Sick Bed Quilting

So I got a lot done on my Christmas Lemonade Quilt this week. All of the 160 blocks are made. It was all I got done and then only because I was home sick with the flu. When I get sick with the Flu or Bronchitis, I have trouble doing much of anything. I am too weak to put a whole lot of effort into a project but I also can't just lay around all day. I find that I can quilt/sew but only for short periods at a time. So I set things up so that I could sit to cut and press as well as sew. I would work for about 20 minutes at a time and then go sleep. So being home sick for the week let me get a lot done on the quilt. It also help me to find relief in the aches and pains of the flu. I found that if I was still too much my muscles hurt more. So getting up and moving a little seemed to help. Who knew Quilting was physical therapy as well as mental therapy?

I got most of the work on the quilt done in the first half of the week, when I was feverish and achy. By Wednesday, I knew I had to go to the doctor if for nothing else but a doctor's note for work. Turns out I was sicker than I thought. I came home with a handful of prescriptions and totally exhausted. I fell into bed and pretty much stayed there all afternoon. I did trim up a few blocks in the evening but hit the hay pretty early. Thursday was mostly sleeping and taking meds. I cut a few blocks but that was it. Friday was pretty much the same with a few more blocks cut. Saturday I managed a trip to town with my son for some groceries and was exhausted again. Only a few blocks got cut on Saturday. It was weird how the farther into the week I went the less I got done. The aches and pains had really diminished but the breathing was a problem which I believe is what was making me so tired. I did manage to finish cutting and piecing the last 24 blocks today though. I had slept in quite late and I took a couple of short naps to get through. I am not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow. Not sure I can make it without a nap.

I know this is crazy but I almost don't mind being sick if I can get some quilting done. Don't get me wrong, I would rather not be sick and get a lot of quilting done. Since I have to use my accrued time off when I am sick at least I don't feel like I wasted a whole week off.  I got something done no matter how little or how long it took. Plus I feel less stressed because I got to do something I love to do. It's all part of healing. Quilting is a part of my healing process.

Do you ever quilt when you are ill?