healing and sewing

Six weeks ago I was out walking, slipped on ice and broke my wrist. Yikes! That put a real cramp on my creative abilities. I've been doing a lot of reading. However, after I got a smaller cast that did not constrict my elbow, and now that I have a removable splint, I have found I can quilt loose designs on my longarm and I can sew together squares from my box of pre-cuts. Rotary cutting is still a challenge.

This quilt came from my box of 4.5" squares cut from leftovers as other projects were finished (inspired by Bonnie Hunter's scrap using system.) It will be donated to our guild's comfort quilt program. I love the Laurel Birch cat flannel I found in my stash for a fun backing. The rainbow stripe binding and multi-color backing is my attempt to join in the April RSC multi-color fabrics. I have a pile of other multi-color fabrics I would like to use up, but I'm not up to cutting them right now.

This top is next in my easy quilting queue. I was gifted a Maywood Studio "Fresh Lilacs" charm pack and added other purple and green fabrics. Don't look too closely, some of my corners don't match because of my imperfect cutting. It will be another comfort quilt.

Check out all the other creativity using multi-colored fabrics at RSC!