Other news

Now that I like the quilt again, I am plugging along at it.  Nearly ready to sew the two parts together.  Today, I worked on some embellishments for the bottom portion.   It is coming along nicely.

I received more medicine today.  I was afraid that I was going to run out.  I was thinking that I would just stop taking it altogether.  HOWEVER, I realized that if it helps, and it seems to, stopping taking it would be just foolish.  So I'm glad it came.

In love Again

I am in love with the quilt again.  I really do like it.  I still worry that others won't but that okay now, as I think it is fine.  I have the two major pieces nearly complete, with just a few finishing touches to the piecing, and I can't wait to get them together and see how it all looks.  Don't know if it is really big enough, but that is what borders are for, right?

Things are better today.  Nick got about 12 hours of sleep, and I got two.  So maybe I am getting too much sleep, which I sort of suspect.  I went for a long walk (3 miles).
I finished up the scarf/(what's that other thing called) as far as i could.  I ran out of yarn with about four rows to go.  I may block it anyway.  I have more fiber at home, quite a bit spun up into singles, just needing plying, so I am not going to finish it now.  It will keep.
I also made a washcloth, as I didn't have anything else I could just grab and go with.
So, one more good day to add to the stack.

Depression

Not a dirty word, but somehow embarrassing to admit. I need to get used to saying it. However, if I had cancer, I also wouldn't want to go around telling everybody, I have cancer. What could they do? But definitely it interferes with the progress on my quilt. I did make two little houses, for the bottom, and planned the third. Can start sewing the pieces together that I laid out before New Year's Eve.

It is now the second week of January, and I have done little.  My excuse is that I have been getting ready for the MH trip.  Now that we have left, perhaps I can get back to doing stuff on my projects.  One good thing, I couldn't bring everything, so the number of possibilities is somewhat limited.

I have made a list of the projects in process and the yarn and fiber stash I brought on the Motorhome trip. I plan to check them off as I complete each project. And I plan to count fiber into yarn as a project of its own, as well as yarn into Finished Object.

Keeping Going

At the start of October, I had every intention of working heavily on the quilts for the grandkids. But then I took the boys camping for a weekend, and then I got sick or something, anyway didn't feel well for a few days. So much that I missed out on going to the boys last week. And I haven't been working on the quilts AT ALL. Until yesterday.

I kind of feel like I am balancing on top of a large ball, perhaps 10 feet in diameter. As long as I stay centered on the ball top, I am fine. However, once I fall off, it seems impossible to get back on. Imagine trying to climb up on a ten foot high ball. Impossible.

So yesterday, I finally got busy and got sewing again. I have gotten all the colored stripes sewed together, which was my goal for the first week. I know, this has been three weeks. However,....

Next step, pick out "sky", "ground", and "pot of gold" fabric to complete quilt top. And cut apart strips, to resew into rainbow shape. That shouldn't be so difficult. Goal timeline: Get fabrics picked out by Sunday, take with Monday, and complete cut apart-resew by the following Monday.

I can do this.