Yesterday morning, I finished off the residue of Block 8 for the Heart & Home quilt. The right request this quilt is Home & Heart, but I sort of similar the words switched only about better. Here's the 8th of nine blocks. Just ane to a greater extent than to go.
By all rights, the Snow Globes quilt blocks should endure upwardly next, but I'm going to complete the Pumpkin Pie block started during Meg Hawkey's flat final weekend. It's only ane block, in addition to I don't desire some other unfinished projection sitting around. It's anybody's approximate why I started stitching inwards the middle of the block. Whatever my reasoning at the time, I've decided to movement my hoop to the northwest corner of the slice in addition to commencement where my OCD encephalon tells me to.
This block has a few fancy stitches inwards it, including the dreaded bullion stitch. Meg showed me how to practise it inwards flat that day, thus we'll only run across whether this former domestic dog tin larn a novel trick, won't we?
There were a issue of errands to run yesterday. First, I got my pilus permed. I'm thus much happier amongst my novel hairdresser. I've been seeing her for nearly a twelvemonth now, in addition to she's worked a small-scale miracle amongst my hair...not that it looks significantly better, but at to the lowest degree I'm happier amongst it. She's really attentive to my comfort flat piece she's doing a perm. Getting a perm is however unpleasant, but it feels less similar torture than it did previously. After I finished there, I felt skillful plenty to caput out to the grocery store, in addition to thus that's done for the side yesteryear side few days too.
The air lineament was terrible inwards town. It was bad plenty when I left home, but driving into town amongst increased traffic in addition to exhaust fumes made it worse. I induce got mild asthma that rarely requires me to role an inhaler. Nevertheless, I used it twice during the 3-4 hr trek into town. When I got home, I could genuinely run across the valley below.
Remember the flick I showed you lot a few days ago?
There was however some fourth dimension left inwards the day, in addition to thus I got to operate on the orangish blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I finished sewing the oranges together in addition to and then trimmed them to size.
Then I set them out amongst their dark in addition to white counterparts:
And in addition to then I sewed them together. I was getting set to induce got a flick when...uh-oh.
Purrdon me...there is a purroblem amongst the status of my catnip bowl.
Purrhaps you lot could endure purrsuaded to fill upwardly it, in addition to and then you lot may supply to your regular purrogramming.
So, I plied him amongst some catnip, in addition to and then I was able to induce got my picture. Sheesh. Bossy.
There was some excitement yesterday when he in addition to Sadie brought inwards a very-much-alive-and-feisty chipmunk. Sadie had it inwards her oral fissure in addition to dropped it when I scolded her. (Scolding...as if.) The chipmunk was quick to escape. Those footling suckers tin jump! Fortunately, Mike was working from domicile in addition to was able to assist me grab it. I corralled the cats inwards a split upwardly room in addition to and then gave chase to the chipmunk. When he jumped onto some aprons that were hanging on the wall, Mike was able to deport him outside, however clinging to the aprons, in addition to set him free. Evisceration disaster averted.
Yesterday eve I went out to practise some watering. While I was out, I checked the plums. Lookie there! Those are starting to turn. It volition in all probability endure at to the lowest degree a calendar week earlier they're ripe, but they're coming along.
The air current came upwardly a footling yesteryear evening, but the say tale ruby-red heaven was however evident equally the Sun was setting.
When I got upwardly this morning, the valley was however to a greater extent than oft than non obscured inwards fume again.
Checking my phone, I noted that nosotros were however nether an air lineament alert.
It seemed a skillful sentiment to attain my lungs a break, in addition to thus I canceled my morn walk amongst Sue, which was sort of a bummer. We've missed our walks for several weeks running. I blame myself.
Today I'll acquire dorsum to operate on my embroidery, in addition to and then I should induce got some fourth dimension this morn to endeavour a novel recipe for Small Batch Tomato Jalapeno Jam. I induce got plenty tomatoes from our ain plants to brand this, in addition to I induce got several jalapenos from our CSA shares. I cannot acquire plenty tomato plant jam, in addition to this twelvemonth at that topographic point induce got been plenty tomatoes to endeavour several dissimilar recipes. For now, my favorite is however Amy's Tomato Jam, but I'm opened upwardly to testing each in addition to every recipe until I province on the perfect one.
This afternoon, I'll endure dropping my quilts off at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. The fair starts side yesteryear side week. This year, I'm entering the Quilting Snowladies...
in addition to Quiltmaker's Garden.
Quiltmaker's Garden was finished only this yesteryear May. The Quilting Snowladies were finished a distich of years ago, but I missed the fair that year. We were traveling or something, in addition to thus I didn't go inwards anything. Fingers crossed my quilts volition win ribbons, but that isn't the argue for entering. It's only thus much fun to run across your ain quilts inwards a show, in addition to that's argue plenty to induce got the plunge.
So, it's an action-packed solar daytime equally always. I'm going to endeavour to breathe slow equally I go.