Two More Days

 I'm getting pretty excited here.  In just two more days I will have my stitches out and be ready to quilt.  Actually I could probably go mount my next customer quilt right now, but I don't work on Sundays--at least not for money.  Tomorrow we have a meeting out of town so I probably won't accomplish much at home.  Not that I won't try.  At this point I can move my hand and thumb around without pain but the hand does fatigue easily.  It is amazing how much strength is lost when muscles aren't used, and it doesn't take much time to lose that strength.

It is cold here today.  Just 5 degrees with light to moderate snowfall.  A good day for staying in the house and doing whatever you are in the mood for doing.  That might be why I have strawberries thawing on the counter.  A strawberry desert, piping hot from the oven, is what I'm in the mood for.  It really is too bad that we don't have any ice cream in the house.  

I did manage to stitch up a pillow today.  I have some pillow forms that I ordered last month and fabric to cover them, so what better time to get started.  Since I only had one zipper on hand, I could only make one pillow.  I decided to start with the pillow that I need for the small of my back when I'm sitting on the loveseat.  I found some fabric that I had initially planned on using to make a bag.  There is still enough fabric left from the pillow, that by adding some contrasting fabric, I can make a bag.  The pillow's not fancy, but it is already serving the purpose.