New Week

After spending most of last week in doctors' offices, this week should be easy.  I have learned to make peace with a lot of new processes here.  One is travelling on College/Carolina Beach road, another is using "my chart" to find out information from visits etc.  They even put the same report in my chart as they sent to my primary care physician regarding the results of my stress test.  Of course I did not understand 75% of it.  Let's be honest 95% of it but it is there.  Now to get a surgery date.

I went to a workshop for neonatal quilt making sponsored by Cape Fear Orthopedic Hospital and Quilters by the Sea.  The kits are already made and they have tops others have made if you are willing to quilt them. They come with batting, backing and binding.  It is interesting how so many
things in quilting start with a "b" isn't it?

This is the pattern for this workshop.  However it is turned sideways.  It is called Candy Bars and is

about 40" by 40"

Yesterday was a lazy day.  My church buddy was out of town so I came home after stopping at Lowes

to get some chicken salad for lunch.  Cecil and I promptly took a nap.

And somehow last week I finally finished 30 blocks of my red and white quilt top. Each block is 14.5".  Not sure about borders yet.  Have to put them together.

I will put on a 2.5" inner white border then maybe an outer border of cream with tiny red something in it.  Of course I have ordered several fabrics to make a selection. Surprise.

On to sewing this morning then take old car in for oil change at 1:30 and Guild meeting tonight at 7.

Happy summer quilting,

Sally

Appliance menace

This month is getting off to a great start.  First I have never had a garbage disposal before and after
hearing all the things you are not supposed to do I did nothing.  As a result the prima donna disposal
refuses to work at all so brother is coming to take it out and just put in a drain.  Yea.
Then after deciding I don't eat enough sweets I thought I would bake a lemon pound cake.  Don't
get excited it is a Krusteaz mix but really good.  I put it into the oven and was going to use the timer
on the microwave to keep track.  Instead of pushing the little timer button I just set the microwave for 40 minutes.  After sometime I noticed the screen was blank and the microwave was not making any noise.  No worries I just finished timing the cake myself.  Not thinking about it again at supper I was going to heat up my leftover shrimp and grits.  Yum.  After 2 minutes I took it out and it was as cold as when I put it in. I tried it again, I have to be convinced, and again it was cold.  When  I looked inside the microwave I saw in bold print Never use microwave without something in it. Well lesson learned and brother is also going to put in a new microwave.  Not a good day.

Just got this back from Quilting Concepts.  It is beautiful and so big.  Now to put on 400+ inches of binding.

This is my brother and me at a memorial service in Pennsylvania for a favorite cousin who passed

away with mesothelioma in early 2019. 

Expecting to see C today. Have to get crackin.

Hot and muggy quilting.

S