Things On A Random Wednesday -

I must have slept wrong.

I can't think of anything else I did or could have done to throw such a wrench into my lower back and left hip - but I sure felt something wasn't right as I sat in the car yesterday driving myself to the inn.

That hitch in my get-along continued to tighten up as I started in on the laundry and doing all of the routine Tuesday morning post check-out things that happen.

And when I couldn't stand it any longer, when no amount of yoga stretches or back exercises would seem to bring any relief, I called the chiropractor.

They could get me in at 3:30pm.  Okay.  I can do this.

I can not have my back out of whack this week - I'm leaving for Iceland on Saturday!

The hexies at the top of this post? I've got kits prepped to take with me for airplane and interim stitching time. The one on the right was just finished.

Why is this photo here? It has little to do with this story, but it is something to share at least!

At one point yesterday I thought I'd just lay flat on the fatigue mats in front of the long arm quilting machine, and that was great, until I realized I was going to have to get up from there and drive to town to get to the chiropractor.  Uhhhhh.....can I get up? That's how bad.

This is my big summer travel purse.

Do you see that little hole?  I did what we are never supposed to do.  Things we were always warned against. "Don't Pull The Thread!!!"  I thought I could snap a hanging thread....but no...the thread was stronger than that and the seam started to come undone.

Now...how long did I keep dragging this purse around with a hole forming in the top?

WEEKS!

And when did I fix this?  More than a week ago, but since I was flat on my back yesterday and don't have a lot to share in this post, I finally remembered I did have something to share...

I didn't even take my stuff out of the purse....it's just a top-stitching thing. For a couple of inches?

Why did I wait so long?

Thread.  I needed to actually change the top thread and bobbin thread to match and that was what....too hard of a job??

I guess quilters DO mend things. Under duress. Being forced to change the thread color. Oh me, oh my.

Including changing the thread color this little job took maximum 5 minutes. Tops.

Seriously ridiculous, but it was so far down the list of things I had in front of me that I kept putting it off as not important.

So the purse is fixed.  My hexie traveling bag can go right inside for the plane trip (See, threre was a lead in to the hexies at the top of this post after all) and I'll be ready to go. Saturday.

And hopefully my back will be unlocked by then.  I have another appointment with the chiropractor tomorrow just to be sure.

This morning - I'm stiff, but not quite as bad.

Cat in the Flowers kits for m 22 Iceland travelers are done!

I'm getting very excited!

There is a bit more of this to happen - but I couldn't resist laying some things out.

If you look closely you'll see a blue floral stripe that has been hanging around since 1990 something. And some fabrics with dots, and a couple of other things that looked "old fashioned" thrown in to break up the plaid on plaid on plaid.

And maybe I would just sew some units together.....

Yes, I put that 1980s little rosebud print in there on purpose.

It reminds me of how far we've come on this journey.

So much more to do yet.

But I'm liking seeing what I envisioned come to life in real time.

This quilt doesn't have a name yet.  But it will come.

I think the thing I like the most about string quilts, is that beauty comes from little to nothing.

Amazing comes from simplicity.

I was planning on maybe hand quilting this...but you know what? There is such a thing as too many seams.  And I want it done quicker than that.

But I can't wait to walk into the QPO today and see the section that I've laid out on the floor...

I don't think I can spend hours sitting at the machine today.  Maybe that was part of my problem even though I have a good ergonomic chair. Too much time making string blocks.

Even though we got in two good road hikes over the weekend?

Notice that I'm avoiding saying it has anything to do with my age at this point...LOL.

I'll finish up the laundry today.  I'll make the towel baskets up while Housekeeper Susan works her magic on the rest of the house.

And then it will wait, shiny and clean, for me to get back just before Irene's Sewciologists arrive for their retreat the day after I get back.

And I think I'll just be laying low over the next few days instead of trying to cram everything in.

Mountain Laurel blooming off of my back stoop.

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

The only way to make it through is to continue to find the humor in it.

And if you can't laugh at yourself, you're taking things way too seriously...

Here's to Wednesday where I am promising myself to take it easy today and not do too much...