There's a novel sheriff inward town. 2019...it's here, Baby! I spent the concluding 24-hour interval of 2018 finishing upwardly the moo-cow for And On that Farm.
But non thus fast there, Cowboys in addition to Cowgirls. Let's simply dorsum upwardly to the foremost of New Year's Eve, shall we? I was able to stitch this or thus the halt of the halt of the halt of the names for the Shop Hop quilt.
I'm thinking Shop Hop mightiness live the foremost finished flimsy of 2019.
It was a pretty 24-hour interval yesterday. The Sun was shining vivid in addition to the air was clear equally could be. The mountains were inward fine form.
Mike in addition to I ran a few errands inward town. Checking the postal service on our way back, I constitute this May/June 2018 number of Quiltmaker inward my mailbox, a gift from my friend Nancy.
Nancy idea of me because of this project, in addition to what a cute projection it is! All embroidery alongside some crayon thrown in.
And at that spot were a lot of cute projects inward that issue, thus cheers for thinking of me, Nancy. I'll plow over your journal a adept home!
After that, I got to run making a span of salads for our menage unit of measurement get-together afterward today. First on the listing was my mother's version of the classic 7-Layer Salad. People receive got dissimilar ways of making this salad, in addition to I similar my mother's version. Also, I made a Dill Potato Salad, which I completely forgot to photograph.
Here's today's menu. You tin strength out find the recipes for several of these dishes, including both salads, at this onetime weblog post from New Year's Day vi years ago!
With the salads in addition to the shrimp cocktail sauce made, I went dorsum to run on the lastest block for And On that Farm. The large sunflower was finished, but I needed to goal upwardly the smaller one. These won't live fused to the quilt until the whole affair is finished in addition to sewn together.
Next, I started on the cow. First, the eyes.
Then, the nose.
Smitty held the instructions downwards spell I worked.
It didn't receive got long earlier I had the whole beautiful bovine finished.
And then, simply for grins, I pose the sunflowers out beside her to run into how the whole affair volition await eventually. She'll likewise receive got a moo-cow bell embellishment added at the real end.
There's simply i to a greater extent than department to practise on this earlier I'll live fix to run upwardly it into a flimsy. After that, a rather complicated border, but we'll simply salvage that for some other day.
There are iv of my oldest projects almost or thus beingness finished during 2019. If there's fourth dimension today, I'll live making the concluding block for It's Raining Cats in addition to Dogs. Mainly though, today's agenda is to a greater extent than cooking. I'm making the Maple Baked Beans (recipe included inward that link I gave y'all above), in addition to an apple tree crisp for dessert...always a adept choice. There's a picayune chip of tidying upwardly to do, but thus it'll simply live adept to larn the menage unit of measurement together again.
I said it before, in addition to I'll nation it again...Happy New Year, Everybody. Let's all brand a lot of quilts this year! Whaddaya say?