Survival Update

I hope all has been going well with everyone out there.  

My sewing got interrupted because of COVID.  I came down with it the last part of January!  I was blessed to have a mild case.  I call myself being cautious and evidently it creeped in on me.  To be honest the fear of what could happen probably freaked me out worst than having it.  

The only symptom I had was "pink-eye".  No cough, no congestion, nothing else.  Evidently a small percentage of those with covid develop pink eye.  But I thank God I had very mild symptoms.

Needless to say I just completed my vaccine shot on last week.  So I am fully vaccinated!  YIPPEE!!!!

Once I got thru COVID, I started back to walking everyday for 2 hours.  Well, I live in Colorado, and we had a major snow storm in March.  As I was walking a couple days later, I stepped on black ice and fell. 

 First the doctor thought I had just a severe hip sprain, but turns out I actually slipped a disk!!!

What's that saying if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have NO LUCK AT ALL.  At least that's how it feels right now.  So I have very limited mobility for the last month and am working mainly from my bed, since even a couple of steps causes extreme pain in my leg (Can you say sciatica?).  I'm under a doctor's care and hoping to make a recovery soon.

These event's had me thinking of two things my dad always says:

1. Getting old is not for Whimps!
2. If you fall don't try to break the fall, you'll cause more harm to yourself trying to stop the fall!  It's best to just fall.

It's amazing that when you are young you think your parents are talking crazy, or that what they say doesn't apply to you.  Then one day you discover that your are getting old, and there is so much wisdom in the things they say.

So in the meantime, I can't sew 😢.  So I've been thinking and reading about sewing.  I've been reading some articles on fit and quilting techniques.  I've also been doing some quilt designs in EQ8 for future use.  I've been trying some contemporary quilt designs: 

Interlocked V's

Crossing Ribbons

I saw this design in a German American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine, and was immediately drawn to it: 

I was working on this before I injured myself.  Here is my diagram of the block:

Block Diagram (24" square)

My Test Block

Once I am mobile, this will be the first project I complete!

In the meantime, everyone stay safe and get vaccinated!

Happy Sewing.......