Yesterday I had inwards hear to mop the floors, but therefore Facebook informed me that it was National No Housework Day.
And, hey...who am I to enquiry that variety of wisdom? Like a trooper, I did without housework for the day. It was a sacrifice, too I in all probability deserve some variety of medal.
In lieu of a medal, I decided to complete upwards the foremost row of blocks for the Shop Hop quilt. This took absolutely forever. I needed to cutting the embroidered names into strips, cut the stuff swatches, select too stitch on the flanges, cutting sashing strips too cornerstones, too therefore stitch the whole shooting gibe together. It took the entire afternoon. It was fun though, too I'm having therefore much fun revisiting the fabrics I've collected. This foremost 1 from Reno was already finished. My argue for choosing it should hold upwards self-explanatory.
It occurred to me that it mightiness hold upwards fun to become dorsum too meet if some of these shops are nevertheless inwards business. This one, Going Batty, definitely is. You tin dismiss notice its right here.
I totally hollo back this adjacent one. Great petty quilt store inwards a groovy petty town. You tin dismiss read my spider web log postal service almost the Dominicus Valley Fabric Granary right here.
Dominicus Valley is a ski resort, too therefore the snowflake stuff seemed a skillful choice. This stuff caught my eye. Is it nevertheless inwards business? Let's see...Yes, indeedy. Check out their website correct here.
Okay, straight off this adjacent 1 is variety of especial because I acquired it on a see amongst my honey friend, Marei. Marei too I receive got known 1 some other since seventh grade. She lives out inwards eastern Idaho now. When nosotros visited amongst her inwards the Fall of 2016, she took me to Beyond Bolts. It's a stuff store inside a hardware store. Isn't that a clever refer for it?
Thayne, Wyoming, is but westward of the Grand Tetons too the surface area is teeming amongst wildlife. I tin dismiss nevertheless moving-picture demo Marei too me standing together too picking out this fabric. The store's website is right here.
This adjacent 1 was from Boise, Idaho, which is known every bit the City of Trees. This was a unproblematic 1 to choose.
Oh boy...I'm going to regret non checking on the refer of the quilt store earlier I did this embroidery. Lesson learned. This genuinely came from a store called Quilt Expressions. Oh well...I'm non changing it. At to the lowest degree I got the urban centre right. So sorry, Quilt Expressions. Anyway...you tin dismiss read my spider web log postal service almost it right here. Their web presence is correct here. Okay, shaking it off too moving on.
This 1 came from a store inwards Eugene, Oregon. I was on the hunt for stuff to recognize our arch evil nemesis, the University of Oregon Ducks. This store had none. And when you lot consider the team, it's hardly surprising. If I'd been looking for OSU Beaver prints, they in all probability would receive got had enough of those. Oh well. We were at that spot inwards Eugene for a fundraiser for the Cascade Raptor Center, too therefore I chose this owl print.
As it therefore happens, this was also Miss Sadie's foremost RV outing. The store was rattling cute. You tin dismiss read my spider web log postal service almost it right here. Their website is correct here.
This adjacent stuff is the 1 too alone stuff I'm including from a quilt store I did non see personally. Actually, I've never been to Alaska, but it is definitely on our bucket list. This stuff was a gift from my boy Matthew when he visited Alaska a few years ago.
The receive got a Facebook page, but if they receive got a website, I can't notice it. Nevertheless, it appears they are nevertheless inwards business.
This adjacent stuff was picked upwards every bit a backing too edge stuff for the Quilting Snowladies quilt.
It also worked every bit a illustration stuff for Bend, Oregon, which is some other ski community. I visited this store when I attended the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show several years agone amongst my skillful friend Lenelda. Lenelda too I receive got been friends since nosotros were kids too. We attended schoolhouse together, but nosotros also swam on the urban centre swim squad together. You mightiness recall that nosotros met upwards a brace of times inwards 2 dissimilar states on our final trip.
Sew Many Quilts nevertheless has a right here. That was a fun weekend.
This final 1 came from Kalispell, Montana. Some places made it hard to select a specifically "regional" print, too this store inwards Kalispell was 1 of those. Here's the spider web log post I wrote almost it.
It appears they are nevertheless inwards business. Here's a link to their website.
When all the blocks were embroidered, trimmed, sewn, too flanged, I sewed them into the overstep row for my quilt. Here's how it's looking.
Okay, straight off I'm going to laid that aside for a while. My innovation is to operate on it at the commencement of each month. If I exercise that, I should receive got it all finished yesteryear the cease of the year.
On the breadstuff front, it looked every bit if the whole wheat starter was laid for baking some bread. When I fed it yesterday morning, I poured off one-half too laid that aside. The other one-half was fed too pose dorsum into the refrigerator. I'll but move along it fed too happy for some subsequently day. For the one-half I laid aside, it besides was fed, too therefore yesterday evening, I used it to start some bread. This is going to hold upwards an Artisan Whole Grain Sourdough. The original recipe came off the Breadtopia website. I had pretty skillful luck amongst this breadstuff final year, too therefore I decided to endeavour it again.
This breadstuff takes 3 days to make. Last night, I mixed the starter amongst some whole grain flour too H2O too therefore allow it sit down on the counter overstep for 12 hours. When I mixed it up, it looked similar this.
By the fourth dimension nosotros went to bed, it was manifestly rising some. When I got upwards this morning, it looked every bit if it had risen too therefore fallen some, but at that spot was enough of bubbly activity going on.
From there, I added some white breadstuff flour, spelt flour, rye flour, too salt, too therefore kneaded it for 5 minutes. Then I pose it inwards a bowl too into the refrigerator. There it volition sit down for the adjacent 24 hours.
Just appear at that whole grain goodness inwards there. Gotta hold upwards skillful diet food, right? So anyway...the existent activity volition start tomorrow. I'll shape it into a boule too allow it rising for approximately 5-6 hours. Hopefully, it'll hold upwards laid to bake yesteryear then.
Also, I'm working on getting some other white sourdough started. It's been sitting for the yesteryear 48 hours. I didn't appear to meet whatever activity from it. It's hard to tell from this picture, but where I've circled inwards pinkish there, I could meet but the beginnings of some fizzing.
This morning time I added some other 2 tablespoons of breadstuff flour too 2 tablespoons of pineapple juice. An lx minutes later, I was seeing to a greater extent than bubbling action. This is a rattling skillful sign. Now I'll allow it sit down for some other 48 hours earlier moving on to the adjacent step.
So...there's lots going on. And I guess I'll acquire dorsum to mopping floors today. When that's done, I'm going to complete off my Itty Bitty Bow Ties.
If there's fourth dimension left inwards the day, I'll acquire going on my Rainbow Scrap Quilt.
My friend Di suggested that I mightiness become a petty slower on my innovation to grab upwards amongst 4 months worth of colors. It occurs to me that if I exercise 2 colors per month, I'll hold upwards caught upwards yesteryear July, too therefore that's my novel plan. I'll start amongst April's yellows too January's blues too telephone telephone it skillful for the month.
For now, I'm going to acquire started on the embroidery for the 2nd block of Friendship's Garden.
I traced it out a few days ago, but receive got yet to start it. It's a busy 24-hour interval ahead.