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Hi everyone,
I have hardly posted in the last 6-9 days. At first it was because I got the wonderful flu from my darling husband. I have had the flu shot and followed my normal obsessive cleaning of knobs and handles and such. What didn't get to happen was the first night he thought he might be sick I still slept in our bed with him as our son had a friend over and they stayed up late playing video games.
The other reason I have been mostly not here is a good one. 2 years ago I took up quilting and have been enjoying it immensely. Last year I was so ill for awhile and then it was up and down for several months. During that time frame I didn't participate in any quilt group activities as I didn't know from week to week what I could guarantee to finish.
One of the swaps my cyber quilting group was running was something I was interested in. My health has mostly stabilized the past few months and I felt I could commit to participating. The deadline to have the blocks in the mail was yesterday evening. Having been down with the flu for several days last week put me behind on completing my portion. It was with great relief when I was able to put them in the mail chute at the post office at 8:30 last night.
I am a bit tired from the longer sewing time the past few days and yet very glad that I participated. I should be back to my normal forum activities in a day or two. In addition to the joy of being able to participate I was also able to improve my skills as I identified where I was making mistakes. With that improvement as time went by I spent less time unsewing than I did in the past.
I would never have re-learned to sew let alone attempt quilting if it weren't for being ill from Lupus. ( and the other stuff I have) It is something that gives me great joy and I can do it at whatever pace my body sets for that day or week.
Karen
I have hardly posted in the last 6-9 days. At first it was because I got the wonderful flu from my darling husband. I have had the flu shot and followed my normal obsessive cleaning of knobs and handles and such. What didn't get to happen was the first night he thought he might be sick I still slept in our bed with him as our son had a friend over and they stayed up late playing video games.
The other reason I have been mostly not here is a good one. 2 years ago I took up quilting and have been enjoying it immensely. Last year I was so ill for awhile and then it was up and down for several months. During that time frame I didn't participate in any quilt group activities as I didn't know from week to week what I could guarantee to finish.
One of the swaps my cyber quilting group was running was something I was interested in. My health has mostly stabilized the past few months and I felt I could commit to participating. The deadline to have the blocks in the mail was yesterday evening. Having been down with the flu for several days last week put me behind on completing my portion. It was with great relief when I was able to put them in the mail chute at the post office at 8:30 last night.
I am a bit tired from the longer sewing time the past few days and yet very glad that I participated. I should be back to my normal forum activities in a day or two. In addition to the joy of being able to participate I was also able to improve my skills as I identified where I was making mistakes. With that improvement as time went by I spent less time unsewing than I did in the past.
I would never have re-learned to sew let alone attempt quilting if it weren't for being ill from Lupus. ( and the other stuff I have) It is something that gives me great joy and I can do it at whatever pace my body sets for that day or week.
Karen