Tomorrow is the big day for my back doctor visit

 Yup, it has been almost 5 months since my original injury, and I am still waiting (not so patiently) for a resolution. In the meantime, I did it again...while changing the linens on the guest bed, I felt the familiar stab and fell face first into the mattress. Mr Wazoo asked if I was okay. sheesh...how dim are men?! I've been nursing it along with OTC meds, ice and rest waiting for the appointment tomorrow. Say a little prayer and keep your fingers crossed for a good plan and a speedy recovery.

I have done a bit of sewing. I finished the second tee shirt quilt for the race car driver's son, and it looks great!

Here's where I left you...

And here is the flimsy. The guy's race car is green and white, so I used that for the sashing.

The small pieces are appliquéd to checkered flag!

And here it is quilted, bound and ready to go!

Panto: Bayside. I only have a few paper pantographs left and had to pick something 'racy'.

The backing is this speckled fabric. I chose the black and white stripe for the binding.

It has been gray, wet and dreary here for a few days, so we haven't been able to enjoy the beautiful fall colors and crispy leaf piles. The sun finally peeked out today for a while, and I took Penny out for her zoomies. She hadn't had a big exercise time in three days! We had a blast, and then she sat on the porch quietly enjoying her second favorite pastime...

What is she so mesmerized by? Oh yeah...

The yard was still squishy, but the cold loving flowers made it better.

The camellias are starting to bloom, and boy, are they pretty!

The view from this end isn't as nice. The sun was getting low and it was too shady.

Much better! I hope they don't get frost blasted!

Pansies don't mind the frost. They'll be fine...if the squirrels would stop eating them.

Most of the leaves were blown off by the big storm a couple of days ago, but there are a few beauties left.

It wouldn't be Fall without Halloween, and my grandson face-timed me to show me the costume he and my son made for trick-or-treating. He is a huge Lego fan, and  they nailed the Lego man. Right down to the grippy hands! They sure know how to design. It is entirely made from cardboard, glue and paint. Wow!

The head has two sides. This is the happy (?) side...

This is the evil side.

I certainly like the happy side better. Right after this, he began his candy forage through the neighborhood.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Good-bye Millie

 What a whirlwind week it has been. My buyer came and spent a day here taking apart Millie and getting her loaded in a U-Haul for the trip back to Oklahoma. They got there yesterday and sent me pictures of Millie in her new environment. I think everyone will be happy. There is a huge hole in my studio...

With a bit of help, my buyer had her dream become a reality.

All put together and ready to rock and roll. She has big plans for this rom. It will be a stunning studio when she's done.

Without the machine in the way, you can see what a fabricaholic I am. Penny has been happy with the big space to run around in. I may do a bit of re-arranging to get it looking better.

I finished all four of the second batch of small-from-large quilts. I think the customer will be pleased. (Picture goes here...I forgot to take it. Tomorrow!!)

I also had a customer come to the studio (without notice) and ask me to do a table runner for Thanksgiving. She didn't know about my back or that I wasn't quilting right now, but she is so sweet, I said I would do it. It only took an hour or so, and it was nice to take Big Gammill out for a spin.

It doesn't take very long to quilt something 49x16"!

Woodland scene on this side.

Paper pantograph: Primrose swirl, an old favorite.

For the backing, I chose this winter bird fabric, making the runner useful for two seasons. 

She was so pleased. She isn't a quilter, and was given the top by her sister. I guess I came in and saved the day! Ha ha ha ha.

Meanwhile, I sewed up a charity quilt for a nursing home man. Ladies get the bulk of the quilts, but I like to make them for men, too!

I will quilt it when I'm feeling better.

Penny finally got a haircut! No more buffalo here, just a pretty princess dog.

Bouncing to another subject...at guild the other night, Diane gave a wonderful tutorial on using equilateral triangles to make a quilted table runner or topper. This woman sews all the time and I can never begin to produce the amount of things she makes! She also is making a bunch of Raggedy Ann dolls, and brought the outfits she sewed for them to show us. I'm in awe.

Diane gives us the skinny on making the table runner.

It's like a puzzle. I am going to try it soon.

All these outfits are handmade by Diane.

Mr Wazoo was stuck in there house with a sore arm (long story...geezer stuff) so he decided to re-batt my design wall. After a bad false start, he got it together and finished the job. We tried it out with the antique blocks. Nice!

I took these down to start the planning for the second race car driver quilt.

This quilt will be smaller, for the race car driver's son.

It's that time of year. The deer are plentiful and hungry and they are always in the yard. Penny never barks at them. She watches quietly with her ears up and her tail wagging. This one peeked over Mr W's yard cart to see what we were up to. So funny!

As long as they stay out of the garden, we are okay with them in our yard.

Another busy week!

 I have been really busy trying to get all my work done before the buyer comes for Millie. During the week, I cut and prepped tee shirts for a new quilt. The shirts have huge designs on them making the quilt fairly large.

There were loads of circles cut from fronts and sleeves to be sewn onto the shirts.

Once I had the placement I liked, I sewed it all together with one inch black patterned sashing.

All quilted with the binding attached to the back.

I will sew this binding by machine tomrrow.

Panto: Rounded diamond

I had this backing in my stash and I think it is fine for a manly quilt.

I also quilted the second Christmas quilt and it needs binding. After that, I quilted up a piece of cheater fabric. Mr Wazoo changed out our encoder and horizontal hold and I wanted to be sure everything works fine.

I added a small border to this one so it can be used as a sofa throw.

Panto: Texas fan

I got the backing from the sale rack in Hiawassee.

I bought this cheater fabric in Chattanooga on a trip to drop off Gail's machine to be serviced.

It really looks nice! Very Autumnal.

Panto: Diagonal by Angela Clark

The backing is from the same collection by Sandy Gervais

Every evening I have been working on the four-from-one quilt project. I have another quilt taken apart for another four-from-one set of quilts in the works.

Penny is very interested in the hand quilting and binding going on.

Each piece had to be taken apart where there was no batting, or big balls of batting wads.

I pulled out the stuff on there right.

I cut off the edge (a back to front finish) and put on new binding

Here is a piece of batting, cut to fit, placed and ready to be pinned.

I mark the pattern with water erase ink and do the hand quilting while watching TV

Here are the four little quilts made from the big quilt.

There are 8 great grandchildren who will get these as gifts from their Grandma, who got the quilts from her late mother.

It was a whole cloth quilt, and this is the fabric on the front.

The backing is light pink solid. A rosebud patterned fabric from my stash made up the bindings.

The second one didn't  have batting, and when I took it apart to fix, I found another pieced top. Too weird!! We'll see how this goes and what I can do to make it gift worthy.

On the same trip to Chattanooga, I bought a sewing basket to organize the mess next to my living room chair. I have it all organized and am enjoying having everything neat and tidy when I go to sew.

A place for everything, and everything in its place

Take the tray out, and there is a big space for bigger supplies.

Here  is the charity quilt I said I would show you after I got the binding on.

The fabric was too cute to pass up. I did a meander for the quilting.

The back is from the same collection. I had the two frame fabrics in my stash.

Penny will finally get a haircut tomorrow. I fear the groomer will have to scalp her since her fur is so long and thick. She looks like a shaggy buffalo! I will be worried about what she looks like until we pick her up. Stay tuned!