Things To Do after Surgery

In preparation for recovery after surgery on Wednesday I've made a list of things I can do if I can't do much.  (No matter how bad it may be, at least I will be mobile, unlike after hip replacements and foot surgeries.)

I have a half-bushel basket of strings to sort.  I toss them into this basket where they get wrinkled.  The ones on the bottom get really wrinkled.  I should at least be able to straighten and organize them.

I have these small scraps that I toss into a 12" box.  I would probably find some useful pieces if I sorted and organized them.

I have a picnic basket of larger scraps -- too small to stack with larger pieces of fabric but too large to toss into the string basket or small scrap box.  I could at least neatly fold these and organize them by color.

I use scraps a lot but I tend to look on the shelves for what I need because I usually put small pieces of fabric back with the fabric it was cut from.  I don't know why I didn't do that with these pieces.  Maybe that's what I should do with the ones that have larger pieces on the shelves.

And there is this box of light-colored strings that could be combined with the other strings.

I have these fabrics ready (more or less, though I may eliminate some and use others not in this photo), chosen for applique on the scrappy background blocks.

I machine-stitched the binding onto the scrappy string quilt so I can hand sew it to the back and have a finish this month (finally!).

And I have quilt pictures, patterns, and images to organize into binders.  (I know I'll find more quilty inspiration as I do that.)

If I feel really miserable and/or recovery is slower than I expect, I have a few books and magazines to read,

and some videos to watch.  Can you recommend some of your favorite books or videos (that aren't R-rated)?

There's always family history to do if I can sit at the computer for a while.  I want to find those ancestors, you know.

And, of course, I can always sleep/rest.  So there's a variety I can choose from depending on how I feel.  I think I'm just about ready.  Tomorrow I'll finish sewing the red wings and stars quilt together.  I don't know if I'll get it layered and basted but I hope so because if I don't I'll be without hand quilting until I do.  I also have some cleaning to do, bills to pay, and a few other odds and ends.

You still have time to link to Quilty Inspiration #7.  Quilty Inspiration #8 will post late Saturday evening at its regular time and be open through Thursday evening.  I hope you'll link a post to one or the other.

I'm linking this post to Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework.

Take care,
Nancy.
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