Doing time with my daughter

No rest this weekend! My daughter and her boyfriend are visiting, so Mr Wazoo got it in his head to go through the boxes in the garage. We managed to get through about half, while ooh-ing and ah-ing over family photos from long ago. Glassware, miscellaneous books, games and puzzles. Some dishes, old yarn, sewing stuff and books. We emptied about 20 boxes and Mr W was happy to get  a couple of shelves back in the garage! Tomorrow, we have to clean up after ourselves and get the stuff going to the thrift shop in the truck. I may not have been quilting, but I felt good anyway!

The studio is awash with boxes of stuff!

We staged them on the cutting table and sorted into keep, thrift shop, trash, and sell.

I hope we get it all cleaned up tomorrow...

During the day on Friday, I finished the repair of the antique quilt, made the backing, quilted it and applied the binding. It went through the wash and is now as good as new!! I'm excited to send it back to the Texas owner and see if she is pleased. I sure would be.

Quilting finished

Baptist fan quilting

Double pink reproduction fabric for the backing

Washed and more vibrant than ever!!

I sure wasn't prepared for how good it would look. The old top was really dirty before washing.

Mr Wazoo quilted this pretty quilt on Friday, before giving the lawn a haircut and weeding the garden.

I do like the colorful quilts!

Panto: Dazzle

Hopefully, we'll have the garage cleaned and the studio straightened out before the kids leave... We'll see.

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All bound up!!

Quilts, that is. Five quilts all bound and ready to go home. I quilted the last of the charity quilts and started all the bindings.

Panto" Funky Fans

I thought this stripe was perfect for the binding.

Here are the other quilts, all with their bindings on!

Comfort quilt

Fishy quilt

Strippy quilt number one

Crayon quilt

We had some company in the studio today, too. Our friend came over to 'test drive' the big Gammill and the little Gammill. She is thinking of pulling the trigger on a longarm and wanted to discuss it with us and get a tour of the machines and how they operate. We are always happy to help anyone who wants to know more about what we do.

After work, I took a little tour of the yard and admired Mr Wazoo's gardening prowess. It is so wonderful to be able to enjoy all this natural beauty every day. It almost takes the sting out of going to the dentist bright and early tomorrow morning...

This is fun! There are more 'volunteers' growing under the hanging pot than there are in the actual pot! Mr W didn't plant the ones on the ground, they are from seeds that fell during the storms and wind we had early in the season. I think he needs to plant some there next year!

Saturday quilt marathon

 Mr Wazoo spent the day digging and planting and generally having a good time outdoors. It was a perfect day for it, sunny and mild. Molly and I stopped to say hello on the way to the studio.

Coneflowers enjoying the sun

Digging holes for his new shrubs, Mr W is in his element.

I wanted a nice picture of the glorious hydrangea, and then I spied this...

What the heck?! These leaf bugs are everywhere!!

Molly and I left him to it, and began our day in the studio.

First, I loaded a comfort quilt for the guild, and started quilting it while I made the binding for the giant quilt from yesterday. The one thing I like about the APQS, is that once I have the quilt loaded and the settings entered into the computer properly, it can do a row without me looking at it every second. This gives me a few moments to sew while the row is being quilted. I sewed the blocks from yesterday, and put them on the design wall. I'll tackle the rest of the sewing later. It is a free pattern called Belle Wave.

Blocks on the wall. I tried a gray background...I'm not sure I like it. It looks a bit dingy.

Yikes! This quilt is big and the binding process looked like a quilt volcano on my sewing table.

I finished the comfort quilt and went on full speed to quilt three smaller charity quilts. One has been bound, and I will do the other ones )and the comfort quilt) tomorrow.

Comfort quilt.
Made by guild members for a member who is having a n especially difficult time with their life.
Its a hug every time they wrap up in the quilt.

Panto: Flower Power

The binding is the same fabric as the back. I'll do that tomorrow.

Charity quilt number one is bound and ready to go!

Panto: Woven Wind

Charity quilt number two. Clever crayons!

Simple meandering quilting

Charity quilt number three with tropical fish

It's easier to see the fishy panto on the back.

Big quilt...done!

TGIF?

I'm not sure the whole TGIF thing applies to us here at Wazoo. There are customers coming tomorrow, and I have a huge binding to do for a customer coming on Sunday! The work never stops here...well, maybe not never. I did sneak in a bit of sewing for fun around 5:30 when things slowed down.
Here is what took me all day to do. 100" x 120". That's a big quilt.I have to make and apply the binding tomorrow!

Pinwheel bargello on a massive scale.

Panto: African Samba

It shows up well on the grunge backing

I also quilted this oriental quilt. It gives me an idea of what I could make with all my oriental stash.

It was fun looking at all the different fabrics while I did the quilting.

Panto: Vortex

A peek at the back.

Mr Wazoo quilted a good part of the day, then he made a short trip to the plant nursery for some new stuff. He plans to be in the garden all day tomorrow. Good thing he got his work done today!

I really like the colorful quilts!..

With surprising backs!

Panto: Tickle

A more traditional looking strip quilt

Panto: Small Splat

We have a couple of new garden gee-gaws we got at the Butternut Creek festival here in town last weekend. Two more bird houses, and a flying pig. The red bird house has had tenants since we bought it last year, so we added a couple of neighbors. The flying pig caught my eye, and is now cruising over the Russian sage in the rock garden.

Primary colored condos.

Our flying pig

And finally, I did some sewing and half made some blocks. I'll sew them up tomorrow and see how they look. A girl just needs to play sometimes. 

Pile-o block bits