Once again I have joined a bunch of other stitchers -
In Daffycat’s TUSAL - HERE -
It's a Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long - ;))
To play the game -
I have to fill my glass container -
With saved thread clippings -
Or ORTS - Old Ratty Threads -
Fabric trimmings -
Stitching cast-offs -
And then -
On (or about) the New Moon -
Take a picture of the ORTS in my jar -
Post it to my blog -
With a link back to her TUSAL post - HERE -
Label the Totally Useless posts with “TUSAL” -
And then visit her blog and comment on her ORT report for that month's TUSAL - ;))
It's EASY -
It's TOTALLY USELESS -
And -
It's FUN!! - ;))
This year I decided NOT to empty my jar each time -
Maybe a year-to-date accumulation of ORTs -
Will make it look like actually DID something - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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This is all I have on my design wall today -
And it's not even a block yet - ;))
Don't feel much like working on the Dresden Plates -
Or anything else for that matter - ;))
I have some other strips ready to go -
But that's about it - ;))
Same old - same old - ;))
Same old stuff on the other design walls in the hallway -
Same old Sick Bear in the other room -
Same old around and around with the insurance company -
Still trying to get the prescriptions and copays sorted out -
Same as last year - but with a brand new company -
Same old around and around with the tax preparer -
Still trying to get the tax return "accurate and complete" -
Same as last year - with the same old company -
Same old "First of the Year Ducks" -
Still trying to get them all lined up -
Same as last year - with the same unruly bunch - ;))
I am so looking forward to April -
Maybe fewer "ducks" -
And more "squirrels" - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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Didn’t get much sewing done this week -
But I worked a little on my Dresden Plates -
And managed to turn a pile of four-sies -
Into some eight-sies - ;))
And when I got a pile of those -
I made some whole-sies - ;))
Now I need to get them all pressed out -
And then I can go from there - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
Here’s to Connecting Threads -
May they sell TONS of their NEW VARIEGATED THREAD!!! - ;))
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My regular readers might remember that -
Last summer I asked them to join me -
In a little campaign - HERE -
To try to get Connecting Threads -
To bring back their line of variegated thread - ;))
Guess what I found while thumbing through their latest catalog Thursday night?? - ;))
NEW! Essential (TM) VARIEGATED THREAD!!! - ;))
WOO HOO!!! - ;))
THEY BROUGHT BACK THEIR VARIEGATED THREAD!!! - ;))))))))))
Available in 10 colors!
Just $3.99 per spool - ;))
EDIT UPDATE - to include the blurb -
Multi-colored Essential(TM) Thread spools are great for quilting, embroidery, or even just a straight stitch. 1200 yard spools of 50/3 Double Mercerized extra-long staple cotton. Approx 58" repeat, color change every 19".
The yummy colors are -
Cafe Latte
Redwork
Autumn Splendor
Primary
Night Shadows
Toasted Caramel
Ocean Jewels
Denim Blues
Luck O the Irish
Enchanted Forest
Variegated Thread Set - contains ALL 10 colors - $33.91
Save 15% when you buy a set
SHOP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ;))
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So Friday morning I had to check out their website - HERE - ;))
It said -
COMING SOON!
AVAILABLE 3/3/2014*
*may change due to weather
That was YESTERDAY!!! - ;))
But when I checked Yesterday -
They had changed it to -
AVAILABLE 3/5/2014*
*may change due to weather -
That's TOMORROW!!! - ;))
Unless they change it again -
Due to the weather - ;))
This is SUPER - SUPER - SUPER NEW!!! - ;))
I repeat -
SHOP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ;))
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EDIT UPDATE - WEDNESDAY - 3/5/14 -
IT'S HERE!! - IT'S HERE!! - HERE -
IT'S THE VERY FIRST ONE - NEW! - VARIEGATED THREAD SET
THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL SPOOL AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT IS - REDWORK - HERE
but the link is to the page - so more may be added SOON!! - ;))
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EDIT UPDATE - WEDNESDAY - 3/5/14 - EVENING
THEY'RE HERE!! - THEY'RE HERE!! - HERE -
IT'S THE VERY FIRST ONE - NEW! - VARIEGATED THREAD SET
ALL OF THE SPOOLS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!! - HERE -
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Now I know that it probably has absolutely NOTHING -
To do with our little campaign -
But part of me wants to think -
That MAYBE -
Just MAYBE -
It does - ;))
But then again - it’s probably just me - ;))
DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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So last week I said that I had to find a certain pattern -
That I remembered seeing in one of my magazines - ;))
But first - I found some yummy purples in my stash -
Then I found the pattern in the July/August 2013 issue -
Of McCall’s Quilting - HERE -
Miss Kyra: Bright Floral Dresden Plate
Applique Wall Quilt Pattern
Designed by Erin Russek
Machine Quilted by Karen Dovala
So -
A combination of that and this -
Is what I have in my head - ;))
What do you think? - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
Once again I have joined a bunch of other stitchers -
In Daffycat’s TUSAL - HERE -
It's a Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long - ;))
To play the game -
I have to fill my glass container -
With saved thread clippings -
Or ORTS - Old Ratty Threads -
Fabric trimmings -
Stitching cast-offs -
And then -
On (or about) the New Moon -
Take a picture of the ORTS in my jar -
Post it to my blog -
With a link back to her TUSAL post - HERE -
Label the Totally Useless posts with “TUSAL” -
And then visit her blog and comment on her ORT report for that month's TUSAL - ;))
It's EASY -
It's TOTALLY USELESS -
And -
It's FUN!! - ;))
This year I decided NOT to empty my jar each time -
Maybe a year-to-date accumulation of ORTs -
Will make it look like actually DID something - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
