Shall we talk about pins?

These are flower-head pins. They are flat, long and sharp. I use them a lot while piecing or pinning blocks onto the design wall.

These are glass-head sewing pins. Unlike plastic heads, they don’t melt if you accidentally iron over them.

And here are the all important curved quilting pins, of which I never have enough. They are for basting quilts and I use A LOT of them.

For example:

I ran out of pins about ten days ago and had to stop basting one quilt in order to machine quilt an older project that was folded up in my closet so I could have those pins back. Then I ordered more on Amazon so I would never run out again.

And then a few days later I found a container of brand new basting pins (150 of them!) that I had bought last fall.

Sigh.

But now I never will run out of pins. Ever.

I’ve been working on projects that require a lot of energy now that I have much of mine back. New treatments won’t start for another ten days, so I have time to baste quilts, sew binding strips, iron and cut lots of fabric into squares, etc. for future quilts that can be worked on while I am low on energy and sitting down. I have two huge hand-stitching projects for couch time and hope to have three by the end of this month.

It is so good to feel better.

Banjo Man is still doing all the cooking as he continues to be inspired by the random You Tube videos that pop up on his phone. Friday he made a “chunky monkey” frozen dessert that was really good. Tonight he is doing something with cauliflower “steaks” and pesto. I haven’t cooked in months, so I am grateful that he has taken over the kitchen.

Which means I have more time to quilt.

Always a good thing.