New look

I didn't quilt or sew today. I took care of quilt show business and got my hair cut. I feel so much better!! Hair in my face drives me nuts, and I think I was almost there until I got it cut off. I'll be back at work tomorrow.

Yup! I'm happy.

Side view

Other side. Uncle Leo is photobombing me!! He is still sporting his eclipse glasses...silly dummy!

Chicken eye candy

Chickens done!
                        

I made two of each one of these fabrics.

                        

 They are so darn cute...I hate to stick pins in them!

I hope other people like them, too!

Pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a little more!

Off to the studio!!

Sunday sewing

We quilted yesterday, and I made my 20 chickens. It was a good day!

I quilted this adorable wiener dog quilt

I especially like this one with glasses!!

Panto: African Samba

Mr Wazoo did this reversible flannel quilt

Panto: Small Splat

The back is the reverse of the front.

I also made a couple of large blocks to use for throw pillows for the boutique.
I had left over strips from another project.

Bag of chickens, ready to turn and stuff.

Tonight, I will sew the openings shut and add beads for eyes.

I used fabrics from my scrap bag. I have great scraps!

Off to the studio!

Dumbellina sews crafts

Yesterday, I decided to make some items for the show boutique, and it turned into a comedy of errors. I have to admit, it was funny and I didn't feel too bad in the end.
First, I sewed two backs together instead of a back and front while making a fleece bear. It would have been a one armed, one legged bear...so I threw it away and started again. Next, I put one eye too low on another bear, so he looks a bit like Disney's Quasimoto, but I did keep that one. When making my test chicken pin cushion, I sewed right side to wrong side and tossed it, too. Then, I wanted to change bobbin color and discovered I had the bobbin case stuck in the machine. Really stuck. So stuck, I took the bobbin assembly apart right down to taking the hook assembly out and still couldn't free the trapped bobbin. I called my dealer, and he and I spent 15 minutes trying stuff over the phone until, at last, it popped out! Eureka!! I thanked him profusely and went back to the machine. I couldn't get it all back together. Called again, dropped the bobbin case which bounced under the cabinet, crawled around on the floor to get it, (I have to Swiffer under there...eek!) and was talked through the re-assembly. I will thank him in person at the show because they are vending there!
It took five hours to make two bears and one chicken!! ha ha ha... I cut out twenty more chickens, so I imagine I'll be at it another five hours today. Still, I did get something accomplished for the boutique, even if it will only bring in a pittance.

20 chickens, ready for assembly

A batik bear with a goofy eye, a fleece bear with a squeaker inside, and one chicken (lower right corner)

This is the gift from my Florida friend. Sums my feelings up perfectly!
I put it on the wall in the office area of the studio.

My 'office'.

I made three of these . The fourth one bit the dust when I sewed the buttonhole the wrong direction. Just like Eleanor, I threw it over my shoulder onto the floor and pressed on.

The table runner from leftover quilt orphans is quilted, has binding and is ready for hand sewing. I should stick to quilted items...they turn out nice!

Here is the backing.

The bear's stuffing holes are stitched up, the chicken stuffing hole as well, and the binding sewed down on the runner. All this sewing done while enjoying a Miss Fisher Mysteries marathon on PBS.

Time to get more laughs in the studio. Chickens await!

Blah...

Do you ever have one of those days where you are just blah? I had one today. Molly and I went to the studio bright and early, but I just couldn't get my mojo going. I needed some things from Walmart, so I decided to go get them and have a haircut, too. Got the stuff, but had five in front of me for a cut. I still have the Oompah-Loompah style I have been trying to tame since the girl cut it last time. (Add big sigh here)
We opened up two packages that came this week and found a little surprise in one of them! Two hand towels for the kitchen and a little plaque that summed up my relationship with the longarm. (I'll show you that tomorrow)
The remainder of the day, I tried to make some things for the boutique, and decided I am not good at fussy crafts. I also spent a couple of hours on the computer looking for a pattern I wanted, knew I had, and couldn't find. I got frustrated and bought it again. HA! Now, I'll find it for sure.
A whole blah day in a nutshell. I hope tomorrow is better. I have work to do!
Here is the second tee shirt quilt, all done. I forgot to put it on yesterday. Also, my adorable grandson and his wonderful parents. Off to bed!

