Sunday update

It is a good sign when one is getting bored, right ?
Less pain meds is good too :-)

Have you ever reflected on how many muscles in your body being involved in machine piecing?
Some for moving your hands, some for moving your feet and some for balance of the body - all in all a lot of coordination going on.

I started sewing this block today with my left foot doing the pedal work, but it was something with balance and coordination that did not agree to much with the right foot.

A friend of mine suggested using a hand crank, and that would have been nice if it had a 1/4" foot.
Another friend suggested using the hand function on my Janome.
I have tried that before, not being to happy, but I WANT to sew, so I thought would give it another try.

By happy accident I found that the electric cord for the Pfaff also works on the Janome :-)
I was able to piece the rest of the block without to much trouble, so if I had more that one foot to dance with, I would be doing a happy dance now!
I can carefully wiggle a toe or two for the occasion though :-))

Under the table, a box with a cushion for my foot (feet).

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
George Bernard Shaw

Hanne

More of this & that

Yes, it hurts (quite a lot), but now it is done - an arthrodesis of the big toe. The inner joint is now removed and fixated.
Isn't the arrow pretty cool ?
It is drawn by the surgeon prior to the surgery yesterday. It is part of the pre op routine to identify the right body part.
I was so close to have surgery performed on the wrong hip many years ago, so I do like the arrow very much.

As I am not able to jump on crutches I will spend a lot of the next 6+ weeks here in my sewing corner, in my wheel chair.
A good place to be, after all :-)

Some stitchery is going on,

as well as some hexagons and some knitting for preemies, for Amandaprosjektet, which is providing hospitals with socks, hats,mittens and blankets for preemies.
The hexagons have 1.25" sides, so you see, the hat and the socks are not big.

Hanne

This & That

Yesterday we celebrated Constitution Day, 17. May, and here is yours truly, in 1964 :-)

My bad foot lead to a very nasty fall on Friday, and my face is every possible colour, complete with stitches in my left cheek and  forehead and clamps in my right temple.
Did not go well with my national costume at all. Nor did I have my photo taken ;-)

Concussion does not go well with sewing either, but I am bouncing back now, and it is only 1 week until The Foot meets The Surgeon!

I am back at doing CWLL quilt - Civil War Love Letter goes to Japan :-)
The observant viewer will see that even Lynette Anderson's furry friends Hugo and Felix just made it into these blocks - a lovely fabric from Lecien.

Hey ho, hey ho, off to the Dr. I go - to have my stitches and clamps removed :-)

Hanne

I am tired

Miss Cat and I are resting, or at least I am!

A troublesome foot has been very painful for a long time, and pain is taking its toll.
I have been on a waiting list for surgery since January, and it is my turn in 2 weeks from today!
Waiting for a date and pain are taking its toll, to be honest.

In the process my hospital files, x-rays and name on the waiting list got lost somewhere in the system, but all is in order now, finally.
Impressed ? Me not so much.............

My on-going projects have mostly come to a halt. I am enjoying my hexagons, but not at full speed.

My 9 patches have been badly neglected,

but I am doing some stitchery,

if not on these blocks though......

These projects are neglected too, in case you wondered......

It will be a hand sewing summer, so all that can be done by hand will be taken care of :-)

I did not feel like telling you much about the upcoming surgery before I had a date.
Whining would not make it a tad better in the long run!

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. ~George Iles

Hanne