AWOL

I've been AWOL from posting blogs for a week or so.  My husband was taken to E.R. a week ago this past Monday and admitted to the hospital (not COVID-19) later that day, then on Friday, he was released from the hospital and moved to in-patient rehabilitation nearby.  So, you can understand I'm sure, that my mind has not been on quilting very much.  I couldn't be with him through any of this... we can talk through his window but still have to use the phone so that we can hear each other.  We tried this a couple of times so that he could see our dog, Buddy, too, but it's just been too hot lately for me to be standing outside where there's no shade so I'm calling him early every morning and then again around 7 in the evening.

The morning he went to the hospital, I did send off a couple of quilts.. one to our grandson who lives in Wyoming

and one to the other grandmother of one of our other grandsons who only lives an hour away. 

She was supposed to receive her's two days later, but because of the dams breaking and rivers overflowing in the middle of the state, her area was also affected and UPS couldn't get the pkg to her until yesterday.  With this quilt I did a simple large meander but when I got to the bottom of the quilt, I decided it wasn't enough quilting so I started going in reverse back up to the top of the quilt so that the second row of stitching would make it looks like ribbon curling here and there... and it turned out great! nice and cuddly.

I had the grandson in Wyoming's package sent to the car dealership where he works as a salesman and I was able to track it.  That's how I noticed that it was left on the 'dock' and I was afraid that some one from the parts department would get it and open it without looking at the address label with my grandson's name on it.  I sent him a PM and told him about the pkg being on the dock and he immediately wanted to know how I knew about the dock lol.  Then he went back and retrieved it.
Once he got home that evening he found where he wanted to hang it and sent me a photo :).

I almost forgot that I did finish another quilt five days ago....  it was simply done with I don't know what you call them... I call them ladybug in the attic... similar to continuous curves, I think... in the borders and echoing close to the edges of the birds, the wires and the flowers & leaves.  The background is a newspaper print fabric so I simply did straight lines here and there by tracing the lines of the 'articles'.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

I pieced batting scraps together for another quilt top on Sunday but haven't done another thing quilting wise since.  

I got the news yesterday that they are planning on releasing hubby next Thursday with p.t. and nurse scheduled to come to the house to work with him after that.  So, I'm busy ( slow but busy) walking the dog, trying to get some  house cleaning done, re-arranging doctor appointments for hubby, and taking much needed naps.  Quilting will have to wait until we get him back home and into a routine again. 

And, on that note, I'm off to do 'SOMETHING'... 

take care...

stay safe...

ttyl .......