2018 March - June Wall Hanging Swap
#92
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Glad to hear you are on the mend Rumbols. I can't imagine how hard it must be to lose the use of those precious digits. If not too personal, how does a doctor treat something like this? This is a curious condition to have in every finger. take care of those creative tools.
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The first time it happened to me, I was in my early 40's. I was getting our house in North Carolina ready to sell. We had a small orchard and numerous other trees and bushes, and I was pruning. About 5 of my finger became swollen, and I when I would try to bend my fingers, they would catch at the middle joint for a second before releasing. I stopped pruning. It was even difficult to drive. I rested my hands and I got steroid injections. That took care of the problem. Fast forward to several years ago. I had been doing a lot of crocheting, sewing and gardening. One day I used the weed whacker for a couple of hours, and then I spent several hours pruning shrubs. The next morning when I woke up, I had trigger finger. Only one of my fingers was affected this time. I went and had an injection but I still had the issue. I went again a month later and had another injection. Still didn't help. The doctor told me that the next step would be surgery. I have not followed up with that, but I plan to. I notice that when I first wake up in the morning is when my finger catches, but after about a half hour, it is hardly noticeable.
#93
Ube, what a cute wall hanging. I think the name you chose for it is perfect and captures it perfectly. How do you plan to quilt it?
#95
Sounds great! I think the roundness of the scallops will really look nice with the pinwheels and offset the angles. I have done scallops one time but plan to use it more often. I have never done trapunto before and am not sure what false trapunto would be. Sounds all very interesting and am looking forward to seeing pictures of the finnished wall hanging.
#96
Here is where I am going with the Americana wall hanging. I just have everything laying loose on top of each other in the picture. I am not sure what I want to applique above the eagle. I was thinking USA. I was also thinking about adding some gold stars but then realized there are plenty of stars on the light blue center fabric. I am also wondering about the dark blue triangles and might do some gold stars there but it would be the only gold/yellow in the wall hanging. Decisions...
Last edited by Annaquilts; 06-18-2018 at 12:19 PM.
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