Dagnabit! Like I say, my math brain is just not working well lately. I know I am entirely correct on the number of blocks and triangles I need, and I thought I was done cutting and sewing yesterday. But last night I went to hubby's bowling league and while I was hanging out pinned my blocks together, and I am 20 setting triangles short. Maybe I got confused in the count of "4 piece blocks" versus "2 piece triangles".
Have no fear, I still have more metallic fabric of course, some I haven't even used yet. I can go into the 10" squares I have saved out that are Asian influenced. The remainder from trimming out my 6.5" square will be all I need for that projects.
Bowling Alley is right across from Value Village so I took a break and went over there. It was 50% linens day... but lucky for me there wasn't much of interest. I did buy two bags for a total of $3.99. There is one great piece of yardage in there of stacked teddy bears with cats hiding between them well worth that. A scrap of early 70s bright mushrooms on a yellow background caught my eye -- I have the same fabric in red in my stash. That bag also had quite a bit of bridal illusion net and I've been thinking of some projects that could use that. About half of one bag total I considered no redeeming value and have trashed, and about half a bag will be sent back to the thrift system. Also being kept is a lovely piece of poly blend yardage with large pansies, I'll use that for one of the Kuspuks (Innuit summer parka/tunic) I still intend to make for myself.
It's funny but one of the things I really notice about the Bernina my friend gave me with the thread cutter that I'm much less covered with threads that I consider usual. I cut so true to grain I often do have fiber threads as well. So it's not quite the same issue it once was but I've been thinking about putting down 10" squares of flannel on my sewing table to catch the spare threads and then cover it with the illusion net and finally thread painting with shiny variegated thread. Could even quilt as I go. I'm thinking that the different squares of flannel will take on different characteristics depending on what projects I'm working on at the time...
Edit: For those of you that have embroidery machines or use fancy threads, I've seen some really nice work making fabric out of those fancy threads as I described above, layering them down and then stitching over. You can also use those last bits on bobbins and spools. After all, we pay for those fancy things! Again, the created fabrics take on the characteristics of what you are working on.
Last edited by Iceblossom; 10-15-2019 at 05:14 AM.