Not quite two weeks ago I had a clumsy fall that resulted in rib contusions and excruciating pain. Can't sit, can't lay down, can't bend, can't carry, etc, etc. With my limited mobility I am not using my right side much at all, so sewing progress has been slow, but not impossible. It is most comfortable to just stand up straight, so I have been doing a lot of arranging and thinking, with short bits of sewing when I get things figured out.
Just before the fall, I had finally gotten the 9-patch border on the baby blocks. Not perfect at all, but I am happy with it. There are waves in the outer setting triangles. The plan is to unsew enough of them to adjust and flatten it out a bit. I had thought of making a piano key border, but it is already so big for a baby quilt that I might just go with 4-patches in lots of blues as a kind of final border/frame.
Sitting and looking at the orphan Christmas blocks and the Christmas fabric all over the table led me to start another medallion style quilt. I never saw that one coming! I am leaning into the blues and so far it is going well. The medium blue with snowmen were already fussy cut and were just the right size to make it around the trees.
The next round took more thought which was good since I could do that without moving. The triangles were already cut and there was no more of either of those fabrics. The math worked out for the HST to nearly cover four sides. I went through several ideas on the direction of the HST and I think this last photo is what I like best. I will finish mathing it out and figure out the best fabrics to fill the gaps. Looks like green is a no!
Every day I feel better. Cutting is harder than sewing, so I'll keep working on whatever requires the least cutting. Digging through the bin of random 2" squares to start the baby blocks border might do the trick.
2026 15 Minutes to Stitch
