Fuzz and Threads
I have rounded the corner of my Victorian Santa quilt top. The majority of the stitching is complete. What does that leave . . . getting out the old canaster Filter Queen Vac. I do try to keep the waste bin in use as I sew. Just as many threads that hit the cylindrical target there seem to be just as many that cling to my clothes, shoes and get snipped at the ironing board.
Many years ago Calvin and Lois gave me a jute area rug. I do have it in the sewing studio under my feet at the ironing board. The jute has a way of allowing the extra threads to weave themselves into the nap. The best way to vacuum it is to go over and over it until there is a windrow of fuzz and then put the vacuum wand directly on top of it. Job done.
The basement is ready for the next barrage of stitching. That will be sometime after Christmas. Preparing for that time, I went to Old Alley Quilt Shop after the cleaning stint. There was not enough of any green fabric in my stashes for the border around the top as well as the backing. My friend Lori was the only one working in the quilt shop today, and as luck would have it, I was the only one in the shop for quite some time. It gave us a chance to catch up with each other. We have bonded for quite a few years over the choices in the store. As I said, after Christmas, the Victorian Santa stands a pretty good chance of being finished.
I spied a fudge candy recipe that one of my cousins had posted on Facebook. As I type, the fudge is in a buttered dish, cooling, AND . . . setting up. It has the old fashioned powdered cocoa and it looks as if when it does set up, it will be a strong chocolate flavor. It was a chance I wanted to take. Is there such a thing as a failure . . . no. If it doesn’t set up, I already know what Lena would have in mind: roll that mixture up into a small ball, roll it in finely crushed nuts and call it “a new take on sweets.”
For supper, it is chili straight from the freezer, heating on the stove for supper. Easy suppers are my sweet spot.