As I'm writing this post, I tin listen big globe moving equipment upwards on our dirt road. We've waited the whole summertime for this calendar week to arrive. The route paving projection was supposed to foremost today. Mike talked alongside the county workers every bit he left abode this morning. They're laying downwards several to a greater extent than layers of gravel together with thus rolling over it to brand a overnice sturdy route bed for the pavement to come. We're expecting overnice weather...even hot weather...all calendar week long, together with thus our paving projection should endure completed soon. It can't come upwards presently enough. We together with all of our neighbors are going to endure thus happy for an halt to the summertime dust together with the wintertime mud. Pictures to follow. You mightiness desire to fasten your spot belts for that.
In sewing news, I spent simply about fourth dimension yesterday forenoon getting my floss bobbins cleaned upwards from the final Sundress I stitched. This 1 is simply barely getting started, but my floss bobbins are all tidy now.
I'll run on this simply about to a greater extent than when I destination writing to yous guys.
We were expecting dinner guests yesterday evening. My alone chore for the solar daytime was to brand a salad. For that, I needed to harvest simply about tomatoes. It was surprising to non abide by to a greater extent than Romas on our plants. We create got a lot of dark-green ones, but non many ripe ones. There were plenty for the salad, but non plenty to brand canning them worthwhile. I'll banking firm represent 1 time again at week's halt together with come across if I tin come upwards up alongside plenty to fill upwards a few to a greater extent than jars. For now, this was it, together with a lot of these are from our greenhouse cherry tomato plant plant. I used those inward the salad. I'll relieve the Romas for canning, if canning at that spot shall be.
With to a greater extent than than a calendar week left inward the calendar month of September together with all of my monthlies complete, I had simply about fourth dimension to foremost a novel niggling quilt. I'm calling this projection "Starry Night." It's a niggling wall-hanging for the novel RV. I'm combining the background of the Little Camper designing from Patchabilities with the Fifth Wheel Camper Mug Rug pattern from Sher Hastings Designs. I've had the 5th bike designing for simply about time. I don't know when I establish the Little Camper pattern...probably inward 1 of those belatedly nighttime forays on my iPad...when resistance is futile.
I had the hardest fourth dimension picking out background fabrics for this...maybe you'll come across why inward a minute. Finally, I settled on this grouping...all scraps from my stash.
Then I added the background from the Little Campers pattern. Mine is adapted simply a niggling to accommodate the dissimilar sort of the 5th wheel. Also, I added the 2nd tree from the left. It was blank there...or maybe at that spot was simply about quilting...I can't remember. It looked funny to me, together with thus I cutting 1 of the trees 1 time again together with added it in.
The "star" textile is genuinely a Christmas fabric. That's supposed to endure snowfall falling, but I stance it could simply every bit easily endure a starry nighttime sky.
When I had those pieces inward place, I added the 5th bike together with army camp burn from Sher Hastings' pattern. The fussy cutting kitties were my idea. One should never go without one's cats.
That was every bit far every bit I took it. It nevertheless needs top-stitching, together with I'll add together inward simply about details to the 5th wheel...the windows, the steps, the jack at the front end end...and thus it volition endure laid for quilting together with binding. I create got a solar daytime to relax at abode today, together with thus I'm hoping to instruct good along on this before day's end.
H5N1 parcel from Commonwealth of Australia was delivered yesterday. I'd been waiting for this for a dyad of weeks. (It takes a long fourth dimension for things to go from Australia.) This was to a greater extent than booty from a late-night iPad foray. Like I said, resistance is futile. For whatever reason, I was looking at the Hatched & Patched website from Anni Downs, together with I came away alongside this book.
It has several patterns betwixt its covers. The 1 I'm interested inward is "The Story of My Day Quilt."
The quilt ends upwards at 62 x 62 inches. Here's what the finished quilt looks like. The quilt blocks are embroidered patches of things 1 mightiness practise during one's day. Her drawings are primitive together with thus cute. Like I said...resistance was futile.
You tin find the majority correct here. I already create got her "Some Kind of Wonderful" book, the quilt non yet started. Also, I made her Gardener's Journal quilt simply about fourth dimension ago. You mightiness hollo back it.
There are thus many embroidery patterns inward my library straightaway that I can't maybe alive long plenty to destination all of them. Nevertheless, it makes me happy to create got them, together with thus I'll simply proceed stitching every bit fast every bit I can.
This forenoon I noticed the maple tree at the far halt of our champaign is inward its total autumn regalia now.
While I was out, I noticed this snapdragon growing from 1 of the annual pots. The snapdragons come upwards dorsum each year, but I don't recall planting this one. The other 1 inward the pot is yellow. This mightiness endure a volunteer from seeds dropped past times a squirrel or a bird. However it got there, it's a pretty add-on to the pot.
As I said earlier, it's going to endure a relaxing solar daytime at home. The relaxation starts now.