CRQ progress - the backing

I thought that September was going to be a very busy month. It was a crazy month, with my husband in the hospital in the South, a 4 hours drive. Myself going back and forth between the hospital in the south and home. Kids starting school again, the Sunday prior the schoolbags still had to be prepared. No time to think or relax.

The third weekend in September I decided to stay home and be with the kids. They were frightened. After all, seeing their father leaving the house by ambulance scared them. Also because they were not allowed to visit him. I did manage to have them each spent a few minutes with him, prior to driving back home for the start of the school. However, this was not enough for them to be ok with the situation.

The four of us just puttered around the house. The weather was great, we all just wanted to be at home, not going anywhere. Even going the movies was turned down. I ended up making the backing faster than expected. I brought all supplies to the kitchen table, while the kids played outside, I cut the fabric. In the evenings all I had to do was sew it all together. The complexity being in the amount of fabric handled, and not in the difficulty of the block. At the same time it was very soothing and relaxing to focus on the cutting and sewing and thus stress less about my husband 400 km away.

My OMG goal for September was to finish the backing and am pleased that the process made me feel better. In a way the path traveled this month was a crossroad. My DH made it through surgery and is well recovering. The kids are doing better and so am I. In the end I crafted quite a bit this month. Other than making the backing, I made a baby quilt, knitted while sitting in the hospital with my DH, and started a new (small) quilt with autumn designs.

I am linking up with Patty's One Month Goal for September at Elm Street Quilts.