I had a lot to do today, as is par for the course, I guess. I needed to be out of the house early, because I had an appointment and wanted to stop by my designer as well as take my machine in for a service before the appointment. (Just to cut the drama, I accomplished it all!).
I was feeling quite sad as I packed up my machine, knowing that it would be at least a week before I would be able to work on the Pineapples again AND that now I had to spend valuable time going in search of a thimble. The thought of no fiberwork was too upsetting to even contemplate, but the machine really needed the service. My dealer went out of business and the subsequent dealer who serviced my machine was subpar IMO, so I hadn’t taken it in for service in a long time.
I sucked he drame, uncertainty and all of my worries up and took the poor machine in. Then I went about my business of the day. Eventually I made it home and went up to the workroom. The first thing I saw, sitting smugly in the middle of the floor looking like it had just returned from an illicit rendezvous, was the thimble. I was elated! And puzzled. The floor of the workroom was somewhere that I searched and, unless I am going selectively blind, the thimble wasn’t there.
Regardless, I am thrilled. I can make progress while the machine is gone and I don’t have to go and try to replace the thimble. I will definitely buy a second thimble the next time I am at a quilt shop or show that has them.
You must have been visited by Borrowers. And now they have finished with your lovely thimble. Glad it has turned up again.
Ah, the fairies were being kind and returned it to you. I find they often do if you just think to ask. Glad you got your thimble back, I know how it is to love a particular item.
Threadspider: I think you must be right. I am amazed that they would finish with it so quickly, though. I was under the impression that they would take things and keep them!
Laume: You make an excellent point about asking! I have done that recently and it has really worked. he thimble just works for me, which is part of the reason it was so sad. It fits, it is like a glove and becomes part of my hand when I sew.