HO, HO, HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Sort of looks like a quilt, doesn't it? My clever husband made me this amazing thread cabinet!
I think I have "the perfect colour of thread" for just about any quilt! I ordered the minimum order from Marathon Threads (Winnipeg) and tried to get a wide variety of colours. Minimum order is $150. The spools I got are 2000 m 35 weight - about $4/spool. If I were to get quilting thread in my local fabric store, retail price is about $14 for 1000m (although I would typically wait for the half price sales). If you do the math, it's worth dropping the $150 all at once. I had picked up some Marathon thread at the last sewing show to try it out and liked it. So I was comfortable in ordering lots more. It will take me awhile to use it all up though!
Craig and Rhonwyn sent me some fabric from Hong Kong (above - not a great pix, will have to try for a better one - oh who am I trying to kid? - you'll see it as it comes up in a project).
And Eric gave me a gift certificate to the local fabric store! Sew - I'm feeling like the little kid who got all the things she asked for! Pretty spoiled, eh?
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Finally - this is the "table runner" finished for the dining room table. It turned into more of a table cloth, but that's OK - I like it.
For the pix, I pulled out one of the table leaves - the leaves are usually folded in so the runner would hang over the ends, but when both leaves are both out it will extend about half way over each leaf.
What a beautiful thread cabinet.....your husband is definitely a keeper! That's a gorgeous runner too.
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