Happy Fall - Back to Blogging

Hello Everyone   Where have I been?   After my last post I went to physical therapy for my hip and after a while I began to have a problem with my knee.  I think maybe one might have been the result of the other.   At the end of July I had my right knee replaced.   (That's my driving leg!)  If you have had this surgery or know anyone that has, you know that recovery is a slow process.  I'm doing ok, but there are still some things I need to work on and exercises to do every day.   I still don't have the stamina I had before the surgery.   That will just take time.   So as much as I hated to, I've canceled the two retreats that I'd signed up for - the Jane Stickle retreat in Shipshewana and Stitch Away at Hueston Lodge in Ohio.   I'm looking forward to next spring when I’m ready to retreat again.  

 

You all know that I have a few lot of projects here at home to keep me busy.   But I thought why not start something new to work on while recuperating.  So, before I had surgery, I started cutting hexagons for the Insanity quilt.  I’m using some of my collection of Tilda fabrics for the hexagons.   I knew it would be a while before I could stand at the cutting mat for very long.   There’s a lot of white tone on tone fabrics used as background, and an online friend, Theresa, sent me a nice box full of background strips like those she is using for the background hexagons of her Insanity quilt.  If my math is correct, there are 10,339 total ½” hexagons in this quilt.

 

In the original photo the solid borders are done in pink.   I’ve decided to do mine in this teal fabric.

 

 

This quilt by Rhonda Pearce was pictured on the Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine Volume 16 Number 6.  I don’t see a date on the magazine, but the quilt won first prize in the Traditional Professional category in the 2007 Quilter’s Guild of NSW annual exhibition.

 

 

It’s fall in Indiana.   This photo was taken about a week ago in our front yard.  We’re having some chilly nights, so the leaves are really turning now.  

 

My mums came from my oldest grandson’s school fund raiser.   They have really filled out.   I love the colors!

 

Thanks to those of you who are still reading my blog.   I’ve done a lot of handwork so I plan to keep posting.

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

 

I hope you are finding some time to stitch today.