I was approached earlier this year by a woman who wanted a quilt made. It was to feature photos of her beloved companions, and large enough for a queen size bed.
I have no facility here to print fabric of a size that would bring her vision to life, so I directed her to Spoonflower. That center panel of the dog in the fall leaves measures about 38 x 54.
After she received her package of fabric in the mail she went shopping for the additional fabrics that would create the top, and she got a lovely backing fabric to co-ordinate.
It took me a whole day to applique the names. First I had to select a font and print the names in true size, and make a pattern with layout for the size of available area on the quilt. Once that was done I made fusible fabric letters with Mistyfuse, which is my favorite fusible web. Then machine blanket stitch around the letters.
This was quilted with a very quiet design so the dogs maintain center stage. I was really happy with the end result, as was the customer and her husband.
HORSERADISH
Oh, my good-God-Almighty. Making horseradish is not for the faint of heart.
I've been getting bored making the same stuff in the kitchen, so I went through some of Margaret's recipes that she shared from her Hello Fresh boxes. One of them does mashed potatoes with Dijon mustard and horseradish. But I ran out of horseradish several months ago. So I stopped in at the grocery store and the only bottle I could find - first of all it was a plastic bottle, which is on my no-fly list these days. Second of all it had a list of ingredients a mile long, which is ridiculous for such a simple condiment. A while back my neighbour Sophie mentioned that she had HR in the garden, and if I wanted any I was welcome to it. An organized person would have taken advantage of this during the nice weather, but we're talking about me here. Of course, I waited until the weather was below freezing, with gale force winds. I dragged DH out for a walk (oh, nasty and cold on the way home - lemme tell you!!) and we got Sophie to show us where the plants were. DH obligingly dug up some roots for me and we went on our way. Cleaning and peeling and dicing were easy. Grinding was easy. DO NOT STICK YOUR NOSE IN THE CONTAINER OF GROUND HORSERADISH. According to all the recipes I found, adding the vinegar sooner will keep the HR mild. Waiting three minutes (!) will make it hot. Mine turned out half & half hot/mild because there was quite a bit of ground root stuck in the grinder. So even though the vinegar was added to the majority as it was expelled, the remnants were added several minutes later. As I found out, sticking your nose in the container of ground horseradish is stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyhow... I have survived to tell the tale, and the potatoes were delicious. Consider yourself forewarned.
I have no facility here to print fabric of a size that would bring her vision to life, so I directed her to Spoonflower. That center panel of the dog in the fall leaves measures about 38 x 54.
After she received her package of fabric in the mail she went shopping for the additional fabrics that would create the top, and she got a lovely backing fabric to co-ordinate.
It took me a whole day to applique the names. First I had to select a font and print the names in true size, and make a pattern with layout for the size of available area on the quilt. Once that was done I made fusible fabric letters with Mistyfuse, which is my favorite fusible web. Then machine blanket stitch around the letters.
HORSERADISH
Oh, my good-God-Almighty. Making horseradish is not for the faint of heart.
I've been getting bored making the same stuff in the kitchen, so I went through some of Margaret's recipes that she shared from her Hello Fresh boxes. One of them does mashed potatoes with Dijon mustard and horseradish. But I ran out of horseradish several months ago. So I stopped in at the grocery store and the only bottle I could find - first of all it was a plastic bottle, which is on my no-fly list these days. Second of all it had a list of ingredients a mile long, which is ridiculous for such a simple condiment. A while back my neighbour Sophie mentioned that she had HR in the garden, and if I wanted any I was welcome to it. An organized person would have taken advantage of this during the nice weather, but we're talking about me here. Of course, I waited until the weather was below freezing, with gale force winds. I dragged DH out for a walk (oh, nasty and cold on the way home - lemme tell you!!) and we got Sophie to show us where the plants were. DH obligingly dug up some roots for me and we went on our way. Cleaning and peeling and dicing were easy. Grinding was easy. DO NOT STICK YOUR NOSE IN THE CONTAINER OF GROUND HORSERADISH. According to all the recipes I found, adding the vinegar sooner will keep the HR mild. Waiting three minutes (!) will make it hot. Mine turned out half & half hot/mild because there was quite a bit of ground root stuck in the grinder. So even though the vinegar was added to the majority as it was expelled, the remnants were added several minutes later. As I found out, sticking your nose in the container of ground horseradish is stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyhow... I have survived to tell the tale, and the potatoes were delicious. Consider yourself forewarned.
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