Rainbow Scrap Challenge: Improvements and Setback

Improvement/accomplishment #1: I finished 69 more 16-patches this week!

 Then, I got to wean out of my orthotic during the day.

I sewed all the triangle and rectangle pairs for my yellow and green churn dash blocks.  I have three finished and hope to finish the next week.

 I cut all the pieces for my Stained Glass Stars.  They are more tedious to piece, so I may not get to them this month.

I'm now working on four patches for a red and green Christmas quilt.

The biggest improvement this week has to do with safety pins.  I finally was able to pin baste the little red, white, and blue quilt!  I can close the safety pins without any issues, which is fabulous.  I can tell large quilts are going to have to be a multi-stage process, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Ooh, and I'm able to type with all ten fingers.

The setback relates to a bee(?) sting.  Of course, I was stung on my left forearm (you know, the one connected to the hand with three broken bones?).  My mom and I decided the reason I didn't feel the bee sting is that I've already endured so much pain in that arm that a bee sting doesn't even phase me.  How did we decide this?  I'll get to that.  I have swelling from halfway down my forearm to halfway up my upper arm.  The elbow is pretty sore.  I also have some of the smaller symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction, including swelling in my face.  I saw the doctor Friday and got a cortisone shot.  I remember it being pretty painful, so I was surprised that it didn't.  Then it dawned on me that I probably don't currently find plenty of things painful since I deal with my hand now.  It's the little things, right?

I'll be okay, just slowed down even more.  I've been sleeping more, icing regularly, and staying indoors to avoid any more histamine reactions.  Wish me luck, and sewing time!

from the room of Zana's Ninis,
katie z.

P.S.  Be sure to check out the Rainbow Scrap Challenge each weekend.