Slow Stitching Sunday ... and Monday

I am a slow stitcher.

... and my back has been hurting ...

For the last month I have been having a lot of unusual upper back pain.

This is something new to me.

I am used to having chronic lower back pain of the dull annoying variety
and have learned to handle it and just keep sewing.

These are sharp shooting pains in my shoulder blade area

so I went to the doctor who told me it was just muscular 

and recommended resting, taking ibuprofen and pacing myself.

I do all that already except for the pain pills.

I try to avoid pills but I have taken one a day for the last several days 

just to dull it a little.

So far I have not taken it today and have even gotten some
happy time with my sewing machine.

I have not been able to machine sew as much as usual.

So ... time to join the

Slow Stitching Sundays @ Kathy's Quilts

This year I really want to finish adding the embroidered leaves to my 

Fall Schnibble Quilt Top

I started embroidering these leaves last year.

I am very much a "seasonal" stitcher, so this was tucked away last year
after the last of the autumal leaves fell.
The end of summer is drawing nearer.
Time to embroider colorful leaves again.

So when I am taking breaks from my machine time,

I am slow stitching.

.... just keep stitching ... 

:)