Back to Basics Monday

Today was the first day of feeling relatively back to normal since Mike got sick. Although he was released from the hospital about ten days ago, he wasn't up to eating normally for the first week or so. Also, he was planning to be gone, and I was planning what I was going to be doing while he was gone. It may not seem like much was happening with those two things, but it did mean that things seemed out of the ordinary. This morning Mike went off to work, just like normal. I did my usual day-at-home things, just like normal. It's nice to feel like all of that is history now. Of course, with Thanksgiving coming up next week, things will get crazy again soon. For now, I'm just going with the flow.

I did a little sewing today. I started the Cornflowers table runner that was to be my NewFO in October:

I got as far as making the strip sets for the flower petals:

Then I had to stop because my right wrist was killing me. I did too much applique over the weekend, and it always happens when I do too much applique. I think hefting the iron around is what causes it. Lifting it, and also putting pressure on the fusibles seems just a little too much for my wrist sometimes. I'm not sure if its arthritis or tendinitis. Whatever the case, it started up earlier this morning and when I started using the iron for those strip sets, my decrepitude took over. Right now I have a pain patch stuck on it and a wrist brace to immobilize it. Sometimes it's better by morning...sometimes not. I'm hoping this will be one of the better-by-morning times.

So instead, I moved on to picking the fabrics for my November NewFO project, The Good Morning quilt.

Isn't this a pretty quilt? It would be a good choice for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. The pattern appeared in the March/April 2012 issue of McCall's Quilting. I still have a white on white polka dot fabric on order, but I picked the rest of the fabrics out of my stash today:

If I have time tomorrow (and if my wrist is feeling better), I'm going to start cutting it out. There is a lot of cutting involved, but I think it will be easier to do it ahead of time than to do it block by block, as I sometimes do.

The only other thing I have to report today is sort of exciting...to me, at least. Remember the little "Home Sweet Home" stitchery I made as a housewarming for Erik and Mae? Well, I sent a picture off to Quiltmaker magazine just to show them what I'd done and the little modifications I'd made to it, and they published it in the latest issue of Quiltmaker! Today I received an advance copy of the magazine, and there it is!

Fun, huh? I told Erik that when I'm dead and buried it'll suddenly become extremely valuable and he'll be able to sell it for zillions of dollars! What are the chances? Anyway...little things like that make my day. I'm easily amused, don't you know.

So I hope your Monday went well and that all of your body parts are treating you well. The weather was awful here today, and it's supposed to get worse over night. Ah, Oregon. Home sweet home.