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A few weeks ago Angie (who blogs at A Quilting Reader's Garden) asked me to share how I get my blog photos so bright and sharp.  To be honest, I've never considered my quilting photos for the blog all that wonderful. In part because there's not a lot of staging with my photos. It's pretty much lay out the blocks or the quilt and shoot. My sewing and blogging time is pretty limited these days and I'd so much rather sew.  But I do try hard to ensure that any posted photos are sharp, bright ...

As expected, there was no sewing yesterday. After Saturday's marathon, it was good to take a break anyway. I had apple pie filling to make. Yesterday's yield was 8 pints, and I have a couple of apples left over.

As expected, there was no sewing yesterday. After Saturday's marathon, it was good to take a break anyway. I had apple pie filling to make. Yesterday's yield was 8 pints, and I have a couple of apples left over.

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I will confess–I was mightily relieved and happy when I saw it on the 6th when it went ...

It was a long week, way too many meetings on my calendar.  I spent most of Saturday in my sewing room, so now I feel much, much better.  Fitting in time in the evenings helps, but there's nothing like having the better part of a day to sit and play with fabric.  How did your stitchy week go? 

It was overly optimistic to think anything was going to happen in the sewing room yesterday. I spent the day in the kitchen. That's not a complaint...I enjoy cooking, and everything ended up taking longer than I thought it would. Things might have happened faster had I not gotten it into my head that I needed to start the day with a canning project. On the other hand, I really wanted those CSA carrots out of my vegetable crisper, and so I went ahead with this Carrot Relish.

It was overly optimistic to think anything was going to happen in the sewing room yesterday. I spent the day in the kitchen. That's not a complaint...I enjoy cooking, and everything ended up taking longer than I thought it would. Things might have happened faster had I not gotten it into my head that I needed to start the day with a canning project. On the other hand, I really wanted those CSA carrots out of my vegetable crisper, and so I went ahead with this Carrot Relish.

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Taking full advantage of the lovely summer weather, DD1 and I ventured to Upton House and Gardens in South Warwickshire.  It’s been a looong time since she and I have ventured out on a cultural day on our own and it was quite delightful!  (think Pride and Prejudiced delightful…after all that seem to be our “theme” music for the day)

It is a spectacular house set in the most stunning gardens that run into the neighbouring valley.  As each area of the garden is terraced you don’t really appreciate how steep the landscape is until you ...