Two months now since my last post and thank you all for your kind comments - apologies to anyone who didn't receive a reply from me I was having a difficult time!!
I'll bring you up to date with progress on my Seven Seas quilt, not touched until yesterday for two months. you'll see that I've deviated from the pattern. There should be two long strips of small Flying Geese in this quilt but things were such that I had no energy or patience to fiddle with those. So, strips here and there separated the blocks, it doesn't sit well with me but the best I can do right now.
Hand quilting I'm finding extremely relaxing and still working on Northern Lights
difficult to see the stitches unfortunately, only the solids will be quilted.
I've been trying to come to terms with the results of my tests after it was found my platelets were a problem - last post. Without writing a medical dictionary here the result was that it became necessary to have bone marrow biopsy. So Bone marrow duly carried out mid October going into the back of the pelvis into through the bone to take a liquid marrow sample and a piece of bone, these were sent off to the research people in Melbourne. Boy, they do complicated testing, it's amazing.
Confirmed now that I have a rare form of Leukaemia - CMML - Chronic MyeloMonocytic Leukaemia
which is cancer of the blood forming cells of the bone marrow. I have a score of 2 (intermediate risk) and a median survival of 26 months! This could drop when the last bone result arrives back. It could also transform towards the end of that time into Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Chemo is going to be in place asap. Difficult to get a hold on all this - so making the effort in the midst of this rotten news and fatigue to head into my sewing room. - and I've bought a few new fabrics!!!!! Got to try and stay positive. Although somehow in the midst of this they have to find a way and time to fix my aortic valve! We need a magic wand.
Cutting going on with AMH fabric Iconic, the pattern is Paris Metro from These Clever Hands
and my 2 and 1/2" strips are all hung neatly on the back of my door in the sewing room
these will morph into a Wallpaper quilt courtesy of a KF pattern. The reverse side will be used in lots of these fabrics.
A collection of new KF/William Morris fabrics below
these will mix with solids for a 16 patch quilt - notice I'm going with simple and easy piecing.
Change of tack now by showing a book I first saw on Instagram @itsalovedayfor - this is the account of Lindsey Dickson Creative. She had been sent a book - surprise - Soulful Stitch - Finding Creativity in Crisis by Cas Holmes and Deena Beverley and shared a few photographs along with her thoughts after looking through the book. My copy arrived yesterday and this book couldn't have arrived at a better time for me - see last photograph!
here's a closeup of the book below rather than the quilt top! - Sailing through Suez!
I can 't wait to be turning the pages!
That's all from me for now but will truly try and show some progress in my next post.
Take good care of yourselves and your loved ones.
Maureen
