vision

It’s been a long time since I posted. Actually, it’s been a long time since I went into the sewing room to sew, so there was nothing to post. In January and early February, I had cataract surgery for both eyes. It should have been simple, in and out and back to sewing, but I will still need glasses due to a problem. I’ve had to wait until the swelling went down and the eyes were completely healed to be fitted for the glasses. In the meantime, my vision is blurry. I have not been able to drive so have had to rely on my good friends and my family to take me where I wanted to go. The computer is difficult to see. Lots of other little annoyances. My magnifying glass was the best thing for reading and checking email on the phone. I am going this week to order the glasses and things will be back to normal by next week. I am so fortunate that this is just temporary

Dear Jane, the Hexagon Star and the SAHRR are all in a time out.

In the meantime, I found things to do that didn’t require good vision. My scraps are organized. Most all the boxes in the sewing room have been checked. I’ve found fabric that I forgot I had, patterns that I had to have and never made, even a Studio 180 ruler still in the plastic cover. I have more ideas in my head,

I fuse basted several quilt tops, Then I decided to quilt one, I chose to quilt in a wavy line. The stitch length was lengthened, and the width was narrowed. I could see the little red mark in the middle of the presser Foor and the corners of the blocks. I sewed and aimed the red mark towards the corners. Sometimes the stitching line hit the corner and sometimes it went to one side or the other. It was close enough to look like I planned it that way. I’ll sew the binding on when I can see to make it properly.

Last week I got a little bolder. I found a pattern that was an Irish Chain and Stars. Mr. Seam ripper and I became good friends, but I finished the top. I could line up the first and last stitches, but sometimes the sides didn’t line up.

Finished is better than perfect.

I was able to sew three rounds of the SAHRR before I had to put it away, The clues are all published so I know what want to do when I can go back to sewing it. Several of the quilt tops that I basted were SAHRRs from previous years.

Have a great day and happy quilting.