“Dreaming of Spring” in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Volume 10!
It is so exciting to be part of the celebration of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 10 and their Quilty Pleasures blog hop tour. Ten volumes … 100 blocks each … wow 1,000 blocks! Check out all the blogs on the tour for great inspiration, ideas and giveaways. And read about my giveaway below.
Volume 10 is on sale now. This is what to look for at your local retailer:
Can’t wait and want to start stitching now, you can get a digital copy here.
Last year I wrote about the wild and wooly winter we had here in Toronto. Really wooly … lots of hats and mitts and scarves. The ice storm just before Christmas left a thick layer blanketing everything. It was both crippling, leaving tens of thousands without power …
…. and sparklingly beautiful.
During those post storm, polar vortex days I was dreaming of bright greens and warm sunny colours. I was Dreaming of Spring! This is the block I created for Volume 10.
And of course I was thinking about some small pieces too! I just couldn’t help myself!
Want to win a copy of Volume 10? I will be giving away a copy to one lucky winner. Leave a comment below, to be entered in the draw, telling me what your favourite quilting tool is and why. I will randomly choose one lucky winner at 6:00 pm EST on Friday, November 28th. And if you have clicked through to this post from another site, be sure to open it in a new browser window before you leave a comment.
Find out about Quiltmaker’s fabulous giveaways on their blog Quilty Pleasures, and the links to visit the blogs of all the other fabulous designers participating in the blog hop tour and see what they have been up to!
Have a great weekend and …
Happy Stitching!
Of course it would be a rotary cutter but secong would be the seam ripper. I use both a lot! Ice and snow oh no.
My favorite quilting tool is the easy angle ruler because it is so easy to cut hst’s from the strips I have onhand!
Love your Dreaming of Spring block!
My favorite quilting tool is my rotary cutter. Without it I would not be able to make all my projects.
Hi Mary Elizabeth …I love your springtime block with the small pieces! We have lots of snow at the moment too, although not as much as Buffalo. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the magazine. Gail
My newest favourite tool is painter’s tape. I have been quilting straight lines in the most amazing configurations. A new technique that I have just learnt recently inspired by Jacquie Gering.
My favorite quilting tool has to be my rotary cutter(s). I’d never get anything made without them. Love your block and am also “dreaming of spring.”
My new bernina 750 is my favorite quilting tool right now. Fell so lucky to havenit
My favorite tool is a good sharp needle. It’s gives a nice result by handquilting
Such a beautiful block! Thanks for the chance!
My favorite quilting tool is my needle threader. My eyes need it.
Love love your block!! My favorite tool would have to be Lisa calle’s guilders groove template. I love to longarm quilt and the templates help me get straight lines that are very close together so much so that it almost looks like a computer did it. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent.
Very cute, airy flower block. Thanks for sharing with us.
My favorite tool is my little thread nippers, they save me a lot of time and save my fingers.
Very cute block. My favorite tool lately has been my square ruler as I have been having to square up lots of half square triangles.
I love those happy colors. I like the idea of such a large block, too, assuming the HSTs are 2″ finished!
I would like to dream of spring too – been below 0 here also. Very happy pretty block
your block is very interesting. Like it a lot
Lovely block. I can understand your dreams of Spring when in the midst of a winter storm.
And now we are again Dreaming of Spring! Love it! I also love my Clover chalk maker – works fabulous all the time and lasts a long time too!
My favorite tool is the rotary cutter and mat. This is a great block!
My favorite new tool is my Slide Lock ruler. It really is as wonderful as they say it is at preventing ruler slippage. Great for safety, accuracy, and for those of us with strength/pain issues.
Beautiful block. It does remind me of Spring and I sure could use some warm weather about now. Congratulations and thank you for the giveaway. My favorite tool is my rotary cutter because I can’t cut straight without it.
I love the Tulip betweens in size 13! Tiny but easy to thread and sturdy.
My favorite tool is my sewing machine with the special walking foot. It works so great!
love your block. my favorite tool is my serrated scissors i use to cut out small applique pieces.
I love my rotary cutter and rulers!
My rotary cutter is my BFF for sure! There’s just no way I could ever manage to be even half as productive without one.
