With a new month, it’s time for another color of the month in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. The month of August was declared by our leader Angela to be dedicated to sewing aqua, teal, and turquoise scraps. Don’t those colors make you want to jump into a pool? They sure do to me!
Well, thankfully my knee is not fractured, and I’m back to walking without assistance after that fall last week. Unfortunately, my orthopedic surgeon says both my “extremely” arthritic (bone on bone) knees need to be replaced. Yikes. I was hoping I could get by without facing that. But, I’m going to go ahead with it. I’ll do my right knee first sometime in late December or January, and then the left knee six weeks later. It’s going to be tough, but we’ll manage. The silver lining (well, beyond the obvious new knees) is that it will probably give me a lot of extra sewing time!
And speaking of sewing time, I was surprised to realize that I didn’t get all that much sewing time in this week. But I do have several things to show you, so let’s get started.
Last week I mentioned that I’d sewn the last two blocks for my Halloween Quilt. But I saved them for this week to show you.
This first block is the third or fourth time I’ve used this same fabric that’s the center section. I got a chunk of it who-knows-where, because I can’t remember all the scrap origins of my stash. (Is this my personal shame, or are there others of you who forget scrap origins too?)
The primary sewing I did for the RSC this week was this aqua Weathervane block. I love that mouse fabric in the center. I buy it from Spoonflower online, and keep ordering a FQ here or half-yard there. I’ve got more still in a quilt kit I’ve made and hope to get to in 2026.
6 comments:
The center fabrics of both your projects are too cute !! I didn't study the halloween blocks as it's not my thing. lol
I just love that 1st block with Kitty sitting under the moon and stars--and the coordinating fabrics are so perfect, Cathy--lovely work. I've never made a partial seamed block--this one looks challenging--but oh so pretty...looking forward to seeing this one come together...
Hugs Julierose
Cathy, I love your teal projects, Those are my happy colors. You are not the only one who doesn’t remember where the fabric scraps came from. Sometimes I think they make new scraps in the bin. I am glad to hear you did not have a fractured knee.
Welcome August indeed! I like the Halloween block a lot, and your aqua weathervane is very summery. Hope your knee heals well enough so you can get around. ("Closet of shame," LOL. How about "closet of opportunity"?)
Oh gosh, Cathy. I just read about your knee mishap in this post and realized I miss last week’s post about your fall. I’m so sorry. Now the new of knee replacement has me grimacing. Finger crossed that everything goes well. And you still crank out more blocks than “perfectly good” me… (at the moment at least). Guess things can change in an instant. Take good care of yourself. Love the BooBoo Bear, Bruce made for you!. Made me smile, hope you did too!
My sympathy on your fall! I fell at the end of April this year and am now mostly recovered. :P I had both knees replaced (one at a time). My advice about sewing during recovery would be to have lots of hand work to do - embroidery, wool applique, knitting, whatever you enjoy. I found myself often sittingin a chair with the cold water pump running to bring down swelling - and ever after that eased up some, I could not sit with my feet on the floor (knee bent) for long so not much machine sewing. Worth doing - new knees work great! - but plan carefully.
:) Linda
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