Saturday, February 12, 2022

Things were going very well and I was ticking off items on my task list for today – I worked on the Guild archives for half an hour; I worked on my own website for half an hour. Next up was to clean a drawer. I know I’m avoiding a couple of drawers in my sewing room but I had a drawer of lace and ribbon in the room across the hall. Most of the lace went into the donation bin but I kept a bit just in case. I had some Christmas ribbons so they went into the hockey-type bag I keep all my Christmas related paper in. The ribbon I wanted to keep went into a smaller drawer in a different chest of drawers. It didn’t take me long before I had it all sorted but there was still more than fifteen minutes left on the clock.

And that’s where the rabbit hole happened. I had been thinking about the sashiko project I’ll be working on in June and decided I’d see what weight of perle cotton I had – not the right one. So I looked at some online and then went to the web page of the shop I bought my particular panel from. She listed five different threads but they seemed expensive so I started looking up places where I could buy the perle cotton in the right size.

On second thought though I had no idea how much thread I would need so I ended up sending a message to the shop owner. I told her what I’d be working on and asked for her thread recommendation and the amount I’d need. I’m still waiting to hear back but I’ll order whatever thread she suggests in whatever amount she says.

I think this is the second time I’ve gone down this particular rabbit hole. I remember when I purchased this project at Quilt Canada I originally had a set of four very small coaster-type patterns. I think it was Deloise who persuaded me that I should give her the small packages and buy the panel that was on display on the wall – and it is big! If I ever get this done I have no clue what I’ll use it for but getting there is half the fun.