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.
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.
These tiny, fragrant flowers are blooming on a plant start that I got from mother years ago. Do any of you know what it is?
Instead of wiping down all the cabinets, I took a break to finish this picnic table runner flimsy. I will tidy up all the extra threads and it goes into my quilting stack.
This is Beau, hard at work. He tells Lacey what the problem is with his various barks and she knows to chase down the invader or ignore him. She is down there with the sheep.
It was exciting to me to finally get enough done to be able to put a block together.
In addition, there are more sodas and more drumsticks done, with more to do.
On a hot day, a cool lunch is terrific. We had a salad in a wrap, with chips and hummus, plus slightly pickled beets and hummus dressing. For the dressing, I put some of the hummus in with vinegar of choice and shake good. Be sure to refrigerate after using. ( I did chop the tomato, but when I make salads for several days, I leave the tomato whole until time to eat the salad)
And to make it a perfect day, Mary came over, bearing berries and had lunch with us. Of course she also had to spend a few minutes playing with fabric. She had another appointment and left all too soon.
I love it when the market opens and I can buy fresh foods that didn’t make it into my garden, which this year is many foods. There are a number of these booths with foods, flowers, and handicrafts.
We purchased some apricots, cherries, asparagus, apples and lettuce. It’s still early and there will be more items added weekly. Since most of these farmers are not certified organic, but use organic practices, I try to remember to ask if the seed is coated. Most commercial seeds are now coated with insecticides, so I try to find out about that. If they don’t know, I go shopping at another booth. Today, I only found two that knew their seeds were not coated. One man was vehement about not using those coated seeds. He said he farms the old way, with compost etc. And he will not change his prices. He says he knows the value. And because he has great produce, I buy from him.
Market is at the bus/train station, so the city has made it a nice place to go.
I worked some on the quilt. I was delighted the way the drumsticks turned out with the crinkled fabric. I also found that I did not make enough of that fabric, so made the rest of what I’ll need.
Today I made the “no-egg” salad. It was so good, we had it for lunch on bread and dinner on crackers. Not what I planned, but when I came to the kitchen to make dinner, I found DH was already eating this And now it is gone without a photo. The thing I would change in this recipe is the mustard which was a bit much for me. I think if pickles were added and a bit of the garbanzo juice, it would be a marvelous dressing for potato salad.
Did I mention the temperature was 86 today, so tomorrow we will be spending time watering. It was warm enough that the two dogs were in the pond as well as at least one sheep and the alpacas.
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