Despite snowfall falling most of the 24-hour interval yesterday, past times day's end, nosotros had simply a tiny amount of accumulation on the branches of the trees.
Mostly, the 24-hour interval was spent inwards the sewing room. I needed to destination upwards my projection for Challenge 10.3 of Project Quilting, "Bigger Than a Breadbox." My projection is applique, together with I top-stitched everything through the batting earlier adding the back. When the top-stitching was finished, I added the quilt dorsum together with thus simply did some uncomplicated quilting using Stitch #712 on my Bernina 750QE (aka Big Bertha).
Recall that this challenge has zero to produce alongside breadboxes, but everything to produce alongside size. I decided on a projection for Valentine's Day, together with thus I liked these petty stitched hearts.
I stitched a row inwards a higher identify together with below the psyche elements of the quilt together with thus added the binding.
And every bit long every bit I was working on bindings, I added the rickrack together with binding for the Emerald Isle tabular array runner too. I intend this 1 is going to hold upwards cute.
It was getting unopen to sewing day's destination past times then, but I took fourth dimension to cutting the fabrics for 1 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts for this year. These pieces are for the Charm Stars.
When I woke upwards this morn together with looked outside, this is what I saw. Pure magic! Those hold off similar raccoon tracks to me. The raccoon likely tried to larn some H2O out of the kitties' H2O dish simply to the bottom left together with exterior the image. Unfortunately, the H2O was frozen, together with thus the raccoon moved on.
And in that place nosotros go...that's what I'm talkin' about! You folks inwards the Midwest volition likely larn a chuckle close such a measly amount of snow, but it's pretty exciting hither inwards Portland, Oregon.
Later inwards the morning, nosotros added some other tracks to the mix. These are kitty tracks:
I would get got said it's non tally for homo nor brute out there, but thus I noticed these brute tracks.
If I'm real brave (or real stupid), I mightiness larn exterior together with accept some pictures of every petty matter today.
The kitties tested the waters early on together with establish them cold.
Smitty, I used to alive out there. And I had some kittens too!
That's non thus bad, Sadie. I simply plough on my lasers to melt the snowfall every bit I walk. Nothing to it.
Oh, wow, Smitty. I never fifty-fifty thought of that. You're actually smart, Smitty.
Hm...I mightiness get got to endeavour that. Maybe I could scare upwards a snowshoe hare or something.
Smitty! That's non fifty-fifty funny! My lasers didn't work, together with I ran my battery downward trying!
Ha! I can't believe you lot vicious for that, Sadie.
Well, I'm simply gonna larn nether this quilt together with assist Mom run upwards on the binding. She likes it when I help. Things larn done thus much faster nether kitty power.
So piece I sat in that place stitching this especially wiggly quilt, the clouds were putting on such a pretty exhibit outside. This was the sentiment from where I sat.
And now...the BIG REVEAL!!! Feast your eyes on my submission for Project Quilting 10.3: Bigger Than a Breadbox. My quilt ends upwards at xviii x sixteen inches...well exterior the "breadbox" dimensions. I'm calling this quilt "Muskcat Love."
Here's how it looks from the back...pretty much similar the front, minus the, um, "stars."
With that finished, I stitched the adjacent inchy for the National Embroidery Month sampler.
That completes the exceed row. The blank infinite inwards the middle volition hold upwards for fabric, together with that volition larn inwards when the whole slice is finished.
With the roads thus treacherous out, it looks similar my planned trip to the grocery shop is off. And don't you lot know I'm completely bereft at the thought of staying dwelling together with sewing. There is some leftover soup for dinner, but I don't get got whatever crusty breadstuff to serve alongside it. That gave me an excuse to endeavour this No-Knead Crusty White Bread recipe posted on the King Arthur website recently.
So here's the thing: I got rid of my sourdough starters the other day. The loaves I've baked alongside them get got been sort of disappointing, together with I was tired of messing alongside the starters together with keeping them fed. I decided to larn dorsum to commercial yeast. This breadstuff dough is sort of interesting inwards that you lot tin strength out larn inwards upwards together with thus refrigerate it for upwards to seven days. According to King Arthur Flour, if you lot leave of absence it for seven days, it volition gustatory modality similar sourdough. And here's the other matter close it: this dough volition brand 3-4 loaves. So I mixed it upwards together with thus left it to ascent at room temperature for 2 hours.
After an hour, it had already risen this much.
After 2 hours, it was upwards to the four quart mark, together with that was when I position it inwards the refrigerator. Now, it'll remain in that place for some other 2 hours. When fourth dimension is up, I'll pick out handgrip of out a handful of dough together with allow it ascent on the counter exceed for some other hour. It gets a petty hazy from there...I'll ask to read the recipe again. But it volition bake for close xxx minutes afterward on, together with I'm hoping to get got a prissy loaf of breadstuff to consume alongside our turkey noodle soup tonight. The residuum of the dough volition simply remain inwards the fridge together with I should hold upwards able to bake off 2-3 to a greater extent than loaves during the week. I'll hold upwards certain to salvage plenty to bake after the total seven days to encounter if it actually does gustatory modality similar sourdough. Fingers crossed.
So today volition definitely hold upwards a stay-at-home day. I'll hold upwards baking breadstuff together with moving along alongside the Charm Stars. If there's time, I'll produce the xanthous blocks for the Pinwheel Pizazz quilt, the other RSC quilt for 2019. Also, I'd similar to at to the lowest degree larn a foremost on finishing the binding for the Emerald Isle tabular array runner.
Mike is working from dwelling today, together with I intend it's going to hold upwards a skilful day.