Super block! Bent tip needle nose tweezers are my favorite tool. Just right for working with tiny fabric pieces!
Your block is beautiful and so nice to see right now when it’s in the 20s today! My favorite tool is my rotary cutter.
I love my 1×6 ruler – it just comes in handy for a lot of little measurements.
My favorite tool is the rotary cutter. if it wasn’t for that gadget, I wouldn’t be sewing or quilting as. for the life of me, I cannot cut fabric with scissors!
I love that block. I love how you used a couple of what looks like traditional blocks and turned it into a flower with applique.
Great block – I’m dreaming of Spring too!
My favourite tool is my rotary cutter – how did we manage without them>>
My Olfa ergonomic rotary cutter is my favorite tool. I took a quilt class in the mid-80s, but cutting all the patches with scissors did me in. Thanks for sharing your lovely block & thanks for the chance to win.
My favorite tool is a pair of self closing tweezers I use when quilting to help pull the bobbin thread up to the top. your block is very cheerful and springy! love it!
Wow! Love your Dreaming of Spring block. The colors you used are my favorite colors too. My favorite tool is the rotary cutter.
My favorite tool gas to be the rotary cutter. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love your colors almost as much as I love my rotary cutter, for all the obvious reasons
It just seems that winter comes along and just hangs on for a long time, you just seem to be more orless thinking about spring. You have created a magic moment and give us a block to think about during wintertime. Thank you for being a part of this exciting Blog Tour and the chance to win this fantastic magazine.
Sandi Timmons
sandit1 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
My ergonomic rotary cutters are a big favorite of mine……no pain and they close when you release pressure.
Your block is definitely springy! Love it! My favorite tools are my June Tailor rulers. I specifically love my strip cutter and my HST one. Almost refuse to make them without it!
The rotary cutter certainly made things much easier! My first quilt was cut using scissors and a yardstick. We’ve come a long way, baby!
Rotary cutters set me free!
My favourite quilting tool is the rotary cutter. Can’t imagine life without it.
I love the invention of the rotary cutter. It makes cutting out a quilt: quick, accurate, & much more fun than the old fashioned way.
my favorite tool is my iron. It helps me get nice, flat blocks. Love your block!!
I love the block, so creative and fun. Dreaming of spring, Well with what looks to be a cold winter and lots of snow and ice, I can see why. Although the ice coated trees and the glistening of snow can make the world look like a magical fairy land for children of all ages, adults don’t usually join in as they have to drive to work in it. But I digress. My favorite ‘tool’ in the strictest sence is actually fabric. It’s also one of my biggest inspirations. second would be my collection of threads.
Have a safe winter, and enjoy your dreams of spring.
Lovely block to help someone learn applique along with their piecing. Just enough applique to make it interesting, but not in surmountable.
Forgot my favorite tool. The ROTARY CUTTER1
I love the cheerfulness of your block and can see how it lifted you out of the winter doldrums. My favorite tool is my rotary cutter.
A seam ripper!! LOL!! Seriously, I love my EQ. And my rotary cutter. And my binding tool!! Your block is darling — pretty colorway, too! Don’t know if I can handle all the small pieces, though!! 🙂
It has to be the rotary cutter, it’s the only way to get perfect cutting. Thanks for the giveaway.
What a happy block you created!!
I have lots of great tools in my sewing room but lately a tool I seem to use a lot in my quilting is the internet! So many things to inspire me!
Pretty block. Sewing machine is my favorite.
I am a beginner so I don’t have many tools yet but I wouldn’t be able to do much without my rotary cutter and ruler.
I guess my favorite tool is my rotary cutter. Without it I would not make nearly as many quilts, I do not like cutting the pieces out but love sewing them back together. My next purchase is a accuquilt cutter. Congrats on being chosen to be in the magazine. What a wonderful block. I love the way it just shouts Spring.
My favorite is my rotary cutter. The other day is was cutting some stuff out using my scissors, and I now know why I love my rotary cutter – my hands are getting to old for long periods of time with scissors.
What an exceptionally beautiful block. It’s raining here today, so the happy spring colors are especially wonderful.
What a happy block! Favorite tool is the Martelli rotary cutter. Much easier cutting with arthritis.
Alas my favorite tool is my seam ripper. I have one with a nice fat handle.
