Snowflakes of All Kinds

DD#2 made it here late last night; her flight was delayed by half an hour, but she got out of Seattle and that was my big worry. They were about to get walloped with a winter storm that is heading in our direction. We’re under a winter storm warning from 11 am this morning until 5 pm tomorrow night. After the storm leaves here, it’s heading east, and one of the long-range forecasts I saw suggested that northeast Ohio, where my mother lives, might be dealing with something big on Friday.

The husband is not working this week because of the cold. The parts came for the ground heater and I think he’ll be getting that up and running. We should be fine, although I warned DD#2 that if the power goes out, so will the internet. She is hoping to work while she is here this week.

DD#1 checked in by phone yesterday. She and DSIL are staying in Ketchikan for Christmas, but they have a good network of friends there.

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I made the class sample for next week’s Serge of Creativity class at the quilt store. The process was a bit convoluted as there are no written instructions. I had to work from the Power Point slide show that Bernina provides. Let’s just say that it’s good that this project is going to have a teacher to lead it.

[I find that all Bernina instructions are like Burda instructions. They tend to be light on details. I also highlighted some inconsistencies in the instructions, because the last thing I want to do is confuse my students.]

In any case, I like the way the project turned out. I can’t show you a picture because it’s a Bernina class, but I will say that it gave me a bit more experience using the chain stitch feature on my coverstitch machine. That was fun.

One of the jobs on the list for January is to get the industrial serger up and running again. That is a five-thread machine—a three-thread serger edge/chainstitch combo—and I need to make some samples using it. That is also the machine I used to make canvas grocery bags and I have gotten a few requests for more of those.

I might use the downtime this week to cut fabric. The scrap bag is full and those leftovers need to be cut into usable pieces. I am also going to get this Accuquilt snowflake die the next time I’m at the quilt store:

My friend Ginger, who does the visuals at church, has an idea for some banners with snowflakes. I showed her the die and she thought it would be perfect.

When Robin gets home after Christmas, we’re going to have a cutting marathon. She came and cut tumblers using my dies back in August, then made some lovely table runners for the the craft co-op sale. I still have my original Accuquilt Go! cutter as well as the Studio cutter, so the two of us should be able to crank out a whole pile of tumblers.