Monthly Archives: June 2015

2015
06/30

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Life
quilts

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It’s picnic time!

The flimsy for Picnic Time by Lunch Box quilts is now done, ready to tidy up, press, quilt and bind. OH , that does sound like there is still a bit to be done. Does any one of you have a suggestion for quilting this. It challenged my skills in some areas, so I’m happy that I made it. And I really like it.

Sorry it hangs funny, I must get a wider board, so wider quilts will hang straight. This quilt is 62″ square. If you’d like to make one, click on the red words and it will take you to the link.

The service man came this morning and took this apart. Then he didn’t have a part he needed. He’s coming back tomorrow, and I really hope he can get it all done. Another day and parts will start getting lost.

2015
06/29

Category:
charity
Life

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baby hats and revitalized rooms

136 purple baby hats are now cut and ready to sew! These are 8.5″ high and 15″ wide.

I met a young woman with lots of energy who likes to clean house. So she helped me take these rooms from storage to usable. We started with the bedroom, which I hope to turn into a guest room

Then the used and abused kitchen area. It looks so clean and pretty now with everything put away and all the dish cloths and towels where they belong, as well as the pile of things on the table that didn’t seem to have a home. There really was a table under all of those items.

This is the other half of that room. The tables that we started the plants on this spring are all down and planting supplies are no longer in this room, for the most part. The lights are still here with a shelving unit, but out of the way. It feels so good to have this all done. I know you probably would have liked to have seen it before we started, but I forgot, besides I’m not sure that I wanted you to see.

The current plan is to have it ready for me to recuperate in. That will eliminate the steps for the first month or however long it takes to get up and down them again.

2015
06/28

Category:
quilts

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Picnic flimsy

These are 2 of the 3 rows in this quilt-to-be. I worked on it most of today, since my studio is in the basement and it is much cooler. (Yesterday was so hot, we did NOTHING). I pushed to finish the top today, however, there appears to be a mistake in the pattern. Since I’m getting tired, I decided to wait until morning to see if the mistake is mine or theirs.

2015
06/26

Category:
food
Life

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New recipes

How did our grandparents survive working all day in the heat to do their canning and cooking on hot days? Today, I decided to try some new recipes from Michael Klunker’s BlogSpot. I started with soaking black beans overnight. This was to have the beans ready to make Michael’s copy of Panera’s bean soup, which of course I forgot to photograph.

While the beans were cooking, I decided to try another recipe I saw – where one uses a very ripe banana per cup of oats to make quick cookies. So I tried them with just raisins added. They were fine for a breakfast cookie, but what about a dessert cookie.

I made another batch of them with chocolate chips and vanilla. They are a good, not overly sweet cookie. One could use granola as a base with the banana, or one could add seeds, nuts, whatever suits the fancy. So now there are cookies in the freezer and ready for breakfast tomorrow morning. If you want to try these. Bake 35o degrees for 15 minutes.

Next on the list was Michael’s Pierogies. I’ve been wanting to try them for a while, so why not pick a nice hot day (we do not have air conditioning) I made the McDougall sour cream recipe which Michael used in the mashed potatoes, then after cooking the potatoes, mashed them and also made the potato gravy recipe.

After lunch (of bean soup), I made the pierogie dough. which has a couple dough rest spots. They were then rolled out and cut.

Here they are, stuffed with mashed potato and closed. They are resting in the freezer for an hour and then I will go bag them. They were so labor intensive, tomorrow, I will take out only enough for one meal and the rest will be for special meals.

It has been one hot, kitchen day. I am going to bag the Pierogies and sit down and read.

2015
06/25

Category:
charity
Life

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Charity time

I just realized it is nearly July and I must start now to get done the projects I want to finish for charity. Besides I needed diversion from the quilt making. So I pulled out this purple bolt, I purchased the day after Thanksgiving and started cutting the little purple hats for the hospital’s “purple hat” program. There are 8 yards on a bolt which when cut 8.5″ high and 15″ wide will give 136 little hats. All the 8.5″ strips are cut, and I have started cutting the 15″ widths.

2015
06/24

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quilts

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Seahawks flimsy done.

I pushed to finish this today and like the way it turned out.

Here is a close up of the embroidered square plus the first borders. My friend, Mary, was kind enough to digitize and sew out the center panel for this.

2015
06/23

Category:
farming
Life
quilts

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Seahawks progress

Still trying to decide if I want a 12 in the middle and or Seahawk’s logo. This is just put together in rows and not yet pressed, so I can still make minor adjustments if necessary. Lest you think I dreamed this up, let me give you the pattern information. It is “Score” by Julie Luoma. I have linked to it with the word score. It would be a terrific quilt with any team. And if you watch Joann’s you can often get the 60″ team fabric on sale.

In addition to this, it was photo day for the alpacas. We are downsizing the animals at least for the rest of this year.

