Every time I talk to someone who has had cataract surgery and they tell me about their vastly improved vision, I get envious, especially if it's close-up vision that was improved. I am SO TIRED of not being able to see things clearly--up close--sometimes even with my glasses. Guess I won't wish for cataracts, but if I should get them, I'll gladly have the surgery. Anneliese, enjoy your enforced rest!

I'm curious about the trapunto. I've heard of it, but never looked into it. But I don't think that's what I'm after here. Nanajayne, I think you are referring to the QAYG technique. Amy, I think your interpretation of what I wrote (or meant!) was more like it. I was wondering how a quilt would look if each block was quilted/appliqued with the sandwich of batting & muslin BEFORE assembling the whole quilt. I've always done it the trad. way. I did not want the QAYG where you have to sandwich in (somehow) some batting in the sashing strips or hand sew anything in the back. I just wanted to quilt the blocks down like they were mini quilts before it turned into a large(er) quilt & hard to maneuver. Figured I could kill 2 birds with this technique & make the finishing quilting simpler by S.I.D. but still have each block "quilted". "I've been working on the Stroll the Block but haven't stitched the pieces down yet. Thought that maybe I could sandwich each square with batting & muslin & then quilt/stitch the applique." What I meant by this was quilting each individual block freemotion, not the tiny pieces by themselves. I guess I shouldn't leave messages so late. LOL Thanks Amy for being able to read between my Zzzz lines. :)

Anna said it well. Monitor the plants closely because the shop LED's you have are not grow lights. If the plants become leggy with long skinny stems and short narrow leaves you may not have the right color light plants use. Sunlight is made from many colors of light and you can see the different colors with a light prism or looking at a rainbow, and each color has it's own spectrum or wavelength. The color of the rainbow which plants don't use is green and is reflected away, and why plants are green. The problem with shop LED's is they have a narrow wavelength (limited color) so you need the colors plants use.. An LED grow light will usually be called "full Spectrum" with all the colors or only have the blue and red wavelengths, but a shop led has a narrow spectrum emitting a narrow range of color. But this doesn't mean your shop lights won't work. Light colors can also be expressed as Kelvin color temperature and would be listed on your LED shop light packages. If the Kelvin color is 3000K to 4000K (and called soft, natural or warm white) they emit mostly green light with some red and will be a challenge for your plants no matter how close they are to the plants. If your packages state the kelvin color is 5000K to 6500K (called daylight) They have more blue light and the color or spectrum plants use. You don't need full spectrum grow lights to grow health seedlings, you only need lights which emits the most energy in the light color spectrum your plants need, red or blue. If your LED's are 3000K lights most of the energy is in the green color plants don't use. I'd suggest if these are what you have to exchange them for lights in the 5000K spectrum where more energy is emitted in the blue light spectrum plants use.

it's pretty, and I really like the whole outfit that model is wearing! I'm not worried about machine washing my sweaters. they only get washed when they actually need it. I use a cold / gentle setting, inside out in a net bag. if one needs a deeper clean, I'll soak it first. lay flat to dry. mine get a little stretched out so I actually prefer to machine dry on low for about 20 minutes. for pilling, a good sweater shaver will take care of that. (tip: look for one that has replacement blades.)