Wishing you all a very belated 2026
Things are still 'in the works' here on the health front with more procedures to come but over the past few days I am feeling a little more energy creeping into my body and mind so I'm taking advantage whilst I can.
Hexies have been a blessing to use up scraps, sometimes working on them in the middle of night when I'm unable to sleep but not sure how I'm going to use them - just sewn together randomly, make a hexie flower, I need quite a few more before I make a decision.
Maggie Pearl blocks have been sewn together into a top now
here she is - at least a small part of her -with the fabric for the backing
I need to really have a long, long, housekeeping session with my quilt tops, tops needing to be basted ready for quilting and tops just needing to have the binding put on. Some of my quilt tops I intend to sell because I know I am time limited on the health side of things , prognosis for the CMML (blood cancer) is improved a little with the Melbourne testing and so far I am not needing chemo -yet. Cardiac not too good, definitely need an aortic valve replacement as both ventricles are now being affected by the effects from the valve and energy comes and goes - so I wonder why I bought two more lots of fabric last week??????? I don't think giving up totally will do me any favours so I do try to be positive - at times! Frustration sets in with the need for lots of resting, climbing steps is a struggle and I can no longer walk very far, not as far as I should like, my garden has suffered terribly, there is only just so much my husband is able to take on as he is due to have a hip replacement soon.
So relating to the last few words I've decided to use some of my scrap pieces of fabric along with a few from the AMH Iconic range and pulled a mix of quarters/half metres from stash to make Paris Metro, a pattern from Jo at https://www.theseclevehands.com.au, a very effective but straightforward design. First up a few of the Iconic fabrics
As you can see cutting is needed for the last three sets of fabrics, I limit myself to 30 mins at one time.
That's all from me but I must show you one of my hibiscus flowering for us at the moment
Happy Easter to you all
Maureen
