And the Wind Blew

Yesterday was one for the record books, I think. The storm that pummeled Seattle on Monday and Tuesday arrived around 9 am yesterday morning. Here at our house, we were spared the worst of it because the front was coming out of the west. The bad cold fronts for our location are the ones that drop down from Canada from east to west over the Continental Divide. Still, we got some significant wind gusts. We had another tree come down on our property (you can see we have almost no snow):

The Flathead Valley took the brunt of the storm. I was listening to scanner calls and there were trees and power lines down all over the county. Much of Kalispell was without power for most of the day. A semi blew over on Hwy 93 south of town. There was a 96 mph wind gust recorded at Mount Aeneas, which is the highest peak just above our house in the Swan Range.

The lights flickered occasionally but we did not lose power. I spent the morning finishing up class samples. I’m doing a class in January on three serger projects. The first are these shoelaces, which are adorable but surprisingly tricky to make:

We’ll also make scrunchies:

And a pair of socks. These are from swimsuit fabric. I’ve also made them from microfleece.

I chose Valentine-themed fabrics for this set.

After lunch, I began quilting yardage for another quilted jacket project. I needed to do something meditative for a while because the schedule has had a lot of wrenches lobbed at it lately. Once I get the yardage quilted, this particular project should go together quickly. Despite having a lot of sewing projects in the queue, I am trying not to rush through them. I don’t work in a factory and I think sewing should be a mindful activity.