This definitely rates as one of the more interesting quilts I've worked on this year.
Very simple, design-wise. But paper piecing the letters and the leaf block would not be my favorite thing to do. The piecer did a super job on this, for sure! It was quilted with a Canada flag panto which has been getting lots (!) of use this year.
Last weekend we entertained DH's family, so I was kind of overrun with inlaws for almost a week. They started arriving on Friday and we waved goodbye to the last of them on Wednesday. I managed to feed ten of us for lunch on Saturday and as far as I can tell I didn't poison anyone. Yay me. 👍 However, it seems to have been too much for our front door. DH went to open it on Tuesday and the door knob fell off in his hand. It was only 30-some years old...I guess they don't make stuff to last the way they used to. ha ha...
In the pic below you'll see seven quarts of onion soup, eight pints of peaches, eight half-pints of Amaretto-Peach Butter, and a lonely jar of zucchini pickles. (There were originally several jars of pickles but I managed to give a few away, for which DH is eternally grateful.) When I went to the market last Thursday to get some peaches, the peach guy talked me into buying four six-quart baskets of 'seconds', at a pretty good price. I hate to lose out on a bargain but lemme tell you - I'm darn tired of peeling peaches!! Last night I made a peach cobbler, so I'm down to the last eight peaches in the fridge. They just might rot there. Pfftt. "OH NO" says my inner voice. I spent three hours scrubbing the fridge before the inlaws came - it's not getting dirty any time soon. And yes, it had been quite a while since the last cleaning. Gross, to tell you the truth.
The onions out in the garden are WONDERFUL this year. Big and happy. There's enough to make another 30 quarts of soup, I figure (although that won't happen!).
ZUCCHINI REPORT (2 weeks worth)
With all the rain we've had this summer I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think the zucchini is thirsty. I may have to water the garden.
Picked last 2 weeks: 15
Picked YTD: 74
I've got five or six in the fridge right now, so more zucchini loaf might be in my future. But I've also got about eight starting-to-rot bananas on the counter which should go into banana bread, and the eight peaches in the fridge that need to be dealt with.
I may ignore the whole lot and go read a book. I'm currently working my way through Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. I have waited months for it (the E-edition for my tablet) to come in from the library. I love reading books on my tablet but when they expire they just POOF and are gone. That is pretty friggin' annoying if you're on the second last chapter. Interesting side note about this book: every chapter features a pic of a quilt block.
Very simple, design-wise. But paper piecing the letters and the leaf block would not be my favorite thing to do. The piecer did a super job on this, for sure! It was quilted with a Canada flag panto which has been getting lots (!) of use this year.
Last weekend we entertained DH's family, so I was kind of overrun with inlaws for almost a week. They started arriving on Friday and we waved goodbye to the last of them on Wednesday. I managed to feed ten of us for lunch on Saturday and as far as I can tell I didn't poison anyone. Yay me. 👍 However, it seems to have been too much for our front door. DH went to open it on Tuesday and the door knob fell off in his hand. It was only 30-some years old...I guess they don't make stuff to last the way they used to. ha ha...
In the pic below you'll see seven quarts of onion soup, eight pints of peaches, eight half-pints of Amaretto-Peach Butter, and a lonely jar of zucchini pickles. (There were originally several jars of pickles but I managed to give a few away, for which DH is eternally grateful.) When I went to the market last Thursday to get some peaches, the peach guy talked me into buying four six-quart baskets of 'seconds', at a pretty good price. I hate to lose out on a bargain but lemme tell you - I'm darn tired of peeling peaches!! Last night I made a peach cobbler, so I'm down to the last eight peaches in the fridge. They just might rot there. Pfftt. "OH NO" says my inner voice. I spent three hours scrubbing the fridge before the inlaws came - it's not getting dirty any time soon. And yes, it had been quite a while since the last cleaning. Gross, to tell you the truth.
The onions out in the garden are WONDERFUL this year. Big and happy. There's enough to make another 30 quarts of soup, I figure (although that won't happen!).
ZUCCHINI REPORT (2 weeks worth)
With all the rain we've had this summer I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think the zucchini is thirsty. I may have to water the garden.
Picked last 2 weeks: 15
Picked YTD: 74
I've got five or six in the fridge right now, so more zucchini loaf might be in my future. But I've also got about eight starting-to-rot bananas on the counter which should go into banana bread, and the eight peaches in the fridge that need to be dealt with.
I may ignore the whole lot and go read a book. I'm currently working my way through Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. I have waited months for it (the E-edition for my tablet) to come in from the library. I love reading books on my tablet but when they expire they just POOF and are gone. That is pretty friggin' annoying if you're on the second last chapter. Interesting side note about this book: every chapter features a pic of a quilt block.
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