It amazes me when quilters work so hard on their work and then give them away from their blogs by doing a drawing. This is such a wonderful thing. I came across this giveaway - old red barn and what a wonderful give away. I would love to win one of these beautiful quilts.

Raychel had her feeding tube put in on Wednesday. They began the feeding yesterday and it went ok. Today she has had a very rough day. The feedings usually make most people very ill. Hopefully by Tuesday it will have passed.

Mike goes out of town tomorrow just for 2 days so I will have a little time to sew and really looking forward to it. I am hoping to have something to show by Sunday.

Raychel got her feeding tube put back in. She weighed in at 100 pounds and this is just to thin. The doctors have finally decided to start working as a team so hopefully they will be able to pull her thru this. I am not so sure that the feeding tube is going to work since she did have this before and didn't put on weight. The plan also is for her to come home to our home. She cannot be home alone for a while. I am sure that this is not going to go over well. Hope the weekend will be better.

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Mike took Raychel back to the hospital. She weighed in at 102 fully clothed. When she went in to have her feeding tube put in she weighed 118 and it seems that it didn't work. She called me last night to tell me that her liver and kidney functions came back not good. I am not sure what the numbers were so I am anxious to talk to the doctors this morning. Mike and I have had such fears since last week and I am very afraid that our fears are being confirmed. I'm not really sure how much longer she can continue like this. We have begged and begged the medical profession to help and they don't want to clean up someone else mistakes. For anyone that might be reading this Raychel had gastric bypass that has gone wrong.

On a quilting note there is a Sewing Expo here in Minneapolis this weekend and my SIL, Pat is coming in with her sister and friend and I think I am going to sneak away and go for awhile. Every so often you just have to take a break.

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These are the batiks I have decided on and have already started cutting out the pieces. It will look so nice in my entry way, I cannot wait to have it done.

Anniversary give away

This morning while reading some of my favorite blogs I came across a great giveaway check out seekatiesew. I won a give away last week and it was so exciting.

I always heard people talking about blogging and I never could understand why one would. Well after coming across a woman's blog and seeing where that could take me and show me some of the most beautiful quilts and meeting wonderful people I now get it. Not knowing anyone personally that quilts this has been such a wonderful experience and a true learning tool.

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I have made a decision and that is I am going to put the quilt I am making for Kris away for right now. Her birthday is in May so I have time.

I have this pattern and I want to use batiks on it. I have never done a wall hanging and this will be my first one to work on. I will have to stop at the store to get the batiks on my way home tonight. I have never worked with batiks before and I hear that it is very nice material to work with. It is a pattern that I will be able to cut out quickly and put together quickly, hopefully done before the end of the weekend.

Raychel is not well and will probably be back in the hospital before the weekend is over. A month ago she had a severe liver damage from taking Tylenol Cold and Flu for 2 days. This happened from being so malnourished and her body not being able to flush it thru and in turn did liver damage. She is really trying to hold off from going. I will have to work around her needs.

I was able to work a little on my sister in laws quilt last night but I am having issues. This is my first quilt that I have no interested in. I feel so disappointed in myself. I don't know if it is because it is all red and creams or if it is the pattern. I think my real issue is the other fabrics that I already have plans for that I am so excited to get started on. I think Kris knows I am working on one for her so I really need to keep on going. Mike will be out of town for 3 days this week so I will work on it while he is gone.

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Spent the day either working on my daughters laptop or at her apartment making dinner. She is a pretty ill woman and has a feeding tube so when she has the craving to eat I usually try to accommodate her.

Tomorrow it is suppose to be cold and snow flurries. I am excited that means that I can get the beef stew going in the morning and then heading to the sewing room. This will be my kind of day. I don't really care for the cold but it is my reason to hide in the sewing room.

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back pain

I have been battling a low back pain for 4 weeks now and it really has put a damper on my being able to sit long enough to sit at my machine and sew. I am not a big tv buff since the remote has never left my husbands hand. Today I am going in to have a shot of something into my lower back. The nurse that did my referral said she had it done a 1-1/2 years ago and she has had no pain since. I am so hoping this works.

I am hoping that by Sunday I should be able to post Kris's quilt all pieced together. This is my goal for the week.

I have been trying to get my sewing room organized and it is little by little happening. I have to get my family to understand that my sewing room is not the spare room for things to go to when they don't know what to do with it.

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