My favorite tool is my little stork embroidery scissors.
Ok…I’m loving your block the best of all I’ve seen so far! Love flying geese, and those tiny flying geese for the flower and the leaves are just amazing.
Now I want to win the book more than ever to make your block! Thanks so much for your creativity!
My favorite tool is my featherweight……it runs and runs and doesn’t let me down like my other machines do!
Spot on – you’re block IS a welcome breath of spring with all the snow and subzero temps! Thanks for the inspiration! I think a rotary cutter is the ultimate tool. I can’t imagine having to use paper/cardboard templates to every shape, like my grandmother had to do. Without it, I don’t think the quilting industry would be what it is today.
Great block! My favorite tool is my rotary cutter–love how easy it is to cut the fabric–can’t imagine what it was like using templates!
Congrats! Your block is so happy!! My favorite tool is my rotary cutter. Thanks so much for the chance to win 🙂
I think my favorite tools are my rulers…all different sizes to cut up all that material and make beautiful block. What would I do without it? Thanks for sharing your block.
Cute block! I love my accuquilt. It has saved me so much time, gives me perfectly cut shapes and saves my hands wear and tear!
My new favorite is a BlocLoc trimmer for HST blocks.
I would have to say my favorite tool is my sewing machine, I am not big on hand-sewing.
My 12 inch rotating Olfa Mat. I use it everyday for all my cutting from fat quarters to smaller.
My favorite tool is the walking foot. I use it to attach the binding as well as quilting in the ditch, echo quilting, and other simple quilting designs.
What a bright, happy block! That should cheer anyone dealing with such cold weather 🙂
I was going to say a rotary cutter but reading the comment before me makes me have to agree…my Bernina is my absolute favorite tool. I love piecing!
Without a doubt it’s my rotary cutter. I don’t think I would be a quilter if I had to go back to scissors and templates.
Your block is amazing! I can’t believe all of the creative designs I’ve seen on this tour. I think your block is VERY unique and it will be one of the first ones I make. My favorite tool is my rotary cutter because it is quick and cleaner lines than when I cut with scissors. Congratulations on your entry!
I can’t sew without a great pair of scissors,but my favorite way of quick cutting is the irreplaceable rotary!
congrats, your block is wonderful, happy and fun. wow, what pictures. hope this winter is not so bad. I would so be lost with out my rotary cuter. I cant cut straight to save my life. LOL
It would be my Rotary Cutter hands down. Have an awesome day!
I love silk thread for hand applique. It is nearly invisible.
Favorite tool right now while I sew binding on is my Wonder Clips-it always changes from project to project!
My favorite tool is my rotary cutter. Thanks
My favorite tools are marking tools – a white ceramic lead pencil for dark fabrics, and a Frixion pen for light fabrics
Cool block!!! I love my seam ripper 🙂 I NEED my seam ripper!!!
Love the block with those beautiful colors. I use my rotary cutter every chance I get. I’m even learning how to use it on curves! And yes I use it to cut out domestic sewing patterns (clothes).
My favorite is my Innova longarm – certainly makes finishing my quilts so easy and beautiful!!
My favorite quilting tool is the Quilt in a day ruler for trimming 1/2 square triangles before they are pressed open. Takes half the time. I like your cute flower block. Issue #10 looks like a must have.
I really love all my rotary cutters, the mat and all my ruler. If I had a AccuQuilt fabric cutter I would like that better. Thanks for such a cheerful block.
My seam ripper- I use it so much!
My favorite quilting tool huh? Hmm…my fabric stash because I can be manipulative without hurting a soul. LOL!!
fun block and congrats. I have a lot of tools that I couldn’t live without, but maybe I will pick my Accuquilt cutter as my favorite. Thanks for the fun.
LOVE your flower block. geometry added to the organic is great.
I like my walking foot for best fabric control when quilting.
My new favorite quilting tool is a ruler that’s 1/2 inch and makes HST’s much easier to mark. Your flower is just perfect.
Favorite tool? ALL of them. Rotary cutter for sure.
Great block. My favorite tools are the rulers and Olfa ergonomic cutter, and my seam-fix seam ripper. That cap makes pulling the threads left from unsewing so easy.
