is finally finished.
Before I finished it, I was busy making masks ( no photos) for our granddaughter and her family in Georgia and her brother and his family in Texas. She requested the masks ( even offered to pay for them - of course, I said "no") but he didn't so when they arrive today, he'll be surprised.
Then, I made some 'cool ties' for our next door neighbor who mows our lawn and shovels the snow from our porch and drive when needed. I saw her sweating while mowing our lawn one day and I surprised her with a ready to wear now 'cool tie'. She and I were talking just after the holiday weekend and she mentioned how well the tie works and was upset with herself for accidentally leaving it at the cabin up north... so, I went and made her five more ( she mentioned that the grandson really liked it - and so did her dogs).
While all this sewing was going on, I was working away at the Heavenly Stars quilt off and on. I had to do it gradually since my knees had been hurting when standing for more than a couple of minutes, but I had cortisone shots in both knees on June 30th and it took a few days to notice the difference. Each day it was a little bit easier to stand at Mo'e - not completely pain free yet, but enough that I can do things I want/need to do.
The quilt came off the frame on Saturday and I was able to put the label and binding on yesterday. The photo above is where I have laid it across the frame so I could take the pic.. my human quilt hanger/model is no longer here and so I had to improvise.
What is next I'm not sure. I found a quilt pattern yesterday that I think could be pretty quick and easy to do.. BUT I still have so many others either waiting for the top to be finished or to be quilted that I'm hesitating about starting another one. BUT it would rescue/use up 8 fat quarters from my stash along with some yardage... so, we'll see.
In the meantime, I'm reading other quilters' blogs and working on getting things done the best I can.
take care...
STAY SAFE...
ttyl...
I didn't realize you'd had the shots in your knees, but am glad to hear they're helping. And if you need a quilt holder, I have one that is rather tall, though he grumbles some as he does it...but I could loan him out once in a while. He's always trying to get all his steps in that the FitBit tells him to. (I just ignore mine - no stupid piece of plastic on my arm is gonna tell ME what to do!) (Also, I could stop by and hold up a quilt!)
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