Carrie, me thinks you could still head up the beginning and catch up later on the sewing end. It would take your mind off of pain and into the project. Forge ahead, you can do it. Hope you have all your Christmas projects done, 'cause it sounds like you will not able to sew for awhile. But you can still 'talk' to all of us on QB without any excuse or have to sew with us... hope you have a quick recovery.