The stars aligned and all is well

 Today I got out all the stuff I have from the many times I contacted Quilt Path tech support. I started at the beginning and went through every step on 15 pages of directions, tapping and swiping the tablet screen. I had missed one  small step, to turn on screen lock. One tiny thing...it was fixed. The QP head honcho called me later in the afternoon to see how I was getting along, and I told her the machine was running like a top and the screens change quickly! Everyone was happy.

I was so happy!! I finished the quilt on the machine, loaded another one and almost finished that one. 

My shop dog is looking more like a bear cub than a sweet puppy.

The backing is a pretty toille

A feathery panto makes it much more elegant

Quilt for Nancy. Soooooo many mistakes!! It was sewn when I got to Texas and didn't have my mojo going.

Millie finally cried Uncle and decided to cooperate. 

This quilt is almost done. It went smooth as silk. 

Mr W had to come and check up on my progress.

In case you haven't seen my studio set up, here is where Millie lives.

Here's where big Gammill lives, just across the room.

I sew here on my Bernina, in the messiest corner of the room.

I'll be here tomorrow, putting interfacing on the next batch of tee shirts. I prepped them all this morning.

I'll see you on the flip side.

Switching gears

There have been ups and downs for a few days; the APQS (the computer, really) has been fighting me on every quilt. I have contacted Microsoft again and done everything they recommend, but the computer still has a long lag time from screen to screen. I am trying to sell the machine, so this isn't good. I was able to finish a couple of small quilts, but I am dead in the water on one right now. Sigh...sometimes I just want to scream!! There will be more phone calls today.

I did get a couple of quilts done, but it took three times as long as it should have.

                                         

                                               First, I quilted and bound this batik BQ2

The panto is a leafy vine pattern.

                           I got this batik for the backing on a shopping trip to Cumming.

The 30s quilt is also ready for hand sewing!

I used one of my favorite patterns, Splat, for the quilting

I found this sweet bluebird fabric at my local quilt shop. I love it!

Outside, it has been glorious! Mr Wazoo has the yard looking ready for it's close-up with everything trimmed and beautiful. I thought I'd show you the new house numbers I bought in Texas at the Mexican pottery store. The house has the nicest curb appeal!!

My friend, Nancy, found the number holder on a day trip to Mexico. Thanks, Nancy!

Here is the house. My studio is in the lower  part.

I've been sewing tee shirts for a few days, and have the first of two long twin ones ready to quilt. The customer collected Day of the Dead and Frida Kahlo shirts for years to get this collection. She requested bright colors for the sashing. Frida is famous for her art as well as her sayings. The ones on the quilt translate to: "What doesn't kill me, feeds me", "Everything can have beauty, even the most horrible", and finally, "I hope the exit is happy, and hope never to return ". In the shirt with many skeletal people it says, "For there to be rich, millions of poor people are needed". So pithy and deep. Frida was eloquently outspoken.

The poor people

"The life of the dead endures in the memory of the living."

Live and dead Frida. The man in the heart on her forehead is her husband, Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican artist and staunch communist. They were married, divorced, and married again. He was quite a ladies man. The saying is, "I hope the exit is happy, and hope never to return."

Quilt top number one. I sewed the skull in the bowler hat to the shirt with the ribs for some continuity. The headless ribs seemed a bit strange to me.

I also finally got a haircut!! It feels so much better.

Think of the most annoying thing you cam...like fingernails on the chalkboard...then picture this happening a few times a day while you are trying to read and understand how to fix your computer.