It Must Be July.

A couple of years ago. July.  This same weekend in July.  We had the mishap with the falling tree swing where I broke my foot, and my nose...

I thought we'd had a good run since then!  And then the thing with this falling clock happened....And yes, this is the same group that was here to help me when the tree swing fell THAT July.

But more on that later.

I'm so excited that so many of you have supported Kala in the purchase of your Quiltville Inn Fabric on Spoonflower.

If this piece looks a bit "Swiss cheesy" it's because a workshop was happening with the Pieceful Hearts gals yesterday - a bag making workshop including zippers and pockets and little divided sections within!

Bag making is happening here!

Here's another close up so you can see everything that is on this fabric.

Bag in progress!

And here's Patty's completed bag! (Front)

Back. So cute!

Spoonflower has sales quite often. It's not uncommon for them to have a 30% off from time to time so I asked Patty to remind me of when sales are happening so I can remind YOU!

And yes, I know postage is expensive if you are ordering internationally, but hopefully when sales are on it will be more feasible for you.  We understand.  It would be the same thing if someone here were ordering items from your country and having to pay shipping/tariff/duty, etc.

I will get pattern info today. Because yesterday around lunch time I finally gave in to having Hubster Dave take me to Urgent Care for x-rays on this leg that was clocked by the falling clock.

It's been two weeks.  It still hurts like a mother bear, the swelling was not going down and I wasn't going to push it through another weekend, because what if not being seen was doing greater damage??

This new place opened up recently in West Jefferson, North Carolina.  So conenient!

And the place was empty. (on a Friday? At lunch?) I quickly went through all of my sign in stuff, and it wasn't long before they brought me back for vitals, and then x-rays, and finally....

Yep. The falling clock that I tried to save via a soccer move with my leg chipped the bone.

Figures.

Next time let the clock hit the floor, dang it!

The hard part is...this is my right ankle. It complains when I machine sew too much.  It complains when I try to drive the car.  But this brace should help.

It's itch/scratchy on the inside (Thanks to so much Velcro!) so I have cut the foot off of a tube sock to wear as a sleave to cushion things a bit.

I can't fit a shoe over this thing, so I'm happy enough that it is summer and I can get by with flip flops for the next 4-6 weeks.

After that, if I still have a problem, I am to go see the ortho guy.

But what do they do for a bone chip that is not attached to bone any longer? Remove it? I just don't know.

But so much for any road hikes between now and....whenever?

I got five more Four Patch Fun blocks done as Leaders & Enders while working on my new main project. Yes, there are some oldies from the deep stash being used in my blocks! (Bye bye fabrics!)

After that, I just wanted to go home and elevate this thing.

I elevated my ankle and settled in to some quilt back repair.

This is what I put over the really bad spot where the seam came apart on my backing. This is the left over strip of binding. All that was left. Binding chicken for the win.

And this was the WORST bad tension spot.

It wouldn't have been so bad if I had pressed the seam to one side, but I press my backing seams open to eliminate bulk when rolling onto the machine rollers so.....

A piece from the backing margins ended up here.

And now the backing looks like it has fabric bandaids.

At this point I'm like "Whatever."

The front, however, looks Mahhhhhvelous!

Lessons learned.  Carefully inspect backing seams before loading into the machine.  Why was I in such a hurry, anyway?

And this cute girl was on her blankie beside me through the whole thig, sleeping while I grumbled.

Today:  I won't be able to make so many walking trips back and forth between the QPO and the Inn, so when I do, I'll just stay around longer! LOL!

It's Saturday. I'm eager to see how the rest of the bags turned out from the class they had.

Saturday is also laundry day for refreshing towels, washcloths, head turbans and kitchen linens and it's completely silly how giddy that makes me to fold fresh towels out of the dryer and present them back.

It's the Quiltville Fluff & Fold Service. Makes me happy.

I'll do SOME sewing today, but I think I'll be at my desk more putting the finishing touches on the Abbeygate Pattern.  I'm almost ready for it to release on Wednesday.

How about your weekend ahead? What's going on in your world?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

I give this the biggest yes ever, and 100 thumbs up! 

Indigo a Go-Go quilt from my book String Frenzy.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!