OUCH!

There were several things I was going to blog about this weekend but they will have to wait until I can catch my breath. It's crazy how you make plans and all of a sudden something happens and your life is changed in a split second!

Friday afternoon, as I was driving the bus off campus, my mother was walking to her car. She stepped off the curb and stubbed the toe of her rain boot and she fell forward landing on her left hand.

We spent 2 1/2 hours in the ER to find out what she knew....Her wrist snapped and it broke her wrist in 2 places. OUCH!
They cleaned up all the scraps and put antibiotic on them. They wrapped the wrist up with gauze, plaster & an ace bandage (all the way up past her elbow) She goes to an Orthopedic Surgeon on Monday and will most likely have surgery early next week.

They gave her 13 milligrams of Morphine while in the ER....she was still crying in pain. She is still in pain....she is getting her pain meds every 4 hours and has asked for it as early as 3 hours.

She is here at my home so I can take care of her until they do the surgery and set the break. I worry because of her age, her osteoporosis, she has Lupus, her blood clots...etc, etc....

Please send prayers and healing thoughts her way! (her name is Barbara)

Blocks

Quilt #1

The two piles below are my completed squares thus far. The messy pile is finished strip pieces that I have to press and then cut.

Here is a strip piece that has been pressed.

And this is where you'll find Mr. Reeses when I am busy sewing.

If I stitch fast enough does it
count as aerobic exercise?

Gifts

So, I had to tell Tori to not look at my blog for awhile so I could share with you all what I have been up to. I'm not worried about Meg...she probably forgot I even have a blog.

This year for Christmas I decided to make both girls Queen size Quilts!

So I enlisted John to help with the rotary cutting of the fat quarters. I wanted him to be involved as much as possible. He is the perfect man for the job because he is so meticulous & methodical.

I spent 6 hours on Saturday strip piecing & pressing and all I have are 3 complete 16 inch squares. I need 30! That's just for 1 quilt. I do have 4 strip piece blocks that are sewn and need to be cut and then sewn into a block....those 4 blocks will make 8, 16 inch blocks. I will finish those on Sunday.

Here is the material I chose.

I plan on showing some of the blocks this week. I'm really excited about these quilts. It's gonna take up all my free time but my girls are worth it!

I am a quilter and my house is in pieces.