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Temperature quilt after 17 months |
✔1. Keep up with the temperature blocks. I've completed 17 months of recording the daily temperatures. The top measures 37 inches by 72 inches.
✔2. Continue piecing my maze quilt top.
✔3. Continue to free motion an area of my Lone Star quilt.
✔4. Sew a Christmas stocking for my youngest granddaughter.
✔5. Play with the embroidery unit on my machine.
✔6. Teach a Zoom class on EPP.
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Make more filler blocks |
✔9. Document more days of our March London trip.-- Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8,
I completed a block for the outgoing CCQ president. We were to make a six inch bear paw block in bright colors.
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Bear Paw block |
All in all, I am happy with all the progress I made in May.
For June, my goals are:
1. Keep up piecing the temperature blocks each day. Begin piecing the filler blocks for the borders. I will need about 165 of these. It seems like a huge task; but, I've already pieced 558 blocks so what is another 165?? If I begin piecing now and add them into the project, I may finish the border fairly close to the end of the year!
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Reimagining a space |
2. Sew two swim suits.
3. Sew a skirt.
4. Sew a top.
5. Layer and pin baste the quilt top that I made last month with the five inch squares that Preeti gave me.6. Participate in Preeti's Positively Sew Along.
7. Finish the documentation of our March London trip--I've one last post to write!
8. Spend some time with Miss J and baste her quilt.
9. Order enough hand dye fabric for the temperature quilt and for a potential project for Mod Squad, one of my small groups that works in the modern style.
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Adding curved lines to the space |
I had my last physical therapy appointment two weeks ago. I'm still scheduling massages at least a couple times a month. I pay for the massages from my own pocket.
If I make more progress using the PT exercises, I may request more sessions. Because I had plateaued, I couldn't see spending money without seeing better progress. Over time, I believe I'll continue improving.
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View after adding the curved lines |
I am swimming about 800 yards which is 500 more than I did last month. I can swim 100 yards continuously of freestyle and another 100 yards continuously of breaststroke. My shoulder, while tired, can stand the freestyle.
I can alternate 50 yards of freestyle with 50 yards of breaststroke. After that, I swim backstroke, elementary backstroke and scull until my body is ready to call it a day. At some point, I'll be able to swim a mile or 1760 yards.
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Potential skirt and top fabrics |
I still don't have the strength to free motion quilt with rulers. Some days, I can manage a small ruler in a small area. It's been hard on my ego to see the quality of quilting I produce now compared to what I produced before the accident.
I'm linking to Cynthia and Oh Scrap/Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework as I've played with scraps a lot last month with more scrapping to come this month!