It's Friday again! Yay! It's time for more of my favorite things.
I spend most of my working days on my feet, usually on the hard floors of a convention center. I rely on my Dansko clogs to keep me standing until the quilt show closes each day. I love Dansko clogs; my only complaint is that they don't make athletic shoes. I own several pairs of running shoes but each and every pair gives me blisters. I think that Dansko athletic shoes wouldn't do that.
Well, look at these:
I tested these out by walking miles and miles and miles on the boardwalk in South Beach in December. We walked up to 10 miles a day and not a single blister! These are now my favorite walking shoes.
My most wonderful friend, Teri, gave me a paif of thread snips. Not just any thread snips, though; they were Hello Kitty thread snips!
I attached them to my sewing machine (Janome 6600, since you'll ask) so that I will always have them nearby. Sewing time is happy; sewing time with Hello Kitty thread snips is even happier!
I work as a machine quilting teacher and most people are surprised by how much hand sewing I do. I love needle-turn applique and I hand bind most of my quilts. In order to keep skin on my fingers with all of this hand sewing, I am a devoted thimble user. I've used several different types of thimbles over the last few decades, but I've settled on this one:
I own four of these thimbles right now. They are leather and they do wear out. I usually buy my replacements at quilt shows, but I have purchased online from the manufacturer here.
Happy Friday! May it be filled with all of your favorite things!
**update:
The shoes are Dansko. Yay! They finally make athletic-type shoes! And I truly love them.
I spend most of my working days on my feet, usually on the hard floors of a convention center. I rely on my Dansko clogs to keep me standing until the quilt show closes each day. I love Dansko clogs; my only complaint is that they don't make athletic shoes. I own several pairs of running shoes but each and every pair gives me blisters. I think that Dansko athletic shoes wouldn't do that.
Well, look at these:
I tested these out by walking miles and miles and miles on the boardwalk in South Beach in December. We walked up to 10 miles a day and not a single blister! These are now my favorite walking shoes.
My most wonderful friend, Teri, gave me a paif of thread snips. Not just any thread snips, though; they were Hello Kitty thread snips!
I attached them to my sewing machine (Janome 6600, since you'll ask) so that I will always have them nearby. Sewing time is happy; sewing time with Hello Kitty thread snips is even happier!
I work as a machine quilting teacher and most people are surprised by how much hand sewing I do. I love needle-turn applique and I hand bind most of my quilts. In order to keep skin on my fingers with all of this hand sewing, I am a devoted thimble user. I've used several different types of thimbles over the last few decades, but I've settled on this one:
I own four of these thimbles right now. They are leather and they do wear out. I usually buy my replacements at quilt shows, but I have purchased online from the manufacturer here.
Happy Friday! May it be filled with all of your favorite things!
**update:
The shoes are Dansko. Yay! They finally make athletic-type shoes! And I truly love them.
All that praise of the shoes and not one mention of what they are or where you got them......come on give us the goods!
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I hear you about the shoes, Debby. I had to try on about 10 pairs of sneakers at TJ Maxx til I found THE ones.
ReplyDeleteThey felt like slippers.
Sold.
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