I made this little quilt last year, and recently had time to hand quilt it. Done!! I love the texture of hand quilting. What kind of quilting is your favorite, machine or hand quilting?
This little quilt/table runner grew from the middle panel, that I had made for a filler in a sampler quilt. Well, the piece did not work in the original quilt, so I made a little runner. Hand quilted this one too. Loving the scraps here!!
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Some of you may know that I was recently diagnosed with Grave's disease. I have antibodies for Hashimotos thyroiditis and also Lupus. Just an autoimmune nightmare here! I finally got into the foremost specialist MD/PHD at the University hospital...talked to her for about an hour. It was decided to not do surgery or have radiation, but to try medications again. The bad effects of these are cumulative, so I will try it for a while, and be checked for liver and bone marrow side effects by blood work every month. I have been very unproductive, quilting wise, and just worried to death about what to do, but I feel a little bit better now. She said I was a classical Genetic Thyroid person...no wonder, all my family has it too!! And I found out that my Mom had a goiter...I did not know this, because she passed away when I was very young. My brother contributed this info...thanks bro!
All this has left me very anxious and nervous, and feeling just a wee bit sorry for myself. Until I go to work...then I see that almost every person I ran into had something going on with their health, or with their family, or something. Pregnancy in a fourteen year old child...cancer...heart attacks. Everyone has their own tough things to deal with. It is hard for me to imagine that something would not happen to me too. I have had the benefits (and taken them for granted) of vibrant health most of my life. The doctor told me some wise words, "You have to deal with the hand you are dealt in life". That really, really helped me so much.
So I put on my big girl panties and am dealing with it!! Thank you dear Lord for wise physicians and kind words.
Thank you too for you ,
dear friends, who have all helped me so much through this. So the Journey continues!! I have started a little blog about my thyroid too, just so I can process my own fears and feelings and physical manifestations.
It helps to hear your stories too...would love to support you as well!!
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Have a great day, everyone!!
Julie
