Sob, sob, sob...
I still blame it on the hexagons, but OTOH I can 'do' the hexagons now, as I can actually see them. Here are my new glasses with some of the offending hexagons. They are not all sewn together - just sewn in big groups so that I can distribute the fabrics a bit better.
It is funny having reading glasses - I put them on coming home in the ferry and did some hand sewing. No problems. But every time I looked up to see where we were, or whether the ticket man was getting close, I felt a bit sick as I was looking through them still. I just tried them for the computer - good with the screen, but not so good when looking at the keyboard (I'm not a great typist). But then I like to work in half light when on the computer, so that makes it funny too. The eye guy confirmed my feeling that I am very sensitive to glare - he said my pupils don't contract down as much as most people's in the light, hence my preference for 40W lightbulbs, most of which are turned off, and my reliance on the sunnies.
I tend to wear my sunnies on my head (something that made me cringe as a child when my Mother did it), so I can't do that with the new specs. Maybe a string around the neck? But will they end up in the soup? How long til I lose them? Oh the dramas, the dramas!
Anyway, enough about all that - I'm sure you're sick to death of it all.
I am off to my first meeting of the Offshore Quilters tomorrow at the crack of dawn. Again a morning meeting. I will have to get the 08.30 waterbus as it is the latest one that will get me there by 9. I will also have to be picked up which is a drag - to them and me. I like to be independent. I was going to take the machine and work on the 4 patches, but until I see what the setup is and suss the whole thing out, I might take the hexagons and crack on with that. The lady that I have spoken to on the phone is very friendly (ex-nurse - we nurses are everywhere), so I'm sure it will be fine. New people I don't know, but maybe some new friends!
Otherwise not much quiltiness going on. I've got some ideas for things I might or might not do, and I'm even considering a BOM, which will be a first for me. I read that many bloggers do them, and I have also noted that many bloggers get behind on them(!), but as they say "you'll never never know, if you never never go". I can't quite shake reading BOM as the Bureau of Meteorology though, so that could be a sign...
I'm thinking of something with these fabrics - I have another cherry one somewhere. I'm not really a table cloth girl, or even a table runner type - I like to eat straight off the old pine table. 'Maybe' a table runner, or maybe some placemats... Not sure. My head is in the weirdest place thinking about all these autumn quilts that I keep seeing on blogs, when summer is arriving with a bang in this part of the world. I need to think cool quilt thoughts.
There is also the lime and aqua quilt idea lurking around too. I saw an idea in one of the japanese quilt mags, but can't quite get it to the point of making up my mind what to do so I can start it. Next time I will post the pic - can't really take a photo from a book at night as the flash shows up on the page. Yes it's night-time here. Better go and get something to eat (where's Jeanne when you need her?) and sew some hexagons with my glasses on!
Your hexagons look terrific! I like the fabrics you have with the cherry one (I might leave out the blue, but that's just me). Aqua and lime sound super, too. Can't wait to see that picture. Good luck meeting the new group!!
ReplyDeleteYou will get used to your glasses after a while. I experienced the same thing when I started to use them. And I too blame my hexagons LOL. Now I can't sew or read without my glasses. We have to care about our eyes.
ReplyDeleteYour hexagons are beautiful.
Someday you will realize you can't do a thing without your glasses.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors of the hexagons. I am glad you are doing them, I do not have the patience and my eye sight is bad enought.
Jenni, I adore the hexagons! The fabrics you are using are marvelous! So many of them remind me of the fabrics we are seeing in our medallion class. She taught us English paper piecing in the last class so I got out the hexagons I bought years ago. It is so much fun. I want to do a random mosaic type like yours.
ReplyDeleteJenni, I think you will get use to your glasses...mine made me dizzy at first too....now I dont even know they are there...your eyes just move where they need to..Love your hexagons..and your cherry fabric....cant wait to see the finished quilts..It so hard to believe we have fall and you have spring...have a good day..Toni
ReplyDeleteIt does take some time to get used to glasses. I've had glasses forever, but everytime I have a prescription change, I have to get used to it all over again. Being able to see is kinda nice though!
ReplyDeleteGetting used to glasses is a pain, literally. I still haven't been able to do bifocals but I guess I should give them another try.
ReplyDeleteyou will get used to your glasses - or like I did - half perch them on the nose so that I can see when I am working - but peer around them when I am not.
ReplyDeleteMeredith and I both need glasses now, and we didn't two months ago. It's such a shock not being able to read the small print on packages, I'm still surprised that I can't Make myself see it. So we understand your sadness at the change in your world; we always had perfect sight too, and now, sniff, we don't!
ReplyDeleteBut at least there is a remedy, and we will all go on making lovely quilts with our glasses on.... Love the colours in your hexagons.
Hey Jenni, LOVE your hexagons! Reading glasses are something to get used to, right? LOL I love the ones that you buy at the "dime" store (aka Wal-Mart) and that are sort of skinny...that way I can look over the top of them when I look up from whatever I'm working on. :D It's hard to keep in mind that you are in Spring now, must be doubly hard for you if you're looking for "Spring" inspiration on the US blogs, LOL and here are all of those Fall quilts!! LOL
ReplyDeleteBTW, do you buy the Australian Country Threads magazine? I'm trying to get my hands on Vol. 6 No. 5 (I think that's the right issue). Know where I can order one?
The glasses thing is a bit of a downer. Hopefully you don't lose them. The trick is to have about 5 pair of the cheap drugstore ones spread out all over the house and car -- just in case. My husband does that and then still can't find a pair when he needs them.
ReplyDelete*s* Were you peeking at me, when I first got my reading glasses? After the sick feeling, trying a string around the neck, etc., I have landed on perching the glasses on the end of my nose and peeking over them when I want to see distance. I would have thought the neck extension exercise that goes along with that would have helped rid me of a double chin -- no luck. I do wear them on my head, but that stretched the ear pieces and the do fall off from time to time. I don't think there's a winning solution. I'm just glad I can see with them.
ReplyDeleteI love your hexagons -- the fabrics are just so nice.
Hope your new group is a winner -- we all need fun friends to stitch with.
Okay, your hexagons have "inspired" me. My next project has been found, and I cannot wait to get going.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't have a fence on our property, I do have trees. Surely I can find a limb to hang a quilt from, or our playground might provide a hanging spot. Thanks for your suggestion; it helped me to think outside the box.