Back to Blogging 11-20-22

It has been over two months since my last post.  But I am going to try to post every day as I always have in the past.  Where have I been and what has kept me from writing?  Lots of different things; major computer problems, health problems, depression, lack of energy, and so forth!  On Oct 12th I received three epidurals for the sciatica.  The previous shots were Dec 2nd, they wore off toward the end of July and the pain kept getting worse.  I'm not very good at decision making these days, so it took me some time to take action and schedule more doctor's appointments, which seem almost impossible to confirm,   So far the shots have helped a lot, but I still have the "electric tingle" regularly.  Have schedule another round of physical therapy.  After months of dealing with UTIs the urologist scheduled a MRI and found a kidney stone which required "blasting".  I did that, but the stone is still there.  It doesn't hurt, so she is holding off to see if it will dissolve. Had to have a tooth pulled and am scheduled for an implant next month.  And right now I have a cold - the sneezing, coughing, aching, dripping kind.  So far I have managed to avoid Covid.    I suspect this is more than you wanted to know, but I needed to explain what has caused my silence.  I have added new quilts to the Collection and this is Sunday so I will post one of the new additions.  

"The Noisy Neighbor"  Sonia Grasvik - Seattle, WA  2022  12"X12"

Commercial cotton fabric, cotton and rayon thread.  Pieced, Appliqued, Machine Quilted

Beside the blackbird/crow the doodling machine quilting is fanastic.  She has quilted each square separately, or perhaps she quilted a large piece and cut it into squares.  Various colors and weights of thread create a intricate texture.  

This was part of the SAQA 2022 online auction in October.  

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