Project Simplify - Day 13
April 28, 2011 Okay.
You know how you find yourself with a few spare hours and you're in a good mood, looking forward to a nice romantic date with your sewing machine?
Then, all of a sudden you need a few yards of a weird thread color for some machine applique because you want to color match for invisible stitches? So you pop into the nearest quilt store and they don't have a thread that really works but the saleslady talks you into something that's "close enough"? And you don't really believe her but you're praying she's right so you buy it 'cause you just want to get back to your machine?
But when you get home and start sewing you realize to your dismay, "Not even for a giveaway is this good enough!" (It looks worse in person.)
You know what I mean? Totally annoying.
But you can't keep this quilter down for long. Even though my options were limited based on the colors of the background strips - there just so happened to be another shade of green fabric in this line that was a somewhat better match to the new thread - kinda sorta. So I cut out a new flower. Problem solved? Well, yes ... but then I had another issue ...
(Cue the "oh no" music.)
Tune in tomorrow for the conclusion of the green flower conundrum. (I used to be a Soap Opera junkie ...)
Fabric, Project Simplify, Quilting 
Reader Comments (2)
Oh how I can hear you moan ;)
I have looked in all bookstores here in Ottawa and they just don't have the book ... How much do you love it ... And compared to our other love of Tilda books How much on a scale from 1-10 is this better? Xoxo
I have had that happen to me, about quilt stores, taking something I don't really need, many times. I think it's because I'm a fairly new quilter and they know it. Actually the green looks nice with that green in the quilt. Be patient. We love your blogs so there's no hurry.