After writing an article and a blog post on making masks, I decided it was time to join the mask brigade. My choice was this pattern from Vanderbilt Medical Center. I also found a more rounded pattern that I tried as well.
This wall hanging, Taxi!, draws a lot of compliments. I have it as my phone screen and I also have it as my phone cover. A friend’s husband started a company that can make personalized phone covers.
Quilting can be so much fun because there are a multitude of ways you can express yourself. You can try different styles and techniques and if you don’t like the process or result, you just don’t do it again. Some might say that you’ve lost time and fabric, but I don’t agree. With every new technique you try, you learn some new skills. You also learn what you like and don’t like, and that’s never a waste of time or effort.
It’s not unusual to see a person with advanced dementia fidget or pick at their blankets or clothes. That picking is like picking lint and it can be compulsive. If it’s only clothing or blankets, it’s not a problem, but they may also start picking at their skin, which can lead to cuts and sores, which in turn can become infected.
