WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY POST!!!
Read on to find out what got finished and what didn't...
Day Off Work
SUNDAY - ProjectQUILTING - 16.4 - Birthstone
I'm going to meet Britt at McKay's Bookstore in Mebane to exchange items after lunch. I'll be bringing home this UFO, it's going to look a bit different than when I dropped it off...
But first, I spent some time with my Get Messy art friends at our Weekly Morning Art Zoom. This morning found me working on a layered background in my Junk Journal January. There are still a handful of pages to complete, but nothing photo-worthy today.
After dinner, I made the mistake of working late into the evening on my BLUE Donation quilt. Things were fine... Until they weren't:
MONDAY - The 100 Day Project 2025
I switched with my coworker, so now I'll be off on Thursday this week. I had grand plans for when I got home, but I went to bed with a 101.4 fever instead of completing any of the tasks on my project list.
TUESDAY - Day Off
Hoping for the best for today's quilting tasks. What happened??? I was SEW busy!
In construction news, the next three foundations were poured today in the neighborhood next door. They worked on pouring two at a time and made a muddy mess on the road:
In construction news, the "build kits" were delivered for the newly poured foundations:
Another day, another chance to knock a few BLUE projects of my To Do list. I sewed until it was time for my Weekly Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:
Not long after we finished our conversation, I headed off to Urgent Care per my surgeon's request. DH had made me promise to call. As it turned out, the surgeon wanted to make sure that the random fevers I've been having weren't from one of several ailments currently running rampant in our area. Negative! My fevers have no apparent cause (except, according to the Doc at Urgent Care, my gallbladder may be starting to become infected.) She really hoped that the surgeon might fit me in sooner and asked me to call first thing tomorrow morning.
THURSDAY - Work Day Off
It was a busy day which began with spending some time with my (Weekly) Quilt Group:
When I got home, I was greeted by the following scene out the studio window. That's right! Our new next door neighbors have moved in:
I was a little late to Curiosity Collective, but did a bit of color mixing and some swatching in my Hangout Journal with Caylee's Body of Art class from 2023:
And...
Before the Artist Date was over, my phone rang. I had a conversation with the Surgeon's nurse. There would be no further evaluation, no antibiotics, and no moving the surgery any closer to this week. I was told that if a fever was accompanied by severe pain and nausea that I should go to the nearest ER. Fingers crossed that my poor gallbladder can hang in there for one more week so that I don't have to have emergency surgery!
A quick lunch was followed by Scrap Club with approximately 20 members in attendance...
An early dinner was consumed before heading off to my Monthly Evening Quilt Bee:
FRIDAY - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge
Work, but fortunately for me, Knit Group was canceled for today. I went in late, so I headed up to the studio. Since the next door neighbors moved in yesterday, the photo below shows the view out the studio window this morning:
There was time for a little bit of sewing before work. I made these blocks for Many Hands Many Hearts hosted by Cynthia @ Quilting is more fun than Housework:
I made a quick stop at the grocery store on the way home. Once everything was put away, I went up to sew this pair of blocks for Kat @ Kat and Cat Quilts for Covered in Love:
After dinner, I headed up to my Weekly Evening Art Zoom where I completed the NEWSPAPER prompt for Junk Journal January:
SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge! I hope you will join me in visiting Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week. (A portion of ) The Scrappy Strips QAL with Kristen @ Scrap Fabric Love is what kept me busy:
I was late to this week's party because today was a busy day...
Which started with a breakfast knitting meeting with Tracy...
Followed by a late morning Zoom with Knittingsuek:
After a quick lunch, I was off to the Opening of the Season of Consistency at Get Messy...
Where I created the following page in my Hangout Journal:
Afterward, Britt and I met on Zoom to do some art and figure out a quilting plan for March:
It was a very, VERY busy week. Thank you to those of you who read through to the end of this post! Some weeks are like this one. I appreciate you taking the time to follow along.
Until next time...
Get SCRAPPY!!
Wow I'm exhausted reading your post. I thought I'd had a busy week but it was a walk in the park compared to yours.
ReplyDeleteWow, you really had a full week! I hope the fevers are done and your surgery goes well. I love your Scrappy Strips QAL project! Thanks for sharing the link.
ReplyDeleteI've got another fever tonight, Julie. This gallbladder needs to come out SOON, but I'm hoping it will hang in there for the scheduled date! You are quite welcome for the Scrappy Strips QAL link. You can make it without joining the Patreon account.
DeleteWhat a wonderful busy week! Best wishes for an un-eventful surgery and quick recovery!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you're having trouble with your health! Please take care of yourself as best you can. Keeping mind and heart busy with quilting and art is very good medicine. Your projects are lovely. Good luck with the surgery!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope your gall bladder will behave until your surgery. The blue Scrapy Strips quilt is looking great.
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