I was diagnosed with cancer in April of 2017, and spent the rest of the year having chemo and radiation. I lost most of my hair, which as a woman, found it very devastating. Especially since I'd had long hair for over 10 years. I had to quit my job due to being too sick to work, and finally after all the cancer treatment was done, I got really sick with a viral infection when my immune system was at its lowest. I landed in the emergency room where they gave me an antibiotic that in turn started shutting my kidneys down. I spent almost a month in the hospital fighting for my life. My kidneys were only working at 20% and I was facing dialysis if things didn't turn around quickly. After all was said and done, I ended 2017 with the news that I had beat cancer. 2017 was one of the worst years of my life. It came in with bad news but thankfully went out with good news. I obviously didn't sew much in 2017. So in 2018 I made it my goal to finish as many projects as I possibly could. I am proud to say I feel accomplished in all that I was able to do last year. Now I'm hoping 2019 will be even better.
And in light of all this, it explains why I haven't been very active here on Blogger in the last couple of
years, but here's a recap of some of my 2018 finishes that aren't already
part of their own post.
Wingless Wyrm is a paper-pieced quilt block I made
using a pattern design by Jennifer Ofenstein of
Sewhooked.com 
