So what happens to a person who knows they need to eat a certain way in order to feel well and that same person has instead been eating with reckless abandon? Well for me, it’s not a pretty thing. Physically, I’m miserable. My brain feels like its synapses are firing through Jello. Aches, pains, brain fog, female issues, misery. Yeah, not really conducive to being a quilting fool. Or something like that… I haven’t felt up to doing much of anything and so I haven’t been. The question is, do I want to excuse myself so I can continue to eat with reckless abandon? Not really. I think it’s time to once again begin the journey back to wellness . [sigh]
I have managed to stimulate the economy with some fabric purchases thanks to temporary work for the census however. Buying fabric always cheers me up. In lieu of finished projects, I thought maybe you’d like to see some of my recent purchases.

These are solids [or something close to it] for the Liberated Amish Get Together hosted by Tonya. It’s from Michael Miller’s Krystal line. And yes, I have more than just two neat piles of fabric done on this. . .
[I can't believe Firefox just crashed and my almost finished post has almost completely vanished and I have to start over. Poof! Can I cry?]

I ordered another tone-on-tone to use with the miscut brown setting triangles described here. Then, since the one Streak of Lightning was becoming two [one with plaids & one with florals], I needed more setting triangle fabric for the first one. That’s what the black is for. The brown at the top of the photo is backing fabric. I also ordered my own Setting Triangle ruler.

Then I decided to experiment with Bold Streak. [partially pictured here] I wondered what it would look like in patterned fabric instead of the solid red, black and white. These fabrics are some of the Blush collection by Basic Grey for Moda. They seem to have a pink blush to them in the photo but they aren’t that pink nor is the red that bright.

I ordered the fabric on the top right as the center panel for my Jane Austen Patchwork quilt. Hated it. Ordered the second one instead. I think it will work. We’ll see when I start getting diamonds assembled. I still need sashing material for that project but I’m going to start printing diamonds. Oh, the fabric is Aubrielle by designer Marianne Elizabeth for RJR Fabrics.

Lots of fun fabrics to fussy cut for my Patchwork of the Crosses quilt. There are some border stripes, geometrics, paisleys and more in the pile.

This is Alphabet Flower Fairies by Michael Miller and some fat quarters for a few Christmas projects. The Flower Fairy fabric has already been cut into 3″ hexagons for a quilt similar to Janet’s quilt designed by Kerry Dear that uses hexagons and diamonds.

And finally, a bunch more fat quarters for another hexagon quilt using Inklingo 3″ hexagons and diamonds. The fabrics on the bottom right are more Lucy Boston POTC fabrics.
And now you know why I need to reclaim my health. . . so I can use all this lovely fabric. LOL
So did I befriend any dragons during my recent absence? [If you aren't really into analyzing life's journeys spiritually, you can just skip right on by this last part.] As I said, when I’m eating poorly, I’m feeling poorly. When I know that I should be eating right and I’m not, then the critical voices in my head start beating me up mentally. They soon have me drowning in mental yuckiness compounded by the physical misery. [Yup, it sometimes happens when you are used to hearing real live critical voices for a big part of your life. . .] Critical voices can be like dragons — waiting to breath their fire on you and fry you to a crisp. Not a pretty sight. Since it’s not a part of my nature any more to take offense or put up a strong defense, I thought perhaps I should befriend the dragons, err. . . critical voices — you know, listen to what they were telling me and try to take heed instead of trying to slay them. I thought maybe that’s what was called for as a part of this journey back to wellness. But Someone important needed to weigh in on the matter.
Someone: Erin, you know dragons aren’t real right?
Me: Uhm. Yeah. Right. Dragons can’t hurt me, can they?
Someone: That’s right! And those critical voices in your head? They aren’t real either.
Me: OHHH! Yeah. Riiight. And they can’t hurt me either. . .
Someone: Exactly!
And the clouds parted, light shone and the angels sang. [just kidding] But it truly was a very powerful moment.
