My MIL passed away right before Easter. . . after being in and out of the hospital and hospice for a while. Mr. Books & I were with her when she passed so she was not alone.
Then there was a very somber Easter and the funeral.
We were scheduled for a vacation (which we had been looking forward to since February) which, we thought, would be an opportunity to grieve privately and be away.
That didn't happen. We got a call while we were away that we had a sewer back-up (to the tune of 4" - 6") in our basement.
We had to cut our vacation short and race back home (after calling the town officials and our insurance company) to a right mess.
The emergency restoration crew was in the process of trying to get all the water out of the basement --- which continued on for 2 more days until the basement was completely dried.
We had to spend 2 days going through stuff that had been damaged to catalog and write up for the insurance company. We lost alot of items --- many irreplacable --- and alot of the damage was done because we were in the process of re-organizing the basement.
There were over 150 pictures that had to be sent to the insurance company; some of what we lost are in these pictures:
I lost 2 quilting frames (one hoop & the other a floor model) and Mr. Books & I lost over 215 yards of fabric.
Yes, I had been planning on de-stashing the fabric....but I hadn't planned on doing it by just throwing the fabric away!
There were a ton of other items --- but I think you get the idea --- we lost alot and it was not our fault; our town has had a problem with the sewer line and haven't dealt with it except for "jetting" out the line and causing a back-up in our house, and the houses of 2 of our neighbors (but we got the worst of it since we were not home to catch the problem).
We have a restoration company working on the basement and are hopeful that the basement will be back to being ours soon --- it will be great to have the PODS unit out of the driveway so we can use it for our vehicles again.
Now, I have some good pictures, I have been able to get a limited amount of sewing done since all these troubles:
This quilt is made from the pattern "Block Party" by Donna Poster. It was fun to make since there were no seams in each block to match. All the fabric was from my remaining stash.
This is a doll quilt that I made for a swap. The theme was crazy quilts. I paper pieced the blocks (from patterns in a book by Linda Causee) and then had a fun time working on the embroidery and bead work.
I might show pictures of the repair work that is being done. . . but then again I don't think any one would be that interested in pictures of concrete debris, destroyed panelling, etc.
I hope to be back to some more regular posting soon. . . but right now I just really wish I had my house back.
In peace and pieces,
