Monthly Archives: August 2016
There always seem to be so many odds and ends that don’t take a lot of time after one gets “to it” I picked about 3 cups of raspberries this morning. We are between the first and second crop.
We brought in 2 boxes of potatoes about 3 weeks ago, so I sorted them today for any bad ones. We probably have about 3 times this many more to dig and bring in. I’m just procrastinating, hoping they will last longer through the winter.Dreamweaver flimsy
Dreamweaver from “Strip your stash” by Gudrun Erla and published by Stashbooks is now at the flimsy state. This is the lap size which measures 60 x 80 and consumes close to 11 yards of fabric. A good press, some backing fabric and this will be next on the quilting machine.
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Dreamweaver
I am now at the point of having each row assembled. Next sewing time will get the rows sewn together and the flimsy will be done. I have made a note to myself to watch out for many seams that have to match. This top is just full of them which takes some of the fun away. So it’s not perfect, but close enough that after being quilted, they won’t stand out.
HAVE A TERRIFIC WEEKEND!
Serger ruffle and cording
This year, one of my goals was to learn to use the serger for more than just finishing seams. Today I took my first serger class on how to use the various feet. These classes will occur once a month for 6 months. So we gathered on a plain piece of fabric and then we gathered and attached a ruffled at once.
Then we worked with the cording foot, first making and putting cording on a single piece of fabric and then making it and putting it between two pieces of fabric like one would do making a pillow.
Using the cording foot again, we made a “puffing strip” and inserted a zipper.
We did not have time to make the spaghetti straps, but she demonstrated it and I will get it done this week. A really nice feature is that this teacher brings the instructions in a plastic envelope with the fabric, so when you have done your sample it becomes part of your notebook. Notice that on each page, she has put the serger settings so these will easy to refer to at a later time.
7 more blocks to go
Just 7 more blocks and I can put this all together. I’m aiming to have it to the flimsy stage by Sunday.
Canning and socks
A new beginning because one needs to do something while waiting for the pressure cooker to do it’s job.
Today was 22 pints of beets – all plain. Lemon juice or ? can be added at time of using. There were also enough green beans for another 4 pints. Then I picked parsley and basil. I’m happy that the garden has produced so much food. And I did try to take a short nap after lunch, but had 3 phone calls come in, so gave that up. How do people know these things?
Yes, it took the whole day. I baked 18 medium loaves of no oil, vegan, zucchini bread and grated enough zucchini to fill 6 containers with 8 cups each to make a cream soup throughout the winter. Each package will make enough soup for 2-3 meals. And the recipe is so good! If you want the recipe, just ask and I’ll be happy to share.
Look at the size of these beets. They are huge! Tomorrow I will tackle them and can both plain and pickled beets. Does anyone have a wonderful pickled beet recipe. I looked up on the internet and many are recommending freezing them. I’ve not tried that and the freezer is getting full now. Only the larger beets were pulled so I’m hoping the rest of the beets can be pulled as we need them during the winter.