A frustrating two weeks!

Two weeks of dealing with my back problems,

no fun at all especially with lumbar spasms which floored me

for a week!

So time spent dosed up on pain medication which in addition

to the back pain and immobility rendered me semi-comatose!

One up-side of all this were the sunrises in the mornings when

I couldn't sleep.

A stormy day ahead

A better day

 No quilting until yesterday when I found the time and energy
to sew the ready pieced borders on the collage piece for
the Gwennie Inspired Medallion.

Gwennie Inspired Medallion

Poor old Leila (former known as Tallulah) was in the vet clinic for spaying. All went well surgery wise but she was really antsy afterwards. A nightmare at

home trying to chew through stitches, the result was back to the clinic

for four small syringes with a dose of pain meds in each, and one of those

Elizabethan Collars, referred to as E Collars by the vet nurse which slightly

confused my husband!!!

Here is the patient this morning, not at all happy as I think you can see.

Time for a feed, both for her and us,  hopefully back in action

with my quilting tomorrow. Woefully behind now with my WIP's,

hopefully things will be back to normal soon.

Update - linking up with Kaja and Ann at AdHoc Improv Quilts

Enjoy your week.

Maureen

Another late starter - Gwennie Inspired Medallion QAL

This centre piece for the medallion was ready to go a couple of days ago

but other things cropped up and I'm only now catching up on

posting and reading two days of blog posts!

In the spirit of liberated quilt making I added a bit of fabric

on the RH side of the background fabric, my DH came in to ask me a question

just as I was cutting the fabric, of which I had very little left,

you can see the result!!

I've always wanted to try collage and decided this was the time.

The three larger leaves overhanging the basket edge

were cut as one but the flowers are all individually cut and placed.

My next challenge is how to quilt these!!! This needs to be done

whilst the piece is still small enough to handle easily.

There are two pieced borders to get on there before the

beginning of August, I should be OK with that time frame as the centre with

frame measures only

15 and1/2" by 16 and 1/2".

A quick tidy in the studio and then onto more Gypsy Wife blocks.

Enjoy the week.

Maureen