Friday, January 10, 2020

Bring Me Flowers


When we moved to the lake house in August, I brought plenty of sewing supplies. I have my Bernina and some assorted fat quarters. I brought a few WIP's also. One of these was Bring Me Flowers (by Jen Kingwell). I had not worked on this quilt for over a year (because of breast cancer). The flower blocks were all complete and I had the alternate blocks prepped for appliquéing the arc pieces. You can read about my starting of the quilt HERE. Yes, that was almost THREE years ago!

I have found in the last year that my arms and shoulders are weak after 3 surgeries. Hand sewing has been easier for me than machine sewing. So a few months ago I pulled out the alternate blocks and worked on them. I realized a couple of weeks ago that I was one with these. Yay!

At this point I needed to cut setting triangles for the outside edges. So where was my rotary cutter??? I hadn't seen it since before Thanksgiving. I remember putting away all my sewing stuff living in the kitchen/dining area. I looked for two days before giving up. I ordered a new one from Amazon. All this delayed my progress for about a week. 

Once I got the new rotary cutter, I cut the triangles and began sewing the blocks together.  But I wasn't done yet. There is a pieced border on the four sides. I cut these pieces. I should have been done  with the top by now, but life keeps getting in the way. Finally yesterday I made one border and have it pinned in place. I'm hoping I can get a least two borders stitched in place today. 

I have bought the backing and batting. I plan to machine quilt in the ditch and add some big stitch quilting. Hopefully I'll have a finished top to share SOON! I will say that I have had more fun making this quilt! It's a fun one!

Other news:

1. I started physical therapy this week. I have a bit of cording under one arm - a common occurrence of scar tissue after breast surgery. Plus my left arm and shoulder (cancer side) have a very limited range of motion. This is why I can't machine sew for very long at a time. I can tell the therapy is already helping. 

2. We are expecting dangerous storms here tomorrow afternoon. Hubby has been busy moving outdoor stuff (bicycles, furniture, plant pots) under the house. He's using bungee cords to tie some things down. He has also fixed us a 'safe place' to retreat during the storm in our crawl space. It's a pretty tall area, so he has set up a couple of chairs under there and has our bicycle helmets ready for us to use. We take weather threats very seriously. 

3. Hubby and I have been doing Whole30 during the month of January. He is totally on board with me - it's much easier when we are both eating the same foods. I can already tell that my energy level has increased - I love the way I feel when on Whole30!

Enjoy your day!



8 comments:

  1. Replies
    1. Whole30 is an eating plan designed to last 30 days. It doesn't promise weight loss, but most people do lose weight. Whole30 focuses on eating eggs, chicken, pork, beef, fish, vegetables. You can eat some fruit. No sugar, no dairy, no flour, no legumes (starchy beans or peanuts or soy). whole30.com is the site. I like to do this a few times a year.

      Delete
  2. So glad you are getting back at it! Therapy is wonderful and I envy you having the courage to do the WHOLE30 diet! I can't give up my sweets or wine! HA

    ReplyDelete
  3. I don't think I knew about your breast cancer! So sorry but glad you're on the mend! The quilt looks great! My husband is doing keto with intermittent fasting.

    ReplyDelete
  4. ���� the quilt is looking fabulous! Amazing that you have done this by hand!.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Julia, I am so happy that you are well enough to quilt (and post) again. I had computer issues and couldn't find your blog on my new computer. I'm so glad you could still find me!! Love your quilt, BTW !

    ReplyDelete
  6. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete
  7. SSN FULLZ AVAILABLE

    Fresh & valid spammed USA SSN+Dob Leads with DL available in bulk.

    >>1$ each SSN+DOB
    >>3$ each with SSN+DOB+DL
    >>5$ each for premium fullz (700+ credit score with replacement guarantee)

    Prices are negotiable in bulk order
    Serious buyer contact me no time wasters please
    Bulk order will be preferable

    CONTACT
    Telegram > @leadsupplier
    ICQ > 752822040
    Email > leads.sellers1212@gmail.com

    OTHER STUFF YOU CAN GET

    SSN+DOB Fullz
    CC's with CVV's (vbv & non-vbv)
    USA Photo ID'S (Front & back)

    All type of tutorials available
    (Carding, spamming, hacking, scam page, Cash outs, dumps cash outs)

    SQL Injector
    Premium Accounts (Netflix, Pornhub, etc)
    Paypal Logins
    Bitcoin Cracker
    SMTP Linux Root
    DUMPS with pins track 1 and 2
    WU & Bank transfers
    Socks, rdp's, vpn
    Php mailer
    Server I.P's
    HQ Emails with passwords
    All types of tools & tutorials.. & much more

    Looking for long term business
    For trust full vendor, feel free to contact

    CONTACT
    Telegram > @leadsupplier
    ICQ > 752822040
    Email > leads.sellers1212@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.