Oh Those Gorgeous Threads!!!
Colorful threads neatly lined up, draw me in as if I were headed for a butter pecan sundae. I'm sure that if you are reading this newsletter you too are drawn in by colorful thre ads. This obsession goes back to my big box of crayons and packages of construction paper I cherished as a kid and still keep around for the grand kids! Colorful thread and need les are usually a topic people bring up when they see my quilts. So, let's discuss this. Recently I visited with a group of ladies for a class of the Vase of Beauties pattern. Some created it in the colors I used, but the majority used wools of their color choice. I love seeing the personalities the quilts take on through the backgrounds and colors the maker uses. We started talking about stitches and they all mentioned that they were in need of size 8 threads for the stitches we were about to do. ...