Slow Sunday Stitching

 

Now that both eyes have had their new lens put in and I can see clearly out of both eyes, it is time to get some more hand stitching done on the next Lucy blocks. I had this all set up on the patio a month ago before the surgeries. It was not so easy to do those tiny stitches when I could not see them so clearly. I had taken the photos on my phone and just now got them moved over here from a facebook post. Slow internet. Still have not found the battery charger for the camera. 

I love this block. I had it started a few months ago and took it to Scrub Stitching in Australia in April. I put in a few stitches and Sylvia gave me the red print on the corners. I do plan to write up about Australia. Soon, I hope. It has to do with moving pictures and focus. I did get a lot of white hexies glue basted for the sashing units. Now to stitch them into groups of threes.

I have my small group ladies retreat on next weekend and now that the eyes are both focusing at the same time, I have a gzillion details to attend to. 

Linking with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching, 

Blessings,

Chris

Still Here

 

So I was looking through some papers on the bookshelf and found this container of stuff. It had, among other things, some corroded batteries that I thought I should discard. Then, I started to rewind the spools of thread and decided to put them into their proper storage containers. 

Guess I should be careful disposing batteries. The local expressway was closed yesterday for hours when a garbage truck's load caught on fire and he dumped it on the side of the road. My Sweetie was stuck in the traffic diversion.

The next thing I knew, I was sorting other stuff and putting them into their containers. And the containers just sort of landed on the table, which I had just spent the morning clearing off so I could lay out the long borders of the Wedding Quilt.

Well, there has been no progress on the Wedding Quilt of late. I have all those mitered corners to redo and struggling to see clearly with one good eye and one not so good eye. I had the second surgery this week and my sight is improving daily. I just have to wear sunglasses for a while to deal with the glare. 

So how many containers are enough for all the stuff I have accumulated over the years so I could quilt? And how does Lucy rate so many? 

I made a few new labels so I could read them easily. 

And I have windows open throughout the house to - you know - air it out, except they decided to spread liquid manure onto the worm field outside my bedroom window. Gotta love springtime. 

Blessings,

Chris