We picked upward about other forty lbs. of Romas from our farmers yesterday.
By the fourth dimension nosotros got home, it was already 11:00 a.m. We had a grilled marinated vegetable sandwich for dinner final night, as well as I however needed to instruct the vegetables into the marinade...then in that location was lunch...and when everything was said as well as done, I didn't desire to start on the tomatoes so belatedly inwards the day. To last honest, I exactly wasn't mentally prepared for about other whole solar daytime of tomatoes. Instead, I made it a sewing day...unplanned...and so it felt downright luxurious.
There was exactly a lilliputian fleck left to stitch on the Shop Hop quilt names as well as places, as well as so I finished that up.
And so I was fresh out of manus stitching, as well as so I made upward the ninth of 12 blocks for the Snow Globes quilt. This i is called simply, "Cottage."
The Snow Globes blocks stitch upward pretty quick, as well as I'm going to desire something for our camping ground trip side past times side week. As long equally I had a lightbox laid up, I decided to draw out the fifth of ix blocks for Friendship's Garden. This i is called "Happy is the House."
And then, it seemed similar a expert fourth dimension to instruct started on the quilting for the Welcome Home mystery mini. My offset chore was to lead a thread for the top. There are a lot of colors inwards this quilt, as well as really, no master copy color.
This Coats & Clark variegated "Star" thread seemed similar it had all of the colors inwards the quilt, as well as so I chose that. (I wishing Coats & Clark was however making this thread. The colors were so pretty.)
For the bobbin thread, a unproblematic golden seemed similar the best choice.
As I've mentioned before, this isn't my favorite quilt. It's going to last a kitty quilt, as well as so I felt about freedom to practise as well as experiment amongst the quilting. For the oculus block, I couldn't holler upward of anything other than a straight-line grid, as well as so I started on that. There must last about quilter's math involved inwards getting the lines evenly spaced as well as situated, but I don't know it. Besides...I'm also one-time for math. So it wasn't working out. The lines weren't ending upward where I wanted them as well as the placement was asymmetrical. Finally, I decided that symmetry was overrated, as well as decided to travel out them asymmetrical. I kept adding lines until in that location was about symmetry to the asymmetry, as well as so moved on to the offset border. There, I did a motif Lori Kennedy calls "The Twist." Her page has about variations on this motif equally well, but I stuck amongst the basic.
It's e'er difficult to know how to plough a corner, as well as so I exactly form of squared it off. It isn't pretty, but it's for the kitty. (Did you lot read the verse there?)
Here's how it was looking upward to that point.
Smitty came inwards as well as rubbed the sewing machine inwards appurroval. Thanks, Buddy.
Then I moved to the side past times side row of blocks...more at nowadays lines...and so a sort of swoopty-doo designing inwards the side past times side border. (Technical quilting terms, so pay attention.)
And again...how create I plough that corner? It isn't pretty, but then...okay, I holler upward we've been over this already. It's for the kitty.
And here's how it looked when I quit for the day.
Here's how it's looking from the back.
Except, I wasn't quite finished for the day. There's something OCD inwards me that likes to travel out my quilting projects needle-down on the machine. So I took 2 to a greater extent than swipes at the outermost row of blocks as well as so called it quits. Needle down. I holler upward I travel out them this agency so the kitties tin slumber on them as well as they won't slide off the table.
It was a expert solar daytime for mail yesterday. My Teal Mug Rug arrived from my partner, Lana. Look at how cute this is! Lana made upward the pattern. It's paper-pieced. Also included, a lilliputian notepad as well as lavander sachet.
All those kitty fabrics are so cute!
Here's how it looks from the back.
Great chore on this, Lana. I beloved it, as well as give cheers you lot so much. It was non bad fun beingness partners amongst about other truthful cat lover!
Also...a thread collection I ordered from Mass Drop. If you lot haven't heard of Mass Drop, it describes itself equally "community-driven commerce." They instruct purchases inwards mass as well as so offering them to members at reduced prices. Sometimes in that location are dissimilar colorways or dissimilar combinations of the same item. Be careful...it's a lilliputian similar Amazon Prime...easy to pass to a greater extent than coin than you lot intended. I've curbed my enthusiasm from when I offset joined as well as was ordering also many fatty quarter collections. (Honestly, at about point, you lot lead to a greater extent than textile than you lot tin reasonably role inwards 2 lifetimes.) So anyway...yesterday's delivery was this variegated thread collection. There were dissimilar colorways, but I chose this one.
On the dorsum of the box...
I couldn't handgrip more.
Here's a meliorate moving painting of the threads inwards this collection. Pretty, huh?
I could consume them upward similar a handbag of M&M's.
So that was my solar daytime yesterday. Today I'll instruct at those tomatoes. My goal is to brand about other batch of pasta sauce as well as i of salsa, as well as so I'll encounter where I destination up. I'll last doing it all in i lawsuit again tomorrow, but how much volition depend on how many tomatoes are left. That volition lead an destination to canning season, but I'll however last doing raw packs of evidently one-time tomatoes from our ain plants. It would last to a greater extent than accurate to state that this volition position an destination to cooking, stirring, watching, as well as waiting. Raw packs are tardily as well as fast.
It's fourth dimension to instruct moving. The sauce won't brand itself.