I am playing with my pink scraps. Pink is my favorite color, so I am loving this. I am not sure about the middle top block, but I know that every block cannot be my favorite, and the goal of this exercise is to use my scrappy pieces up, to benefit someone, somewhere. My quilt guild makes quilts for JPS, our local county hospital.
Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Old Town Mystery Better print these clues fast...they will be gone soon, if the past is any guide.
These are a few more scrappy blocks to enjoy. Made from 3.5 inch strips, x 4.5 inches. 1.5 inch strips form the cross pieces of the blocks. There are only 8 seams per block, just like a nine patch. As you all know, I greatly enjoy scrappy blocks!! My challenge is always the border...my friend Lori at Humble quilts says not all quilts need a border, and of course, she is right.
I made a tiny basket, too. SCRAPS RULE!!
Haha!
Hope you all are having a blessed day!!
*******************************Nurse's notes*************************
I am enjoying ICU. This is not like heart ICU...CVICU. In ICU we get everything. Brain bleeds, infections of all kinds, sepsis being the very worst, drug overdoses, alcoholics detoxing, even behavioral stuff that needs constant monitoring. Diabetes gone awry...and some people are just unresponsive for no discernable reason. Brain surgeries. Spinal surgeries. It is challenging. Unlike hearts, which we can mostly fix, these folks are dang sick. Older population. Decreased family interaction. A lot from nursing homes with no prior DNR status.
The kiddos I work with are young, young, young nurses. 22-26 years old...they play video games in their time off and are into nails and purses and fashion. Interesting, and fun to watch their interactions and how they bind so tightly to each other and are such fast friends. I love that!
The doctors are mostly nice, but they rotate in and out of the intensivist role, and work as employees of the system. We have lots of nurse practitioners to fill in the gaps 24/7. These are nervous, high-strung gals for the most part. 30-40 years old. They function independently, doing many physician functions. Including placing dialysis and central line catheter, tapping lungs and the like. Interesting to help them.
It is physically demanding. On my feet mostly all shift, with short bursts of power charting at the nurse's station. No coffee or drinks or food allowed at the computers, so we sneak sips when we can not get caught!!!
ON it goes. Hearts are my favorites. Hospice was good, but closed a lot of the time, so here I am in ICU!!!
Julie
7 comments:
Good to see all your sewing projects. As for work, a change is always good. At least you don’t get bored.
Loving your 9-patech/cross blocks--so pretty...looks like a fun project to make...;)))
hugs, Julierose
Love your scrappy blocks. Your OT Mystery blocks are very pretty.
Love your Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt! I checked yours to be sure that I'm on the right track with mine. But. . .what I really want to say is thank you for your heart for nursing, and thank you for your openness to working with young nurses. I only hope to have someone with your skills taking care of me if I need hospitalization.
I like the reading about your nursing job. It's a learning experience. I like the quilt blocks you are working on. I'm going to check my scraps to see if I have some suitable for that 9 patch/cross block. Thanks for sharing all that you do.
oh my! Back in the thick of it! Kind of like me choosing ER of all places to spend my last decade working. It kept it interesting for the most part but ICU always had my heart. It is a new world in there though and continues to be more than challenging. You are still showing the young ones your best skills and they are keeping you young :-) Your quilt progress looks wonderful as ever. Hugs to you and Lucky :-)
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