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Old 04-23-2015, 05:19 AM
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You are a kind neighbor. Health problems can really knock the socks off of our good intentions. I am so glad you helped her.
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Old 04-23-2015, 05:44 AM
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I think I would go back over and say..I have been thinking about the quilt..then tell all the things that could happen if left that way..and offer to take it home and fix it..since it is tied.it won't be hard to take out and fix..the person getting it this way will never use it..unless they fix it..and it really is a shame to ruin the gift thought behind this..it sounds like her mind is not working right at the moment..and the idea of fixing it ..is just too much for her..
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:00 AM
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how are things turning out?
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:05 AM
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I have the batting on the inside now and it seems to be trying to form it's own binding with the seam allowance.

I have the hole pinned closed following the lay of the "binding" but can't figure out if I want to stitch in the ditch around the edge or use decorative stitching or just tie it and be done with it...

Any ideas?
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by svenskaflicka1 View Post
COPD does terrible things to thinking ability. when the oxygen levels sink below normal, there is a cascade of events that happen, and hallucinations are not uncommon. the ability to sort out normal things becomes impossible. every day tasks go undone because they don't make sense. just looking at the quilt probably exhausted every capability this poor lady had. i'll be she would welcome some help, and after she is better, will be embarrassed that she had so much difficulty. the toll that oxygen lack takes is incredible, and it's something we take for granted every day. you would be a real angel to just help her out as gently as possible.
Good assessment...leave it to a Swede to sort this out!! Great of you to give her a hand...
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:16 AM
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I'm glad I'm doing it too.

When I first got back it took me ten minutes to thread my sewing machine and my conscience was bothering me....

I really didn't want to hurt her feelings though...
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:32 AM
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You probably would never forgive yourself if you hadn't helped your friend. We all need help in one way or another.
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:52 AM
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Pal I would be obsessing over it until the day I died-so glad I went back

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Old 04-23-2015, 07:21 AM
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Prednisone can do strange things to people. My mother also had COPD, was put on prednisone, and from that point farther could not be left alone. She started a fire in her kitchen, wrecked the car, and just generally was not right in the head while she was taking it. Thankfully she was able to go off the drug and then returned to her normal self. I am glad you are helping your neighbor.
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Old 04-23-2015, 07:50 AM
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I agree. My neighbor has COPD. She has asked me a couple times if I would help her out. She has helped me many times as a moral supporter. So I owe her more. She had trouble with a new med, I couldn't go bu DH did. The way she read it, she would have overdosed. Such a sweetheart!
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COPD does terrible things to thinking ability. when the oxygen levels sink below normal, there is a cascade of events that happen, and hallucinations are not uncommon. the ability to sort out normal things becomes impossible. every day tasks go undone because they don't make sense. just looking at the quilt probably exhausted every capability this poor lady had. i'll be she would welcome some help, and after she is better, will be embarrassed that she had so much difficulty. the toll that oxygen lack takes is incredible, and it's something we take for granted every day. you would be a real angel to just help her out as gently as possible.
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