Wyoming Breezes

Two empty 3000 yard spools amounted to the  thread used in 2022: full spool for comparison I emptied only two spools/cones of thread in 2022, but one of the spools was new and held 3,000 yards of thread and the other had about half or 1,500 yards. The empty spools/cones allowed me to make fourteen  Quilts of Valor  and some small projects for myself and friends as well as do some mending.  It’s interesting to compare my thread usage over the years.               2021 spools                          2020 spools                2019 spools                2018 spools              2017 spools On Wednesday, I cleaned and oiled the older sewing machine and swapped it with the one I normally take to retreats. I like to use each of them similar amounts of time...

nine spools and one cone used in 2021 Just by looking at the number of spools I emptied in 2021, it’s obvious I didn’t do as much sewing as previous years, but I was certainly not a slacker: these empty spools/cones allowed me to make nineteen Quilts of Valor and three community quilts for Prayers and Squares.              2020 spools               2019 spools                2018 spools              2017 spools I haven’t turned on my sewing machine since early November, so it’s time to get in the sewing room and get busy. 

fifteen empty thread spools  and four empty thread cones December 2020 I was able to do a variety of sewing in 2020, and thanks to weekly FaceTime calls, my sewing machine was humming most of the year. These empty spools/cones allowed me to make nearly twenty-four Quilts of Valor and twelve presentation cases, one hundred face masks , one personal quilt ( Pinwheel Puzzle ), one hospice quilt ( Bricks and Stepping Stones ), and two days of sewing during a community sew day .  As 2020 comes to a close, it's time to wind some bobbins, oil the machine, and change the needle because I think 2021 is going to be another good year to sew.