Scissor Slippage Fix

I discovered a hole in the patchwork of my Happiness quilt only after I'd hand-quilting three-quarters of the project. This was probably caused by my scissors catching a corner of the fabric as I was piecing it and snipping threads. I hate when this happens and I don't notice until it's too late to replace the block or fabric patch.

I sewed over it with matching thread at first, but that looked awful. I then considered patching it with a piece of matching fabric, but it was in an awkward spot (bottom right corner of the top left pale peach patch.)

My solution was to place a wee iron-on embroidered bird patch over the hole. I added two more of the same in other spots on the quilt so it would look like I meant to do it, too. It might not be the kind of solution every quilter likes, but the hole won't tear now, and the birds look cool to me.

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Maria Zannini said…

That's so clever. It reminds me of the Japanese art of Kintsugi, repairing broken pottery with gold dust and lacquer.

November 11, 2022 at 6:12 AM

Other Stashes

Along with clearing out the spare bedroom and tidying my office and our guest bedroom, I decided to reorganize some of my stashes. This is all the yarn I have on hand, sorted by color. It looks like a lot, but lately I've been using up a minimum of half a bin every month, so this is approximately a year's supply. All of my solid color cotton perle thread. I go through a lot of this every year, too. I need a container in which I can fit all of it together, but I haven't found the right one yet. I won't show you all of my fabric -- I'm still reorganizing this stash -- but I went through everything and donated two bins of fabric I won't need to the local quilter's guild.

Love Means This

Invested in a couple of hand-dyed bundles from one of my favorite fabric artists. This one said "Make me into something for Valentine's Day." So I went for a quilted and embellished tote. I kept thinking about what love means to me as I worked on it. Here's the finished tote. Although I was tempted to embellish with beads and pins, I got sick and only felt well enough to do a little stitching every night. As I worked I thought about how often love seems disappointing to us, especially when it fails to live up to our expectations. But now that I've experienced love in many forms, I can say that it's made me a better person than I might have been without it. Love is a precious thing, and should be appreciated in all its forms. I am very grateful for the love of my guy, my child and my friends who have stuck with me all these years. That's you two, in case you're wondering. :) Also finally found something to do with a ve...

Store Closing Haul

The mega Books-A-Million store over in Sanford is closing, and offered an extra 20% off on their current stock -- all sales final -- so I went over to do some shopping. Safely but sadly there was no one in the store but me the entire time I was there. The Holly Jackson novel is for Katherine, the Halloween board book is for Oliver, and the copy of Garden Spells is to keep on hand because I give that book to everyone. The rest of the books are for me. I love Anne Cleeves, and the Galbraith novel sounded interesting (the first couple weren't, but I'm willing to take another chance.) The Escape Room is by a new-to-me author, plus it was cheap. The GreenCraft mag is just a guilty pleasure. Hopefully the smaller BAM nearer to me won't close. I don't buy many books from brick-and-mortar stores these days, but that's really the last one within reasonable driving distance.

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