Saturday - what do you do with a wavy quilt

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Argh.... I went outside my comfort zone and did a design which was very complicated. I knew it was not going to lay flat but I'm stubborn and I was going to force it. I stretched it and really reduced the puffiness but it still doesn't lay flat.

I was going to do a QAYG (Quilt as you Go) so I could really quilt the devil out of the center to flatten it as much as possible and then add borders. Now I just want to fold it up and put it away and not add any more fabric to it. I do like the design just frustrates me that its so wavy. Right now its only 45" square. arghhh...

So much for quilting to de-stress me before surgery. Well it is what it is as I can't do anything more with it now until I recoup from surgery.

Countdown 36 hours to going under the knife.

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Saturday - 9 days to left hip surgery

Saturday, May 11, 2013

9 days to surgery and although I've been down this road with my right hip already I'm still nervous. Got in some swimming today which is usually nice and relaxing but today there was someone in the pool who was extremely obnoxious. I cut my work out short to 30 minutes because I just didn't need or want the added aggravation.

Working on a new quilt. I know I wasn't going to start a new one but it called to me. I call it my jewel quilt as it looks like a giant quartz jewel. This one I'm doing in shades of blue and purple. And although I usually don't like to do the same quilt twice, I already want to do one in reds. I also want to give it a stained glass look for the border. So many ideas so little time.

Have a great weekend and mothers I hope your day is special for you and you get contacted by your children to give you an added smile for the day.

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Thursday - How do you minimize the onset arthritis of the hands?

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Lately I've been thinking of my mother and grandmother. As they aged they suffered greatly with arthritis of the hands. Their fingers would curve into a claw-like form and any detail work requiring the use of their hands would be difficult.

I noticed that my thumb joints have starting having a calcified build-up. This tells me I will eventually suffer the same as my mother and grandmother. In my recent physical I asked my doctor about it and she said just keep using my hands to delay. Makes me wonder is there anything more I can do.

I already take glucosomine for my hips which is supposed to help the cartelidge of your body. She indicated that although that is good for the bigger joints - not so much for the finer joints.

Maybe its because I recently noticed the calcified build-up on my thumbs which makes me more sensitive to any twinge in my fingers. As I tend to do a lot of crafts I would hate to put the breaks on my creative side.

Suggestions?

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Wednesday - Quilting is a workout

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Man - decided to stay at home tonight and working on my quilting of my flying geese quilt. Wow what a workout. Moving the fabric up and down and in swirls for an hour and a half really gave my arms and shoulders a work out. I know it doesn't count towards normal exercise but it sure beats watching TV and I got my quilt almost competed. Still need to work on getting the right tension as I did have my spider stitches on the back every now and then. But phew.....

OK I know you non-quilters are laughing to think that sewing is a workout. But you try to move a lapsize quilt (65" x 72") around a regular sewing machine to get your stitching over the entire top!! That dang thing is heavy!.

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Tuesday - another interesting quilt to do

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Oh man DH will not be happy I stopped off and picked up another quilting book of an interesting quilt. That in itself won't be the issue, the issue will be I'll want to make this a large bed quilt again which means getting it quilted to be put into my backlog inventory. That is what drives him crazy. Ahh but we have our quirks - it will get used eventually and I will find a home for it eventually.

Swimming tonight got in 50 minutes in the pool.

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