Slow Sewing

Twelve days Have passed since my first cataract surgery and 4 days since my second surgery. My new distance vision is amazing. And everything seems to be in 3-D! I guess we don’t notice how “flat” our vision gets as cataracts slowly worsen. Colors are a bit lighter and brighter and the sun is sunnier.

My closeup vision, however, is challenging. It’s improved but I still have astigmatism, which makes things fuzzy. I have tried all my old glasses and I can’t see well with any of them. Fortunately, I found a 12 or 13 year old pair of prescription readers that I can see to read and sew with until my next appointment in April for new glasses.

This makes for slow sewing. I have put FMQ aside until I have some glasses as I need multiple distances and accurate depth perception for that skill. The wait for a new exam for glasses is 4 weeks, so it will be a while longer. Applique is the answer, but I do have to limit time to a couple hours a day.

Fittingly, the pattern is called Hope by Esther Aliu. I originally planned to use a batik for background fabric, but an aqua metallic grunge length in the cupboard insisted upon playing a starring role in this quilt. Several in the Esther FB group are using Jason Yenter fabrics and I have a small stash of JY, so I decided to use them in this project. Lots of fun in seeing how we all use them differently in our creations. Raw edge goes more quickly, but somehow I ended up going with turned edge, so more slow work.

I am using Superior Threads new dark gold metallic to complement the metallic grunge.

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Spring is trying to come early and we have plants starting to bloom, despite our snow fall this week and freezing morning temperatures. Here are a few of the brave blooms.