May the Fourth Be With You

May the Fourth Be With You! 

That is the greeting that is given on May the 4th to one and all. It's a pun-ish sort of play on the phrase "May the Force be with you," which is a blessing one gives to another from all the Star Wars movies and shows. It expresses a hope for others to be aligned with and aware of the Force. The Force is first introduced in the original Star Wars film, by the character Obi Wan Kenobi as "an energy field created by all living things." 

The only creative thing I've ever made that had to do with Star Wars was the above card (that's the official CriCut picture, not a picture of the actual one I made). I made it for my dad using my CriCut. It features the Millennium Falcon swooping through space, with the Death Star in the background and is very 3-D. 

Some day, I'd like to make some sort of a Star Wars quilt for myself, but likely not using any of the official fabrics that have gotten released over the years. They're mostly not the types of fabric designs that I enjoy using so I've never bought any of them. I may be surprised by the newest ones though, who knows? But most definitely I'll consider using this pantograph for allover quilting if it turns out to be bed-sized.

But until that time, I better go and watch the long-anticipated second season of Andor.

The Last New and Circles

 

My order from Sewtopia for additional Ruby+Bee fabric to finish my challenge quilt arrived. And of course while I was there (on the website, not in the actual store in Utah), I had to order some sale fabrics, a pin and some checked webbing. That's it, no more fabric buying for the year. I'm officially full up of fabric now. 

I love Happy Sew Lucky patterns and was so happy to see this pin which I will wear during the next few months as I write my political postcards.

Two Ruby+Bee solids, Rain Cloud and Turmeric, two Carolyn Friedlander prints to add to my collection. Someday I'll make a quilt with just those fabrics, maybe one of her patterns. A button print in the oddest colors, the background is almost a match to the Turmeric solid. And a very cute tossed calendar print to use on the back of my calendar quilt.

A trip to a LQS with friend Jaye, The Granary led to two more fabrics getting tossed into the final new fabric purchases pile. One a really interesting layered print by Valori Wells, and a fabric that I'd resisted buying earlier, the completely made-up just-for-fun Crytptids of the National Parks. This will be the backing for my National Parks panel when DH and I go traveling when he retires.

An interesting table runner pattern from Atkinson Designs. I'm pleased to see it offered at the same price online and for the .pdf version too. Not sure which month this will be for in my monthly table runner rotation, depends on which fabrics I choose.

From Sue Spargo online, after resisting the Toned Down Circle Sampler pattern several times I broke down and got it. It is sold with a kit, which I didn't buy as I have a lot of embroidery threads and I don't need to exactly replicate the pattern's colors. That led to me making a database (of course) of which embroidery threads I do have on hand. That was quite a fun diversion to look through all of it! And yes, I have plenty to do this pattern. 

This wool/acrylic Ellana thread was the only type I didn't have so I bought the kit pack. I already have the Sue Spargo book, Creative Stitching, that explains the stitches that are combined in each circle.