August 30, 2019: A change of plans!; A few more silk quilts from the NEQM

Greetings!  Here is my new close companion:

A walker!   8 days ago I had a totally freak accident.  A step stool I stood on to reach into the top of a closet collapsed – a loose leg fell off (of course, I didn’t know it was loose) – and I was pitched off the stool hard onto a hard wood floor, landing on my left side.  Luckily Al was home. I could not put any weight on my left leg so had to go to the hospital in an ambulance.  I have 2 non displaced fractures of my left pelvis.  The good news is that  I don’t have a hip fracture and don’t need any surgery and I feel well overall.   I should heal completely in 2-3  months with no residual effects.  Already I am doing a lot better than I was the first few days.  I have virtually no pain at rest and it’s tolerable using the walker.  I’m hoping to graduate to a cane in a week or two.  My physical therapist says I am doing really well and am “ahead of schedule” with my healing.  I am very fortunate to have Al to help me with stairs, meals, and so much more!!!

Unfortunately Al and I have had to cancel our trip out to the Pacific Northwest.  I feel especially bad for Al because he spent 6 months planning this trip and now instead of going on an adventure he has become a caregiver.  There will be other trips and maybe we can “reschedule” this one.

So, what to do when one has to sit so much?  A lot of sewing and reading!  I had one border for the Hospital Sketches sew along all basted and ready to take on the trip to appliqué in occasional free moments.  Now it is almost done!  (click on pics to enlarge)

Just in the past day I am better enough to spend some time standing at my ironing station making parts for the next border – not for too long and with the walker always handy.  It is good, though, that I can stand for short periods of time without holding onto the walker.  Also I have a basket that attaches to the walker so I can carry some things from place to place.

The other sewing I’ve done is the hand quilting my tessellating whirligigs.  #2 is done with binding on:

Back:

I’m quilting all 3 with simple straight lines.  Will show the other 2 when the quilting is done and the bindings are on.

Today I’m sharing a few more of the silk quilts that were in the exhibit at the NEQM.  First are 2 beautiful quilts by Bethanne Nemesh, followed by 2 by Margaret Solomon Gunn.  These are 2 of the TOP machine quilters in the country – probably the world!!!  They do beautiful work with silk.  Be sure to enlarge pics for the wonderful quilting details.

And finally this lovely quilt:

Be kind, be grateful, and cherish each day,  Gladi