Marking was the Right Thing This Time

I lost momentum on Everyday Patchwork about a year ago and the hand quilting stalled. 

Now that I'm using colored pencils to mark several fans, I can just sit and quilt without the interruption of having to mark as I go.  Yes!  I'm no longer stalled on this quilt.

I love using these homemade templates, imperfect as they are.

I'm almost halfway finished.  I started quilted rows from across the bottom, upward toward the center.  I'm thinking of turning the quilt around and marking from the top to the center, then finish by quilting the fans in arcs from the sides to the center.  If anyone notices, it will be something interesting for them to wonder about.

My vertigo has been gone for a week!  Hooray!  I'm so very grateful.  I hope it doesn't return.  Having vertigo after a knee replacement prevented good improvement on my balance and gait.  Physical therapy will help so I will finish the few weeks of appointments. 

I continue to have the months-long headache.  The doctor thought it might be one of my prescriptions so she asked me to stop it for two weeks and see.  It's been 10 days and the headache persists.  It may be that my eyes need a new prescription for glasses (appointment scheduled).  Since nothing else has helped, I hope that's it.  Also, sadly, my body chose stress-induced sciatica for the next challenge.   Ouch!  It's not as painful as the last time I had it but still painful.  If I can manage the stress the sciatica will go, and it has been slowly decreasing.  One of these days I should be back to or better than the old normal.

I'm linking this post to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  Thank you for hosting, Kathy.

--Nancy.