Hexies On The Go!

Hello Saturday!

It seems we made it through Friday, but it was not an easy one.

The fact that my phone alarm was set for 3:15am was simply not enough to allow me to sleep peacefully the night before.

I kept waking up about every hour checking to make sure that I hadn't slept through the alarm, or that it hadn't gone off after all and we would be late for our 3:40am departure for the surgery center for Hubster Dave's right hand surgery.

Yes, the alarm was set correctly.  Yes, it did go off.  But I had given up around 2:45 and got up.  What was the point of lying there with my mind racing anyway?

His surgery location turned out to be really nice - unlike hospital waiting rooms and patient areas, they have done everything they could to make this outpatient surgery center a comfortable experience for those on the waiting end, as well as for the patients inside.

The little TV had info on where our patient was at the time, be it pre-op, procedure, or recovery.

There were consultation rooms where the surgeon would come talk to family members or responsible party (ie: ME, though I'm not so sure on the responsibility aspect at this point!) and then we were called back when it was time to come help our loved one get dressed while they were trying to crawl out of effects of anesthesia.  

Dave's procedure to remove a bone from  his hand (from the top) and to perform a carpel tunnel fix (from the bottom) took about an hour and a half or so.

My comfy spot and hexies at hand.

I did finish getting all of the aqua hexies around this motif, and started in adding them to the second one - but when they called me back to come get him I didn't take a progress photo - it as all systems go to get the man home.

The funniest thing has been the nerve block they put in his arm above the elbow on his right arm.  I literally could not feel the arm, could not wiggle fingers, couldn't do anything -

One of the things we "just do" is quote movie lines all of the time, and we fell right into The Princess Bride with the scene of "He's only mostly dead..." in reference to his arm.

This joke continued through the day off and on as he would try to move his arm, adjust his elbow on a pillow, and just couldn't do it.

Because it was "only mostly dead."

The good news is - this morning it is slowly waking up and he can move his fingers...

This was from the evening before when we decided a pre-birthday dinner was going to be easier for him to use a fork with his right hand, then try to have him do it after the surgery with his left.

He turns 65 tomorrow.  How did we get here?

Oh, and this is the first time he was able to use his medicare to take care of this surgery - so there is that milestone too.

 A bit blurry and too much light!

And not everyone is here - some were out on a quilt shop run, b ut these smiling faces are the Richmond Express gals, and they are troopers holding down the fort while I took yesterday off to play chauffer for a man who won't be able to drive for a while.

A few o us did get out on Thursday afternoon for a bit of a road hike down Bear Branch - oh happy spring!

It's great to see the cows again, and I can't wait for this grass to green up.

Moo!

Through hurricanes and ice storms this old cabin still stands....though trees are down everywhere as witness to what we've been through the past several months.

And yes!  The daffies are blooming in the side yard beyond the Quilting Quarters windows at Quiltville Inn.

Yesterday afternoon's quick check on how things were going -

Binding, relaxing and wollie stitching happening in the Hen Den.

Sally is working on this yummy lovely -

All to say that no matter what life throws at us - the stitching must go on!

And you know what also must go on?

It's time to draw for our 3 winners in my  Bloom gift-away!

Entry 948 is:

Dorothy Schreyer

Entry 1550 is:

Linda Davis 

Entry 1615 is:

Deborah Rhodes

Congrats, ladies!  Please check your email inboxes for the email from me with your PDF pattern attached.

And yes, the Bloom PDF pattern is still on introductory sale!

Introductory pricing:  Bloom is currently marked 25% off in the Quiltville Store, Sal6e price good through Sunday 3/16/25.

Of course, I used my Essential Triangle Tool for the half-square triangles and flying geese units in the tulip borders - but traditional rotary cutting directions are also provided.  You can use any method you prefer to make these units - the unfinished and finished sizes are given in the pattern as well as several options to make them your way.

Bloom in Stitches!

Simple embroidery of tulip blooms surrounded by a border of patchwork tulips! It’s feeling like spring already! Full color photos and graphics. Optional construction methods.

Quilt Size:20’’ X 20’’

Save 15% of rulers, notions and tools using coupon code NOTIONS.  Put in the code on your shopping cart page BEFORE You click to your payment so discount can be applied before you check out.

And Monday - Waterford pattern release & Gift-Away day!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

We've got to keep laughing at ourselves and at this whole adventure we call life because what is the alternative? 


Have a great weekend, everybody!