The 8th of 10 blocks for the Raining Cats in addition to Dogs quilt is finished now. It's 1 of my oldest UFO's, but non the oldest. I started it inward Dec of 2013, in addition to I'm embarrassed to tell that I receive got 2 that are older. But, hey...progress is progress, therefore (sound of applause) I'm taking a bow.
When I went into the sewing room yesterday, the fusing was all finished.
I needed to add together top-stitching in addition to machine embroidery. I telephone telephone it "machine embroidery," but technically, it's simply top-stitching.
Then I added the mitt embroidered tulips inward the cart, the indicate of the umbrella, in addition to the sign higher upward the door.
And therefore around hot-fix nailheads for the cat's eyes in addition to nose, the door knob, in addition to a footling star on the cycle of the cart. I gave the truthful cat a pinkish olfactory organ inward respect of you-know-who.
And therefore it was finished.
The exclusively other affair I did yesterday was to tin the Tomato Jalapeno Jam. During this year's canning, I tried several unlike recipes for love apple tree jam, which could simply every bit easily endure called "tomato crack." I've ever loved Amy's Tomato Jam. It's therefore proficient I receive got to acquire inward every twelvemonth because if I ever run out, I volition sure enough give-up the ghost a boring painful death, screaming inward agony...puh-leeze...someone acquire me around love apple tree jam!
This year, I tried a recipe constitute inward a Kindle cookbook I downloaded. (The mention is therefore long I can't retrieve it long plenty to type it.)
It's from a majority called Jam Session...no longer reduced inward price, I'm afraid. It was a proficient agency to purpose a whole lotta cherry tomatoes, but I uncertainty I'd acquire inward again...unless I receive got a whole lotta cherry tomatoes, in addition to therefore maybe. Still it's really pretty inward its jars.
Also, I tried Food inward Jars' Smoky Spicy Skillet Tomato Jam, in addition to that was pretty good, although I'm non a big fan of that "smoky" season inward anything, in addition to therefore I can't tell this was a favorite. You mightiness similar it though.
They're all therefore pretty, aren't they? And are y'all getting that I actually like, nay need tomato jam inward my life?
So anyway, the other recipe I tried this twelvemonth was the Small Batch Tomato Jalapeno Jam, in addition to that was 1 of my transcend two. And because it's a "small batch" recipe, I had simply 4 half-pints, 3 of which receive got already been consumed. So I made around to a greater extent than yesterday. Phew! Close call! I was almost out.
Now, y'all mightiness endure wondering simply how much love apple tree jam 1 someone tin eat inward a year, in addition to I intend this would endure a really worthy projection for testing. Possibly, I'll simply tumble out tabs. When I made this the showtime time, I took all the ribs in addition to seeds out of the jalapenos. This time, I left them inward simply 1 pepper. It was tempting to purpose all of them, but therefore my tummy started complaining, therefore I relented. It's best non to become crazy correct out of the gate. It has plenty of kick, in addition to therefore that'll endure my agency of making it from immediately on.
The affair I learned most love apple tree jam is that it's best made inward a skillet. It takes a long fourth dimension to gain the liquid inward the tomatoes downward to a prissy syrupy consistency, in addition to therefore a skillet is the perfect vessel. Although exclusively 1 of the recipes suggested using a skillet, I'm using it for all of them now. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 big 1 amongst at to the lowest degree 3-inch sides industrial plant best.
Okay, therefore receive got nosotros completely covered the topic of love apple tree jam? All right, then. Moving on.
Today I receive got to run a few errands. I postulate to selection upward my quilts from the show, in addition to therefore I postulate to terminate off at the bank. The banking enterprise is inward the parking lot where our grocery store is located, in addition to it seems a shame to waste product a perfectly proficient foray into a parking lot, doesn't it? So, I estimate I'll acquire at the repast planning for the calendar week in addition to acquire the grocery shopping done today. That volition rank me the balance of the calendar week to rest home... in addition to I'm talking Every. Single. Day. Sounds heavenly, doesn't it?
But first...some boring stitching.