Slowly, the length of time I can sit with my feet dependent, is increasing, and I can now spend enough time in the studio to actually accomplish something. I had two projects in mind for this stage of the things, a knitting bag made with hexies, and the small Hallowe'en quilt that I started before going in the hospital. I wanted straight forward simple projects, as I knew my brain would be fuzzy as long as I was taking pain killers--and Tylenol counts as a pain killer and brain fogger--as I've found out.
The knitting bag is now finished. Nothing worked out as I had planned, and --I swear--every step of the way had to be ripped out and re-done. I still don't think the workmanship is up to snuff, but I don't plan to tell anyone. The hexies were pieced by hand, but everything else was done by machine.
This afternoon I worked on the little Hallowe'en quilt. All of the Flying Geese blocks had been pieced before I went in the hospital. Today I pieced them into 5 long strips. I had thought I had everything planned, but every time I counted them, first in groups of two's, then four's, and finally 8's, the count came out differently. Finally I gave up and just pieced what I had. The quilt will be slightly shorter, but does it matter? Tomorrow I hope to get the top completely pieced, since it is basically done at this point. Just a couple of borders. ( I guess I'm living in a fool's paradise.--we'll see how it works out).
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