When I post photos on my blog and discuss the quilts, the focus is usually on custom quilted work. In reality, most of my work is edge-to-edge quilting. It's way faster, and way less expensive. Considering that most of what we make, as quilters, is utilitarian quilts that will be loved, used, puked on by the kids and the dog, and thrown in the washing machine?... e-2-e is the way to go.
This was a block of the month that we did at the Binbrook guild last year. My blocks are all done but the top's not yet assembled. Ruth always gets her stuff finished. I love the pink! I love sampler quilts!
This is a really cool quilt that the maker completed by cutting the curvey bits with a template. I looove curved piecing.
Now who doesn't love turquoise in the summer? And look how beautifully it pairs with scrappy browns.
My little rant is with Microsoft. I have used PAINT for years. It's a free program (so I should stop my bitching right there) that I use to shrink photos and add all the fancy circles and arrows and text that you see on my pics. It appears that now I will have to get it from the Microsoft Store and download it. Still free, mind you, but now a P.I.T.A. (pain-in-the-ass). Why can't these companies just leave me alone with my OLD STUFF. I'm happy with my OLD STUFF. I know how to use my OLD STUFF.
Anyhow...
ZUCCHINI REPORT
Picked this week: 12
Picked YTD: 116
Gave away this week: 6
What did I do with it this week? I made four more zucchini loaves, two of which I'll give away today when we go the the BBQ/Pool Party. I made four loaves last week too - gave away one and split the others in half for the freezer. I also broke down and cooked a zucchini for my supper! First I sauteed some onions, then added sliced zucchini and gently cooked until slightly soft. Completed by adding a couple of diced tomatoes and letting them reduce a bit. Yum. Sadly, the plants are starting to look a little ravaged. A few were torn out over the past two months because of bug infestations but that still (as you've noticed) left me with PLENTY. I expect that the next two weeks will see their demise.
This was a block of the month that we did at the Binbrook guild last year. My blocks are all done but the top's not yet assembled. Ruth always gets her stuff finished. I love the pink! I love sampler quilts!
This is a really cool quilt that the maker completed by cutting the curvey bits with a template. I looove curved piecing.
Now who doesn't love turquoise in the summer? And look how beautifully it pairs with scrappy browns.
My little rant is with Microsoft. I have used PAINT for years. It's a free program (so I should stop my bitching right there) that I use to shrink photos and add all the fancy circles and arrows and text that you see on my pics. It appears that now I will have to get it from the Microsoft Store and download it. Still free, mind you, but now a P.I.T.A. (pain-in-the-ass). Why can't these companies just leave me alone with my OLD STUFF. I'm happy with my OLD STUFF. I know how to use my OLD STUFF.
Anyhow...
ZUCCHINI REPORT
Picked this week: 12
Picked YTD: 116
Gave away this week: 6
What did I do with it this week? I made four more zucchini loaves, two of which I'll give away today when we go the the BBQ/Pool Party. I made four loaves last week too - gave away one and split the others in half for the freezer. I also broke down and cooked a zucchini for my supper! First I sauteed some onions, then added sliced zucchini and gently cooked until slightly soft. Completed by adding a couple of diced tomatoes and letting them reduce a bit. Yum. Sadly, the plants are starting to look a little ravaged. A few were torn out over the past two months because of bug infestations but that still (as you've noticed) left me with PLENTY. I expect that the next two weeks will see their demise.
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