A lot has happened since I last posted here. It took Mr Wazoo and me a full week of sorting, folding and storing all my fabric on the newly beefed up shelves. Here is a day by day run down of the progress.
Here is where we left you...wondering if we were crazy to do this.
Mr W added wood slats and bigger pegs to hold the weight of the fabric.
We piled the rolled fabric on a table behind Big Gammill and I folded it on the cutting table.
Making progress. My backing stash takes up the lowest shelf on the right. The next bottom shelf over is my collection of whites for repairs. I use everything from bright white down to a tan color. It's great to have a stash to match to the quilt.
We finally made it over to the color category shelves.
Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Table is still loaded.
The table piles are smaller, but only because we stashed fabric in boxes for ease in transport to the cutting table.
Hard at work folding my civil war reproduction fabrics.
Shabby chic fabric came next
I had two boxes of red fabric! I do like red...
The last shelves were the hardest. We were exhausted. But just look at all that lime green! My favorite color. I have a drawer full, too.
Ta-da!! All done. Give me a week and we'll see how it goes.
When I was sorting and folding, I found this panel I got at Quilt 'N Caboodle at their big sale. I cut it up, added some sashing from the stash and made a nice quilt. It will be a donation for Family Connection.
I really like the faces on these farm residents.
The quilting is a simple meander with yellow thread.
I had a good amount of this 30s fabric for the back. I added yellow binding the next day and got it done!
A big milestone was reached this week, too. I turned 70 last Friday and the family did well with gifts. Mr W got me an Apple Watch! He said it was to call someone when I fall down. How romantic. ha ha. From the kids I got a pair of 'gift socks', a carved wooden bowl shaped like a pig, and two plates with goofy farm animals on them. The flowers came the day after my birthday, making it last even longer. The man took me out to a snazzy Italian restaurant, and we had cake and ice cream when we got home. I think 70 came in without too much anxiety. I'm ready for whatever comes next.
When I tap the watch face, Minnie Mouse speaks the time. She taps her foot to the seconds!
Mr Wazoo did my card with 70 all over it. My son has my sense of humor with the socks.
Pig with M&Ms
We had some cake and ice cream on our new plates.
Penny entertained herself with the bubble wrap. Pop pop pop...
Nice!!
The cherry on top was the flower delivery! So pretty.
Yesterday, I started working on a customer tee shirt quilt. She only wants it to be a throw size, so I have had to do some creative cutting and placement. She wanted "mossy green" for the background, so I am doing just that! I am making progress after the tedious fusing and cutting stages.
We'll see how it goes tomorrow. I would like to get it done and sent back to Tallahassee this week.
This was the moon rise last night after work. It looks kind of weenie here, but the moon was big and golden color. I don't know how to take a proper photo of it with my phone. You'll have to trust me...it was beautiful. It's time to put my feet up and zone to the TV.
