It helps being a bit behind because now I don’t think I have to worry about spoiling anyone else’s fun. If you haven’t gotten your May 2020 Sew Sampler box yet, though, STOP HERE!
This month’s theme is “Birds and Blooms.” Not that the theme has a whole lot to do with what’s in the box—sometimes more than others. But still, fun to see this on the top of the box and play the momentary guessing game of “hmmm. I wonder what this will mean?”
In terms of notions, this was a great month. These fabric scissors feel great in my hand and are well balanced. I have a really good pair of full-size scissors and a great pair of snips, but I tucked these into the tool holder on my sewing table as you never know when you’ll need to make a small cut somewhere.
Aurifil thread. What can I say? I’m a fan.
Quilting gloves. Niiiice.
And the usual patterns. The Rose Garden pattern is pretty. I could see myself doing that someday.
The other two are just nice little things to tuck away in case I ever want to use them. Probably in 5 years I’ll be going through the bin where I stash all these and ditch 80% of them, but they don’t take up much space for now.
And, as always, the fabric.
I couldn’t get a decent picture as I’d already rolled it out of its neat little package. It’s 20 layer cake squares of Bloomington of Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics.
Of course, nowadays, I immediately think, “Which Accuquilt die could I use for this???” Hmmm.
Just another few words about those machine quilting gloves.
I’ve had my current gloves for well over 10 years.
They’re pretty disreputable, and pretty stretched out.
I tried on the new ones and could immediately feel such a difference. They fit more snugly so they won’t be slipping, and I love that they have the decal on the palm so that all the grippy isn’t just in my fingers.
And the gray won’t show wear and tear as easily.
A win all around.
Because I have problems throwing out quilt supplies, I’ve put my old quilting gloves in my retreat tackle box/tool kit, although I never do machine quilting on retreat because the set-up is so bad for it. Still, ya never know.
I was pleased with this box, especially with the new gloves. Very nice.