I had high hopes for February, but they didn't carry me very far, huh? And then I went and had surgery on my left shoulder yesterday, which means March will be very hit or miss . . .
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| one day post-op...huge, football-like shoulder pad |
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| the rotator cuff tear, halfway repaired |
Because I don't enjoy typing one-handed, and my laptop doesn't auto-correct or do speech-to-text! LOL! I know, I know, first world problems! :)
I purposely scheduled my surgery for the end of February so that I could attend our Stitcher's retreat on the 20th. What a glorious long weekend! I love the group of ladies that attends, and particularly love the women--dear friends--I'm grouped with. The five of us are a group of introverts, so we don't stress each other out!
I worked mostly on handwork. I felt productive at just the right level. ;)
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| mug rug sample for April's 'Spring" theme |
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| the third of these sweet little dresses I've embellished with embroidery! |
I finished (finally) whipping together my Mod Flower Fall quilt. What's funny is that I started this quilt at retreat 2018!
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| the tables are 5' tables...yikes! |
I really hope to have it finished by October of this year for the Fanfare Quilt Show, but I just don't know how realistic that is!
Earlier in the month, Joc and the girls joined me at work for a Valentine's Day tea party . . .
I was solo that day at the office, so it was just them and me, and we had a glorious time!
We also had a guild meeting in there somewhere . . . February was a mug rug swap month, This was my offering:
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| hand-quilted! |
And this is the one I received:
It's such fun! The theme was "Think Pink."
This is the sampling of the rest of the mug rugs that were turned in for swap. HQH membership is so talented and creative!
Our guild's overall theme for the year is collaboration. To that end, members who collaborate on projects will be able to share their collaborations at the July meeting, and be eligible for prizes! My friend Gail and I decided to collaborate on a patriotic version of the twisted pole runner, modified!
We're both very excited about working on the project!
Okay, enough for now. I'm tired of typing! LOL!
Happy March, happy Spring, happy weekend!
:)
