Hello virtual quilty friends! In case you’ve been wondering why you haven’t seen any posts from me since July, it’s because my life has taken a detour. When last I posted, I had done my first carpal tunnel surgery, had tried sewing a couple days, then was having my second surgery in August. The day I was going to have those stitches removed, I had a catastrophic fall that fractured or sprained all four of my limbs! I was bedridden for months, couldn’t dress or feed myself, & definitely wasn’t sewing. So all my rainbow scrappy plans for 2022 are out the window! A week into my recovery, my husband decided we weren’t going to wait the 5 years until his retirement to move out of our multi-level home that has been getting more difficult for me to navigate with my arthritis. So he started packing us up, donating & throwing stuff out, & moving stuff to storage units. Yes, it’s been a journey. I’m finally back on my feet, walking with a cane, & doing some sewing. Yippee! Next week we are moving to a tiny one-bedroom apartment while we sell this house & buy a new home. I am taking my sewing machine to the apartment (of course), but with very little room, I’m not taking giant boxes of scraps to make scrappy rainbow quilts. I kept out 2 of my 2022 projects that had the pieces already cut and all the rest are kits that I can just cut & sew. So that will be my quilting journey until we move into a home & unpack my studio. I’ll follow along with you & post what I’m doing, but it might not be the same colors as you!
I cut out all the pieces for Sweet Kisses in January & have just been sewing the correct color blocks each month. I looked in the box & there were orange & green left, so here are the orange blocks I managed to sew together! I also worked on the blocks for my Songbook quilt, so that will be a flimsy soon. I had picked up 3 zipper block kits for Quilts for Kids before surgery, so I’m slowly sewing those together & will finish those in the apartment.
My current status for the six five RSC2022 projects:
- 4 red, aqua, & yellow, 5 pink, 6 green, 10 blue blocks from the Tula Pink 100 Modern Quilt Blocks (on hold)
- 1 red, aqua, yellow, pink, green, & blue twinkling friendship block inspired by Deb A. (on hold)
- 3 red, 2 blue, 2 pink, 2 green, & 2 purple Shine blocks from the free pattern by Melissa Corry (on hold)
- 14 red, 16 aqua, 4 yellow, 14 pink, 6 dark green, 14 blue, 12 purple, 16 orange blocks for Sweet Kisses by Gigi’s Thimble (need green)
- 7 red, aqua, yellow, pink, green & blue blocks, plus matching border string blocks for Catching Rainbows by Bonnie Hunter (on hold)
So happy that you are recover enough to sew. When my sister and I had to move 2 years ago we also looked for something all on 1 level. I have bad knees and she has COPD. By the inconsiderate out maiden name is Carey!
I’m so sorry to hear you had that fall and long recuperation, but so glad you’re getting better. It’s good that you can do some sewing again – It’s therapy, too! The Sweet Kisses blocks are delightful!
What a time you have had! Now you have a new house to look forward to, while resting and recovering, with just a little stitching on the side.
omg! Welcome back to RSC Land! That was quite a story with a happy mid-point ending. I guess the finale will be the move into the new home once found. Keep on sewing. It’s good for the sanity. Looks like you’ve got plenty planned for now!
Wow!! What a derailment from the RSC train, Sue! SEW glad to hear that you are on the mend! We will look forward to progress and move updates in the new year.
So glad you are on the mend and able to sew a little bit! Best wishes with the move and all that entails!!
It’s totally therapy! And what’s going to help me survive in that tiny apt. Haha!
Sewing preserves my sanity, for sure!!
Thank you!
Thanks!