Quilting day 2 and a dizzy day.

Eunice came over this morning and told me the next steps for the baby's quilt. 

Starch quilt top, stretch out layers, pin each triangle, and start quilting in the ditches. She brought a special "walking foot" for the machine to prevent puckering and it helped a lot. I'm not sure I would attempt this again without one. The foot didn't fit on my machine, so I borrowed hers. I wasn't feeling so hot so I told her to take her time, I needed to sit for a bit.  While she went home to get the machine, I got really sick and blacked out on the way to my bedroom. Dang low blood pressure! I managed to stay conscious, but I couldn't see anything. I've only had that happen a few times, and not yet with this pregnancy. Anyway, I crawled the rest of the way to my bed and put my head over the edge and slowly, the blood rushed back into my face. Crazy! 

Anyway, I went from feeling super cold to super hot and sweaty, threw up twice and then felt ok. I went to bed for 15 min or so until Eunice came back and then ate some yogurt and took some iron and just sat the rest of the time she was at my house.  I'm grateful Soren was in bed, and that this happened today and not yesterday when I had a house full of active boys over for a play date! The nurse at my doctor's office agrees it's just related to low blood pressure but to call them of it happens again or if my Braxton hicks are regular after (they aren't). 

Eunice gave me instructions and watched me sew the first row and helped troubleshoot some tension issues with the machine, and then headed home. I went back to bed for awhile and woke up feeling do much better when Soren woke up. Days like this remind me how grateful I am to not feel this sick or tired every day, like with some other pregnancies. I should have known better than to stand over the iron for half an hour this morning when I wasn't feeling well. Needless to say, I will not be getting on a step ladder or painting the nursery anytime soon. I know I push myself but I do know my limits even though I felt completely fine later this afternoon.

Right before kids got home from school I parked myself at the kitchen table and quickly got all the quilting done in just under a couple hours while Soren watched a movie.  It was so fast and I love the way it looks!

I'm actually sort of amazed with myself that there are only two tiny puckers in the back, and they're hardly visible. The imperfections are what make it authentic, right? 

Last step will be to add the coral pink binding. That will wait until another day (or week). Thanks to all of Eunice's wisdom, this went 100x faster than I imagined it would.  No need to watch YouTube tutorials when there's an expert in the house! She is truly amazing and so generous with her talents and teaching skills. 

I still need to find an old bumper to recover (which will be way faster than making my own), and Eunice said that crib sheets are so fast and easy to make that she will show me how when she comes by to teach me how to do the binding and I'll be able to bust out 2 or 3 in under an hour. Excellent! 

I'm really glad I didn't wait any longer to get started on this little (big) project. In 2 weeks it will be time to prepare for Thanksgiving, Quincy's 8th birthday, Reese's 10th birthday, and then it will be Christmas! This last trimester is flying by.