2015
06/22

Category:
Knitting
Life

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Replacing a worn part on a sock

A very tired worn pair of socks that I still enjoy wearing. I decided they are worth salvaging,

So I carefully cut the toe off and picked up the stitches, which have been semi felted with all the use. They are now ready to re knit the toe.

Then I went to look for the rest of the yarn. It may be that the toe, gets put back on with a solid color.

I called the Doctors office this morning for an appointment to check this replacement ankle that I have and they had an appointment in 2.5 hours. Since it takes an hour and a half sometimes to get there, we quickly had lunch and left.

This was the view from our exam room. Yes, I have to have the ankle replaced sometime before the end of the year, which means, I better make a list of what I need to get done before then and a list of what I want to have ready to use afterwards, like fiber for spinning and knitting yarns with patterns. He says that I can’t place weight on the foot for 3 months, but with a wheel chair and a walker, I’ll get around.

2015
06/21

Category:
food
Garden
Life
quilts

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Seahawks!

Early, I watered everything except the strawberries, garlic and potatoes (DH does those in the evening. Then we went to the farmer’s market, where we bought 2 more half flats of strawberries, some celery, yellow zucchini and tomatoes. I do enjoy the farmer’s market, but so far this year, I have only found one farmer that is not using treated seeds. I don’t need that insecticide in my body.

After lunch, I did some proof reading for my brother’s new book which will go to the printer this week.

Yes, I know I haven’t finished either the table runner or the quilt, but I was anxious to get started on this new quilt . Besides, my studio is cool, so afternoons are a wonderful time to be there. I now have 50 of these triangle squares done. I like doing parts of the quilt ahead, so when I come to that area, I can just sew them in place.

2015
06/20

Category:
Life
spinning

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New red yarn

Remember this pile of fluffy red fiber? It was bits and pieces of several different fibers carded with a main fiber. So it has some angora, various types of wool and various colors. I don’t know what else since I purchased it. I’ve been spinning it – a bit at a time.

Monthly Archives: June 2015

It’s picnic time!

Sorry it hangs funny, I must get a wider board, so wider quilts will hang straight. This quilt is 62″ square. If you’d like to make one, click on the red words and it will take you to the link.

The service man came this morning and took this apart. Then he didn’t have a part he needed. He’s coming back tomorrow, and I really hope he can get it all done. Another day and parts will start getting lost.

baby hats and revitalized rooms

136 purple baby hats are now cut and ready to sew! These are 8.5″ high and 15″ wide.

I met a young woman with lots of energy who likes to clean house. So she helped me take these rooms from storage to usable. We started with the bedroom, which I hope to turn into a guest room

Then the used and abused kitchen area. It looks so clean and pretty now with everything put away and all the dish cloths and towels where they belong, as well as the pile of things on the table that didn’t seem to have a home. There really was a table under all of those items.

The current plan is to have it ready for me to recuperate in. That will eliminate the steps for the first month or however long it takes to get up and down them again.

Picnic flimsy

New recipes

While the beans were cooking, I decided to try another recipe I saw – where one uses a very ripe banana per cup of oats to make quick cookies. So I tried them with just raisins added. They were fine for a breakfast cookie, but what about a dessert cookie.

After lunch (of bean soup), I made the pierogie dough. which has a couple dough rest spots. They were then rolled out and cut.

Here they are, stuffed with mashed potato and closed. They are resting in the freezer for an hour and then I will go bag them. They were so labor intensive, tomorrow, I will take out only enough for one meal and the rest will be for special meals.

It has been one hot, kitchen day. I am going to bag the Pierogies and sit down and read.

Charity time

Seahawks flimsy done.

I pushed to finish this today and like the way it turned out.

Here is a close up of the embroidered square plus the first borders. My friend, Mary, was kind enough to digitize and sew out the center panel for this.

Seahawks progress

In addition to this, it was photo day for the alpacas. We are downsizing the animals at least for the rest of this year.

Replacing a worn part on a sock

A very tired worn pair of socks that I still enjoy wearing. I decided they are worth salvaging,

So I carefully cut the toe off and picked up the stitches, which have been semi felted with all the use. They are now ready to re knit the toe.

Then I went to look for the rest of the yarn. It may be that the toe, gets put back on with a solid color.

I called the Doctors office this morning for an appointment to check this replacement ankle that I have and they had an appointment in 2.5 hours. Since it takes an hour and a half sometimes to get there, we quickly had lunch and left.

Seahawks!

After lunch, I did some proof reading for my brother’s new book which will go to the printer this week.

New red yarn

Remember this pile of fluffy red fiber? It was bits and pieces of several different fibers carded with a main fiber. So it has some angora, various types of wool and various colors. I don’t know what else since I purchased it. I’ve been spinning it – a bit at a time.

First step was these singles plus more not shown.

Then this 3 plied yarn.

And now I have 250 plus yards of soft yarn which I hope will be sufficient for a scarf.

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