New Project and New Developments

I still cannot decide how I want to quilt the Flea Market Quilt, nor can I decide on the thread I want to use, so that project has been sidelined for a while.

However, a new project has entered the scene, and it is a fun one that I have enjoyed so far.  I must say that may change when I begin quilting it.  The picture below is a portion of the backing, and so far measures 45" square.

Bright, isn't it?  And it may grow; not sure yet.

I can't tell you the whole story of this quilt yet, but it will be a good story.  I can't show you the top yet either.  There will be some "firsts" for me in this quilt too.  A friend suggested I quilt it with Sulky Invisible polyester thread; I've never tried that, and to be honest, I'm a little fearful just thinking about it.  She even brought me a spool from her thread collection; said she loves to use it.  I'll try, but may have to change my mind.  Any suggestions on how to make it work for me?  I hope to be able to use it on the bobbin, and my 70/3 polyester thread on the top.  Do you think that will work for me?  I'll do a test run on scraps before I start on the quilt when I get it all together.

In other developments, last Thursday I went to see my ear doctor for help with my vertigo and hearing loss in my right ear.   First I had a hearing test, which showed an increased hearing loss from last test.  Then the doctor entered the room, took one look at my face, and asked, "Who is your eye doctor?"  On the Monday before that, what I thought was a stye had come up on my lower right eyelid.  I had never had a stye before, but that's what I thought it was   By Thursday, it was looking really bad, and my face was red and swollen almost down to my lips, but I had this appointment which I needed to keep, so there I was, in the ear doctor's office.  I had read online that styes normally go away in a week, and if not, then one should see a doctor,  It hadn't been a week yet, so I hadn't seen my eye doctor yet.  I answered with my eye doctor's name, and his reply was, even before he had ever looked at my ear, "When I get you out of here, you are to go straight to your eye doctor.  You need antibiotics and other meds, and if he won't see you without an appointment, come back here and I'll prescribe the antibiotics.  Your eye is badly infected!"   I agreed to follow his instruction.

Now finally he looks at my ear and the hearing test results, makes some suggestions (cut the coffee and salt),  ordered renewals on my vertigo prescriptions, made a three-month re-check appointment, and sent me on my way to my eye doctor, about 15 miles away.  I was hoping for a hearing aid, but he said not yet.

My eye doctor couldn't see me, but fortunately another doctor there agreed to see me in just a few minutes after my arrival.  She agreed my eye was in bad condition, and ordered antibiotics and a salve to put inside my lower eyelid.  That's not the easiest thing for me to do, but I finally figured out how to get it done.  My eye is still inflamed, but is looking much better, and the swelling and redness is gone from my face.  I go back for a re-check day after tomorrow.

The week before all this I had seen my foot doctor, and was scheduled to see him again this coming Thursday, but I'm scheduled to see the eye doctor that day too, so I cancelled the foot doctor appointment this morning.  He's not going to operate on my foot anyway, so I'll just live with that problem!    Ears and eyes are more important to me! 

One more thing:  I also saw the heart doctor a couple of weeks ago, and my heart has no problem!  I told them before they even checked me out!  I just wish the rest of me was as good as my heart!  Gettin' old is wearing me down!  But I do keep the doctors in business;  they love for me to visit them because I have excellent supplemental insurance!

So now that I've bored you with all my health problems, I think I'll go sew.   I look forward to your advice for using the Sulky polyester thread. 

---"Love"