Health and Beauty Day

I went to the dentist yesterday morning for my twice-yearly cleaning. The hygienist pronounced my gums “very healthy” and the dentist said my teeth were “beautiful.” Apparently, the dentist my mother took us to as children did an exceptionally good job with the fillings I do have and the dentist said she doubts I will have problems with them. I had very little plaque and I was in and out of there within 45 minutes.

This is the toothpaste we use:

I can hardly stand to brush with Colgate or Crest anymore—it’s like brushing with soap. As long as this keeps working so well, we will continue to use it.

I ran a few errands between the dentist appointment and my afternoon haircut appointment. I dropped off the aprons at the quilt store north of town so they could display them for an upcoming class (not scheduled yet, but probably in January), and picked up two additional yards to make another apron for myself. I went to Walmart, Hobby Lobby, and Michaels in search of 1/4” ribbon for my serger experiments. This is the wrong time to be shopping for it. Apparently, it’s all been bought by other crafters using it for Christmas projects.

Our Walmart has a new display that I have started referring to as “mystery fabric.” It’s full of 2-, 3-, and 4-yard rolls of fabric with very little fiber content information. At most, the label might say “100% polyester,” but often it says, “Fiber Content Unknown” or something similar. I’ve taken to perusing that display periodically. Yesterday, I happened upon a three-yard bundle of some navy blue knit that I am 99.9% sure is rayon spandex. I bought it because it was only $8 and I can always use it for muslins, if nothing else, although the fabric is not bad. I’m wondering if Walmart some other entity is buying up mill ends and packaging them for sale.

I stopped in at the quilt store south of town—which was insanely busy—to check on the enrollment for my serger mastery class today. I came out of there with some flannel and two cuts of double-brushed polyester knit from Quilting Treasures. I was in the store the day the QT sales rep was there and I knew the fabric was on order. It arrived this week. QT’s line of DBP is some of the nicest I’ve seen, with gorgeous prints in saturated colors. I got this one:

And this one:

Both likely will end up as fall T-shirts. If I had had time yesterday, I would have whipped one up to wear to class today.

I think it’s rather a shame that some of these gorgeous fabrics don’t make it to quilt stores. I’ve concluded that people with winter coloring are a definite minority; most store owners seem to gravitate toward muddy earth tones because those are the colors they personally prefer. (The other two prints that came in were just as lovely, but they weren’t colors I could wear.)

The last place I stopped was Joann Fabrics, of course, so I could check the remnant rack there. I ran into a friend of mine and chatted with her for a bit.

Tomorrow and Friday will be devoted to getting ready for my sewing class on Saturday. I am waiting to work on canning projects because the husband has the basement torn up while he installs the guts of the wood boiler system down there. As soon as he’s done, though, I’ll get to work on canning up tomatoes, dry beans, and BBQ sauce.