A Trip South
Lots of choices available to be creative.
The sun was out, and with the back window of the car open, I headed to Old Alley Quilt Shop in Sherburn. I was on a mission to check out prices of all things: thread. With a new sewing machine, I will admit, the empty thread spools are mounting. I now know I will be going back to Bird Island for the quality and price of threads I may need. To do machine embroidery, a light weight bobbin thread is used and a smaller mm size of thread. I should have realized that Old Alley caters to threads for hand quilting and the threads used in the long arm quilter. I am making good headways on the Christmas wedding gift coming in August. It just is a fun challenge trying different aspects of what can be accomplished with a needle going up and down.
Someone, knowing that I had a different sewing machine, asked me if I had any new ideas left in the thread and fabric department. I had to quote my favorite little gal, Megan. When she would stay with us and we ran errands, she would be asked if she had any brothers or sisters at home. Her reply was always, “They’re still coming.” Yup Megan, my ideas are still coming in strong and often and, yes, Nicholas was still coming into the picture.
When I came home, I could not resist getting a garden hose, a bucket and a brush to give my ole Lincoln a quick wash. The car had registered 70 degrees on my way home from Sherburn. Dennis rolled in just in time to give a hand. All the kitty foot prints will now be new ones once the car goes into the garage. Sometimes, you have to pick your battles, and on this, the cats and kittens win. They love sleeping up in the rafters of our garages.
It remains a hit and miss on our Internet service. It will be interesting what happens over the weekend.