I'm really digging the striped sashing. I sewed all those 1 2/ x 3 inch gold and maroon bits to get the stripes going on. Worth the effort!

Our Tee shirt favorite panto: Dazzle

Maroon plaid back with gold binding.

My friend sent me two of these hand towels. They match my red theme in the kitchen! Thanks, Audrey!

A very happy family

He has grown so much. I wish I could see them all more often.

Get a load of those striped pants! He's stylin'!

Miscellany

 Yesterday was a catch all of quilting. Mr Wazoo worked on a quilt for the boutique, as well as a Halloween baby quilt. The customer was asked to make a Halloween quilt for the little boy, so she did!

All Halloween!

Panto: Spiderweb

It really shows up on the back!

Keeping the Autumn theme, he also quilted this Boutique quilt

The leafy panto is called Plumbago, but it looks like stylized oaks to me.

Autumn back, too!

I added the binding, and will get that sewn down tonight. Meanwhile, I finished the hand sewing on the binding of the second Tee shirt quilt, and also quilted a small Christmas themed Boutique quilt. I did this on the computerized machine while loading and starting the stitch in the ditch, and around the applique of the next custom quilt.

This beautiful applique quilt has been waiting in the queue for a long time.

Boutique quilt all done and ready for the binding. I was just too tired to take it off at the end of the day.

While the machine chugged away on the Christmas quilt, I dug through my orphan blocks and decided to make a table runner from the leftover bits from my show quilt. I got it about half sewn. I like it! My bear is waiting to get his outfit made, too. I need to get busy! But right now, I need to get to the studio and to work!

Back to the studio!

I thought I would get the tee shirt quilt done yesterday after guild, but everything went wrong with the timeline, and I didn't get home until five o'clock! The birthday boy got his meatballs and noodles he requested, and we had cake and ice cream. The kids called to wish him well, and he got cards in the mail. It was a fine day for the Man!
I figured out how to get the pictures off the phone and into my computer, bu emailing them to myself and dragging them into my photo program. Here is the tee shirt quilt I will be finishing today, complete with it's Florida State colored sashing and borders. The shirts for this quilt had much smaller graphics on them, so I needed to fill in a bit with the sashing to make it the size the customer requested. I like it!

My favorite photobomber just made it into the picture...

I had to be frugal with the Florida State fabric because I had used what I had on the other quilt, as well. I sure didn't want to order more and wait a couple of days to finish the project! This is all I had left when I finished the top!

Trimmings too small for the crap bins!

Just to show you the eclipse effect, I have the photos back, and here they are. Not very good photos, but you get the idea.

1:36

2:36

2:37, Look at the blue sky opposite the eclipse!
There was a glow of sunset all around, right at the horizon, too.

Well, its time to go to work. I'll close today with the cutest dog in the world, being herself last night.

Miss Molly relaxing with her 'flea' toy

Keeping a lookout for renegade squirrels.

Eclipse bummer

Everyone in the blogisphere is writing about the eclipse, so I will, too. We saw the whole thing from right here in our driveway, and loved it! Mr Wazoo made us some pinhole camera obscura, and they worked fairly well. The glasses were wonderful, and we looked through them until our necks ached. Today is Mr W's birthday, so I got him (and me...) an eclipse tee shirt.

The birthday boy in his Georgia shirt

I like mine, too!

Testing the pinhole camera

High tech...

Geezers in glasses

What it looked like in the box

Right at the moment of totality...bummer

During the eclipse...cant see it this way. No, I didn't look, just pointed the phone up there and took the picture. We saw it clearly with the glasses.

After totality, this is what it looked like.
You'll have to increase the size to see it.

After the darkness abated, we both went back to work. For some reason, the pictures wouldn't go from my phone to the computer. I tried several times, and then, they disappeared completely! Drat!! Oh well, it got dark, sort of a midnight blue color, and then slowly returned to a bright day. The only surviving picture is Mr W in the yard. My tee shirt quilt photo is one of the missing ones. I'll take some later today after guild.

Back to work, removing a stump

Before going out, he finished this patriotic quilt

Panto: Star Spangled Banner

A look at the back

I have to go to guild today. Its the last meeting before the show next month, so there are many things to go over. Later, I'll be quilting tee shirt number two and getting that done. Same old, same old...