I haven't been as good sticking to my list of projects this year and I'm not gong to let it bother me!
"Cherry Churndash" - finally cut into some of my Cherrywood fabrics
MS is nicknamed the "snowflake disease" because it has so many symptoms and those symptoms can vary so much from patient to patient...or even during the course of a patient's disease...or how about for one patient in the time from breakfast to lunch. It sort of reminds me of New England weather...
Last week's snow on our Nandia bushes
So it is difficult picking projects to work on...yesterday my hand was too clumsy to applique so I played with fabric; the day before my arms were too weak to handle the quilt that needed to be quilted so I cut strips from my scrap pile; today my eye is to wonky to handle a rotary cutter or thread a needle but I think I can run some squares through the sewing machine....
Not being able to quilt or sew is dangerous for me...
I go on ebay...(this Egyptian applique was listed as a "vintage Scandinavian textile?" )
or I bake...these brownies did not last long....
BTW...did anyone else notice they changes the size of the Baker's Chocolate squares! Now it takes and entire package to make a pan of brownies where it used to take half a package. The package is the same size only thinner! They need bigger notices on the box. I've made these so often I don't even read the recipe...I just tossed half a box into the double boiler with the butter. Luckily it didn't look right when it was all melted together and I check the box! (ok..not about quilts but I consider anything about chocolate a public service announcement....)
Did any of you work on the waverunner project with Victoria Finley...must have been about 4 years ago! Anyway, I dug out mine and gave it a good press. Think I'll machine quilt it later this month! Already have a plan and for me that is half the battle with machine quilting!
Finally, with the recent cold weather we have had some really interesting birds at the feeders.
I put a suet feeder out when we had the ice storm and was really happy to see the woodpecker that I hear all the time but rarely see, come to the feeder! I looked him up online to see what kind and borrowed the photo as he is very camera-shy and very fast! The wings are really beautiful!
13 comments:
Cherry Churndash is so pretty in those rich colors!
Sorry the MS is messing with you--I hadn't heard that nickname. Good to know.
Got a giggle out of your "PSA". Thanks for the heads-up. I haven't used any for a while and I probably wouldn't have noticed the difference.
What a pretty woodpecker. I never see the one that hammers on my house--it just drives me crazy. Living in a dome, you don't have an attic to cushion you from the sound. It just reverberates around the dome and sounds like it is right in your head.
I really like the four year old top! Looks like African/American style quilts? The woodpecker is beautiful and the picture of him too.
It must take a lot of energy and time to learn to deal with MS that is so unpredictable. We have a good friend who is having MS too. Definitely not easy.
Anyway liked your post and found you through Supergoof (you know her and her blog?)
Groetjes
Annemieke
Oh no, don't tell me. First it's corn something in the gasoline and now they are messing with our chocolate. Time to write to our congressman. They still make stamps don't they?
I guess these companies think we are all a bunch of dopes. Even the toilet paper rolls are shorter but they are charging more.
Those brownies are to die for.
Sorry to hear the MS is messing with you... mebbe it's the cold weather?
I hate when manufacturers mess with product sizes... as if we won't notice.
Love your churn dash... beautiful colors!
They're doing that with so many products we buy we all need to double-check stuff. Cereal boxes that used to contain 20 oz. have been reduced by a couple of oz., etc. But they don't tell us!! I have a beautiful woodpecker just like that that visits my tree often.
Cherrywood fabrics have such a rich look.
Gorgeous "Chunky Churndash" with those cherrywood fabrics!!!
Oh my gosh, yes, Snowflake Disease! Relating here to the fluctuations of symptoms. Morning one way then later...another. Vision whacked out here, too. We're both blurry, but then we're kinda like that anyway, ha?! ;)
gorgeous quilt top! ah, cherrywoods... eek, can't believe you got quite that much snow...
I love the churn dash, The gold/orange sets off the aquas perfectly. I noticed new packaging several years ago. Less product, same price. The new half gallon is 1.5 quarts (ice cream). One pound packages are 12 oz.; frozen veggies and pasta. Soon a dozen eggs will be 9-10 eggs.
The churndash is pretty great! And so are you for your right-on-target chocolate public service announcements, LOL! You are doing a fine job of juggling whatever tasks you feel up to doing. Brilliant!
very nice churndash. Hope you are feeling better
Love your barn door quilt top!
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