The only thing worse than having the flu is needing to
take care of your kid throughout the night who has the flu while you also have
the flu. The chills hit me on Tuesday, followed by muscle aches, light
sensitivity, loss of appetite, fever dreams and just being flat out on the sofa
with my Great-Grandma’s wedding ring quilt and a cup of crushed ice. What a
horrible way to spend Spring Break! It seems like we are awake for about 20
minutes then back out for an hour, awake, then back asleep, both Gus and I
watching way too much TV while we are trying to readjust our sleep cycles.
Derek has made several trips to the store for Sprite, popcicles, soup while
trying really hard to not catch what we have. Thankfully today, both Gus and I
can actually sit up and could eat popcicles for breakfast and are finally a
little better and not worse.
Fortunately, before I got the flu I was able to finish my
two Red Poppy quilts. I want to donate one of the quilts to the 2012 Charity
Ball to be held at the Hotel Captain Cook on May 12 for the special Art Section. I used the TAP transfer
paper to iron on poppy images to 100% cotton then embellished each flower with
the dryer sheets I mentioned in my last post. I drew the leaves and stems onto different colors of green
fabric using an applique method and free motioned stitched additional line
details. For further embellishments I added small black glass beads to the
flower centers.
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| This Red Poppy Art Quilt is 15" wide x 28" tall. |
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| This Red Poppy Art Quilt is about 10" wide x 20" tall. |
2 comments:
Oh that is so beautiful I love how the poppies jut out from the piece, so clever. Hope you get over the flu soon, have you tried the Wellness Formula? it's minerals and vitamins all in one caplet and helps get over stuff more quickly, found at the health food stores.
Beautiful poppy art quilts! You never cease to amaze and inspire me.
I hope you get over the flu quickly! It is mserabke to be so sick.
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