Small happy dance

On my Flickr.com site I've posted a pic of my finished wallhanging for the Remember Me Challenge.

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far I haven't been able to post the quilt to the challengewebsite ... I have no idea why but probably cuz I lost theinstructions. Duh.

Anyway, this is a small and quiet happy dance. Trying to make this quilt, which is t o represent what I want people to remember about me (very subjective and very abstract), I ended up ripping all the quilting out twice and starting over. It was horrible and I wanted to throw it away. I started wanting to make the qulting look like the wind blowing my tree. But I couldn't make it right. Then I just tried to do basic stippling which I have done many times, but not in several months. I couldn't do it. I tried and tried and then cried. It's painfully obvious that in the past few months I have lost some control function in my hands. I know I was hurting and numb a lot, but I never dreamed that would translate to not being able to move my quilt and do basic quilting.

I am trying hard to stay in denial for a bit longer. I made a sandwich just to practice and the results were the same. I don't know whether it's carpal tunnel or my autoimmune disease which has attacked my hands. I do know that this is very hard to take. I have not been able to do hand work in a long time because I can't feel the needle in my fingers reliably. This is different. I'm only 50. I have a lot of life ahead.

So I am looking for therapy and exercises that will "bring back" my hand function.In the meantime my quilting will be grids, some very loose echo quilting and similar types. Even the grid is questionable

-- I jerk a lot and end up with hiccups.

Anyway, tell me what you think about this tiny little FINISHED project. :)

Sunny

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Sunny
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Your wallhanging is absolutely wonderful! Whatever the struggles you may have had, I knew what you were trying to convey immediately. JOY!

joan

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joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska

I agree with Joan. That's a wonderful piece, Sunny. I hope you can look at it with pride and not dwell on the struggle to make it. Congrats!

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KJ

Sunny, I don't know about anyone else, but I *love* this one! It's so happy and carefree! :D

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Sandy

All the dancing and sunshine made me smile. I like it.

Perhaps you should see your doc to see if you can re-gain what hand movement you've lost as well as halt any further loss. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Debra

Don't be surprised if you end up in both Hard and Soft braces: hard at night to keep your hands 'open' and soft during the day so you CAN use them a bit. One thing that the PT'er couldn't stress enuf was do NOT peel and chop potatoes the same day. Also, do NOT iron more than ONE article of clothing (slacks or shirt) with the LIGHTEST iron you can find--every other day but NO MORE OFTEN.......she said "you can figure about how many seams that would equal on your quilting". Do it in SMALL increments. Don't give up--just learn HOW to work around it...yuppers, it will NOT be easy and it WILL take time, but if you really want to--you WILL figure out how--what works for me may not work for you. Hopefully you have a good Dr that is not afraid to run a gazillion tests to find out what the problem is. Mine is Peripheral Neuropathy and they do not have a clue as to WHY I have it. I go to PT every so often to 'keep' what I have gained and/or to try to figure out a diff way of 'doing'.

HTH a tiny bit Butterfly

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Butterflywings

Thanks Butterfly for the info. I also have peripheral neuropathy, caused by my Sjogren's and Lupus. I already know I have it in my skin (bizarrely enough, it's considered "peripheral"). I have cranial neuropathy, a fancy way to say pain in my face and head. And I suspect I have it in my hands and feet too. Both have become worse in the past few months. My doctor will not r un any tests. He will do no bloodwork or anything else. Now that I have a diagnosis, he pretty much just treats symptoms and ignores the rest. LOL>

At least it's cheap. ;)

Sunny

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Sunny

It looks great, Sunny. So sorry to hear about the health problems you are having. I do hope you get some therapy that will help. Meanwhile, find what you *can do and perfect that. You can push on your 'envelope' in other ways. . In message , Sunny writes

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Patti

Looks great! A very good thing to choose, we'd all be lost without our women friends! So sorry to hear about your hand problems. What does the doctor say? Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Woohoo, I love it! Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Sunny!

Are you seeing a doctor about your neuropathy?

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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