If you lot doubted I'd go doing whatsoever sewing yesterday, I tin hardly blame you. I've been all verbalize together with no stitch for days. It was unopen to other grayish twenty-four hr menstruum hither inwards Hemet, together with hence it seemed similar a proficient way to overstep the fourth dimension on St. Patrick's Day. The Sun came out subsequently inwards the day, together with nosotros got out for a walk after dinner.
As for sewing, I started the most recent blackwork piece. This is block 5 of ix for the Heart & Home stitchery.
There's soundless a long way to go.
And together with hence I decided to go out my greens together with position together a niggling tabular array topper for St. Patrick's Day. Originally, I sentiment I powerfulness practise the March Mini from the postcard pack I picked upwards from Temecula Quilt Co., but together with hence I decided to practise something else. Here are my light-green fabrics. These are the ones I picked upwards at JoAnn the other day, addition a few to a greater extent than scraps that cause got been traveling along.
Of course, I enlisted the back upwards of my 2 helper cats...oh...well, perchance not.
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Okay, well, no worries. It's a pretty slow pattern. I flora this complimentary niggling mini quilt on Canoe Ridge Creations blog. You tin uncovering the link to the complimentary pattern right here. Before I become on, however, I should warn you lot that at that topographic point is an error inwards the pattern. I'll explicate below.
It's quick together with unproblematic to make. You initiative of all amongst 4 track debate blocks.
And you lot stitch those together the same way you'd stitch together half-square triangles. Mark a occupation from corner to corner on 2 of them. Then position them right sides together, stitch on each side of the line. Cut on the occupation together with voila! Four scrappy blocks from HST's. Clever, no?
And fifty-fifty though you lot cause got four, you're alone going to role three. I picked the iii I liked best.
Now here's where things got confusing. The pattern tells you lot to cutting that background block to 6-1/2 inches foursquare together with the light-green stalk is from a rectangle cutting 1-1/2 x 8 inches. Then you lot cutting the foursquare inwards one-half corner to corner together with stitch the stalk downwards the middle, together with hence trim down to vi inches square. The work is that you lot can't cutting that to vi inches foursquare without having nearly a one-half inch cutting off each corner of the stem. It doesn't work. And allow me say you...I puzzled over this for nearly xv minutes earlier figuring out what to practise nearly it.
Instead, cutting your background foursquare to vi inches together with your stalk to 1-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches.
With the longer stalk (and smaller square), you lot tin cutting the in conclusion production to a vi inch square. I've written to the designer to suggest her, but equally of this writing, I haven't heard back. Possibly past times the fourth dimension you lot read this, she volition cause got made the correction.
After that, things went much to a greater extent than smoothly. Sew your blocks together amongst sashings.
Then add together a border.
That's equally far equally the pattern takes you. It ends upwards at 16.5 inches foursquare (unfinished). I wanted mine a niggling larger for a tabular array topper, together with hence I added a flange using 3/4-inch strips.
After that, I was ready to add together the in conclusion borders. By then, my helper truthful cat was ready to work. Impeccable timing, Buddy.
So I added a 3-inch edge all around, together with my tabular array topper was finished. It measures 21.5 inches square. Cute, huh?
I'll role that light-green shamrock cloth for the back.
It soundless needs quilting together with binding, but I'll hold back until I larn habitation for that. It's a niggling belatedly to role it for this twelvemonth anyway. Also, I think I cause got a perfect light-green stripe at habitation to role for the binding. I'm calling this slice "Lucky Charm."
Later on, I tried a novel recipe. For dinner, I wanted something Irish, but lighter than corned beef together with hence I made this Irish Potato Soup.
It isn't on our diet, but it uses no milk, together with hence it didn't stray likewise far. We picked upwards a loaf of Irish Gaelic Soda Bread at the grocery shop the other twenty-four hr menstruum together with served it upwards amongst that. This turned out to go actually good. It takes unopen to fourth dimension to ready together with steam the vegetables (potatoes, onions, together with leeks) downwards until they're soft plenty to puree. For that, I role a stick blender. If you lot don't cause got a stick blender, you're working way likewise hard. It's 1 of the most useful tools inwards my kitchen. The Irish Gaelic soda breadstuff was a perfect accompaniment.
And after that, nosotros got out for a walk. The conditions has been less than ideal over the past times week. If the forecast is accurate, nosotros tin await to a greater extent than of the same into side past times side week. Nevertheless, it has made for unopen to dramatic skies together with beautiful sunsets. Last night's heaven was amount of clouds together with the sunset seemed to create amount the heaven inwards all directions. When nosotros got out for our walk, I snapped this image.
And after that, nosotros got out for a walk. The conditions has been less than ideal over the past times week. If the forecast is accurate, nosotros tin await to a greater extent than of the same into side past times side week. Nevertheless, it has made for unopen to dramatic skies together with beautiful sunsets. Last night's heaven was amount of clouds together with the sunset seemed to create amount the heaven inwards all directions. When nosotros got out for our walk, I snapped this image.
Day is done.
There's nil on today's agenda. My footstep goal has suffered the in conclusion few days, together with hence I'll brand a concerted endeavour to arrive my steps today. Aside from that...nothing. It'll go unopen to other relaxing day.
We're talking to a greater extent than nearly our trip home, together with w've been next the "bloom report" at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve nearly 120 miles northwest of where nosotros are now. You powerfulness retrieve nosotros paid a visit to the reserve in conclusion year on our trip habitation from Pahrump. It was subsequently inwards the twelvemonth when nosotros visited in conclusion time, together with hence the poppies had already bloomed themselves out. It's looking proficient for a flower this twelvemonth simply nearly the fourth dimension nosotros caput for home. Finger's crossed for proficient timing, together with nosotros powerfulness simply caput out that way equally 1 in conclusion halt earlier nosotros plough the wagons north.
There's nil on today's agenda. My footstep goal has suffered the in conclusion few days, together with hence I'll brand a concerted endeavour to arrive my steps today. Aside from that...nothing. It'll go unopen to other relaxing day.
We're talking to a greater extent than nearly our trip home, together with w've been next the "bloom report" at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve nearly 120 miles northwest of where nosotros are now. You powerfulness retrieve nosotros paid a visit to the reserve in conclusion year on our trip habitation from Pahrump. It was subsequently inwards the twelvemonth when nosotros visited in conclusion time, together with hence the poppies had already bloomed themselves out. It's looking proficient for a flower this twelvemonth simply nearly the fourth dimension nosotros caput for home. Finger's crossed for proficient timing, together with nosotros powerfulness simply caput out that way equally 1 in conclusion halt earlier nosotros plough the wagons north.