RSC23 - Week #39

 First of all - thank you to everyone who has been sending me good thoughts for healing following my second hip replacement.  I'm definitely on the mend.  There has been very little pain, and I'm getting around fairly well except for stairs yet.  I can walk with my cane, but the physical therapist has suggested that I keep using the walker around the house for a little longer because it's making me walk straighter and likely to walk more often and further. OK then . . .

The only sewing in the past week has been hand stitching some binding.  But I'm getting restless and am really feeling the itch to be downstairs in my creative space.  I'm hoping I can navigate those stairs sometime in the next couple of days.

This wall hanging is all bound.  It's a mashup of 2 different projects, which I explain better here.  I've also finished binding a dozen of the 6" mug rugs in the stack. And they are in a RAINBOW of colors.  Those are probably my only nod to RSC this week.

Prior to surgery I had gathered a couple of kits requiring tracing and/or cutting - things I could work on standing at my kitchen counter. And the first thing I wanted to play with is this wall hanging purchased in Juneau Alaska in June.  I gathered my pencil, scissors, the kit, and the roll of fusible webbing, ready to trace all those little pieces. You know what is said about "best laid plans".  

Did I NOT read the front of the kit where is said "laser cut"?  HMMMM . . . there is a laser cut "puzzle" template made of freezer paper to iron onto the background.  And all those small colorful pieces are already fused and laser cut, ready to place into the open spaces in the puzzle.

How clever is this?  There is a numbered copy of the puzzle, and a colored list of which numbers go where based on each fabric.  The downside - is this one will have to wait until I'm downstairs to iron that first piece onto the background.  This will be fun, and it's a technique quite different than other applique I've done.  But, I must be patient.

The other applique kit is this mini quilt of the desert sunset, purchased on our NM/AZ road trip last February.  This one is now traced, but will have to wait for fusing once I get downstairs.

I'm eager to see what else is going on in the RSC world this week. With a focus on neutrals, I know I have a bunch of scrappy things for the next couple of weeks that will fit in nicely. 

It's Quilt Guild day (1st Saturday of each month), and we'll see if I feel up to going later this morning. It would be my first time driving myself.  The location is handicapped accessible so that should make it easier.  One of the sons-in-law is coming with a chainsaw and 3 grandkids to help Dave with some tree branch trimming and hauling today too.  Bet I'll need a nap by late afternoon. 

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