Great pattern, wonderful issue, it would be an honor to win a copy
Rulers, any and all rulers, love them. Thanks.
Great pattern, wonderful issue, it would be an honor to win a copy Favorite tool, square up ruler
Great block! My favorite quilting tool is the rotary cutter! It changed everything in the quilting world. Thanks!
Couldn’t live without my rotary cutters and mats along with my sewing machine and various feet! I’m so ready for spring and I know it’s too far away.
My favorite quilting tool is my trusty Featherweight.
My favorite tool is the rotary cutter and accessories. If I had to cut each piece out by hand, I don’t think I could make as many quilts as I have. I would probably only be on quilt #2.
Love your block! My favorite quilting tool my Pfaff sewing machine with the built in walking foot. I use it for everything.
What a lot of teeny tiny triangles! Your block is beautiful! (My block, Intersections, is also in Vol. 10, so no need to enter me in the drawing.)
Without my rotary cutting tools, I would have given up on quilting at the beginning.
My seam ripper gives me a second and third chance to get my stitches right.
I just purchased the best quilting tool ever. They are grip strips for the bottom of my ruler…and they actually work. I have tried a lot of different products and this one is a keeper!
So great to see a whole new variety of blocks – when will I have enough time to do all these great things?!?! The rotary cutter/ruler combo is something I would hate to have to do without – most essential tool in the box!
My Supreme Slider, so I can Free Motion Quilt without the draggggggggg! It has taken me to places I never knew I could go. Awesome block – so lively and fresh.
My favorite tool is the 1/4 ruler for paper piecing. It gets used for lots of things besides paper piecing!! Love your block. Hope you are surviving winter so far. It is pouring rain here in Vancouver. Makes it gray outside.. but beats snow!! Thanks.
HI,Ilove my great sharp scissors!
Thanks for sharing!
A quarter inch guide ruler is my favorite tool. It allows me to get an accurate seam every time.
Has to be the most important one, a rotary cutter!
Not very original, I would have to say the Rotary Cutter. I don’t know if I’d be quilting if I was still tracing around a template and cutting with scissors. I guess I would be making a lot of whole cloth quilts, as I love to hand quilt! But hand cut..not so much!
that would be my 6″ square ruler…we are joined at the hip….couldn’t quilt without it!
my rotary cutter and my folded corner clipper templet
My favorite tool is my rotary cutter.
I am really getting to like my Clover Wonder clips. They are great for bindings but also for holding fabric while machine embroidering. I love your block, nice cheery colors to brighten a wintery day.
Cute block! I really like my chaco marker, it has made many a project a breeze.
My favorite quilting tool is also the rotary cutter and mat. Saves so much time–and hands!
Truly an inspiration! I found another favorite.
I love my rotary cutter and also the great of variety of rulers that we have that help make cutting patches very accurate.
Wonderful visions of Spring, when I saw your block! Because I love to paper-piece….my favorite tool would have to be the add-a-quarter ruler. If I am just starting a quilt…then I love my rotary cutter and all the rulers. Basically I LOVE anything to do with quilting.
My favorite tools are the rotary cutter and self-healing mat. Before they were invented, I would get blister cutting out block pieces.
This block is already making me wish for spring, and winter hasn’t even begun, although the people in Buffalo, NY, would definitely disagree with that statement. Love the design and the bright colors. Thank you the giveaway opportunity.
My 17 inch Olfa rotating cutting mat is my favorite tool. It makes it so easy to square up my blocks. I love your block!
I love my rotary cutter! Making a Hungry Caterpillar quilt for a friend’s baby with so many cheerful and bright colors got me through last years ridiculous winter (I’m in Cleveland and well within the Polar Vortex zone!). I’m thinking of pulling out some bright colors this winter too! Loving your new line- amazing colors!
Good evening… Now that’s a bright block… it must have melted snow and ice as it was formulating in your studio 🙂
I guess I’d have to say my rotary cutter and rulers are my favorite tools without them I’d still cutting out fabric with a scissors.
My next favorite is one of my treadle sewing machines… I enjoy that rhythmic peddling.
My rotary cutter had been my companion even before I started quilting to any extent. I would be lost without it as I am not a good scissor cutter.
