Yesterday included a niggling of everything. I managed to complete all the items on my list, as well as and hence I was able to larn a start on the beads for Wind inwards the Whiskers. First on the listing was to complete the top-stitching for the Alley Cats Quilt Guild.
All that was left was to run upwards on the buttons. There are buttons for eyes, as well as and hence some other push clit inwards the oculus of each star. The truthful cat amongst a dark olfactory organ has xanthous eyes similar Sadie. The cats amongst pinkish noses induce got light-green eyes similar Smitty.
Here's a close-up of i corner.
So instantly I'll toss that on the quilts to hold upwards sandwiched pile, as well as it'll larn sandwiched amongst the residue of the quilts no later on than adjacent weekend. I instantly induce got 12 quilts (many of them small) to hold upwards sandwiched as well as quilted. Looks similar Eliza's 2019 won't hold upwards a lonely one.
Next, I wanted to endeavor a novel recipe I constitute online for Cranberry Jellies.
The moving painting on the Fine Cooking website was hence pretty, I was helpless to resist giving them a try. I start needed to larn some citric acid. The recipe told me I could detect it inwards the baking department of my grocery store, but I could not. I checked amongst the canning supplies too, but no dice. So I inquired of my proficient friend Amazon.com as well as ordered some correct where I stood spell grocery shopping terminal Wednesday. It arrived on Friday. I know I'm supposed to hold upwards mad at Amazon, but I can't assist it. I ♥ Amazon.
It says yous tin hand the sack role it inwards house of lemon juice when canning tomatoes as well as that it doesn't touching on flavor. Good to know. I suppose yous could role it when canning anything when yous experience a niggling iffy nigh the acid level. So anyway...onward. It took nigh xv minutes as well as the jelly was made as well as into the pan.
The pan was lined amongst parchment hence I could elevator it out when it laid up. The recipe advised this would accept a minimum of 8 hours. Mine was cool as well as fix inwards nigh three. I worried a niggling nigh getting it out of the pan intact, but it came out of the pan slicker than hot snot on a doorknob. (Like that?)
Here, I could role a knife to cutting it into squares, inwards which case, the yield would hold upwards nigh lx pieces. Instead, as well as thinking of the pretty moving painting from Fine Cooking, I used this niggling star cookie cutter. It's nigh the size of a quarter, as well as that worked great.
Here's where the citric acid comes in. You mix a niggling amongst some granulated saccharide as well as and hence toss the niggling jellies closed to to coat them.
And voila!
Pretty, huh? And then, I only continued on my merry way, cutting as well as coating. My yield was 3 dozen as well as a whole lotta bring down left behind.
It's only similar cookie batter, entirely yous can't re-roll as well as role it again. There was quite a fleck leftover, which I tore apart as well as coated. We didn't consume rattling much of it earlier nosotros were icked out. The jellies are nice...just a niggling tart from the cranberries...but plenty is enough. I tossed the rest. This was an experiment as well as I'll position these out when the household unit of measurement is hither tomorrow evening. These were slow plenty to make, as well as they'd hold upwards peachy every bit a nutrient gift for whatever holiday. Cut them into a ticker shape, as well as yous induce got a sugariness niggling valentine gift. I linked to the recipe dorsum there, hence hand them a endeavor if yous like.
And then...peanut brittle, made using Mike's mom's recipe...which I intend truly powerfulness hold upwards Mike's grandmother's recipe. Yum. Most of this volition belike caput off to locomote amongst Mike adjacent Wednesday. We only wanted a sense of savour of everything without truly eating everything, if that makes sense.
And I did my housekeeping chores, as well as past times day's end, at that spot was zero left to exercise but caput into the sewing room to start beading Wind inwards the Whiskers. You would non believe the degree of assist for this.
Everything was going along well...if yous don't count the extra weight on things...and then...
my other helper showed up.
Whoa...beads? And thread? Count me in!
I've never done whatever beading to speak of before, unless yous count a unmarried bead hither as well as there. I watched a few YouTube videos that were entirely mildly helpful. I'm non truly "beading," but rather, sewing on beads, as well as they are non the same thing. I started amongst these beading needles, but constitute them likewise flexible to force through several layers of applique.
After only i bead, this i was permanently bent.
Nevertheless, I did larn the beady oculus of this chickadee sewn on.
So...what to do? What to do? Rifling through my needle box, I came out amongst these "Betweens." These were slender as well as shorter as well as a niggling tougher as well as they worked the best of the ones I've tried.
With those, I was able to run upwards the beads for the dogwood blossom centers. I won't hold upwards doing all the flowers, but nigh half. Here are 2 I finished.
The entirely work I'm having instantly is that the needles, slender every bit they are, are however likewise big for some of the beads. My thinking is that I'll role the beads I tin hand the sack as well as only store the others away for some other projection someday...one that doesn't induce got several layers of applique.
So the entirely other matter I induce got to tell yous is nigh the amaryllis. It's getting closer to opening. We're going to stake it upwards today to maintain it from breaking its long stalk. I'm sort of excited to run into what it volition await like.
Today volition hold upwards a kitchen day. I however induce got a dyad of to a greater extent than candies to make, as well as I'm baking a cranberry cheesecake for our dessert tomorrow. Oh yes, as well as I'll hold upwards putting dinner inwards my irksome cooker. There's plenty of kitchen action, as well as i housekeeping chore. If I tin hand the sack larn all of that done, I'll larn dorsum to my beading.