Well I was lucky and Hancock’s had all but two of threads that I needed to stock up my thread cabinet. I don’t need those two colors right now so wasn’t a problem. I bought my thread cabinet several years ago after I was lucky in selling a quilt. I love my Gutermann thread cabinet – it has 100 different colors of thread, 100% natural cotton thread. I love applique and by having all my colors on hand I can almost always go to the cabinet and match up a thread for a very close match. Each color slot can hold 3 spools. Most of them only have one spool at a time in the cabinet but colors that I have found I use often I keep the 3 spools available. This is an extravagance to have all these threads, but I use it
so often that it has been worth it. There are some of the threads that I have not used yet, but maybe one day. The very top slot is always empty – that one holds the whitest of white colors and I order that one in larger spools and it doesn’t fit in the slot. (there are believe it or not 6 white shades that gradually turn into light yellow – never saw so many shades of white until I got that cabinet)
I did find some border fabric for the wall hanging – but it is a good thing the wall hanging is small because the only fabric I could find that I liked was in fat quarters only. I made sure I bought 3 fat quarters of one color and 4 of another, most likely more than I will need but I will use what is left over for the binding. The purple fabric will be a border of only a couple inches wide and the green will be wider. I did get the “clear” thread, I hope I won’t have a problem with it, it looks so thin! I will practice on a scrap fabric first to make sure the tension is right and see how it stitches. I got both the clear and the smoke. Also picked up some of “Grandma’s Secret Spot Remover“. I have heard good things about it and thought I would keep it on hand for Mike’s shirts – he tends to dribble things down the front of them 
It was a cool drizzly day outside with off and on light rain. We stopped at Chili’s for some fajitas before we came home. Yummy!
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