My Stylus of course!! (Irene-grimes [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Congratulations on your Dreaming of Spring block! My favorite quilting tool is the rotary cutter. It makes cutting fabric quick and easy.
I would say my go cutter, it really helps relieve the stress on my hands and makes cutting faster, so I can get to work on my quilts.
Debbie
I have a little 4 1/2″ square ruler that is so handy for trimming and cutting small pieces, not fancy but so easy to use, Kathy in Colo
Lovely block!! How small are those pieces? I can’t wait until spring and winter hasn’t even officially started yet. My favorite quilting tool is my new Perfect scissors, it lives up to it’s name. kthurn [at] bektel [dot] com
Wow that’s a lot of teeny HST. I have a bunch of white/pink ones…I could use them on your block!
My favorite tool is my Kwik Klip! It helps me pin-baste my quilt sandwiches–helping me open and close the safety pins. Less sore fingers!
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cannot do without my lighted, magnifying seam ripper! aging eyesight and unsteady hands need good tools!
I love my sewing machine’s built-in walking foot! Makes it so much easier to keep all my fabric layers in line and makes matching points a lot more accurate.
I seem to have become great friends with my seam ripper….it is a Clover. Am also very fond of the Clover stiletto.
Give me a good iron, a very sharp pair of small scissors and some sharp Olfa blades and I am happy.
Super block! My favorite tool is my rotary cutter with my “lazy susan” cutting mat. Really makes squaring up blocks a breeze!
After the tools I consider absolutely necessary like the rotary cutter, my favorite tool find is the BlocLoc… wonderful time saver!
My favorite quilting tool is the curved safety pins. Love your block.
cool block !…I like my’Frixion’ pens…just mark and after quilting iron and done….marta
What an awesome block! I love it! Congratulations on having your block in Quiltmakers 100 Vol.10! My favorite tool is my 2 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ ruler. It’s small enough that I can carry it with my hand projects and perfect for when I need to measure more than an inch in width.
Thank you for a super giveaway and a chance to win.
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My favorite quilting tool is my June Taylor shape cutter.
My old reliable nut pick 🙂 I use it as a guide when chain piecing on the machine to tucking the pesky piece of binding in when hand sewing 🙂
Rotary cutter is a given but I love marking tools like the white lead Sewline pencil and FriXion pens. thks. terrific block.
Love the block! My favorite tool is the rotary cutter – makes is so easy to cut my quilt parts quickly.
I love your block and I want to make one!! My favourite tool is the rotary cutter. How did we quilt without themÉ
Favorite quilting tool – a good pair of scissors; most used quilting tool – seam ripper!!
My favorite tool has got to be my rotary cutter (I can’t cut a straight line with a scissors to save my life), and my Klutz glove, because I’m very paranoid about cutting the tips of my fingers off (I blame it on a childhood accident when I cut myself on a farming tool, but really, I’m just a wimp! 😉 )
My favorite tools is my collection of rulers that make my cutting life easier!
I love my rotary cutter. Makes it sew easy to cut out the needed squares.
Ohhh, I love your block! Hmmm, my favourite tool?…boring, but I would have to say my scissors! Many of them….I usually have 3 pairs on the go in different areas of the sewing room. Well because you never know where you end up while playing around! Scissors on the ironing board, on the cutting table & in my pocket!
Thanks for a chance at the give-away!
That looks like a fun block to try!
We suffered through the ice storm too last winter 🙂
My favorite tool at the moment are the Clover clips… I am finding hundreds of ways to make my tasks easier with them!
Love your block! My favorite tool(s) are my rotary cutter, ruler and mat. I never could have the patience to use templates.
I love your block, and especially the combo of piecing and applique.
Love your block. My favorite tool is my stiletto. It’s pointy tip helps me out in lots of quilty situations.
My favorite “tool” is my Bernina! In addition, I love my Clover seam ripper, because it’s used quite a bit around here.
Your Dreaming of Spring blockis fabulous and original,first time I see one.
My favorite quilting tool is my rotary cutter and mat.
Your Dreaming of Spring blockis fabulous and original,first time I see one.
My favorite quilting tool is my rotary cutter and mat!
Gorgeous pictures!! We had that in Ohio too, last year. Brrrr!
