Ouch

I took my brother to Chessington yesterday (not the one getting married, the other one) and we had a great time, but today I ache all over. I must be getting old. Still it was brilliant fun ;)

I have to say I don't know what's scarier, the fact that my baby brother is off to uni this week, or that my other brother is getting married!

I've started work on my clothes for the wedding now. It's fiddly cross stitch and I hate sewing with metallic threads but it should look good in the end. I just hope I finish it in time.

Finished!

Here's the chuppah with all the leaves sewn on. My mum's bringing the frame home this weekend so I can see how it all goes together and hopefully work out how to attach it to the frame. Then I can put the binding on it and start working on my clothes for the wedding...

Leafy Trees

I've finished quilting the trees and a leafy medallion in the centre (though it doesn't show up too well on photos). I've pinned loads of leaves on and just need to sew them down. Then I have to work out exactly how I'm going to hang this thing.

For those of you who don't know, Jewish weddings take place under a canopy, and this is what I'm making here. So it has to be hung from a frame by all four sides, and the leaves should dangle down. I think in order to get it on the frame, its going to involve a lot of velcro.

Tired of Trees

I finished quilting the second tree today. Here's a couple of photos. I've finally finished the antibiotics. Still got a few days of steroids to go but I'm feeling better and I can breathe, so long as I don't move too much. Hopefully I won't need another course of steroids and can finally finish these trees.

Wow!

I finished quilting one of the trees, and it looks good. I'll try to put a photo up soon. My mum saw it and she likes it which is brilliant.

I now feel mostly better, until I try to move and then it all goes wrong. It's getting really annoying. But at least I'm managing to do some things now.

I put out some of my pottery that's been packed up since I moved (over a year ago!) and immediately one of my cats managed to break one. Then he came to me for comfort cos the noise scared him! Hopefully it'll go back together with super glue and won't be too noticeable.

Damn side affects

I'm starting to be able to breathe again - so long as I don't move or talk... but thanks to side affects from all the meds, I'm still feeling rotten. All I managed to do today is quilt one branch of one tree. But I'm quite proud of it and it didn't take too long, so hopefully once I'm feeling better I'll get it finished quickly.

Still ill :(

I've been back to the doctor and he's given me another week of steroid tablets to try and deal with the asthma, so I still can't do much. I did manage to sew down the other two trees on my brother's quilt. Unfortunately I have no wall or floor space big enough to take a decent picture of it, so here's an awful photo instead.

It still needs quilting and then I have tons of leaves to sew on, but it's getting there and should definitely be done in time.