Catching up, Slowly

Justin loved the Grinch quilt.

I’ve lost so much energy to this stomach issue, that I’ve had to really pace myself.. My hands shak too so it’s hard to hand sew. I am reminded of a conversation with my Gramma Lizzy who told me she couldn’t thread needles any more. Mine is Essential Tremor and vision. I really don’t know what her health issue was. My Aunt Helen still embroiders and she is 93 or 94 now.

Then, I just continued with the BOM quilts I am behind on.

I am still working on the blocks. We are to have a month on them, so working on them the way I feel is hard. I used to need a day to do a block, and now it takes so much more time. I see how it’s about the pacing.

Admittedly, fear sets in that I won’t get things done. Some days I feel so bad, it must be what dying feels like. The pain is real. My Gastroparesis Doctor is still running diagnostic tests.

Because of the fracture/injured muscles, I backed out of my swaps til I am caught up and feeling better.

Red Bleeds

I decided not to risk giving a quilt I thought might bleed. I washed it, and it bled. I couldn’t bring myself to take a pic of it. Then I discovered some help.

If you run extremely hot water in the tub and add 1/2 cup of Ultra Dawn, then soak the stained quilt for 6-8 hours, it could remove most, if not all the stain. Then rinse in cold and run it through the washer again in cold. I hung it over the shower door to dry. Those stars had been pink!

The pic doesn’t show just how white they are, but I am so much better with how they look.

I plan to do an echo stitch inside of them, give it a little press, and send it out the door. Then I plan to gather up all my red fabric and give it away.  As much as I love red, I am done with it.

It’s been a hard experience even though the quilt is somewhat rescued.

Then I sent out a Fall mug Rug to a person who won a game. She’ll get it Friday. It is cute and I might even make some more Tday mini quilts if there is time.

I did finish hand sewing the Secret Santa quilt tonight, but the house gets so dark, I didn’t take a pic of it.

Next is the Grinch quilt and an attempt to make a mini or two with a holiday pattern I found.

I want to stay low key this year, but am already feeling the holiday strain. I decided I will work on pacing.

Silly Birds Swap

The arm is healing. Yet, I am so antsy that I have to do something.

First is catching up on the swaps, and then, the BOMs. I was two months behind on the Silly Birds. It is a six month commitment. We are to use the same pattern and make two each month; one to send, and one to keep.

September is blue, and October is red. I didn’t make my birds. I just really wanted these out.

Then I worked on the Orange BOM & just need to clip threads, check seams and make sure it is the correct size. It too will get mailed tomorrow.