Jen, I got my 1st one done but like others said I used my fingers a lot to get it in place. I'll do my other one tomorrow. Cziga, I think the idea is not to pull your thread through to the back. We should catch a couple of threads, go back in practically the same place you came up and slip your needle along the back to your block to the next point you want to come up.(That's the little running stitch on the back of your work.) Bring your needle up and then pull the thread through. Your long thread always stays on top of your work. I bet you have already got it by now. Or it could be you have just found your way of getting it done. Sally

This has been a wonderful place to share thoughts and concerns, mostly about quilting. I seldom interact with other women locally, let alone quilters, so this gave me a connection via computer at all hours of the day to women with like minds. I'd drop in just to see what was going on and hear what was accomplished. It makes a wonderful, trusting connection. I'm grateful for the lessons and support and consider you all friends, some even more so as I've met them in person. Cindy, the retreat is open to any or all of you on this forum and is in October at a YMCA camp in North Carolina. It is a way for any who can come to meet up face to face with people they read messages from all year long. Room and board is cheap and you bring your own projects. We help each other, eat, talk about quilting and share experiences. This year it will be Oct. 7-10 and you can google Camp Cheerio in NC to see the venue. You'll hear more about it toward summer and we'd love to see you. Jennifer in VA is unofficial chairperson and she'll send out a notice.

I saw a video of a bunch BLM supporters marching through a Trader Joe's yelling 'black lives matter" and one beating a homemade drum. They didn't do any damage, just annoying the customers as far as I know. I don't understand what starting a fire in a store has to do with not wearing a mask. These people always have some excuse for their behavior that doesn't make any sense.

Arkansas Girl, weeks later? Do you remember where you heard that? When I experienced some fatigue four days after my second shot I looked up delayed reaction, and the only thing I found was a reference to four or five days, especially for those who reacted with a rash. In my case it would have been about two weeks, and then the reaction lasting over a week. That seems unlikely, but thanks for the thought. Debby, it started about two weeks after the second shot but it's still going on a week later.