Becky I am sorry to hear that you have carpal tunnel on top of your other health issues. I don't know if this will be of help but I found it helpful when I had tendonitis in my wrist. The man is a percussionist so would be well aware of repetitive strain injuries. Hope it helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyMNyrOHJQ

beckyezra wrote: Ain't that the truth!

tnx for the support!
i hug my fabrics for a while
it is horrible situation!
the dr. want to see me next week, to see if i will go to an operation ... what ever is going to be i hope
i will have full recovery!!! days are soooo long without quilting

Sorry you're down on your luck, Becky. Do what you have to so you can return to quilting! Rosemary's right... you can still play with your fabrics... and reorganize if you need to in the meantime.

How annoying Becky hope you get some relief. Will you have surgery?

beckyezra wrote: Rotten luck, hope it doesn't stop you from fondling your fabric stash, (and maybe re-organising/tidying it in the meantime)

beckyezra wrote:
So sorry to hear that. Hope it clears up quickly!

all my plans for quilting are on hold, i got again an attack of carpal tunnel syndrome..

I am going to finish the Pretty in Pink Pineapples quilt that I started for my great niece. I need to add one more border then off to the LQS to find an appropriate backing. I think I am going to quilt it on my Bernina. My niece is only 5 and I don't think she will be too critical and I will get some practice with something larger than a baby quilt. The other thing I am going to finish in 2013 is my dissertation for my PhD in nursing. It is really weighing me down and making me feel guilty for wanting to sew, therefore it must be completed! Pray for my perserverance!

Rosemary, you made me laugh at your comment: "(my hands were moving so slowly that I needed the machine to be running just above stalling speed)." I have felt the same way more times than I can count. Your comment made me remember a movie that I recently saw. A young man was (lovingly) reprimanding his Grandma (played by Dolly Parton) because she was driving so slowly and people that were walking on the side of the road were keeping up with her pretty good. He said (and I'm paraphrasing because I can't remember exactly) -- if you go any slower, we will be going back in time. I thought it was really funny.

First up go and watch Ricky's dvd....

PosyP wrote: Rosemary, I did some FMQ yesterday and I'm a right clutch at FMQ but I tried the warm-up Ricky suggests in his video that's for free at the moment here at TQS. He sews a straight line using an ordinary foot, then puts on his darning foot and lowers the feed-dogs, stitches next to the first line of stitches. I think it helped me to warm-up like that and I had already stitched an outline with feed-dogs up so I had that next to the stitching I did all the time. No harm done in trying to see if it can help you too
Marianne

Renata wrote: Looking at the pictures in close up, the straight lines - which were done with my walking foot the stitch size is fine, but on the leaves & flowers there are on average about 3-4 stitches to the length of one done with the walking foot. Still it was a great thread choice, you can barely see it The back was a great choice by Little Miss too
What it does prove is that I need a ton of practise before I get anywhere near Caught Red Handed if I am going to be entering it for competition (or sort out designs that I can do without fmqing )