Being somewhat limited in what I am "allowed to do" under Doctor's orders while my elbow heals, I set aside hand quilting and hand work to do some machine sewing. I am not sure it made that much difference, but he did say to ease off on the handwork. I thoroughly enjoyed my weekend though working on the Americana Sampler, and actually made some good progress. Yesterday the stitches came out and I am free now to drive and do handwork - but I see the doc again on Monday, and want to finish a hand quilting project before then just incase he puts me under restrictions again. :)
Here are the Americana Sampler blocks I completed Friday through today:
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| I had already completed the posy, but had to do the rail fence strip to finish it up. I actually made 16 rail fence blocks, the other 14 will show up somewhere else on the quilt. |
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| Had fun with this Bear Paw block. I found this fabric in my patriotic stash and the squares were just the right side for me to feature different scenes from the fabric. This morning though I noticed I had placed some of the HST's wrong and had to do some re-sewing :( |
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| Well this is all applique - guess I disobeyed doctor's orders in making this one, but I had to have it to complete the row I was working on. I tried to keep my left arm still while I did it, and just held the fabric with the left hand and did all the applique with the right. |
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| This is the quilt layout I have finished to date. there will be one more side row and two bottom rows. Shown are the blocks completed for the next row to be added. |
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This Grandmother's Fan block instructions kind of surprised me. This is a Fons and Porter very old pattern and the instructions said to machine piece the fan and then applique it to a back ground square, and then applique the "handle". I did it with curved paper piecing and not sure why Fons and Porter did it with applique
This is Jacob's Ladder - a fun block to make.
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Oh gosh. You make me smile. Your poor doctor, dealing with a recalcitrant quilt-maker-patient! While I don't know the extent of your elbow injury, it must not be too bad because it sounds like you're finding it difficult to keep your hands off fabric! Of course, you have lovely projects going - and I fully understand how Bear Paw block HSTs can easily be piece the wrong way! - and I admire your desire to work on all of them. However, I hope you are pacing yourself, and that you're taking time to heal as you should. Be well.
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