Pretty much the whole twenty-four hours was spent quilting the Home & Heart quilt yesterday. By the terminate of my quilting day, it was finished. There were 3 blocks to complete up, in addition to thence I spent some fourth dimension consulting my friend, The Pinterest, for ideas nigh what to create inwards the border. Already, I knew I'd fill upwards inwards the nine-patch blocks equally I did before. For the pocket-sized sections betwixt the nine-patches, I did a stylized heart.
Before I become on, tin nosotros all accept a infinitesimal to experience lamentable nigh the hellscape of Smitty's life. He withal can't become outside, in addition to he's ready to commit furi-kari over it.
It was made exclusively slightly amend past times the chance to render drag for my costless motion quilting experience.
After giving the kitty some snuggles in addition to mentum skritches, I could larn on alongside quilting the border. The Pinterest in addition to I decided on this heart-shaped feather. It was only a slight alter from what I'd done inwards the sashings.
When the border was finished, the quilting was finished.
Here are a yoke of pictures taken from dissimilar angles, thence yous tin encounter how it looks.
And hither are a few pictures of the back.
The carmine binding strips are cut, in addition to thence I'll larn the binding sewn on past times motorcar today. There's also a novel Tiny Tuesday block, in addition to thence I'll larn that 1 finished too. Aside from 1 curt housekeeping chore, it's a by in addition to large sewing day. Also, it's a CSA pick-up day, in addition to thence the afternoon volition live on one-half taken upwards past times vegetable management.
Speaking of CSA veggies, terminal nighttime I tried something alongside 1 of my less-than-favorite veggies...the fennel. I've never met a candy I didn't like, unless it was licorice. Fennel is dancing awfully some the border of licorice inwards the thought of my tastebuds, in addition to thence I haven't constitute many ways to educate it that I like. Giada De Laurentiis has a pretty expert recipe inwards this Roasted Fennel alongside Parmesan recipe. So far, that's the exclusively agency I've constitute to similar it. However, my immature human being CSA members raved nigh this recipe for Fennel in addition to Sausage Risotto terminal year, in addition to thence I decided to order it a try. So this was terminal night's dinner, in addition to it was downright tasty. The not-fennel ingredients shroud the licorice season plenty to brand me intend it isn't there.
I deviated from the instructions only a little. Instead of using a dissever pan to educate the rice, I moved the sausage in addition to fennel to a bowl, in addition to thence finished upwards making the risotto inwards the same pan, adding the fennel in addition to sausage dorsum inwards at the end.
Today I'll live on trying some other stumper from the CSA, the kohlrabi. I conduct hold a recipe for making kohlrabi pickles. Since they conduct hold a cabbage flavor, it seems similar pickles mightiness live on something to try. Also, some other of my immature human being CSA members late posted a painting demo for slaw made from kohlrabi and fennel. It mightiness live on a agency to kill off 2 hard vegetables inwards a unmarried dish. I'll study dorsum afterwards on both.
This forenoon I'll create some slow-stitching, in addition to thence I'll create a picayune move inwards the garden earlier getting dorsum to my sewing. It's going to live on some other low-key day...my favorite kind.