Monthly Archives: September 2016

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GYM

It’s the first full week in September and time to get back to some things we didn’t take time for during the summer. So off we trotted to the gym for a good workout. I tried to pace myself as I really don’t enjoy being sore. However, I am not one to get more energy from going to the gym, in fact, I think it wears me out.

After lunch, I worked on my 9 patch and surprised myself by getting the quilting done. It has this school backing that you see on the right. I’m not sure what I want to use for binding. I’ll let it set a day or two and see what it tells me. It measures 52 x 52 which is perfect for a lap quilt.

By the way the Dreamweaver went this morning to a male neighbor who is having chemo right now.

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Garden

Harvest Sept 4

I just love the bright orange among the green leaves in the garden.

And there are about a dozen of these pumpkins.

I was a bit late with many of the cucumbers that were supposed to be pickled, so we will just eat them as cucumbers. I was, however, able to get 3 quarts of pickles. That is a Delicata squash to the left and they are just ripening. This is a very mild tasting squash.

Oh, and we haven’t run out of zucchini yet, though with as many in the refrigerator as there are, I only left one plant in the garden.

We were also able to harvest 15 ears of corn today. I’m trying something new. I put 8 in the freezer still in their little jackets. I hope this will keep them until we get around to eating them. The ones we did eat were excellent.

And these green beans are now cleaned and ready for tomorrow’s lunch.

The grapes are ready yet, but there is an abundance of grape leaves. Do any of you have a vegan Dolma recipe that doesn’t use oil?

After all that, I did sit down and knit a bit on the socks. The hoop house has had more weeding done and is watered and now it is time to feed sheep and then relax.

Celebrate flimsy

And now I can show you the quilt that I worked on early summer. It is a BOM called “celebrate” in The Quilt Pattern Magazine. http://www.quiltpatternmagazine.com/index.html preview. I am quite happy with the results.

And since it was done ahead of time, I took the day to clean house including floors and countertops and went shopping.

September declutter

Today in serger foot class we practiced with the elastic foot both putting elastic on

and putting on a wire edge which would most likely be used on ribbon.

Then we used our bead foot for beads and

ribbons, yarn, or whatever would go through the machine for a pretty edge. The classes are fun with only 4 of us and the teacher having time to show us extra uses.

We are starting the first day of a new month and the first day of the last third of the year. It has once again come to my attention that we are not promised tomorrow. And I wish to leave areas that are easy for someone else to step into and take care of the disposal of items – or at least not leave them a mess. When hospitalized for 3 months several years ago, I was running a business and was very organized. Others were able to step in and dissolve the business. When Mother had to move to an assisted living, we were able to easily clean out the house. So it is possible. My goal for this month is to declutter and organize the sewing room and at least one other room. I usually keep like things in the same area which really helps. How about you – Do you have a room that could use attention? Would you like to join me?

Monthly Archives: September 2016

GYM

After lunch, I worked on my 9 patch and surprised myself by getting the quilting done. It has this school backing that you see on the right. I’m not sure what I want to use for binding. I’ll let it set a day or two and see what it tells me. It measures 52 x 52 which is perfect for a lap quilt.

By the way the Dreamweaver went this morning to a male neighbor who is having chemo right now.

Harvest Sept 4

I just love the bright orange among the green leaves in the garden.

And there are about a dozen of these pumpkins.

I was a bit late with many of the cucumbers that were supposed to be pickled, so we will just eat them as cucumbers. I was, however, able to get 3 quarts of pickles. That is a Delicata squash to the left and they are just ripening. This is a very mild tasting squash.

Oh, and we haven’t run out of zucchini yet, though with as many in the refrigerator as there are, I only left one plant in the garden.

We were also able to harvest 15 ears of corn today. I’m trying something new. I put 8 in the freezer still in their little jackets. I hope this will keep them until we get around to eating them. The ones we did eat were excellent.

And these green beans are now cleaned and ready for tomorrow’s lunch.

The grapes are ready yet, but there is an abundance of grape leaves. Do any of you have a vegan Dolma recipe that doesn’t use oil?

After all that, I did sit down and knit a bit on the socks. The hoop house has had more weeding done and is watered and now it is time to feed sheep and then relax.

Celebrate flimsy

And now I can show you the quilt that I worked on early summer. It is a BOM called “celebrate” in The Quilt Pattern Magazine. http://www.quiltpatternmagazine.com/index.html preview. I am quite happy with the results.

And since it was done ahead of time, I took the day to clean house including floors and countertops and went shopping.

September declutter

Today in serger foot class we practiced with the elastic foot both putting elastic on

and putting on a wire edge which would most likely be used on ribbon.

Then we used our bead foot for beads and

ribbons, yarn, or whatever would go through the machine for a pretty edge. The classes are fun with only 4 of us and the teacher having time to show us extra uses.