The Day I Was Braveheart

 I've never seen Braveheart but I imagine if your name was Braveheart, you would therefore be brave.

 Was he an indian? 

All I know is I've seen Mel Gibson dressed up as a warrior.  

So he must be brave. 

Are you still with me? We've only just begun.....to live. 

Karen Carpenter is my celebrity crush.  I dream I sing just like her in the shower. 

Once upon a time (by the by, have you seen that TV show?) 

Corrie and I went to quilt market.  

I'm not really into thread.  I've never given thread much thought.  

I'm too busy thinking about how I sing like Karen Carpenter.  

Corrie and I were leisurely strolling by a booth and there was a lot of thread. 

 We listened politely.  

I recall the man said something about putting this thread in my machine. 

It was perle cotton.  Really?  

Presencia Finca Perle Cotton No. 12

I got a little excited.  He gave us both some thread to take home. 

I immediately put it on a shelf when i got home and thought "I'll never use this" and there it has resided.  

 

Until Braveheart took hold of me.  

I was working on this pillow and it needed some quilting. 

The thread on my shelf just happened to be pink.  

Perfect!  

And I think someone told me I could put it in my machine.  

So I threw caution to the wind because that's what brave people do.  

Threaded my machine.  Didn't touch the tension. 

Didn't change my needle. (size 80/12 universal) 
Left regular thread in the bobbin. 

I increased my stitch length to a 3. 

And I put metal to the pedal.  Pedal to the metal? 

Not sure which but I pretended I was driving like Braveheart if he had a sewing machine.  

No one attacked me.  

There was no war paint needed. 

It was perfect.  

I love every single stitch. 

Adds a wonderful look.  

 

In your travels around the world wide web, if you've seen folks sewing with this in their machine, I'd love to see what they are able to do.  There are probably all sorts of good tips out there.  

No great tips here, except be brave.   

I don't think I would try free motion quilting with perle cotton. 

That would take bravery that I don't even know about. 

 

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