Well I started out the day thinking I would do a quick run to Hobby Lobby to get one skein of embroidery thread and then head over to the bookstore to look and see what was new. I came out of Hobby Lobby with my one little skein of embroidery thread to see a flat tire on my car! 
this is the second one in 3 months!! I put in a voice message on my husband’s phone for a rescue but knew it would be awhile because he was exercising and wouldn’t be checking his phone for about an hour. The bookstore was only a 5 minute walk away so I thought well I was heading that way anyhow so left another message for him and told him I would be at the bookstore. –Not me in the photo with the flat tire but I felt it represented me 
After looking at some paper work in the car I realized it had been 3 years and 49,940 miles since I got new tires on the car. So after the flat tire was changed we headed over to the tire shop to get new tires. Left the car there for them to work on and went with him to the Lowe’s to get some plywood – rather do that then sit on the hard chairs waiting for my car. He dropped me back off to get the car – and pay the bill — and off for home I went.
I managed to get a little work done on the Baltimore Album Block – it is coming along but I’m not satisfied with the points of the flowers in the center – that is what the embroidery thread is for – I’m going to make some French Knots to go in the center to help it out a little. In other words to cover up areas that should be pointed and aren’t LOL – it will look right in the end!
Thank you everyone for suggestions on how to make labels for the quilts – now that I have the new printer though that problem is solved. I had several people ask me where I get my pre-treated fabric sheets – at this link: C. Jenkins Company if you look through this site you will find some that say they are irregular and they are a little cheaper. All this means is that out of a package of 20 sheets you might have one or two with some mild imperfection like a tiny black spot or little area of thread that is weird looking. I have a package of 20 and used about half of them and had only one so far that had a spot on it and it was usable. I have been using products from them for sometime and have never had a problem with the company.
Another mug from my daughter Melanie — I think she has had a lot of fun adding to the collection – I really think she has gotten me as many as I have gotten myself. She picked this one up at a shop in Little Rock that sold coffee and mugs. The picture wraps itself around the mug repeating it three times. It is a heavy mug and I use it off an on. I will use a mug for several weeks or months then put it back on a shelf and choose another one to use for awhile. That way I get a little use out of some of them other than just looking at them.
Yesterday’s question was: When did Bernina introduce its knee-activated presser foot lifter? The answer was 1963
Next question: When quilt blocks are set on point, with their corners pointing up and down, they leave open spaces around the perimeter of the quilt. If Fabric triangles are used to fill in gaps along the top and sides of the quilt, they are cut with their longest edges on the bias. TRUE or FALSE
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