As I was thinking nigh the championship for this post, I remembered that vocal from H5N1 Sound of Music...
High on a loma was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the vocalism of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
in addition to on in addition to on. And straightaway it's stuck inwards my head. And straightaway it'll live stuck inwards your caput too. Misery loves company, you lot know. You're welcome.
So what is all this verbalize of goats, you lot ask? Well, I made i yesterday. It's the lastly department for And On that Farm.
Without counting all the ways I loathe McKenna Ryan patterns, I'll exactly tell I was happy to receive got a lilliputian helper truthful cat every bit relieve for my wounds-to-come.
These ever start amongst making the backgrounds, in addition to this is maybe the most stressful part. I'm only provided hence much fabric, in addition to hence I don't desire to "F" up. Fortunately, no problems.
Next, I made this lilliputian duckling, in addition to that was like shooting fish in a barrel enough. I believe it volition receive got some beads for eyes in i trial the whole quilt is finished.
The caprine animal is asset a quilt inwards its mouth. The quilt was made upwards of large pieces. Here's the placement template from the pattern.
The placement template is really nice, in addition to I tin sack fifty-fifty come across it below my teflon pressing sheet. The employment is that the largest pieces are set downwardly first, in addition to and hence you lot can't come across placement of the remaining pieces.
My way of dealing amongst this is to draw a template onto wax paper, in addition to and hence purpose that to discovery my way.
And that went together fairly easily.
Next, I made the eyes. They are iv layers. I left that pivot at that topographic point hence you lot could come across the scale. The move past times pieces are tiny. Tweezers are a must.
And in addition to hence I got hence engrossed inwards making the residual of the caprine animal that I didn't fifty-fifty halt to receive got whatever pictures. I can't fuse downwardly the quilt or the olfactory organ slice until the whole quilt move past times is finished because it extends out into the borders. For now, I exactly set it out hence you lot could come across it.
The adjacent fourth dimension I operate on this quilt, I'll live sewing it together in addition to adding borders. The borders receive got to a greater extent than applique inwards them, in addition to hence it'll live a chip of a to-do finishing it off. That likely won't come about until the terminate of summer.
It was a fairly overnice morning time yesterday. I went out to fill upwards the plane feeders. The kitties are loving this needs-badly-to-be-mowed field. The grass is lush correct now. The cat-tle are grazing peacefully.
It would live a proficient fourth dimension for Molly the truthful cat to convey her pony up.
They proceed an oculus on i some other when they're exterior in addition to pass most of their fourth dimension together. Just every bit I snapped the moving painting below, Sadie walked out of the frame. She was sitting at that topographic point correct adjacent to Smitty in addition to they looked pretty cute together. He's nigh twice her size.
She's a mighty hunter despite her diminutive presence.
Also, I walked to a greater extent than or less in addition to took pictures of some of the blooming things. This is the same carmine tulip nigh the front end door.
There are a few coming upwards inwards random places to a greater extent than or less the yard. The carmine i is planted inwards a barrel, in addition to hence the critters don't bother it. Of the ones I planted inwards the ground, only white ones are left, the deer having eaten all the others. For some reason, they leave of absence the white ones alone.
These are growing inwards the barrel amongst the poppies I brought dorsum from Ireland.
They're covered amongst chicken wire to proceed the squirrels out, but the leaves are growing upwards through the chicken wire. We're going to cutting some larger holes to plough over the leaves some breathing room, but all the same pocket-size plenty to proceed the squirrels out. Now, receive got a aspect at this foliage. This moving painting was taken yesterday morning.
Already, I've determined that these poppies are biannuals, pregnant they demand 2 total seasons to bloom. Last twelvemonth was their start season, in addition to hence I'm expecting to come across bloom buds really soon. I aspect almost every day, in addition to hence far...nothing. Although I brought the seeds dorsum from Ireland, I was unsuccessful inwards getting mine started. Mae was able to instruct hers going, in addition to hence the seeds for these came from her plants. She said the leafage had changed afterwards the start year. So, I looked dorsum for some one-time pictures in addition to came upwards amongst this epitome from lastly summer.
And you lot tin sack come across that they've taken on a dissimilar shape. Interesting, huh? Now...bloom you lot guys! I can't hold back to come across them. I all the same receive got some to a greater extent than seeds, in addition to hence I'll travail to instruct some other circular going this twelvemonth hence that I receive got poppies every year.
It was a pretty relaxing solar daytime yesterday, despite the goat. Mike tried a pork loin inwards his Traeger grill, in addition to it turned out great. This was our dinner lastly night. The corn has our favorite Honey-Chipotle Butter on it. The pork merely had the Traeger prime number rib rub on it, in addition to and hence it was smoked in addition to roasted. Look to a greater extent than or less the outer edges of the pork, in addition to you lot tin sack come across the slightly pinkish "smoke ring." It was hence tender in addition to delicious. We had it amongst some of my homemade plum chutney, in addition to that was a tasty dinner...super like shooting fish in a barrel for me, in addition to for him too, if you lot desire the truth of it. He exactly form of throws the meat on in addition to forgets nigh it, monitoring it on his iPhone. What a marvelous earth nosotros alive in.
This morning, we're inwards a higher identify the clouds, in addition to we're expecting a dry out day. Rain should render to a greater extent than or less dinner time, in addition to hence it's likely a proficient solar daytime to move out for a walk.
Smitty is loving it. It's i of the start days when he's been able to receive got his favorite morning time nap inwards the sun.
Yesterday, I got started on the lastly of the Sundress blocks, in addition to hence I'll start at that topographic point this morning.
I'm guessing at that topographic point volition live fourth dimension for sewing inwards the afternoon, in addition to hence I'm starting a novel project...this one:
It's from this book:
Mine is going to live randomly scrappy, in addition to hence I'll live doing this the painful way of cutting each lilliputian 2-inch foursquare individually. You tin sack come across that the pump of each criss-cross of the Irish Gaelic chain has a pinkish in addition to xanthous "flower." There are also greenish squares inwards each corner. Except for those, everything else volition live cutting in addition to chosen randomly. The Irish Gaelic chain is likely my favorite traditional quilt block, in addition to I've wanted to brand i for a long time. My projects are ever broken downwardly block-of-the-month style, in addition to hence I'll operate on this a row at a time. There are 49 blocks, in addition to hence seven rows, summation the border. It'll likely receive got me nigh a twelvemonth to brand all the blocks.
Finally, at that topographic point are exactly a few days left to brand it on the depict for Smitty's Birthday Giveaway. Don't immature adult woman it. I've given you lot the link dorsum there. Thanks to all who receive got entered. I'm completely enjoying all the stories you're telling me nigh your dear pets in addition to grandpets. So glad I asked the question.
And now...on amongst slow-stitching. I'm checking the forecast, but I think a walk is inwards my time to come for this morning time too.