Quilting Progress With A Sprained Thumb

   Last week, I sprained my right thumb (thankfully, I'm left-handed), which I posted about here.  Thank you to everyone for your thoughtful and supportive comments and well-wishes!!  It has been an interesting week trying to manage without the use of one thumb, and I can certainly appreciate a lot of the little things that I have taken for granted about having two fully functional hands.
   Thank goodness for this brace I purchased at Walgreen's

   I wear it during the day, and occasionally remove it if the swelling is too much and then I ice it.  I wore it in the pool with the kids (to cool off from this week's heat wave) but I don't usually wear it to bed.

   At the moment, I can type with my thumb as it is not too swollen.  But if I push it, it gets sore and swells up.  It's not broken because I can wiggle t to a limited degree, but I'm watching it to see if I have a ligament issue.  So far, I have not gone to a doctor since there has been improvement.

   It has definitely slowed me down in a number of areas, but I managed to work on my stepson's laptop cover:

back side, with fused dragon

side with flap/closure
and potential "auditions" for collage

   And for my 3 1/2 year old son, who FINALLY decided he wanted to potty train and wear [superhero] underwear  (Hallelujah!!),  I had to reward this milestone with a Spiderman pillow kit on sale from Joann Fabrics (regularly $19.99, purchased for $4.99)

This is a set of 4 pillows.  I ran out of stuffing for the last, flat rectangular
pillow on the bottom, and my thumb is not yet strong enough to hand stitch
 the last few inches I left open for the stuffing (hence the binder clips).
Perhaps I will have enough grip strength to attempt that this week.

   So there you have the small projects I was able to manage, but I am so grateful that my thumb is not broken!

   Here's to appreciating the little things in life!

   Hope you all had a great weekend!