Yesterday was a busy day here at Chez Nana … but then the entire week is going to be pretty busy.
I walked with my neighbors Vickie and Lois. It was cool … I had to grab a sweatshirt. After our walk, I headed to the sewing room where I finished piecing together the 2 rows of the chevron quilt and pieced together 2 more rows … now I have 9 rows almost completed. Since the quilt will have 17 rows, I’m more than halfway done … with the pieced blocks … I have a couple of borders to add as well.
I had an eye appointment yesterday afternoon. It was a case of good news and bad news. The good news is that my nearsightedness and my astigmatism is improving (who even knew that was possible??) … the bad news is that the optic nerve in my left eye is thinner than it should be. Because I’m at risk for glaucoma (my dad has it), my optometrist wanted to do a scan of my optic nerves. The nerve isn’t so thin that she is ready to make the diagnosis of glaucoma, but it’s certainly concerning enough to her to want to follow up on it regularly rather than waiting a few more years to do a scan.
I also spent a little time with needle and thread … in Dr. Nana’s operating room.
My day ended with a quilt guild meeting. I made it official and paid my dues and am now a member. I have to say that I’m glad I did as I was certainly made to feel so welcomed.
Today will be another busy day … there’s a road trip to Homestead Hearth on the agenda. I’m hoping to find the fabric for T#1’s new quilt there. Here’s the inspiration for his quilt:
Tonight the Ts have their first summer swim team meet … IF the rain doesn’t interfere. Since the forecast is for thunderstorms, I won’t be surprised if the meet is postponed.
Not sure what is up with my ISP’s mail server. I’m getting duplicates … LOTS of duplicates … of emails in the last 16 hours. This morning when I checked my mail, I had 46 unread emails, only 2-3 of which were actually new/original … the rest were duplicates.
Have a terrific Tuesday!
Kathy
sorry about your eyes - I'm really not up on glaucoma and do not know what kind of treatment there is - I do hope it is. Good luck with your guild - I've had the worse luck with them in my area
ReplyDeleteI do love the pattern of the quilt you have chosen. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHope all goes well with your eyes. Love that quilt pattern.
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ReplyDeleteDo you by chance use Charter Communication for internet service? We are having the same problem with duplicate emails. Not sure if it's a Charter problem or a nationwide bug. Hope it can be 'fixed'
Log cabin quilts are just the best, aren't they! You'll have so much fun making that. Keep an eye on those eyes, glaucoma is treatable as long as it's caught in time - good for your doctor!
ReplyDeleteHope all stays well with your eye. Good thing your optometrist is right on top of it. I LOVE the quilt pattern. I looked at sooo many patterns trying to chose the one I wanted to use for my next quilt which is for the wedding gift it was really, really, hard to remember where I found what. I will post the pic of the one I plan on using soon. It is similar to this in that the white makes a geometric design when put with the other fabrics...soo cool. I know your grandson will LOVE this. Sounds like you got a lot done yesterday. I have my shirt all cut out and ready to go and am hoping to get it whipped together this morning. Have a good day!
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ReplyDeleteSo glad you went to the doctor. At least now you have an idea. It is still very hard though isn't it. When you think about how much you love sewing.
ReplyDeleteI will keep it in my prayers. I hope you get to go to the swim meet.
I love the operating room.
I do love log cabin quilts the best. That is a wonderful pattern.
There is a log cabin in one of the first Primitive Quilt magazine that I still want to make.
Have a wonderful day.
The thought of loosing your eyesight has to be so worrisome.
ReplyDeleteI like the layout for the log cabin blocks.
eye sight freaks me out - the idea of loosing it. At least there is some improvement!!!
ReplyDeleteAhh - Nana's operating room - glad everyone is back in one piece ;)
You've reminded me I need to set up eye appts. for both hubby and myself. Glad your eye nerve wasn't as bad as it could have been. I love this quilt pattern. I'm actually going to start cutting my Alaska fabric right now.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a fantastic day friend.
Hugs, Noreen
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ReplyDeleteSounds like your keeping very busy. Glad you were able to save those stuff toys, they look great!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad your Dr. caught the problem with your eye early! I hope that there is a treatment for it? What would the stuffed animals of the world do without Grandmas! I hope the guild works out for you. And it sounds like you are making good progress on the chevron quilt. Love the Log Cabin design, I don't think I have seen that setting before.
ReplyDeleteGlad your eye doctor is on top of things. Hopefully nothing progresses much in the next few years for you. Love that log cabin.... that is one of my options in blue/white for next years graduation quilt.
ReplyDeleteYou have been so busy! Great idea to have eye doc checking your nerve often. ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteYou have been so busy! Great idea to have eye doc checking your nerve often. ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteYou have been so busy! Great idea to have eye doc checking your nerve often. ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteI too am glad they are watching this. Praying for you tonight!
ReplyDeleteHow strange; the email thing. I couldn't begin to figure out how to fix that.
ReplyDeleteCrafting is relaxing. One of these days, I will probably pick something up again.
I don't know anything about glaucoma; is there a way to keep it at bay?
Glad you are taking care of your eyes! We had a thunderstorm here last night and got some much needed rain. Excited that you are officially "guilded" and that you felt at home! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you're getting regular eye exams. Sorry about the 'bad' part of the news though :(
ReplyDeleteI love your stories about time spent with needle and thread, especially in Dr. Nana's operating room :)
I'm stuck on the fact that you needed a sweatshirt on your walk!!!
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