Arachne's Got Nothin' on Me

Sure, she was great with thread, but then she ticked off a goddess.

I just spent the entire morning (woe is me!) searching for American and Efird's Pixelles threads in a few specific colors. Every place I clicked was out of stock. I finally resorted to contacting the manufacturer and spoke with someone who put me in touch with Sylvia at Dallas Threads. Heaven! This gal carries every color of Pixelles at a reasonable price on 2000 yard cones. Her prices on all of the standard longarm quilting threads are VERY reasonable. She even volunteered a comprehensive A & E color card for me. Usually you have to beg and plead or pay through the nose for a color card. The best part? The store is under a mile away from my home! Goodbye high prices, hello every color in the rainbow!

Muse of Quilting and Stitchery

Yes, Mereth, she (my new quilting machine) has a name. I agonized over this for several days and it was a toss up between simply calling her my therapist and naming her Terpsichore. Terpsichore won.

For those of you who don't file away greek mythology as clever party conversation topics (I wonder why I don't get invited to more parties?) Terpsichore is the muse (one of nine) of dancing and choral music. She was almost always depicted with a lyre in her hands and swirling robes. The name is pronounced terp SICK or ee.

I chose this name because it really does feel like we're dancing as we whirl across the studio, creating beautiful swirling patterns on quilts and while I'm not much of a singer, I sure do enjoy playing music while I work. I even find that my quilting changes subtly when I play different kinds of music.

She got to meet my other quilting friends today, the rest of the gang that meets at my house about once a month (we call ourselves the English Street Quilters). A good time was had by all.