FEEL THE LOVE......

GO PACK GO 💚💛💚       GO PACK GO 💛💚💛

Let's send the Lions back home after a Packer win tonight!!!

IN FLIGHT

Discomfort and sometimes outright pain still persists....but I'm slowly getting back to my normal activities with some limitations.  Daily home PT exercises and visits with my wonderful PT therapist are still ongoing to stretch and strengthen the rotary cuff repairs. 

Starting with smaller projects. Now available....contact if interested.    SOLD!!

"IN FLIGHT"

13” x 13”

Artist’s hand-dyed & Japanese cotton fabrics.

Machine appliquéd & quilted with metallic thread. Secured 

in a black wood frame without glass.

CROSSROADS TO JAPAN - new art quilt

 New Japanese art quilt, so happy to be back to sewing.....still having to work on short stints but that just enhances the creative enjoyment!

“CROSSROADS TO JAPAN” - 45” x 36” - pieced & quilted Japanese & hand-dyed cottons. Hanging sleeve attached. Sized to fit over a sofa, dining buffet, entrance hall or stairwell. Free shipping for a limited time. DM if interested with questions or requests for more photos.

GO PACK GO!!!!

 Great sports watching day......  F1 race from Singapore this morning, followed after lunch by the Packers vs Falcons......

GO PACK GO

FINGERS CROSSED JONES WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW OFF HIS INCREDIBLE SKILLS!!

GONE TO NEW HOMES!!!

 There's nothing like some quilt sales to elevate an artist's mood! And trust me, there have been many days these last couple of months that was what the doctor ordered!! (If doctors could order such happiness that is!!)

PROGRESS

 Ever since my PT therapist gave the okay to use my rotary cutter (but to pace myself!) I've been plugging away on a Japanese art quilt. I've had a lot of sales success with this style, so creating another during the recovery phase of rotary cuff surgery is making me very happy!

Not sure whether I'll be able to machine quilt it yet.....as I certainly don't want to undo the rehab progress I've made.....stay tuned....

HERE WE GO......DOWN DA BEARS!

 Feeling the LOVE     - GO PACK GO!!!!   

PROGRESS

 8+ weeks and happily my bulky 24-7 sling is in the past. Foolishly (though I'd been told otherwise many times) I had it in my head I'd be able to pretty much resume activities. NOT

......PT 2x a week and 3x daily are keeping my occupied instead. For sanity sake, I pulled out some blocks/selected fabric that I had earmarked for a post surgery project. 

Darn it, rotary cutting is too hard on the shoulder for now....back to scissors.....oh we've been spoiled by our rotary cutters. Here's a look at my very slow progress on a small Japanese art quilt. PT is schedule through Oct. so my goals are more realistic now. Slow but smiling.....

PT Torture

 Entering 7th post surgery week and obviously very frustrated by this long rehab process.  PT is as painful as everyone warned....but necessary...

Here's my current least favorite exercise - ouch, ouch, ouch....

It's going to be awhile before I can sew again.   Grrr! I'm trying to remind myself that everyone has assured me in the end, they were happy they had the surgery.....I AM NOT THERE YET!!

SHOULDER SURGERY UPDATE

 

4 weeks post surgery…. I’m still in misery most of the time.  Been trying to gear up to write an update but just so hard with left finger & big padded sling on right side hitting keyboard.

Had 7 incisions - 3 separate rotary cuff tears - 2 partial & 1 full thickness = complete detachment.  Plus bone spurs removed & repair to AC joint and deltoid.  I’m not even going to pretend to be stoic…..pain has been awful.  Woke up in recovery unable to open and see from left eye….no one could figure out why….back to normal in 3 days with a variety of eye meds they had me trying.   I Started PT about 2 weeks ago which will continue till at least SEPT. 1.   It too is AS AWFUL AS EXPECTED BUT OF COURSE NECESSARY.  I must be getting somewhat better because I’m really bored now….…right side useless since it’s so difficult to do much of anything.  However, I can easily pick up my glass of bubbly!!  

Spending time doing home PT exercises & icing my shoulder.  Some photos attached of the equipment - though the ice machine is now gone.  $$ to rent and for some stupid reason there was only 1 size shoulder pad - wayyyyy to big for me so it had to be velcroed in place with confusing number of straps which attached themselves to the excess number of padded velcro sling straps …..creating velcro hairballs that were impossible to attach and remove with only one good hand.

This is all I can manage for now…….but two weeks ago I couldn’t even do this much.   Excuse typos...