luminary gardens

link to part 2

so one thing I really like about my craft supply hoarding tendencies, is that sometimes I can solve problems via stash

like today, I was working on the brain quilt and thought to myself 'man, I think this could use more prominent quilting lines, possibly embroidery, but I would want to make sure my lines were good and I don't want to go to the store to pick up a chalk pencil'

AND THEN I REMEMBERED I HAVE THESE IN STASH

so I grabbed that, and some embroidery floss that matches the color of thread I was using, and now I'm doing a mockup to see if I like it and

Heck. I think I do. This is going to make it take A Lot Longer, but it feels like it'll be more cohesive, and probably sturdier. My thought had been to do a chain stitch, but I also know me and I would get SO impatient with that, so maybe just a sashiko-esque running stitch?

(honestly I should be asking my Spouse to do the yanking but he's asleep and I'm going slow, it's fine)

so I'm gonna try and get four whole squares on the quilt at a time, and hopefully finish them all before I have to move it over again

Challenging a cat

"Biggest" can mean a few things:

The heaviest sword of all time is the 468lb "Le Glaive Chungeuse" of King Louis LXIX, so heavy nobody could wield it.

The longest sword ever made was the Gobai-nodachi, or "quintuple length longsword" forged by Masayoshi Johnson for a ceremony said to have resulted in the deaths of everyone present.

The thickest sword, three feet thick but only six inches long, was the Hungarian Chodesaber, which was used mostly for flattening dough.

The widest sword is currently the Grand Coronation Stub of King Charles, ruler of England as of March 2024. Shaped like a shallow isosceles triangle, its tip is almost 165 degrees.

The most expensive sword ever forged was the Diamond Sprinklesword of Muffy von Fitzwiggle-Plumnugget, which a rich Californian gave to his chihuahua for its third birthday. It could have paid to feed 30 billion people for five lifetimes.

The "biggest" sword in terms of fame and notoriety is the Sword of Damocles, which metaphorically hangs over the head of those with power as a reminder to be responsible lest they grow greedy or despotic. It has not been seen since around November of 2016.