In my torch welding class I finally passed the stuff I should've got done a week ago and got to start brazing, but it's hard, and I wanted to waste time, and I had an idea. So I got a 5/32" filler rod from somewhere and heated it in spots and bent it into a horizontal spool pin to put on my thread stand for those foil ribbon type metallic threads I have for christmassey things. (when the hancock near me closed down it was super cheap and I was like Yes! I might use this one day! Maybe!) It's angled slightly upwards so the spool hopefully won't try to fall off because it's too thin to put a spool cap on. I also got done with all the leaf pieces for the napkin rings and now I'm working on the actual ring part. My cheap off brand 5x7 hoop lets me crank it a lot tighter than my brother one, which wouldn't hold the stabilizer tight even screwed in all the way. I guess because it's too thin to hold onto. But anyway, the cheap hoop goes tighter so I was able to put three of them in one hooping with no puckering or registration issues at all. Not having to re hoop for every one or two means I got half of them (6) done today in the span of like 3 hours. The stitching only took 2 hours but I took a break to wash the dishes from the pie I made the other day.

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