Always Something

I've been operating with lists all week, as I've deadlines to meet and weather to work around.

• Monday's deadline was to deliver "My Little Choia Garden" to the curator of its exhibit. CHECK!
• Yesterday I wanted to finish the top of P's "Hunter's Star" throw and mark it for quilting.  CHECK!

Today I wanted to sandwich the quilt and start the quilting.  HALF-check --  if such a thing is possible.  I ran into a snag -- or two.

Hunter's Star throw with narrow border, sandwiched for quilting

The quilting marks disappeared!  I'd run into this problem when marking the circles on "MLCG", but they were small, so I took to marking them as I went along so that the embroidery could be put in the right place.  The circles were batik fabric, so I thought perhaps that had something to do with it.

Wrong.

It's the marker -- Tailorform Vanishing Fabric Marker, to be exact.  It's supposed to disappear in 48 hours...but it seems to work too well, for it vanished almost completely between 5 p.m. yesterday and 9 a.m. today.  I'd even folded the top with the marked side in, thinking that would keep the air from getting at it and removing the marks.  Go figure.

The quilt is sandwiched anyway...and I may mark it in sections as I quilt.  The purple line made by this marker is perfect for the fabric, as it's easy to see.  However, while in town tomorrow, I'll check other options.  (I have a turquoise water-erasable marker, but it's not dark enough for this particular project.  I also have a marking pencil which might do but the lead is so soft it's constantly breaking, which is why I no longer use it.)

And the other small snag?  I have a small spool of thread that would work for quilting the top, but I'm concerned it's not enough.  So...along with marker I'll be replenishing thread!

The upside of today is that given the aforementioned wrinkles in my plans, I had to move on to other items on my list.  This included taking out the garbage and cleaning my gutters and downspouts before the forecast rain hit (again).  CHECK!

It also included casting on the Seyfert cowl from Berroco (a free pattern), which I'm making in the yarn for which it was designed (whoa!) -- Berroco "Quasar" -- as a gift for my cousin A when I visit later this month. She's cousin D's wife, and her favourite colour is blue so here's what I'm using:

Pretty, eh?  I think it'll be a nice addition to her cool-weather wardrobe.  Next on the list: graft the toes in cousin D's 'Plain Vanilla' socks and sew in the ends, while watching to see if the Severe Thunderstorm Warning actually produces a Severe Thunderstorm.

Oh...and check in with WIP Wednesday over on The Needle and Thread Network, to see what's cookin'!