Frustration

Warning: this post is totally whining and it’s obnoxious even to myself, but it’s what I’ve got right now! And the pictures are only frou-frou eye candy!

When I was young and learning about quilting, I loved it so much that I thought I would never do machine quilting, only hand stitching. I soon learned that sewing machines were made for moving things along more quickly, easier on the hands and doing more, more, more. And my hands told me that I needed to use them differently. But I never really had a time when I couldn’t do some type of sewing.

Right now, I have wrist tendinitis—I think. Don’t know how it happened, don’t remember an injury, but it’s been a while now. I will be seeing a doctor on Tuesday because my self help activities have reached their ineffective limits.

Even though I do most things right handed, I am a leftie. I can rotary cut with either hand, but with my left hand/wrist out of commission, I can’t hold the cutter OR the ruler well enough to be accurate. I got some embroidery done, but only because I could lean the hoop on the tabletop, not hold it in my left hand. I cannot grip or hold a quilt to guide it in machine quilting…and I have three that are all ready to be done!

So I’m quite frustrated and it hurts and I’m whining about it. And I’m tired of having a limitation. And so lucky that this is the worst I’ve had to deal with……I know it’s small in the larger scheme of possible disabilities but in the self-centered, selfish part of my brain, it’s so exasperating and discouraging.

It’s good that we are taking a little trip so I don’t have to be around the studio NOT doing anything! Here’s hoping the doctor’s visit yields answers…AND quick results!!!

End of whining…….