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It's been a fruitful month; lots going on and plenty accomplished on the home front. These peaches from our own trees were as delicious and sweet as they look. The deer thought so too. We managed to harvest a few more than are pictured here but, sadly, not many. Everything was looking great out in the orchard. We checked on the peaches daily and watched them grow and ripen to perfection. I was

The other day I did get the binding stitched and ready for hand work on Court Jester – I will work more on that for Slow Sunday Stitching with Kathy today.    I made a multi-colored binding from the left over strip scraps – this was sewn on the quilt Friday morning. The first side is […]

How long have I been making Marinara sauce now to can? I have lost track – I know it really hasn’t been more than about 2- 3 weeks but it feels like months. I know have 30 jars and that is it I have reached my limit.  I’m not sure how many more tomatoes I […]

The accuquilt was busy yesterday but I just wasn’t into working for awhile at cutting and moved on to other things – like looking for canning jars LOL- I think everyone else was too and all that were left were half-pints that I don’t need.  The tomatoes can wait another day and will look some […]

Yesterday morning first thing I put more tomatoes in the crockpot for the Marinara Sauce – while it was simmering away I was able to sit and sew and got all the blocks done that I had cut out – now today I need to cut more strips and cut the squares with the Accuquilt.  […]

It was such a busy day, I don’t know how I fit it all in one day.  Started the day with picking berries and tomatoes once again – it seems like I do this every other morning but this time I remembered to bring two baskets – which reminds me to pick up another one […]

I finished the binding yesterday and got the  doll quilt washed and dried and pleased to say it only shrunk an inch on all sides – it is now 23×23 inches nice size for baby or doll.  Linking to From Bolt to Beauty — Wendy’s Quilts and More — It was another hot one although […]

It was originally equipped with a red, fake leather band.  Which lasted about two weeks.  Seriously - that's no joke.  Two weeks.  On one of my adventures with Beach Girl Diane to a ...

It was another canning day yesterday with some other errands thrown in.  We needed to drop off the car in town to get a new windshield – this was not storm damage but a stone thrown off of a jeep ahead of us last week that cracked our windshield and it needed to be replaced […]

Yesterday was a day spent sitting on the porch reading and working on hexies.  I added one more finished triangle of hexies to the stack finished but not attached – 12 needed and now have 4 more sections to make – progress was shown last week at this post – I might go ahead and […]

Just a little got done yesterday – what with making fresh pasta and visiting with Melanie the day flew away with a different routine.   I was hoping for a nice day but it was so cloudy and breezy that we spent the day inside.  Some hexies got stitched though throughout the day and a little […]

One day it is 40 degrees and two days later 78, humid and so humid in the house I put the A/C on in the evening to chase the humidity out!  crazy. I said I was going to take a couple days away from the sewing machine and I didn’t touch it other to make […]

Finally yesterday as it was such a chilly breezy day I was inside sewing and got all the rows together – now a border and it will be ready to go on the quilting frame next.  But first I will need to get this pressed good today before I cut out pieces for a border.  […]

It was a rainy day yesterday so I was kind of busy going from one project to another – one of those kind of days dark and dreary that if you didn’t stay busy you would fall asleep – which I almost did at least once! First I got the rest of the pieces cut […]

Another day another pieced batting – well make that two actually and at least 2 or 3 more to go – I will be glad when I get this done but glad too that I am sticking with it. This is what the mess looks like when it is done with the iron on tape […]

I was kind of surprised at the amount of shrinkage in Butterflies in Flight – batting was 100% cotton, washed in cold  water and yes I dry on high because I like the shrinking look but it doesn’t usually do as much as this one did – started at 73 x 84.5 and ended at […]

Baking your own sourdough bread can be a fulfilling and delicious experience. On and off for over a decade, I have been making sourdough bread. I recently decided to start milling my own flour. This is a new experience for me and I am excited to share the journey and insights I have gained in the process. With the help of some organic hard white wheat berries, a healthy homemade sourdough starter, and a few simple steps, I have been able to produce artisanal, homemade sourdough bread with unique flavors and textures. I have made almost a dozen loaves of ...

Nearing an end!  one row left to quilt and then Rainbow Crossings will go on the frame.  I rolled the quilt down last night after finishing the last area on Saturday night And this is what is left. I had intended to work on the last gray block for Arkansas Traveler but I got busy […]

Yesterday was another of those busy days running errands – getting the old Honda serviced (since we got the new car I admit we are neglecting the Honda and need to start using it a little more to keep it in running order) and did a few more things in town before heading back home […]

Over the weekend I decided to migrate my newsletter from Constant Contact to MailChimp. On the homepage there is a newsletter link. I appreciate you taking the time to sign up. Over the weekend I made 4 batches of cinnamon rolls. I use the Sweet Dough Recipe from the King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook… Continue reading Of Newsletters and Cinnamon Rolls