WHAT? Is this?

C'mon Hunney, I know I'm not well, but I won't stand for this. You have a whole study upstairs to dump your stuff in and you're overflowing into my stitchy space down here.

I've been back to the doc, and been signed off work for another week and have more tablets to take. Much as I want to get on with this project, I didn't do a thing to it yesterday, I may do a little today though, I'll see how things go.

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Take care.

Time for something different.

Well it's finished. Look it even has a label. Don't look too closely though, I made the label on Monday when I was at my yuckkiest!

And here it is on the bed. He wants it side ways. Next week it will be upside down...
and as all mothers of teen age boys know, the week after that it will be screwed up on the floor. The immaculate bedroom? LOL You can only see this little bit.

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Over the last couple of days I have prepared more blue and more scraps, getting myself ready for another bloke quilt, but as I sat last evening closing the binding on Big H I found myself hankering after and planning something completely different. Something soft and girly. No scraps this time, all new fabrics. And maybe I will get to practice some twirly curly quilting.

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I'm looking forward to this.

Take care.

Bizarre

First, because you can't have a post without a picture...... My valentines lilies.

The roses have seen better days and this morning as I gave them a good tidy up I had to throw out two of the lily stems. That meant I could finally get everything into one vase though, up to now they have been spread over two! Hopefully some TLC, fresh water and flower food will help them to last a few days more.

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What is bizarre? Well I didn't really get viral, although the doc was sure I would. The fevers only lasted a couple of days and never really took hold. Not a one today. Someone suggested that maybe it's that time? Not unheard of at forty, but does it come with lightening headaches? They just arrived at the weekend along with the temperatures, they only last a few minutes, then they wear off. It's like someone switches them on and I'm in pain, but before I can take anything to ease them, they wear away to a dull ache which I can forget about if I do something...... Any ideas? Aside from the headaches I do feel better, but as the doc has signed me off work all week, I'll take it! Being so busy last week and all the worry with Jonny, maybe it's just stress and I need the rest. Something the Doc did wonder out loud. She told me to rest, so that's what I'll do.

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I did do a bit of sewing yesterday afternoon and got the second quarter of Joe's quilt quilted, then made inroads on a third. Today I have completed the quilting and put the quarters together. (See I told you I feel better, though I took two headache breaks.) I've also attached the binding and now I'm about to curl up on my armchair and close that up. Photo of the completed quilt tomorrow.

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Thanks for the get well wishes, Jonny and I are sharing them, but I think he still needs them more that I do.

Take care.

Swap Received.

Remember I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was taking part in the pot holder pass swap? Well today I received my share of the loot, it arrived in a plastic baggie, and here's what it said.

My heart sank, Uh oh! What am I going to find? The package was only a little bit bashed and the contents are just fine.

I found two beautifully warm richly coloured pot holders and some hand made jewellery.
They've come from Kari. It may just be that I have a fever, but try as I might I cannot figure out which one of my swapees is Kari! It doesn't help that round two is now open for sign ups and loads more names are now in the mix! LOL

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I'm still resting and taking the tablets. I have done a little sewing and a lot of surfing, I hope I get well soon, my list of bookmarked 'must do' projects is getting longer by the day. And I keep changing my mind about which one is next.

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Keep warm, cool, dry.............Just be comfortable!

Be careful what you wish for!

I know I said I wasn't ready to return to work yet and would love more time off, but I really do have to be careful what I wish for! I have a temperature and pains in my ears, neck, shoulders and back. And I'm starting to snivel! My Doc says I have a viral infection! This wasn't the more time off I had in mind. I'm feeling so yeuck! It's taken two whole days to quilt in the ditch on only a quarter of Big H.

Now can you see them Joe?

For those wanting to see my 'quilt as you go' method for finishing, I found a tutorial. I followed this tutorial waaaaaay back when I made this quilt. No point reinventing the wheel. When I was making the Dresden quilt I thought it would be my hand stitching in the back seams that would require my attentions, probably the first time I washed it! LOL In fact those seams have held up well, the plates on the other hand have required some TLC. I didn't use any kind of stabiliser and quilted them a little too lightly, most of them have had attention of some kind as they have begun to come away from the backing. I do still favour the less is more style of quilting.