There was quilting too slow-stitching yesterday, too at that topographic point was also action inward the kitchen that I similar to mention to every bit my "little kitchen things." I'll present yous what I'm talking almost inward a minute. But first, let's receive got a footling stroll through the garden, shall we?
I'm nevertheless waiting for the dappled willow to create whatever it's going to do. Things got a outburst of unloosen energy when nosotros had almost 10 days of summertime weather condition at the showtime of the month. Now they seem to receive got gone dorsum into dormancy, too non much is happening.
What I intend is going to spill out is that these footling tendrils of novel increment volition teach longer too longer, creating the sprays of pinkish that I await to see. As they mature, they'll plough dark-green too tally the older foliage. I'm guessing now, but let's see if I'm right. We're going to receive got to hold off a footling longer to abide by out.
Our footling rose bush is covered inward buds. So far they've escaped the notice of the deer. It would survive overnice to teach some flowers because this rose is really fragrant.
There are some infant pino cones on i of the pino trees. There are likely to a greater extent than on the trees that describe the driveway, but this i is planted upwards about the house, too thus I pay to a greater extent than attending to it.
And too thus there's this. I'll likely teach erstwhile too teach out earlier it opens.
While I was outside, I picked some chive blossoms too started the chive blossom vinegar. This constitutes a "little kitchen thing." Little kitchen things mightiness survive defined every bit things that receive got a long fourth dimension to finish, but almost no hands-on time. To brand chive blossom vinegar, i picks an appropriate seat out of chive blossoms to fit inward one's container, whatever that mightiness be. Then they are given a proficient launder because they receive got footling bugs inward them that yous can't see. I utilization my salad spinner for that. Then, i puts them inward a drinking glass jug of some kind. Then, pour white vinegar over them to cover. You tin see that mine receive got floated inward a higher identify the surface of the vinegar here, but they'll sink downwards every bit they absorb to a greater extent than liquid. Then, yous seat it inward a cool darkish room too hold off ii weeks. After ii weeks, I'll strain out the solids too seat the vinegar inward bottles, too that footling trouble volition survive done for the year. (Pictures of the finished vinegar to come.)
Here's some other footling kitchen thing. I saved upwards all the things I've cutting off too peeled off the CSA veggies. To that, I added some half-dead vegetables from the crisper too some beef bones I've been saving up. I threw all that inward my stockpot too boiled the snot out of it. Then, I strained out the solids too boiled, too boiled, too boiled it some to a greater extent than to condense it somewhat. Then, I allow it cool too refrigerated it overnight thus that I could skim the fatty off this morning. Just earlier sitting downwards here, I poured it into freezer containers too straight off I receive got myself iii quarts of beef stock. Those volition become into the freezer for afterwards use. It's a proficient matter because I was downwards to my terminal quart from terminal year.
Usually, I exactly create veggie stock, but for this batch, I used the beef bones I've been saving up. Before the CSA flavour is over, I'll receive got a whole lot more. This is exclusively the beginning.
The exclusively other footling kitchen matter I did was to mix upwards some staff of life dough. It's been inward the refrigerator, too I yanked off a hunk this morning. It's rising downstairs every bit I write this, too I'll bake some staff of life afterwards inward the twenty-four hours today. I didn't receive got whatever pictures of this, thus you'll receive got to receive got my give-and-take for it. Of course, I'll present yous the baked staff of life inward tomorrow's post, too thus the proof volition survive inward the, um, staff of life pudding...only no pudding volition survive involved.
So then, I got busy amongst my quilting. I nevertheless needed to complete off the aeroplane beak, the tree branch, too the outer border. For the outer border, I did these roundy-roundy things. (As always, these are technical quilting terms, thus bear witness to proceed up.)
When the edge was finished, the quilting was finished, too I took it downstairs for its picture.
It's difficult to see the quilting from the back, but here's how that looks.
No cats were assisting me inward this process, but when I took it downstairs to run upwards on the binding, Miss Sadie showed up.
Whatcha' doing? Sewing?
Oh, this aeroplane looks delicious...and it's thus soft.
Removing the cat, I gave the quilt a dark-green binding.
There was a nearly-empty spool of dark-green thread. I figured I'd utilization it until it ran out, but when the binding was finished, at that topographic point was nevertheless this much thread left.
When I took it dorsum upstairs to start on the hand-sewing, I left Sadie here. She likes to convey her toys into bed amongst her. I'll admit, I did the same matter when I was her age.
By mid afternoon, I'd turned the foremost corner on the binding, too I'm really about turning the 2nd corner. Also, I'm nevertheless working on that same spool of thread. Perhaps it's a magic spool, too it volition never run out.
Okay, thus here's what nosotros had for dinner terminal night. In my ongoing holler for to utilization weird too unfamiliar vegetables, I made this Roasted Hot-Honey Shrimp amongst Bok Choy too Kimchi Rice. It isn't the foremost fourth dimension I've made this. I tried it for the foremost fourth dimension terminal year. The master recipe uses infant bok choy, which is a lot easier to utilization than the bigger heads. If yous click on the link to the recipe, you'll see how they prepared it. For my large adult-sized caput of bok choy, I only cutting off the root end, too and thus cutting the ease cross-wise into 1/2-inch broad pieces too and thus followed the recipe every bit written. This is genuinely quite delicious. Heck, I mightiness fifty-fifty yesteryear bok choy on purpose to brand it.
Mike is non a fan of kimchi, too thus I left it out of his rice. Also, no sesame seeds for him.
So that was a total day. Now, all of my monthly assignments are finished, too thus I teach to pass the residual of the calendar month on a novel project. It's from this book...
It's a bully book. The blueprint for the recently-finished Rainbow Jubilee quilt is contained therein.
The novel projection volition survive this Tile Works lap quilt.
For the black fabrics, I'm using these pretty fabrics Matthew brought me from Guatemala.
And then, for the white lattice, I'm going to utilization the homespun purchased late for that purpose.
Yesterday I spent some fourth dimension looking at the blueprint too seeing how the blocks are constructed. I genuinely intend it volition become together fairly quickly. I'm hoping to receive got the quilt laissez passer on finished earlier June 1st hits, too and thus I'll receive got to teach dorsum to the "meat too potatoes" of my sewing projects. I realize nobody genuinely cares whether I proceed upwards month-to-month, but it's my personal endeavor at appearing to receive got some discipline. Which reminds me...I postulate to brand the electrical current Tiny Tuesday block earlier I tin create anything else. That shouldn't receive got likewise long.
So, I receive got a fun too busy twenty-four hours lined upwards for myself, made fifty-fifty to a greater extent than fun yesteryear a surprise see from Matthew. He's flight inward (maybe already flew in) from Las Vegas too coming upwards hither to teach his van earlier driving it dorsum to Las Vegas too his novel home. Lyndsey (his roommate inward Guatemala) is picking him upwards at the airport, too thus I'll teach a jeopardy to come across her too. So far, we've exclusively chatted via Whatsapp piece they were both nevertheless inward Guatemala. Matthew volition survive inward Portland for several weeks, too he'll survive hither for our describe of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement weekend get-together inward June too. It's all proficient word on the describe of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement front.
And amongst that, I'm going to teach going on my morning's slow-stitching. Hopefully, I'll teach the primal finished today.