Funky Friday

Not a good day here at Wazoo. My Millie is ill again. This time, I'm done. I texted the tech person and said just that, and requested a new computer system. They are sending the carriage, the only piece I haven't replaced yet. I'm not optomistic.
I spent the day tidying up ther studio, planning the quilts to be made from the saris, and making a June newsletter for the evening guild.
On the lighter side, I finished the wall hanging and sent ot off to Houston! Hurrah!

It turned out quite nice!

More pebbles and some petals, too. The border is close matchstick quilting.

Solid blue binding. The backing is a wild rainbow print by request of the family.

Nothing else of note here. Tomorrow, I'll start on the sari quilt project.

Good day with big finishes!!

I am so happy! Today I finished two big projects and it feels good. The repair job is done, and so is the custom quilt. The repair went smoothly because I was binging on The Office. In fact, I am on the final season. Hmmm...Parks and Recreation sounds good.
On with the show!

The quilt, all repaired, but filthy.

Loads of these bits are new.

I washed it, and here is how it should look!

Of course, after washing and drying, I had to repair six more bits that  disintegrated during the process. I hope it goes home tomorrow!

Flip the coin, and here is the custom quilt.

This customer had the quilt languishing for years before she decided to finish it. I am so glad she did! It is lovely.

I kept the quilting very simple. There are feathers, background stylized pebbling and piano keys. That's it. Nothing that takes away from the star; the appliqued flowers, vines and bugs. Oh yes...one frog and one snail, too! (See the snail crawling across the bottom of the picture?)

The frog is in the lower left with the white flowers.

Simple border treatment.

The whole quilting experience was unplanned, free motion.

There are also lots of tiny red berries peppered over the quilt.

Perfectly chosen backing, too.

I took a couple of hours to sew the columns of the quilt for my son together. Tomorrow, I will get the top done and figure out the backing. He asked for colorful, so colorful it is!

Ready  to sew the columns joined tomorrow.

While I was sewing the quilt, I also quilted this customer bulldog quilt.

Panto: Diamond Plaid

Complimentary fabric for the backing.

After work, I took my walk around the yard and shot a couple of pictures of what's blooming today. It was a beautiful, sunny, productive day!

The Stokes Aster are blooming in the back rock garden

These are  tickseed coreopsis. I like the color combination, don't you?

Our old birdbath looks nice nestled in the butterfly bush.

This planter came from Wisconsin, and I filled it with a trailing clover plant. Get your hair out of your eyes, girl!!

Productive weekend

I had a wonderful, productive and relaxing weekend. I spent hours in the studio doing different things and enjoying Spotify classical music, whistling along to pieces I know. Sometimes, we need to tack in a new direction to achieve inner peace. I feel great!
Our QOV group is not having mass  ceremonies, but is still handing out quilts to the many deserving vets. I quilted two of these, and have them ready to go to the people who keep us safe, our veterans.

What better acgtivity for Flag Day than to work on a patriotic quilt?!

The backing is this red, white and blue circular pattern.

Panto: Ribbon Stars

Here is a split nine patch, making beautiful use of patriotic fabrics.

Panto: Simply Stars

Same backing on this one, too.

One of my customers made good use of donated fabrics from a member of the evening guild. She made these two charity quilts, both using plaids, and I think someone will love to recieve them from Family Connection. 

I love this scrappy look. I studied the block to see how it was made. It is an easy sew, using a square, one 2 1/2 inch piece the length of the square, and one 2 1/2 inch strip the length of the first sewn side. ie: 5" square, 5 x 2 1/2 inch strip, and 7 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch strip. Then, the blocks are arranged by making one 90 degree turn on every other one. So easy, but so effective. I will be making this pattern soon! Think charm pack for the center and jelly roll for the strips...

Panto: Dazzle

The quilt is so soft and drapey with homespuns front and back!

The second quilt is this log cabin, set in the rows and furrows pattern. Again, she used the donated homespun plaids for the blocks.

Panto: Baptist Fan

The backing is an Eclectic Elements fabric, printed with cigar bands. Perfect!

I worked a few hours on the custome quilt, and hope to have it finished later today. It really looks nice. I don't have a new picture, but will by tomorrow.

The Australian fabric quilt is sewn together, and I am contemplating whether or not I will add a border. Because of the secondary 'spider' pattern, I will call it Aussie arachnids. ha ha

Do you see the black spiders formed by the background fabric? They sure jumped out to me.

My son has requested a new bed quilt, because the one I made many years ago is getting tattered from constant use (both for sleeping and pillow fort making during the Covid crisis). All he requested was that it be colorful, so I set tyo work making blocks from batiks and Kaffe fabrics. It takes 60 big blocks to make a king sized quilt, and I powered through making them yesterday. My design wall is too small for that size project, so I will be figuring it out by color and value on EQ, and then sewing it in quarters. I hate making giant quilts, but when one of the kids requests one, I am happy to oblige.

Piles of dark, medium and light blocks ready to assemble. It was a free tutorial  on line for a project called Ernie's quilt.

Out in the garden, I spied with my little eye this wierd flower blooming. I don't know what it is... I'm sure Mr Wazoo knows, but he was nowhere to be found when I was taking the photos. Every day there is something else coming on out there, and I always take a walkabout to see what's new. It is wonderful to have such a beautiful variety of flowers and plants to enjoy every day. 

This, I know, is Bee Balm. We have loads of therm in one part of the garden.

If this is Bee Balm, it is like no other variety I have seen before!! Three tiers of bloom coming from one flower. Interesting, but strange.

I finished the first huge batch of repairs on the vintage quilt while binge watching The Office every night, and will be making  some more patches for the places needing repair that I found when doing the hand sewing. Two sides need new strips, and it also needs new binding. A few more days and it will be done. Stay tuned!