Living in isolation

We're doing okay here, but I miss my quilting buddies. Guild has been cancelled again, and we will all try to get by without the camaraderie we love. To everyone out there reading this, STAY HOME!!

 The more people who do this, the sooner the curve flattens and we all go about our lives again.
Spring has begun to bloom here, and Mr Wazoo is spending a lot of time outdoors digging, raking and sprucing up the yard.

Tulips coming up for the first time! He planted them last fall.

He said the package said they were multi colored, but I guess they lied! Good thing we like pink.

The supervisor.

I love red bud trees! They always look lacy and pretty. This one was planted two  years ago and is getting really tall!

Aren't the flowers nice?

The supervisor doesn't know what's going on here. 

Our little pink dogwood tree flowers are beginning to unfurl. 

The white dogwood isn't far behind!

Phlox in all its glory!

We have limped along with the quilting, sending off for a new controller box for Millie ($1074), a vertical hold cable for Big Gammill ($30) and a new Joey box for the studio Dish receiver (free, if we send the old one in within 10 days). Trying to fix everything over the phone has been exhausting. I have wasted more time the last couple of days than I care to remember.

Dismantled and broken...Millie looks sad.

I finally finished the giant quilt, and am happy to have it behind me.

I told you it was big... it ended up 102x119 after quilting.

Thimbleberry fabrics, all complimenting one another.
Panto: Primrose Swirl

Muslin backing.

Mr Wazoo took a few hours off to quilt this Spring-like project.

This is a sweet collection of floral prints.

Panto: Ribbon Roses

The backing is also a lovely floral.

Today, I spent hours sewing down baby clothes  the customer glued to the background. Glued. Yes, with glue. I had put it off because I knew it would be a mess to do, but pulled up the big girl pants and tackled it today. The needle is shot, but I am finished with that part. Some of the areas were so thick with fabric and glue, it was hard to sew through. Now, I have to quilt it.

Here is a sample of what I had to sew through. I used a wide buttonhole stitch.

None of the rick rack is sewn down, either. I will sew it down during the quilting.

Another big quilt. I wonder who will use a baby clothes quilt this big?
It is 78x98.

Well, my day is done and pot pie is in the oven. I have been researching my family's ancestry and have made some startling discoveries! But that will be  for another day. Now, I think as glass of wine and some Britbox TV is in my near future.

Socially distanced

We have taken the order seriously here at Wazoo, but the greater population seems to have no fear of what may come.Mr Wazoo and I took Molly along and went for a car trip on Sunday. We passed by Home Depot, Walmart and the grocery  while driving and the crowds of  people in each location were astounding. What the heck are they thinking? If anyone thinks the virus won't find them in Blairsville, they will be surprised when it does. People are fleeing Atlanta to get away from the virus, and many of them have cabins up here. My fear is that will transport the virus here. We continue to heed my daughter's advice and stay home.
I made the masks for each of my other three kids to wear to the grocery store, and will stick them in the mailbox here today.

Masks for the kids

I finally finished the pick-out on the giant quilt, removed all the threads, spritzed it with water to close the stitching holes and got it loaded on the big Gammill. I have four rows done and hope to finish it today and move on to another project.

I really like this quilt. The customer said she used up a stash of Thimbleberry fabrics she has had since the 1980s. It's a simple block, but is very effective in showing off this collection of fabrics.
I'm using the paper panto: Primrose Swirl, one of my favorites for large quilts.

Things are budding out and causing some excitement for Mr W. He will be outside all day, I'm sure.Right now, it is after 10:00 and I haven't started to work...I had better get moving! Stay healthy and get a breath of fresh air sometime today!