Esqmommy

lovely blocks posted.

Thanks for the kind words about my blocks ladies.

isn't it fun watching all these blocks? I'm having such a blast!

kluedesigns

janstar

the blocks are awesome.

you're D5 is just beautiful, i love how you fussy cut the fabric.

Esqmommy

I do love Columbia River Jane too.... such pretty fabrics!!

Tiffany

lacelady - gorgeous blocks! What happy fabric. :D

Klue - hug your coworker who is looking into the root cause of Fibro for me. I appreciate all his hard work!!!!! I wasn't diagnosed until 1992 but we've traced it back to when I was 4 years old. Normally it isn't triggered until menopause but stress can bring it out and I come from a fairly violent family & we figure that is what did it. Add in my allergies, Celiac Disease, and arthritis and it's easier for me to just spend the majority of my time in the safety of my house, close to my sewing machine and my bed. :lol:

Janstar - Wow! I love the yellows and golds. It makes the blocks look so rich.

Esqmommy

The Fibromyalgia is interesting to me. As a family law attorney, it comes up when we deal with support issues. People who have illnesses like that are often fighting for their positions, and that they have a "real" illness...many courts (read judges) and attorneys, and their former spouses, believe it's a made-up illness, or at best, exaggerated. If it comes up in one of my cases again (had it once), I'll contact you (KLue and Tiffany) to point me to the latest research and thinking on the illness.

In my one case, my client suffered from it tremendously. Her ex was saying she needed to get to work and stop living "off him"...but he dropped his claims. She really was quite sick and incapacitated so much. The court case only made things worse...Fortunately, he dropped the matter and continues to pay her support. I often wonder how she's doing...probably not well. It was really hard for her to just get up every day.

luvmortherest

luv the blocks everyone. (got to finish week 1 so i can catch up with everyone else)

Janstar

Kelly, Rachel and Lesley, I love your week 2 blocks. Such p

retty colors on all of them!

I can thank Marcia for the yellow flower fabric she gave me ages ago! I finally found a good use for it!!

Tiffany

Ugh! I remember when no one had heard of it and everyone thought it was "all in my head." I was actually pretty much bedridden for 2 years with it and it was almost impossible to function. Thank God I'm nowhere near like that now! I do take medication specifically for it and while it doesn't fix it, it does reduce the symptoms enough to allow me to function. It's an auto immune system disease and 99% of the time the person with FMS has some other problem, like Celiac Disease or Diabetes or something along those lines. It's a disease that hates to be alone and thus invites a lot of friends along. :roll: If someone says they have it, likely they have other problems as well. Sadly, it was one of those "Disease of the Month" things where doctors everywhere were over diagnosing it and people who didn't have it were being told they did. I went through this with my MIL, who was told she had it when she had NONE of the symptoms, except for having some muscle pain. She weighed over 300 pounds so obviously she was going to have some muscle pain! :P When I went through all the other symptoms, even she said she couldn't have it. I think a lot of times doctors get lazy and diagnose it when they can't find an answer easily. JMO

Now back to the Dear Jane quilt. My software hasn't come in (ARGH!) and it looks like it won't be here for at least a few more days. (Banging head over here!) I'm going to see if one of my friends will let me make a copy of some of the week 1 patterns from her book and hopefully I can get started. I really don't want to fall behind!

Brazen

Here is my entry for Week 2!! Good lord, but the BR2 triangle is not perfect and I don't care anymore! I can't stand the idea of starting AGAIN or ripping another seam on that thing. LOL!!!!!!!!!!! It's not perfect and it's ok. No one will ever notice in the grand scheme.... that's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

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luvmortherest

absolutely beautiful