There was fourth dimension to mash inwards about other 24-hour interval of sewing yesterday. I went to operate sewing together zillions of bonus triangles collected over well-nigh 3 years' time. If you've read my post service from yesterday, together with hence you'll think these:
Oh my gosh...there are agency to a greater extent than triangles at that spot than I imagined. In my dreams, I thought I'd accept those all sewn together inwards well-nigh an hour. After 2 hours yesterday, I'd barely scratched the surface. It would hold out generous to tell I'm well-nigh one-third of the agency through the bag.
Of course, no sewing 24-hour interval is consummate without help from one's sewing cat.
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So the triangles are all dissimilar colors together with sizes. My approach was to start pulling them from the purse together with and hence sewing them into one-half foursquare triangles. Most of them were paired upwards amongst a contrasting color. Some were patently cutting from borders together with hence they were the same color. Some had no mates at all. But run upwards them together, I did, together with every bit I went along, I wondered how I was going to plow this into anything that makes whatever sense. It occurred to me that my root stride would hold out to form them into sizes. There are even hence many to a greater extent than to sew, but I did form yesterday's lot into sizes together with and hence stored them inwards sandwich bags.
This is ane of those wrist-killing projects because they'll all bespeak to hold out trimmed eventually. For now, I've merely trimmed off the picayune "rabbit ear" corners from the seam allowance. Also, I've given whatever quilt results from this mess a name: Triangulation. And I figure whatever quilt that has a advert is good on its agency to beingness finished! (As if.) So, this is clearly going to hold out a longer-term projection than I root anticipated, but at that spot it is. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 finished quilt begins amongst a unmarried stitch...or inwards this case, a unmarried one-half foursquare triangle.
There was also about slow-stitching yesterday. I'm having fun amongst the inchies, together with keeping upwards amongst them hence far. I'd traced yesterday's wrong, but managed to encompass my tracks amongst the assigned lazy daisy stitches together with French knots. No ane volition hold out the wiser, together with y'all won't tell, volition you?
The see was left opened upwards on this ane for a push to hold out sewn on later.
Okay, together with inwards the "What-did-we-order-from-Amazon-now?" category is this seed feeder for the wild birds. It's instantly suctioned to the window a dyad of feet away from the hummingbird feeder. So far, it hasn't attracted whatever birds, but my fingers are crossed.
Also this below. Now what's going on here? See that cat? And run across that truthful cat toy? And at the top of the icon is the couch on the dorsum wall of the RV. There was an inch gap where skittering toys went to die. Only, they didn't die. They lay at that spot calling to the cats. "Try to teach me now, Mr. Pussycat!" And seek they did. In fact, they tried hence difficult they were ripping upwards the upholstery on the couch.
We were spending one-half our lives lying on the flooring amongst a flashlight together with a broomstick handle, angling out toys to relieve the couch. So nosotros got the brilliant thought to gild a dyad of door draft stoppers, together with nosotros used the same broomstick handgrip to shove them nether the couch, effectively blocking escaping toys from entering.
It's working beautifully. There's to a greater extent than than ane agency to peel a cat...although no cats were skinned inwards this process. In fact, we've saved whatever cats from beingness skinned, because, believe me...we were considering our options inwards that regard.
In the "What's cooking?" category, I wanted to part a novel recipe I tried. When we're traveling, I'm ever on the sentinel for recipes that are piece of cake to make, don't brand a big mess, together with purpose upwards items inwards the refrigerator. On this trip, I brought a lot of nutrient purchased earlier nosotros left home, together with I'm even hence making my agency through it. There were several packages of gourmet cheeses, together with I didn't desire those to teach to waste. In particular, I had a hunk of Gruyere (which I come about to love), together with I was looking for a agency to purpose the final of that. Enter, these French Onion Grilled Cheese sandwiches. I'm borrowing the painting exhibit from the NYTimes to exhibit y'all how delicious they looked.
The recipe volition brand 2 sandwiches. I used ane whole yellowish onion, together with ane one-half onion retrieved from the vegetable bin. They were root sliced vertically. Slicing vertically makes for a sweeter onion flavor. It took well-nigh twenty minutes to saute the onions to a overnice golden brown. Then...and this is the genius of the recipe...the onions were mixed amongst the grated cheese hence that the cheese melted earlier it was added to the bread. Then, the sandwiches were grilled inwards the same skillet I used for the onion. I peculiarly liked their thought of putting the butter inwards the skillet, rather than smearing it on the bread. If you're a fan of French onion soup, y'all volition almost for sure savour these sandwiches. Also, I imagine y'all could purpose a dissimilar cheese if Gruyere is non your thing.
So today should hold out about other 24-hour interval similar yesterday. I'll teach dorsum at those triangles, together with I'll teach inwards about slow-stitching. Also, we've promised ourselves we'll go out for a walk today. The weather condition was hence mutual coldness on the root 2 days after our arrival that nosotros pretty much hunkered downwardly nether quilts. The by several days accept been lovely, together with the weather condition is looking adept for Erik together with Mae's visit. They'll teach inwards tomorrow. I desire to brand a salad for our cookout tomorrow. Otherwise it's going to hold out a mostly-sewing day.