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When we think that our days are planned and secure . . . Not!
It is known that I like my fuzz and threads. Today came a knock on the front door. Most people know we don’t use our front door. The mailman brought a good challenge. I have been given a request and a challenge. A quilt has been started and now help is needed to finish it.
There is no way I could refuse. Within what was left with me is a bag of cut out pieces of fabric with enough uncut yardage to finish the quilt from top to bottom. I did relay to the sender that I would clear up what I had started in the sewing studio and then tackle the project. There is a timeline. I knew that when the sender received an email that the package had been delivered, a thankful, grateful smile was had knowing that the project was in good hands.
I was just about to take my walk when the mailman had knocked. I did put the bag in the sewing studio and I opened the bag. Where the kit had been purchased was inside the bag but with no pattern. I took just enough time to pull up the website of the well known Missouri Star quilt company and found a photo of what the piece of paper indicated the pattern was. After I printed off a photo of what the finished quilt would look like, I did take my walk. I knew I had to get my mindset cleared.
Dennis and I had lunch and he gave me thumbs up on my new project. He gave me credit for helping someone that had no one else to turn to. I took time to tidy up in the sewing studio before I started a new project. It always goes better when the old has been tidied and organized and there is a fresh slate.
The towel I had stitched yesterday has now been pressed. This had been my first free-form stitching whereby I had decided what smaller designs I would download and put together for a complete block of being stitched. I had one spot that could have had either the individual designs placed differently or resized them to fill an empty spot. Guess what! The Fairfax button tree was visited and I found a button that replicated a purple pansy. Do buttons belong on towels, not usually. This towel will most likely be handled as a mini wall hanging in a bathroom. I feel thankful for my God-given creativity. I also ask God to help me through the next phase of that creativity in helping someone else.
The sun is out and warm temps will help everyone feel hopeful for what the week may hold.