I had a relaxing evening last night watching the Pink Panther on STARZ with my son and working on my Janlynn quilt "Sleeping Bunnies". This quilt got put on the back burner for a while, because I was having difficulty deciding the color of the bowed border. Here is the progress to date...
Since going out on a limb and veering away from assigned pattern colors, there is a lot of relief in writing that I am very happy with how the colors are intermingling on this quilt. The darker border makes a nice frame and adds some dimension to the piece. Hopefully, this quilt will see a finish by the end of May. :)
While working on my various baby quilts, I have tried different ways of storing and dispensing floss. (My storage bins can be viewed here.) But while working on my projects over the years, I was not happy with the methods that I was using for keeping the floss handy. The individual baggies worked great for organizing the amounts of skeins needed, but my problems began once the thread was being dispensed. On lazy days, I wrapped the thread back around the skeins and used a baggie for the odd divided strands. On days that I was more organized, I tried the small cardboard dividers. If my work consisted of counted cross stitch, I might have been more satisfied with the cardboard dividers and the cases that could be purchased, but they seemed too small and were just not working out for me...
While catching up on blog reading, I caught one of Lisa's beautiful pictures at her blog Lil' Fish Studios. She was doing some embroidery on one of her fantastic felted stones and sitting next to her project was an assortment of floss wrapped around clothespins. It was absolutely homespun dispensing and right up my alley! :) Maybe this idea was not new, but it certainly was to me. So I headed out to the store and purchased a few packages, because let's face it... clothespins are cheap and have a 101 uses! ;)
I am happy to report that the clothespins are working out great. Size wise, they are easy for me to grab and not loose in the couch cushions, and I can still wrap the cut threads onto the pins and clamp them securely into place. As with everything in life... this method was just suited for me, and I am glad that I stumbled upon it. Plus... the clothespins look cool! ;)
The handles on the pins are perfect for labeling the floss number with a fine sharpie marker. :)
With the day off from work today, my "Sister's Choice Quilt" will be getting a border to finish it into a flimsy ***Yay!!***, a few butterflies will get added to my baby quilt at lunch time, and then I have a date with a graphite drawing that has been waiting patiently in my studio... A perfect plan to settle down to on a rainy day. :)
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