new month, new challenge

may is here and with it a new challenge....deana pulled #5 on our challenge list and this is mine...

5.  start a new wall quilt 'blue plate special'....was gifted several blue scraps and a plan is formulated

have revised the plan a bit since i've already started the blue album/chimney sweep blocks.  i'll simply continue along making blocks and perhaps if my mojo ramps up, i can have a flimsy this month.  i am also going to fit in some of the dargate basket blocks, since i was an utter april failure with this challenge.  

have done a bit of applique on a UFO, gotten 'tuscan starburst' ready to baste but that's about the only sewing going on here...at home when tasks are done, mostly ruminate and stare out the window or lie in bed trying to escape.  fortunately, today's a busy day with events planned to occupy my mind and heart....

a missive

 

this is absolutely true!  i confess have hardly picked up a needle in the past six weeks....only after my heart surgery did i abandon sewing for this long.  this recent time was a different kind of heart surgery without a fix...still busy wrapping up mom's affairs, copying pictures for siblings, catching up on exercise and rest.  the hot weather is here for a day or two and will be inside with a/c running.  

i've also been decluttering....looking around apartment with new eyes, er rather my daughter's eyes, to see what can go and how to maximize space.  getting rid of stuff doesn't do anything to fill the grand canyon-size void in my life these days, tho.  just trying to keep occupied and create a new normal for my life.  

and the chookshed challenge for april?  a total bust....so back on the list go the dargate baskets appliques...sigh