The Honu quilt is now hanging in the family room! Yes. it is up on the wall. I sewed eyes on the turtles and it really made a huge difference in how cute it is. I thought it cute before, but this is even better. Thanks Lisa, for insisting on the eyes.
Then I opened the little quilt package from Sanibel beach that I found in one of the boxes. I’m not sure what happened. It is supposed to become 7 x 8, but when following their directions it is 10 x 12″ which is fine by me.
This technique is interesting because they want you to bunch, pleat, whatever to get the white fabric to look like sand, very uneven, with bumps etc. Now I get to hand sew all the little fish, shells and whatever else is in the package. Oh, yes and sew the binding to the back.
It’s been a busy day, catching up on animal chores, trying to find homes for various items around here that somehow show up. And we spent some time figuring out how to put the new attachments on the quilting machine. I’ve had the attachments for 3 months, but until today, did not take the time to read through the instructions. And the new pieces were not that easy to attach.
Remember last week when I said I made a list of every project in the boxes and had photos to go with so I could immediately know what is in them? Well, that was last week, and when I finish this, I’ll go hunting, because I do not know to where those papers ran.
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I promised this little blocks quilt last night, that today was its finishing day I kept my promise and it is finished including the hanging sleeve on the back. I think it will get to hang either in the living room until I make something else I want to hang there.
DH and I have been reading and watching videos that were recommended to us for his symptoms. We decided to try the juice fasting program for 21 days first to see if we would get any results (we are both doing it). This was our third day and so far, other than less thinking about what to fix, I haven’t noticed any difference. But that really isn’t very long, so we will keep at it. But the carrots in the garden are going at a fast rate. I may have to buy some for the last week and I had a LOT of carrots in the garden. I used a quarter of the pumpkin in the morning drink as well. Who would have thought to eat raw pumpkin other than the sheep. I will keep you informed if this makes us feel any different.
All this rain has given me time to work in the kitchen. Between last night (cooked beans) and today, I have cooked and canned 4 dozen pints of beans. It is wonderful to be able to just open a can of beans and heat them or not to add to a meal. I still want to can another 3 dozen pints of beans and energy permitting, some potatoes. Potato soup is so tasty when it’s cold outside. I could do more if I had another pressure cooker, but then I’d have more to store. It takes about half an hour to heat up, 75 minutes to process and another half hour to remove the pressure, so there is a lot of time in each kettle full. And most of the time, we are very close by so that we can keep the temperature and pressure where it should be.
Today, I also rescued from the refrigerator a number of red and orange peppers which I cut up and froze. And yes, I pushed the date just a bit on both items. It is nearly the 12th month! And I like to know when I processed them so I can use the older items first.
I also had a bit of time, so I removed all the stitches from the quilt that I felt needed to be removed. I’m very happy that is not a huge quilt. Now to start again on the quilting.
This package arrived – wonder how that happened. There are now 27 wash clothes waiting to be made. Or maybe these will turn into something else. This is the problem with internet. It is too easy to spend money. No, it wasn’t necessary, but the price was right and I can use it for small, easy projects. I did manage to ignore most of the weekend ads. However, I ran out of empty pint jars and went to buy some, when what to my wondering eyes, one of my enabling friends posted that Target was having a sale on Ball jars. I did order what I needed and will pick them up at the store tomorrow. I also need some ink for my printer, but that is not on sale this weekend. Therefore, I have not purchased that, yet. So really I have done very good at ignoring all those temptations that have been flowing into my email box. The ads will be coming in for awhile yet, so I still have to be careful. How about you? What tempted you that you yielded to?
This ufo has seen some activity this week. I worked on it a bit Christmas and then again today. So far these pieces are done
With as many pieces as it has, I was happy to get this far.
Not pictured: DH got 2 cribbage boards, a tiny one for travel and one for home. So we had to stop there and try them out. (much fun) Plus he received books and other items. In this photo the center pieces is a plate from Israel, on the right is a pair of massive rubber gloves to protect one when using the fireplace or oven (how did they know). In the back are some plates for hors d’oeuvers. The orange pieces in the back are fingerless mitts made from recycled sweaters. In the forefront left is a cute little purse and behind it a DNA test form telling us the kit is coming. The blue Doxie is actually a cute little pen. All items were totally unexpected and appreciated. Now it is on to preparing for the New Year which is so close. I need to finish my planning calendar so I can get more done.
This photo is to show you how many pieces there are in this 32″ square wall quilt. The inside star area should measure about 24″ square before the borders. 
I had started cutting a few of the pieces out before it became a ufo and today finished cutting the ones for these sections. I saved the section with the most pieces for next sewing episode because I wanted to see some progress. So next time, I’ll cut the pieces for that and sew them together. It would be lovely to finish the top and get it to a hanger to wait for the quilting machine repair.
I think this is enough, I’m not looking into any more boxes. I know others have boxes like this, so I’m not alone, but this is ridiculous! I’m making a list with photos of what is in these boxes so that they will get done or discarded.
These are the boxes hiding in plain sight – right under the serger table and there is also one under the sewing machine table. I put projects that I’m going to do in the immediate future in these boxes. The only problem is they don’t get looked through, hence, the project doesn’t get finished.
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Tomorrow doesn’t often come, but for this little quilt which has been folded up in a bag for years and then hanging on the board for weeks, tomorrow came. I quilted and trimmed it today. Tomorrow, I’ll look and see if I can find any of the fabrics left from this and bind it. And while I’m at it tomorrow, I will be doing more straightening in the sewing room.
