A Sewing Day

It was another slow day yesterday. I had on my agenda to sew together the 20 quilt blocks for the Charm Stars quilt. It seemed a reasonable expectation that I could get it all done in a single day. I'll admit my arm was tired toward the end of the day, but no worse for wear into the evening. My pain levels are improving, and so most pain I feel now is with certain movements. Even my thumb seems to be improving. It's been two steps forward and one step back throughout, and so I don't expect progress to continue in a straight line, but it's always nice to have a few days when I can feel as if it's getting closer to normal.

But let's take a look at that quilt, shall we? This is my February OMG project. It's also one of two quilts I made for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2019. I was working from a picture I'd taken when I laid out all the blocks to get a good arrangement of colors. Of course, one must always have one's sewing cats in their rightful places before beginning any sewing project. Sadie chose this quilt:

Smitty chose his window perch. Here, he can keep an eye on what's happening outside while also keeping track of what's going on at the sewing machine below him. It's a good strategic vantage point.

Starting with Row 1, I sewed the first four blocks together.

There were five rows of four blocks each, and so I just continued on with the second row, and sewed the two together.

After adding the third row of blocks, I laid them out.

It was time to submit to an inspection. Smitty was on duty today. He first walked around, checking for any lumps and bumps that might give him paws.

Next, we tested the purrsonal hygiene propurrties of the quilt.

Apparently, everything was ship-shape.

You may purrceed.

Next I sewed together the blocks for the fourth row.

Smitty kept the top half of the quilt under control while I finished sewing together the bottom half.

My arm was getting very tired by this time, but I was determined to finish. I sewed row 4 and row 5 together.

And then sewed the top portion to the bottom portion, and my quilt top was finished. Mike held it up for a picture. I'm mad at myself for cutting off the bottom of the quilt, but I think you get the idea.

It ends up at 60 x 75 inches, which is a good size for an RV quilt (this quilt's final destination). I won't be adding a border. I'll just quilt it and bind it, and it will be finished.

So that was a good day of sewing. This completes my goal for February's OMG, and so I'll link up to the party when it's time.

Hard to say what's on today's agenda. For sure, we need to find a pharmacy so I can get some more Tylenol. I've used up my entire bottle at this point. Also, I'll be stitching this morning's inchy, which has already been posted. But first...breakfast. The rest will show itself in time.