Slowly, openly and without a qualm, like an oil slick spreading over the ocean from an oil spill from a tanker, she and her quilting had taken over every inch of the house.
(an oil slick; spreading; L:over the ocean; from an oil spill from a tanker) (she and her quilting; had taken over; every inch of the house)
an oil slick she and her quilting
spreading had taken over
L:over the ocean from an oil spill from a tanker
every inch of the house