Friday, January 3, 2014

Chemo Versus Quilting

Chemotherapy temporarily is pulling ahead of my quilting. But I see light at the end of the tunnel and it's not going to win! I should have posted long ago but just haven't felt like it. My son said to me, "Mom, you have to realize that you can't go 150 mph any more. You will just have to be satisfied at 80 mph."

I've been having treatments since November, they haven't been the easiest task I've taken on. Though I've lost a ton of energy and desire to be active I've actually had an easy time with the treatments. The nurses and doctors say it's because of my good attitude. I've heard from so many of you about your trials and am continually thankful for mine.

Again, I'm always amazed on how much of my energy has been zapped. For instance it took over two weeks to get the Christmas tree up and when I decided it was done 2/3s of the ornaments were still in the box, It was December 21st and I was satisfied. (That is SO not me!) With out chemo I would have had the tree up and the house decorated the day after Thanksgiving.

I think about quilting, mostly its when I walk past the quilting room and wish I felt better. My thoughts are full of projects I imagine getting done but the reality is they are just thoughts. However two of those thoughts have turned into projects and one is finished. I started this quilt before I was diagnosed so all I had to do was finish it. I attached the binding and worked the quilting threads in. The best part, I had a finished quilt I could give to my friends baby. I rolled it up in a polka dot ribbon, how cute! She and her family loved the baby quilt.
For those who've been to my website you will notice it's made with the classic black n white charms. Really, it's the 2 inch strips left from when I cut the charms, I just couldn't throw them out. I added a 2.5 inch strip of pink ombre to make each strip of three a square then did the lay out in a split rail pattern.
And yes, it's the quilt top I'm sewing in my picture on the blog. I told you it was a UFO.

I know there's a ton of you out there who purchased my Classic Black n White Charms in January. I have pink, aqua and green ombre in stock along with the coordinating polka dot ombre if you wanted to copy this quilt. Simply click on the "chick" to go shopping on my website.