Or perchance this post service could travel to a greater extent than accurately titled, "I Think, Therefore I Can." Can I larn through 1 to a greater extent than solar daytime of canning tomatoes? I retrieve I can.
Before I started yesterday, I worked simply a few stitches on the latest Snow Globes block. When I showtime a novel block, I e'er uncovering the floss bobbins amongst bits of leftover floss from the concluding fourth dimension I used that color. It tidies upwards the floss for the run on the residue of the block, together with it sets upwards an chance for me to mess it upwards again.
When I'd used upwards all the leftover bits, I went to run on the tomatoes. Yesterday's yield was v to a greater extent than quarts of pasta sauce together with iii to a greater extent than pints of salsa. There is also a nearly-full appal of salsa inwards the refrigerator. I'll possess amount it upwards amongst today's batch.
When I was finished yesterday, I harvested around other iv pounds of tomatoes from our ain plants. Those volition larn into today's salsa, together with and hence I'll simply travel along going until the tomatoes are all gone. My goal is to brand 1 to a greater extent than batch of salsa together with 1 to a greater extent than batch of pasta sauce. Any leftover tomatoes volition larn into jars equally obviously 'ole tomatoes. With my novel roasting technique to take the skins, it should travel pretty quick together with slow to drib the hot skinned together with roasted tomatoes into hot jars for canning. The entirely other affair that goes into the jars is 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to convey upwards the acidity level, together with and hence they are lidded together with lowered into a boiling H2O bathroom for processing. Simple.
It was mid-afternoon past times the fourth dimension I finished amongst the day's canning. There was simply a petty combat of quilting to create on the Welcome Home mini mystery quilt. I finished the outer row of blocks amongst a motif I'm calling Faux Cathedral Windows.
The corner blocks were shooflies, equally opposed to the square-in-a-square, but I quilted them simply the same way. There is zero incorrect amongst your eyesight. My pic is blurry. Sorry.
And that took simply close twenty minutes, together with the quilting was finished. It's non the best quilting I've ever done, but it was proficient practice.
Here's how it's looking from the back.
I'm hoping I'll accept fourth dimension today to larn the binding sewn on past times machine. If retentiveness serves, I've already cutting the binding strips.
The concluding affair I did yesterday was to seat Smitty's painted pawtrait into a frame. His pawtrait is 8-1/2 x 11, which is sort of a weird size for a frame, unless you're framing around sort of document or diploma. I wasn't able to uncovering a frame that would run inwards our local megamart, together with hence I inquired of my proficient friend Amazon Prime whether they had anything. I works life something I liked inwards this Rustic Barnwood Frame. There were other colors available, but I liked the natural forest color best.
Here's what the production description says:
Made correct hither inwards the United States, each beautiful handmade frame is crafted from reclaimed together with recycled forest — hence you lot tin beautify your pictures without harming a unmarried tree!
When I took the paradigm out of its protective sleeve, I works life these items on the back. I accept a feeling I would similar Melissa.
This was her "business card," on a 4 x vi postcard sized piece. Does that await similar a quilt to you?
In fact, it is. You tin read close her at her website correct here. As it turns out she IS a quilter...a winning 1 at that! Her quilt, My Brother's Jeans, won Best inwards Show at QuiltCon 2016. Whoa! You tin see the quilt together with its story correct here. Impressive, no?
She's also a designer of leggings. They are hence cute! You tin see them correct here.
She fifty-fifty has a mass called "Making Faces inwards Fabric." You tin see her mass correct here. And you've gotta dear mortal who describes herself equally a "good listener," together with an "excellent hugger." So, cool. Melissa is 1 talented woman.
As for me...I'll travel spending most of my solar daytime inwards the kitchen today, but the terminate is inwards sight. If I'm very, rattling lucky, I'll larn that binding sewn on today.