I got a good start on Week 7 blocks for the 4th of July at Granny’s sew-along, but got interrupted so many times I never quite finished. Here are my four blocks, all but sewn together. What really threw me off, was that I realized I didn’t have quite enough fabric for the four triangle units that complete the block!
Can you believe I only had enough fabric to finish three of the four blocks? That meant I needed to order a whole half yard of extra fabric, because hardly anyone will sell a quarter yard anymore. A half yard of fabric cost $6.59 and the shipping was $6.50. Good grief. Not a happy camper.
I made Dennis drive me to the Bay Area yesterday because I had an appointment for eye injections in both eyes. Typically I stay over night with a family friend so I don’t have to make the 3 hour drive both ways all in one day. I had to see a different doctor this time because my doc is on vacation, and appointment times were limited. I ended up with a mid-day appointment with the stand in and thought we could just drive down, get the shots, turn around and go back home. It would take the entire day, but we could take Archie with us and make a day of it.
Definitely not one of my better ideas. I should have stayed with my friend like I usually did. Archie was a little champ, but spent the entire day practically upside down, sleeping in the back seat. Dennis complained about traffic the entire 9 hours we were in the car. There was a terrible fire in a medical supply warehouse alongside the freeway we took on the way home, and the traffic was backed up dreadfully. It took FOUR HOURS to get home. Never again. I will figure out how to get to my appointment, stay with my friend and come home the next day. I don’t mind traffic because I listen to my audio books and don’t care how long it takes. I shouldn’t impose myself on others and will keep that in mind next time.
The good news is, my eyes are improving and the medicine my doctor has me on is the cadillac of macular degeneration treatments. The doctor I saw told me that there has been a huge breakthrough in macular degeneration treatment and that soon there will be an injection that patients will only need to get once or twice a year rather than every four to six weeks. It’a a miracle!
I hope you all have a marvelous weekend!
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Great news about the eye treatments!
Yes, fabric prices are climbing through the roof. And when shipping is added, it’s really too much. How aggravating!
Frustrating for sure. I am having enough trouble motivating myself to get in there and sew, and a set back like running out of fabric is enough to have me just shut the door and see “Be Back in the Fall”.
Super news that your eyes are improving. Not so good news – the prices of shipping! Have to say it is outrageously expensive to even post a card or letter nowadays over here too. A friend asked if I would quilt her quilts and I said to her to find someone closer to her (she’s a huge distance away) because of the shipping costs to and fro! I don’t think she realised it!
At least you will have enough fabric to complete. Loving those star blocks with the 9 patches.
I recently sent three little notebooks to my son in Ireland. The value of the notebooks was around $20. It cost $34 to mail them. Not happening again, that is for sure.
Your blocks are beautiful! I must say blue is my favorite color, I love red and use it a lot but blue is still my favorite. I’m trying so hard to use from stash. Unless I’m making a special quilt for someone like my granddaughter, I will be able to find just what I want in my stash. Prices have really increased. In 2003 I helped a friend open a quilt shop, at the time Moda fabric was $6.95!
Congratulations on your eyes! The wonders of modern medicine! I have glaucoma which is well managed with eye drops but in the event that the drops become less effective there are surgical options available.
Sorry your trip didn’t go as planned, it was a good thought. ☺️
Prices on everything are insane. I sent to my local Savemart this morning and they wanted $9 for a regular size jar of Best Foods mayo. $4.95 for a box of pasta. It is out of control.
Wow!!! Best news ever about the medical breakthrough!!! Glad for you!
Have a great weekend!
In the 1980s when my grandma had macular degeneration there was no treatment at all. It is incredible how things have progressed in that field.
Seeing the stand-in doctor isn’t a bad thing. After his original doctor retired my husband was pleased with his new one. He has some up-to-date knowledge about frequency of shots & treatments available & it was a sort of ‘second opinion’ that was promising. We take our dog on the 2-hour each way eye shot appointment days & she snoozes her way to & from. Plus the doctor’s office is in a quiet neighborhood so dog walks/sniffs are easy to accomplish. I’ll bet that your friends are more than happy to have you stay on appointment days! As for the price of fabric & not being able to get ¼-yard cuts, I agree it’s annoying! Quilting has never been an inexpensive hobby, but nowadays it’s becoming even more so! Cheers to a restful weekend!
The stand-in doctor looked like a movie star; he was so handsome. He was my dad’s doctor, so I had met him before, and he actually seemed to remember me, or my dad’s name at least. His injection technique was amazing: I barely felt it. I told him that, and he said he recently tried to figure out how many injections he has given, and he thinks it is over 50,000. Guess he’s experienced.
Sorry about the traffic but great news about your Cadillac of medicine! What an improvement in the last twenty years! When my husband first found out he had macular degeneration, a mild case, he went around the house for months saying he was going to die. It was so upsetting for him! I had been dealing with painful fibromyalgia for two many years by then and still teaching full time and dealing with housework, laundry, and cooking. I was just quiet about his unhinging. Of course we are all going to die! His vision is still better than mine! He has long ago stopped moaning. It reminds me of the saying that only a man with a cold suffers more than a woman who has been through childbirth! That is a mean saying but sometimes it is so true…
Men can be very vocal about their discomforts….
What a relief that your eyes are improving! It’s amazing how medicine advances almost daily. The traffic is usually awful on 580 add to it a massive fire and it’s armageddon. I hope today will be a restful day:)
Apparently, the medical supply warehouse (over 1 million square feet) was a total loss. And their sprinkler system failed to work, so good luck getting insurance to pay out. What a mess.
Great news on your eyes– I think that’s been a big part of losing your sewing mojo. I do like where the Granny quilt is going– it took me awhile before the light bulb went of as to why she’s calling it that, duh! Can’t get enough red, white, and blue quilts right now. Why did Minick and Simpson have to miss this year!! Also having a creative drought right now, I think it’s just because the weather is beautiful– I’m not a reader, but the garden easily fills the time!