My favorite tool, after rotary Cutter…has to be my Rulers! (& templates sometimes…)
My EQ software is my favorite tool. I love that I can create so many design options so quickly.
Rotary cutter, for sure. Love my Martelli!
Love your block. Really want to try it. It is a happy block and makes me smile. My favorite tool has to be the rotary cutter and of course rulers. I love all of it and favorites change with different projects, but the rotary cutter wins out. A great invention for sure. Thanks for the opportunity to win Vol. 10. Got fingers crossed.
Wow! This is an amazing block! I don’t know how we ever got anything done without a rotary cutter–just the best tool.
My favorite tool is the rotary cutter. I enjoy reading the other comments. Maybe I’ll try some of their favorites.
A rotary cutter has to be top of my list, followed by the rulers – 24 x 6 1/2 and the 4 1/2 inch square. lynnmcindoe at gmail.com
TrueSharp Rotary Blade Sharpener. Keeps the blades very sharp!
My husband made me a wooden presser to use when paper piecing. I don’t use a lot of specialty tools and rulers, and I don’t do a ton of paper piecing, but when I need it, I love it!
I just can’t quilt without my Purple Thang!
I love your block. My favorite tool is my rotary cutter.
My favorite tool would have to be my rotary cutter because it makes dealing with fabric so much easier. I love your block, and can’t wait to make some! Thanks so much!
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I love, love, LOVE this happy block with it’s tiny pieces. Featheerd Star is my favorite block and your new one reminds me of it. Great job!
My favorite quilting tool is my hand sewing needles. I’m learning English paper piecing, so my sewing needles have become my best friends.
I don’t know if I actually have a favourite quilting tool. Probably my rotary cutter.
I love the rotary cutter, because it makes cutting fabric so much faster than using scissors.
My favorite quilting tool. There are a lot of them but number 1,2,and 3 are the rotary cutter, ruler, and mat.
My rotary cutter because it saves time and provided accurate cutting. I’d be lost without it.
Rotary cutter or ruler? Hard choice – either way I still have trouble with straight lines hahaha
I have lots of different rulers, and they are all my favorites! I use all of them, too!
Since I’m still a beginner, a sharp seam ripper is my favorite tool. Great block
A wonderful block. I look forward to playing with it. My newest favourite tool is a LocBloc ruler for trimming those itty bitty half square triangles. Just love it. Looks like it would get a workout on your block. Thanks for sharing and offering a giveaway.
I couldn’t do anything without my automatic needle threader on my sewing machine. Can’t see a darn thing that small. Then it would have to be the rotary cutter. Without it, there would be no straight edges. Very cute block.
I love your block and it is on the to do list from 100 Block vol 10. So far no snow just rain for us, but it is cold rain. Seam rippers are my #1 tool and am guilty of collecting them.
After spending years tracing around cardboard templates and cutting with scissors, the trio of rotary cutter, thick rulers and a mat are my favorite tools — can’t separate them!
Hard choice….its between my ott light or my rotary cutter. Its hard to use the cutter without the light. Both help me cut more accurate pieces for beautiful blocks like yours.
Favorite tool? Hands down it has to be my Perfect Circles templates. I love to do applique and couldn’t make circles without them!
My favorite quilting tool is a three in one seam riper that I got from Superior Threads. Love your block,
Love your block, it is so springy, the colors are so fresh. We had a bad ice storm here one year, and when I saw your pictures they were beautiful, but I couldn’t help but be thankful, my son works for a tree service, that he is the climber and saw man, & when the power companies call, his job is to go and cut the trees & clear the line paths so the power company can restore the lines. So he has to have warm quilts to come home to, and one to keep in his truck! Glad you were in safe & warm, dreaming of brighter warmer days! So my favorite tools are my surgical seam ripper, Live Guides by Kathy Ruddy & my Olfa lazy susan mat, and then last but not least my Quilter’s FabriCalc, my dream tool, as before figuring out yardage was a pain in the eye…
I love my ergonomic rotary cutter. Not only is it comfortable to use, it is easier to be accurate and I can cleanly cut through more layers. Blades are easy to change.
Your block is wonderful. Hope you have your woolies handy and plentiful for this winter as well.
Thank you Penny for stopping by. I am wearing two scarves these days! It is a damp cold this winter.