Quilting has been put on hold

for several weeks now ... and I don't see it happening in the very near future.
On June 12th, I lost my husband of 26+ years.  It was sudden and very hard on our kids and grandkids as well as myself.

I will return to quilting - it's been my source of sanity for several years now and I can't see not seeking it out again once my heart can handle it.  I'm at peace with his passing because I know he's no longer in constant pain, but finding that I'm a little lost as to how to function without him.  I was the one who made sure he ate the 'good' foods, took his meds, got him to the dr appts, accompanied him to gospel concerts which gave him such pleasure.  Now, I don't need to worry about diabetic testing, limiting junk foods and that he had clothes that fit ( he lost over 100 lbs in the year or so before his passing... 27 lbs of it in the last month) and that he took the dog for walks ( which was good for both him and the dog), so what do I do besides walk the dog?  Time will tell...

Heavenly Stars in progress

I started this quilt about 15 years ago... cut out all the pieces required plus another 5 of each of the two blocks because I wanted to make it queen size instead of twin as a wedding gift for our newly engaged grandson and his fiance'.  

Well, ten blocks were made... far from perfect on the matching... and I think I put it aside in frustration.  And it's sat here ever since.

I got it out of the bag it's been residing in and started to sort everything out with the intention of finishing the queen size top.... then I realized that I was dreading doing it so put all the pieces aside and put the finished blocks up on my design wall... hey! with using only nine blocks and a wide border, this could finish at about 60" x 60" my new preferred size.

Last Sunday, I grabbed a bunch of batting leftovers and started stitching them together and finally got a big enough piece to use for this quilt.  It wasn't all that easy... while I had enough length, I was short on the width, so added another row of batting only to find out that I sewed it onto the length and not the width... so had to add yet another to the side.

Yesterday, when I laid out the batting onto the backing that I bought on Saturday, I realized that the batting was still not wide enough.  Back to the sewing room.

Finally!

This isn't a great photo but it gives you a little idea of what I've done so far.

As I sat down in front of Mo'e, I happened to glance up and what do I see???  One of the star points is pointed in the wrong direction..  almost the middle of the quilt.  Since I've already started quilting, I'm NOT taking it out and correcting it... it is what it is and, hopefully, people will notice the quilting and not the OPPS! ..

We're still dealing with hubby's health issues... he spent five days in the local hospital and has been in inpatient rehab ever since.  He's due to be released on Thursday, so there probably won't be a lot of quilting being done until he gets home.  I've been very slowly doing a bit of housework each day as my body allows.
Once we get him back home, there will be many appointments with many doctors.  I recently purchased supplies to try Sashiko quilting and I'm going to have that ready to take with us for all those appointments.  I'm not even sure they will let me go in with him, so I can sit in lobby or car and stitch while I wait.
Ok, enough stalling.. housework awaits ..... sigh....

take care...
STAY SAFE....
ttyl........