Busy day

 Penny put her paw in my ear and sneezed at 7:15. That's when my day took off like a rocket. Mr Wazoo had to go to Cumming and have the car serviced, and was out the door by 8:00. I was cleaned up and dressed before having coffee, so I would be ready for the Wi-fi man's appointment at 10:00. Penny had her run and her morning meal, and I enjoyed a bagel and coffee. The bug man called and said he was coming to do the termite inspection ands showed up around 8:45. He went all around the rooms with his flashlight and then trooped down to the garage and my studio. At 9:15, the Wi-fi guy arrived early and got right to work installing the new modem and getting the phone service hooked up and running. I needed to put a note on the studio door telling customers to call me to come down, but it wasn't necessary because the first one showed up at 10:15 as I was writing the note! She picked up her quilt and we chatted about our doodle dogs until the second customer came at 10:30! We chatted a bit, she got her quilt and I went back upstairs to let Penny out of the bedroom where I had her corralled and go for walkies. Wi-fi man came and went twice, doing things with the wires and connections and finished around 11:30. By now, I was ready to have a sandwich and go to work. The morning was shot. Mr W returned from his jaunt to Cumming just as I finished eating.

We both went to the studio where I started some sewing and loaded a charity quilt from a guild member. Mr W set to work on his shelf-strengthening project. Here is what we accomplished.

I have had an idea rolling around in my head for years and set about trying to sew what I saw in my mind. You'll have to bear with me to find out what is going on here. It may be wonderful...or a big flop.

The blocks are paper pieced.

If you have followed me for a while, you know I roll my fabric instead of folding and stacking it. Mr Wazoo thinks that is why the shelves fall down periodically. Too much stuffed into the space. I am grudgingly removing fabric and folding it while he is adding reinforcements under each shelf. What a mess!! It will most likely take a month to do it all but, hopefully, it  will be better. I'm skeptical. I have done three shelves so far.

Meanwhile, I fought with the charity quilt whose backing only left me one inch on the sides to clamp to. Usually, they make great backs with loads of fabric extra. Not today. I was cocky and figured this would be like the other ones I have done, but look at the picture and see what happened! The backing is a full 10 inches too small. I have decided to take it off and return it to the member who gave it to me, requesting she fix the back and then bring it back. I'm not going to fix it this time. Freebies need to be right or I won't do them anymore.

Okay, enough venting. When I quit at 6:00, Mr W grilled a nice steak to share, I baked a couple of potatoes and made two deluxe salads for supper. I did a little happy dance when I was able to stream three episodes of Season two of Only Murders In the Building without the wi-fi cutting off or having extended periods of buffering. 5G is a good thing, even though I have no idea what it is.

I'm going to bed at 11:30 and, after Colbert, to sleep and dream about quilting! Poor Penny is ready, too.

Hopefully, the pesky skeleton won't pop his bag and startle the sleepy pup! ha ha

Sameness

Wow! I can't believe it has been so long since I posted anything. It must be the gray,  cold days that have slowed my mojo. When the days are all the same, it's hard to be enthused about anything. But life goes on and there are quilts to be made.

I finished the bat quilt and took it to both guild show and tells. The vintage quilt went along and was given to a guild member who needed a quilt for a raffle to raise funds for the new homeless shelter in Hayesville, NC, just over the border from here. I really liked that quilt, but it will help so many people being auctioned rather than being another quilt on my shelf.

The sun came out and so did our neighborhood herd of deer. They graciously set about mowing the lawn for Mr Wazoo. Even without flowers in the pots, there is something uplifting to see every day from my sewing corner.

Mama and her three babies came, along with some other girlfriends.

I counted ten, all peacefully chowing down on the tender, baby grass.

Meanwhile, I finished quilting and binding daughter number one's birthday quilt.

I found the cool bat backing at the sale!

I have caught up on some customer projects and that makes me happy. Since getting back in the swing, I haven't had too many customers wanting my service. I do have a beautiful quilt from a woman from Woodstock who needs it finished. Her husband's great Aunt hand pieced it and my customer intended to hand quilt it.That was in 1980. She never made it past getting it basted, and now feels like she doesn't have the skill to finish it. I love a challenge, and think this will be a dandy.

Here is the photo she sent me. I got it in person today and met the lovely couple who own it.

The customer quilts are done and I will be trying my hand at using the Handiquilter for some practice on quilting blocks. I need to learn this!

This customer took a class and made this elegant quilt.

I think this panto design echoes the floral and leaf fabric in the piecing.

This customer loves her dog! This is a quilt for the family with a doggy theme.

I used a paw print design for the quilting in the aqua color. It really pops on the black fabric.

The fabric on the back is perfect!

The little baby girl great Grand is already here, so I hurried to get this one done so Granny can finish it.

The panto is called Hearts a Flutter

The pink flannel backing is so cuddly and soft.

The Hiawassee shop owner came to the guild and gave a preview of what's new at her shop. She had class samples and even unboxed a new line of fabric for us. The following day, she had a shipment of new aboriginal prints, so I had to go get a few. I also got a groovy stripe! Now all I have to do is make a quilt!! 

I have a lot going on in the studio. Mr W is helping me get organized and clean up in there. It is a mess right now, but it will be so much better when he is done. I'll show you what's going on a little later. Until we meet again; keep on quilting and try to stay happy.

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