have to do the  melon shapes and the centers of the rings.

Working may way down the rows with the swirls in the arcs.

It is a beautiful quilt. Nice to work on while listening to classical music.

I want this backing!! Wouldn't it look boffo on my shabby chic quilt? I plan to try to find it for that project.

My next repair has these blocks. I've never seen this before and had to draft one so I can reproduce them to replace the trashed ones. The customer got the quilt as a wedding present from her mother and it is really old and well loved. The customer told me she is 90 years old and had used the quilt on their bed until the blocks started to fall apart.  When I get started, I will take a picture of the whole quilt for you. It is a hot mess!

Here is the repaired quilt fresh from the dryer. I am totally gobsmacked by the transformation of this quilt! It is clean and fluffy. I bet it weighs at least a pound less. It's gross to think that much dirt was in the quilt.

The back is now its original muslin color instead of brown.

This is where I started. It was flat, lifeless, torn, smelly and filthy. Good job, Susan!!

Miss Molly is looking regal with her new coif and perfumed aura. We'll be back in the studio tomorrow, getting messy and having fun.