Wheelchair Quilt for a Veteran

 Back in February, I read about SAHRR 2023, Stay at Home Round Robin. Each week the organizers took turns suggesting what each row should be. I started with a center block which I had from a previous project and then added enough rows to make this wheelchair quilt for a veteran.

One concern with wheelchair quilts is preventing the quilt from getting caught in the wheels. After searching online, I located a tutorial created by a nurse. She suggested cutting out a 6.5 inch square from the bottom on both sides. Then bind all around except for the cut out sections. Sew those seams together and add binding to these seams.

Here’s a photo of the back of the quilt.

For a detailed, step by step Wheelchair quilt tutorial please go to Better Done Quilts. 

A Medical Milestone:

For the first time in over three years, a Boston hospital, Tufts Medical Center, announced that they had no inpatients with covid. South Shore Health also had no patients with covid. Let us remain vigilant but  hopeful that the worst is behind us.

SAHRR 2023 - Rounds 1 and 2

As I wrote in my previous post, I’ve been working on the Stay at Home Round Robin 2023. The prompt for round #1 was spools and stars for round #2.  You are free to interpret the prompts in whichever way that you may wish. It may not be clear from this photo, but the fabrics in the second border all feature stars and the colors are brighter than they appear here.  The prompts are released on Mondays, and so far, so good . . .

The other day the weatherfolks said that January was within the top five all-time warmest Januarys in this area. Tonight we are preparing for some of the coldest weather that we have had in decades. There are three words you never want to hear in a forecast “bitter arctic blast,” but that is what is heading straight for us. It is supposed to be “9 below” on Saturday morning. Yikes!!!  Make that double Yikes!!! We have been instructed to let our faucets drip which is unprecedented for us. They have also stressed that this is not the time to try to save on the heating bill, but we should instead turn the thermostat up to 72 or 74 to keep up with the cold. Fortunately, things will warm up by Sunday afternoon. In fact, the weatherman just said that from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon the temperature may possibly go up fifty-four degrees!!! Crazy!!!

Except for when I have to briefly take Emma out, I will stay inside and spend the day stitching. ;-) 

My friend Laurel sent along this meme.

Stay warm and keep stitching. ;-)