It's going to live on cherry twenty-four hr menses hither at the Three Cats Ranch today...and tomorrow too...and mayhap the side past times side day. Mike in addition to I made skillful on our hope to move out yesterday in addition to choice some to a greater extent than cherries. We picked solely from the Black Tartarian tree. The Bings are pretty good gone, partly because nosotros went out the nighttime earlier in addition to were stuffing them into our mouths forthwith from the tree. They were sweetness every bit candy! Really! The Black Tartarians are really sweetness every bit well. After zeroing out my scale to describe of piece of work concern human relationship for the weight of the bowl, I had to a greater extent than than nine pounds.
This is solely a minor percent of the cherries yet on the tree. Many are but every bit good high to reach, but nosotros left enough behind. I'm yet amazed the raccoons didn't consume them this year. Also, cherries were on sale at the grocery shop for $1.99 per pound when I went on Thursday. Since I wasn't certain whether or when nosotros were going to choice our own, I decided to hedge my bets in addition to picked upwardly iv pounds in that place too. That way I receive got to a greater extent than than thirteen pounds to move with. I receive got lots of things I desire to brand over the side past times side several days, starting this morn alongside some to a greater extent than cherry jam in addition to some cherry syrup too.
Before nosotros picked the cherries, I had some fourth dimension to rate my embroidery piece. I've used the concluding of that black bluish floss now, but I receive got a Pb on some other skein, which should brand it whatsoever twenty-four hr menses now. We'll consider if its the correct color. My friend Sherry persuasion she mightiness receive got it, but her skein wasn't marked, hence I demand to compare them when it arrives. If not, I'll but become dorsum to Plan A, which is to switch to a DMC floss that's a really unopen match.
Now I've moved my hoop to embrace the concluding of it. As for the bluish floss, I demand it to complete the "frame" unopen to the piece, in addition to the lettering inwards the middle. Not a whole lot there, but a matching floss would live on nice. I'll but do the residuum of it in addition to hope the floss arrives soon.
After that, I spent almost an hr perusing cherry recipes, but hence I got dorsum to rate the bird. When I left it the twenty-four hr menses before, the aeroplane was finished, his perch, in addition to some of the background to his left.
I wanted to do a petty to a greater extent than stitching inwards the minor flowers,
And then, I but continued on filling inwards the background,
until it was all finished.
After that, I started on the cross-hatching below the perch in addition to on the left side. I hadn't actually persuasion this through, but but started quilting lines dorsum in addition to forth. I was trying to maintain them parallel (and perpendicular), but aside from that, I had no plan. When I had a few randomly stitched inwards both directions, I sort of liked the asymmetry there, in addition to decided to stop.
Then I did something similar along the left side.
It makes me recall of a garden trellis.
Lastly, I did some McTavishing upwardly the skinny left border of the poppy fabric, in addition to hence I was finished alongside all but the outer border on the left in addition to bottom. I pulled it off the auto in addition to pose it on the floor. Smitty looks to live on considering how he could brand a repast of the bird.
And that's where I left it for the day.
As I mentioned, I'd similar to experiment alongside making a actually fancy feathered border on this alongside unlike colors of thread. After I straightened upwardly a little, I went into the sewing room in addition to made myself a prissy long exercise slice from that plume stuff in addition to selected some threads I persuasion mightiness move for the quilting.
While I was there, I realized that the ii quilts I desire to larn inwards in the NW Quilting Expo inwards September were hanging on the walls, 1 alongside some pinch-clamp drapery rings. It seemed a skillful persuasion to convey both downwards in addition to give them a gamble to relax earlier they become to the show. (And, to live on clear, I don't fifty-fifty know if my quilts volition live on accepted into the show. I'm solely but at nowadays cook to postal service my entry form.)
So I picked something unlike for hanging. This is 1 of my older quilts, called H5N1 Gardener's Journal, from Anni Downs. I finished this quilt off several years ago. It was the start quilt I quilted on Eliza, in addition to it was a skillful 1 to start with. I did a quilting cornucopia on it alongside but petty samples of unlike motifs all over. It's existence crowded a petty past times my quilts-to-be-quilted pile, downwards in that place on the lower right.
Also, I hung this quilt called, "A Day inwards the Life of Mr. Bear," past times Tricia Cribbs. This was, I think, the mo manus embroidered quilt I finished. The beautiful quilting was done past times Marcia Wachuta of Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting. She did a wonderful job, precisely the way I hoped she would.
While I was there, Sadie came inwards in addition to asked to live on allow inwards the Clubhouse. She asked most politely.
This petty daughter is off to the dentist today. She's getting her teeth cleaned. She wants to expect skillful for Buddy, inwards example nosotros create upwardly one's hear to start boarding ponies hither at the Three Cats Ranch.
So I'm off to consider the cherry wizard...that would live on me, I hope. Since I demand to choice Sadie upwardly this afternoon, I desire to larn on alongside things early on this morning.