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The Wedding Quit Phase 4

Major glitch! Major Owee!
My right thumb became the filling in a firewood sandwich**. I am right handed. NO quilting, or sewing, not much of anything for a few days. Two weeks later and the joint is still stiff and sore, but i am back to the projects at hand.
The baby quilt is done. Hurrah! The final bit of binding all sewn, although a four year old could have done it faster.
On the craft front I have the base backgrounds glued inside the four Santa boxes. Lovely gluey fingers even though I use a brush. What am I doing wrong?
Back to the quilt. Four of the Wedding quilt squares are done. I can hold the needle and put 4 or 5 stitches with no problem. Gripping the needle to pull through - - - ouch! So now I’m really glad I’m Lap Quilting. Left hand to the rescue. Right hand stitch left hand pull.
The thumb has now improved so quilting goes - right hand stitch, pull, stitch, left hand pull. I can still only do one length of thread at a go. Slow and steady wins the race.
Ice cold water soothes the thumb, while producing the ooohhh thats cold whimpers.

**Happened while stacking the spring firewood supply - which is now done and drying for the first cold this fall.