IT WAS STRING DAY IN THE SEWING ROOM

This what I did today instead of working in the house....I wanted mindless sewing because I am having some kind of health flare....its started last night and now its still here today...I thought for sure it would be raining, its that kind of flare when the weather changes....but so far it hasn't ….its been cloudy all day though....

Back to the strings....my string box is overflowing and they do go fast and I figured I needed 112- 4 1/2 inch square string blocks to make a 8 inch big block to make a childs quilt....then add a border to it. Today I made 13 in no time so it wont take long to make them a few at a time....the part I hate is taking the paper off the back side...lol

Just about time for supper but that will be easy...port steak, mac salad, and buttered beets....most of it has to be warmed and the steak cooked so I wont be spending a lot of time in the kitchen....

I think I will be going to bed to watch tv tonight so maybe my aches and pain will settle down again....its always something as an obstacle in my way lol....more later....

CUTTING AND MORE CUTTING

I spent a good part of the day cutting squares from the pieces on my cutting table and a few from the stack of under 1 yard pieces that are at the back of the table....when i got tired of that i made a bunch of different size blocks....it was hard keeping all the different size squares for the right blocks some of them only a 1/4 inch difference....i finally had to quit about 4 pm because of my back....it was time to think about supper anyway...

I was going to find a back for the top i finished but didn't get that far this afternoon....maybe tomorrow i will get to it....gotta get some groceries again...seems like i am always emptying out a bottle of something....i try to keep up with the groceries  so i dont have so many to carry at a time....

Going to try to do a little machine quilting this week....before i quit 2 years ago i had a small quilt ready to quilt so i hope to do that one...it will tell me whether i should try to machine some of the others or do them by hand...

well i am tired tonight so maybe i will sleep....got up earlier today so havent got a lot of sleep in last night....will try to get some pics together tomorrow.....more later....

UFO's NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT!

Yes UFO's not unfinished objects...the tv was on while I was sewing and a UFO program came on, I cant see the tv from my sewing room but every now and then I heard something that they were talking about....of couse my mind wandered while sewing and I wondered what I would do if I looked out the window and a 'thing' looked back at me.....I don't care to find out though but I imagine there would be a mess where I was standing lol....to believe they exist? I don't know if I do or if its a fascination yet to be proved...only time will tell I suppose.....

Sewing is slow today, too many interruptions finally giving up at least for tonight.....arm and shoulder blade is sore I suppose from reaching around to get iron to press seams....maybe I need to change the set up....not many options though....more on this later.....

Short post tonight....going to get more of 'grandmas' fudge, a cold drink and kick off m shoes and relax maybe that will help the mood to sleep....more later....

GETTING REACQUAINTED WITH SEWING ROOM

I have been getting reacquainted with my sewing room again this week....I have such a mess with scraps and fabric everywhere in there along with unfinished quilts that I wonder if I will ever get it organized....

Today I didn't make it in there....it was very late when I got up no sleep till 5 am so I didn't want to get up before 11 am....I wish I knew why my sleeping was so bad...In the afternoon the lady that delivers produce to me stayed and visited and somehow the conversation got on quilted potholders so I gave her a few of mine...she seemed eager to get them being she does a lot of cooking from her produce and sells it...

Tonight I got hungry for something sweet so I made a batch of grandmas fudge...a recipe that is over 100 years old....tonights batch hardly needed beating before it was ready for the place....I think it was because the air was so dry....sure tasted good and satisfied my sweet tooth...

I am finding it hard to get back in the quilting 'groove' like I used to be....I guess age has something to do with it...and I suppose 2 heart attacks took their toll...

Tomorrow I plan on sewing most of the day if my back will let me....most of my supper is already fixed so it wil be easy to finish..yay! well its time for meds and maybe some sleep...more later....

IT'S ME, I'M SORTA BACK!

Yes its a voice from the past lol....i think i am back.....its been a long dry spell as far as posting is concerned and sewing for that matter...

Since i posted last couple years ago i have had 2 heart attacks and numerous other health problems and a humoungous amount of drs visits and blood tests which are still on going....my aches and pains have gotten stronger over the years which hampers me doing a lot of the things i like..

This week i went back to doing some sewing...i put together a quilt top that i already had blocks made up that was laying around in my clothes basket of blocks....i intend to send it off to an organization that finishes quilts and distributes them to kids all over the world....i recently saw where 4 of the last batch i sent them was finished and sent off to their new home....i think that gave me the insentive to sew again....

But i have found that sitting at the sewing machine aggrivates by back and legs so it will be a challenge now...i have so much to catch up on and one of the first things will be to try to organize my sewing room again...

Ok break time is over and i need to think about what's for supper...i hope to go back to the sewing room tonight and do more....lots of little things bogging down my table lol....more later....