Joan
stopped by early Wednesday morning (1/6) to pick up her quilt. She seemed VERY pleased with the scarcity of
quilting on it and how soft it felt. I
had called her on Tuesday to tell her that I read the packing on her batting
and I could not make my stitching as far apart as she wanted, but I would do it
as far apart as I could…and I assured her it would have a nice drape. She had been very disappointed by a recent
quilt she got back as she thought it was way too densely quilted and was
stiff. I know that’s the way most of the
quilting is going these days….one of the reasons I would never put a quilt in a
show is that I would get crucified for the LACK of quilting. But personally, I think quilting is just
there to hold the 3 layers together…I want people to pay attention to the
colors I put together and the design.
For me, I try to quilt my quilts so that it blends in, not stands
out. Anyway, I thought Joan’s quilting worked
out well and she was pleased, so that’s what counts. Michael had a shotgun start at NOON for golf
(since it was so cold) and long before he left I was in the studio trying to
figure out exactly what I wanted to work on.
***Well,
I wrote the paragraph above on Wednesday morning when I came down to the studio…here
is it Thursday morning…and I have no idea what happened the rest of the
day. The 2 things that stand out are
water walking with Pat in the afternoon for an hour and 20 minutes, and SKYPING (although
again…it didn’t work) with Janice in the evening. You’ll just have to imagine what else I did
on Wednesday :~)***
I
hopped up Thursday morning (1/7) and ran to the grocery store to get one of
those French baguettes. I came home and put
my cheese/onion/pepper spread on a bunch of baguette pieces on a cookie sheet for my
luncheon contribution to quilting.
EVERYONE was so happy to be back at quilting!!! It was wonderful….I think there was a lot
less sewing than chatting, but that was perfectly ok…we were just so happy to
see everyone. Our luncheon theme was
soup/sandwiches and everything was totally yummy!
And someone brought one of those KEY LIME PIES....darn them...I just can't resist. I guess I was moaning while I was eating it because Linda asked me if I wanted to be alone with my pie :~)
June donated another quilt for Clinton School…her
free form quilting is getting so fabulous!
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| this started out as a jelly roll race, but she didn't like it when done, so turned it into a rail fence...way to make lemonade out of alemons! |
When I got home, another détente was in place:
I sat
in the living room with my leg on an ice pack.
The nice thing about water walking is that it doesn’t feel like exercise….the
bad thing about water walking is….it doesn’t feel like exercise. Pat and I walked for an hour and 20 minutes
on Wednesday, and I think that is what caused the killer charlie horse in the
back of my leg….so I iced it down during the afternoon. However, as the day wore on…I felt worse and
worse….when my hair hurts, that’s when I know that the flu is arriving….it’s
only happened a couple of times in my life…but I would be SO HAPPY if it never
happened again. I did not pass go….I did
not collect $200, I headed directly to bed.
Friday
morning (1/8) Michael had an appointment in Lancaster with the heart doc. They were supposed to be checking his
implanted MEDTRONIC device, but in the course of having an EKG, the doctor
decided that the time has finally come to implant a pacemaker. Michael will have the surgery on Wednesday,
January 13th at 10 AM (please add him to your prayer lsit), and a
pre-surgery consult on Monday the 11th. I knew Michael wanted me at his appointment,
so I wrapped up well and made sure I didn’t tough ANYTHING in the waiting room
or appointment room. By the time we got
home around 11, I crawled right to bed.
We were invited to a neighbors house for dinner, so I sterilized my body
and made up a pan of rolls to send with Michael to bake there….I stayed home
and slept the entire 3-1/2 hours that he was gone. He said he had a wonderful time at Ann Mary
& Jim’s. They also invited Sue &
Dennis and Gale & Phil. We talked
for about 1/2 an hour when he got home…and once again I crawled to bed.
So sorry you are not feeling well. Take it easy and drink lots of fluids. I will be praying that Michael's surgery goes well. If I can do anything to help, please let me know. Hugs to you both.
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