Not much to talk about since this is always a slow period for me. And no pictures either.
We had a really lovely Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. Thursday my daughter was working, so we just slid things by a day. All three of my Iowa kids and their families were here. The one in Wisconsin called, but couldn’t attend. I cooked a glorious Amana smoked ham, home made rolls, cornbread and sage dressing, and two pecan and two pumpkin pies. Kevin smoked a turkey. My daughter in law made a huge apple crisp pie, a quinoa salad, and the cranberries. My daughter and son in law brought green beans and a corn casserole, while my second son and his partner brought sweet potatoes we baked. I wish I had thought to take a picture of the loaded counters before we had 13 people descend on them like locusts. We still had enough to give folks left overs. Today we have just nibbled because I am still full.
As for quilting, I have worked quite a bit on my class quilt. The best thing I have learned is to slow down and be accurate! It is something I had to learn in my piecing too. I just try to go too fast and then make mistakes or it just isn’t precise enough. If it isn’t right, I just get to spend the time taking it out and re-sewing so I don’t save any time at all! One of the problems was I drew the block lines with a chalk liner the instructor recommended, but it got blurred before I sewed it. That led to inaccurate measurements and all kinds of problems. I may not ever finish it, but I will do at least one of all the block designs we learned. I think I will just use it as my own sampler for other rulers I have.
I did get some relief from my steroid injection, but I think the PT will be more effective now that everything isn’t so incredibly painful. I have already gotten farther in 3 visits than I did in 6-7 weeks before. My goals are pretty minor – to be able to walk a mile. Now o can walk only half a block on a bad day, and sometimes even less. Crossing my fingers I can get rid of my handicapped hang tag when it expires in March.