Zig Zag Quilting

I decided simple, straight quilting on the 

zig zags would best fit this quilt's style.

It's requiring a lot of stopping, pivoting and

re-adjusting the entire quilt so it "simple" may

not be the best word for it.

My last two projects were crib quilts and didn't 

seem to add much to my back pain as I quilted.

This one on the other hand...well, let's just say

I'm taking lots of breaks.

Today's breaks included making blackberry jelly

and 18 breakfast sandwiches for school mornings.

(though not gourmet, they do survive the freezer well enough)

I also threw in twenty laps in the pool, though

sometimes I wonder if this is really helping my back.

I simply have to do some sort of exercise and it's

too hot to walk so it's really my only option.

Maybe I should write about my surgery one of these

days since I keep referring to it, and it was a little

outside the norm as far as back surgeries go.

But for now, it's quilting.

Tomorrow when I'm taking breaks, 

I'll be basting yet another quilt.

This is not normal for me.

Two quilts waiting for binding

to be sewn on, one currently being quilted and

another waiting to be basted.  Who does this??

Some of the issue is that I prefer to sew binding

on by hand and generally I save hand-sewing for

in front of the tv...but I hardly ever watch it.

However, I still really hope to have all of these done

within a week or so, especially since I'm pretty

excited to start my next quilt which

will be in fall colors!