You mightiness nation it was a twenty-four hr catamenia of over-optimism yesterday. I idea it was going to larn warmer, but when I looked upwardly from my stitching, the snowfall was coming downwards fast in addition to furious.
The kitties were exterior for a few minutes earlier that. I caught Sadie only equally she took the mighty saltation to the "safe" business office of the deck.
It's a piddling similar beingness the start mortal to natural springtime into a mutual frigidity swimming pool. "Come on in! The water's fine!" you lot say, equally you lot stifle your chattering teeth. Smitty followed, but reluctantly.
We were all happier ensconced inward the warmth of the sewing room. And here's where I was overly optimistic again, thinking a finished flimsy wasn't out of the question. Good grief. I wonder who I had inward heed to sew together all those pieces together that were cutting the twenty-four hr catamenia before. There were vi of these:
17 of these...
17 of these...
17 of these...
seven of these...
seven of these...
in addition to seven each of these.
Phew! And that was a venture twenty-four hr catamenia of sewing. Today I volition truly start sewing it all together into a flimsy. Maybe today I'll larn it all finished.
So are you lot guys interested inward these low-calorie dinners from the diet? The 1 from final black was pretty good. This 1 is Spaghetti Squash Shrimp Scampi.
It was slowly plenty to brand it. You roast the spaghetti squelch in addition to and thus scoop out the "spaghetti." I hap to honey spaghetti squash. Fair warning, though. The recipe says to cutting it into rings for roasting, in addition to fifty-fifty my sharpest knife couldn't easily cutting through that difficult squelch outer shell. And I truly loathe scrubbing my ain arterial spray when it spatters the walls of my kitchen, don't you? I ended upwardly cutting mine inward one-half in addition to roasting it that way. The spinach in addition to shrimp were sauteed inward a piddling olive crude oil in addition to butter in addition to and thus the squelch added at the end. It made for a tasty dish. It takes most an hr to roast the squash, but in addition to thus dinner is laid upwardly inward only a few minutes. Asparagus is looking expert correct now, in addition to thus I served ours alongside a side of steamed asparagus.
This morning, nosotros finished upwardly the final of the inchies. The 2 remaining squares had fabric. Square #14 (Valentine's Day) had a piddling heart.
Square #3 had a piddling swatch of the same fabric. I used a real light-weight fusible on both to minimize fraying in addition to to concur them inward house spell I finished the stitching.
Here's the whole thing.
I cause got plenty scraps of the same stuff to add together a edge in addition to a back, in addition to and thus I'm going to paw quilt right away lines betwixt the squares in addition to plow it into a piddling doll quilt. So here's my query to those of you lot who know thus much to a greater extent than most paw quilting than I. To minimize bulk, I intend I'll purpose a slice of white flannel for my batting. What is the best thread to purpose inward this case? Quilting thread? Embroidery floss? Perle cotton? I'll in all probability larn to a greater extent than answers than I know what to produce with, but I'm bespeak anyway. What are your thoughts? We cause got a trip southward planned for afterwards inward the month, in addition to this volition brand a expert take-along project.
Today I'll move plumbing fixtures inward housekeeping chores betwixt stints of sewing, in addition to trying to larn the Tuxedo cats sewn into a finished flimsy. Yesterday taught me to lower my expectations, but I'm even thus hoping to larn it finished. Dinner is inward the boring cooker for tonight...a turkey thorax for hot turkey sandwiches...a household unit of measurement favorite. What's going on at your house today?