The Good, the bad and the UGLY

Well, there really wasn't any UGLY, but there was some BADDD!  I had decided to get back to working on the bicycle quilt top.  All I needed to do right now was finishing fusing down the applique pieces for the other halves of the three bicycle blocks and it was going fine for the most part... had extra pieces ( or so I thought) and had a bird facing the wrong way and a puppy missing ( realized later that I had already fused him on before I was supposed to - oh well).

Then I started stitching the fused pieces down... the first block went ok... the second block was going ok until I got to where I was supposed to be stitching down the dog -  I just happened to glance down as I was snipping thread ends ( always a good idea to watch what you're doing)

 Yep!  I did it again... stitched a second block underneath.  Luckily, I had only stitched the ear on the left and then the other ear and part of the face - so I guess I was sewing when I noticed -not snipping thread ends. 

You'd think I'd learn - and I thought I had.  I know that I was moving things out of the way .. I think this happened when I had to move the blocks off from the thread box to get to the spool and bobbin of black thread - I just forgot to move the block underneath back onto the thread box.

It took a few minutes to rip out the stitches - tiny zig zag ones...

Once that was done, along came the next challenge.... I ran out of black thread!  All I had to finish was this dog on the last block... from his back heel around the bottom to his collar.  But could I find a new spool of black thread!?!?  Oh noooo!  I have a five quart ice cream bucket full of just about every color I would ever need a spool of - except for black and maybe white. 

 So back I come to my computer and go to Connecting Threads website, which just happens to have the threads on sale... I'm in luck!... but of course, it could take a week for my order to get here.  Well, I guess I can work on other things....

After placing my order, I go back to see what else I can do that won't require black thread.  I'm sitting

there looking at one of the blocks that's laying on my thread box and I happen to see a dark spool of thread - hmmm  could it be?  If it is, it's not in the right place... I open the box and by golly... there was a practically brand new spool of black thread!!  Happy Dance time!

After finishing this guy up, I started joining the blocks into rows... and that's when I noticed the 'missing' puppy that was actually missing an ear - it was right up on the ironing board with the other miscellaneous pieces... like the bird and wing that were facing the wrong way and the puppy that I traced, fused and cut because I couldn't find the original one.

Checked my green fabrics to see if I had something for the sashing... only need a quarter yard, which really doesn't sound like enough.  Yep, I have about a yard of a shade that will go good with the blocks.  I had to stop there, though, so that I could get over to Walmart and get the eye drop prescription that I called in earlier today after I realized that the bottle I had was empty.  While there, I also grabbed hubby and I some dinner from Subway since we got a gift card for them for Christmas.

I'll go back to working on the top tomorrow.... and might even be able to finish it then, too.  

take care....

ttyl.......