title: Helical Ridge

size: 28" x "20.

Inspiration: dictionary definitions.

designed and quilted by: Colleen Yarnell

Pieced and quilted with: aurifil thread 50wt, white, light gray and dark gray.

I started by searching the definition of thread. The words thread, strand, and helical ridge circled in my mind.

thread

THred/

noun

noun: thread; plural noun: threads; noun: screw thread; plural noun: screw threads

1.
a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving.
- cotton, nylon, or other fibers spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing.
  
  synonyms: cotton, filament, fiber; More
- NORTH AMERICANinformal
  
  clothes.
2.
a thing resembling a thread in length or thinness, in particular.
- literary
  
  a long, thin line or piece of something.
  
  "the river was a thread of silver below them"
  
  synonyms: streak, strand, stripe, line, strip, seam, vein
  
  "the Fraser was a thread of silver below them"
- a theme or characteristic, typically forming one of several, running throughout a situation or piece of writing.
  
  "a common thread running through the scandals was the failure to conduct audits"
  
  synonyms: gist, train of thought, drift, direction; More
3.
a group of linked messages posted on an Internet forum that share a common subject or theme.
4.

a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc., or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together.

Then Sunday night I was drawing in bed in one of my graph design notebooks. Don't we all keep one under our pillow? Then I picked charm squares and scraps from my Denyse Schmidt stash.

Unfortunately due to issues with my now waiting-for-service Babylock Sofia I didn't sew all week. Finally Friday I got out the Viking Sapphire and started sewing. Yes another rainbow Denyse Schmidt themed quilt. The background came from a bag full of low volume scraps. (I love getting scraps from friends!)

Then after digging out my Singer Featherweight for the BOM at Trailer Stash Fabrics, I continued sewing Saturday afternoon until I finally finished at about midnight. BTW since before Christmas Ive been sewing in my den on an ottoman. My sewing room has become a bit of a dumping ground. Plus its warmer downstairs. I'm sure this has never happened to anyone we else.

I watched two old scifi movie classics along the way-Dune and The Fifth Element.

Piecing with white Aurifil.

I was excited when I had the top done! And it looked good!
Better than I thought it would! You know how when your piecing and your
wondering if its going to look like crap? or come out they way you envisioned it?

I quilted it on the Viking Sapphire. Free motion quilting the word Thread in the empty space with dark gray Aurifil. I also used light gray to FMQ synonyms for thread down the middle. I was missing my Babylock Sofia and her walking foot when it came to the straight line sewing. I need to save up for a Viking walking foot!