first things first

early in my calamity a gift arrived for some retail therapy.. during the long siege thinking about sewing or anything related was way back burner....now with siege ending entertained quilty thoughts and ideas.  so this squishie arrived the other day.

some flannel to use as batting in placemats and small projects to get them finished...then these kaffes whispered to me...a yard of each to use as backgrounds. the leaf print is from his william morris collection and it was a challenge to choose just one to add to the stash.  tho i am back to some sewing, not quite back to baseline.  first apartment needs some attention....prefer sewing in a tidy space.

in the not quite yet department.....

upper part not quite healed over....and not sure about that little bubble but nurse back monday....glad i opted out of graft....amazed at the improvement over post-surgery...so many have kept me in their prayers all this time and God has certainly heard them.  i am humbled, grateful and thankful beyond words.  

and since this is my blog, can i just say the very tenets of our republic are under attack.  the lack of respect practiced and promoted by our commander in chief and his blind followers has mushroomed into a nation where opposing opinions and free speech are acceptable cause for violent attacks.  he is on a witch hunt to silence every opinion but his own.   we are on the fringes of a dictatorship and it's a very slippery slope.  government control of every arena is so NOT what the founders intended, instead very much feared.  i highly recommend everyone read "the federalist papers" where every aspect of establishing our government was examined in depth and every possible scenario for protection from abuse and tyranny was anticipated insofar as was possible.  regardless of political affiliation or affinity for any particular segment of current society, it is imperative that basic rights and freedoms endure.