A Thread Sale

My girlfriend Regina called me up this morning to talk about thread.  I hadn’t looked at the Hancock Fabrics Sales flier that comes to me on line so I hadn’t see this.  You all know I have a Gutermann 100% cotton thread cabinet full of luscious colors – well there is a sale going on that some of you that have told me how much you like mine want to check it out.  Now they do not have the exact same one that I have.  Mine is 100% natural cotton very light weight thread that is perfect for hand applique but not quite the strength I like for hand quilting.  The thread cabinets they have right now are 50% markdown. They have one for silk thread, one for embroidery thread (I believe that is machine embroidery) and one of hand quilting thread (which is heavier than then kind I have).  The silk thread cabinet looks so great and I would love to have it and at half price it is a great deal — but no can do – I’m going to the Paducah quilt show in April and I know I need to save my spending for that!!  I would hate to go and then feel like I can’t spend any money   I will pass on the thread as I really have a ton of it here but I thought I would pass on the information in case some of you haven’t seen the sale.  I just ordered some much needed twin size batting as I would have to baste together too many pieces of scraps for the next two quilts waiting in line which are not twin size but some where in between that size and the next smaller size.  That is about all the spending I am going to do right now even though several sites that I look at have some great fabric.

Speaking of which if you want some hand dyed fabric you should check out these two sites for some fantastic looking fabrics.  Field Trips in Fiber - Vicki has great fabrics, she is located in Virginia!  Check out her etsy store on her side bar.  Also another great site is Chris at Dye Candy.  Chris is in Wisconsin she has a etsy store also.  These hand dyed fabrics just look so great.  Another one of my e-friends that sells fabric (not hand dyed)  is Jackie  in Connecticut at Canton Village Quilt Works. Check out her etsy store, Jackie also does machine quilting for customers.

So I guess today was a promotion day for me to my internet friends I have no other news – I have been quilting off and on today on my small Devil’s Puzzle quilt top and plan on working on it more this evening and tomorrow and through the weekend if need be – I intend to get this top done soon so I can move on to another.  I decided I do not want all these quilt tops to gather up and before I start working on more applique blocks I must get caught up on this quilting!!  The Star Crazy BOM quilt will have new directions coming out next week (can’t believe March is almost here) and that will give me a little break from quilting and then back to quilting it will be.