Blustery Day
When it is less than 60 degrees in the home, as humbling as it is, the furnace needs to be turned on. I have it set at 69 degrees. Just high enough that when Dennis comes into the house, it feels warmer than it is outside.
I have been in the sewing studio today working on quilting the quilt of many colors. When there are 42 flannel blocks of various colors and designs, it isn’t a slam dunk as to what color thread to use for the top stitching. Yesterday I had called on Anita in Mankato via text. Anita had owned her own quilt shop at a time in the past. Anita is now one of the stitchers that I hang out with. Anita suggested a variegated top thread. That sent me searching in my thread stashes.
More years ago than I can count, Dennis and I had been in St. Cloud for an assessor’s conference. After hours of the conference agenda, we had looked up the Grubber’s Quilt Shop. There was this King Tut variegated thread by the Superior Thread Company. It caught my eye and I purchased it. Did I have a project in mind? No! By the way, what does that have to do with a purchase in a quilt shop!
That King Tut thread was threaded into the sewing machine for a run. I tested it out on a scrap. All systems were a go! The variegated thread did not take away from the embroidery motif in the center of each block. This quilt of many colors had found its companion for a finished look. I will be taking my time. Though the quilt of many colors is only 55″ x 65″, it is still a bit to wrangle under the needle. A quality flannel with 80/20 batting, which is 80% poly and 20% cotton, plus the backing is a bit of a heft. I am doing a meandering sewing for quilting. No rhyme or reason. I think this will work out quite well.
When Dennis gets home from a coffee gathering at his friend’s apartment’s gathering room, we are going to have pan fried Tilapia fish with some fried potatoes and a veggie. We don’t purchase the pre-coated. I toss the fillets in Bisquick and then in the pan. It sounded like a good change out for us.
By now, anything that was not nailed down outside should be someone else’s problem.