My solar daytime was filled amongst a bunch of dissimilar activities yesterday. I outset finished off the Appalachian Memories block. This is the "Spinning Star" block.
It's the ninth of 12 blocks. Here are all the blocks I select for this quilt thus far.
When that was finished, Smitty as well as I got out for a walk. We chattered at a few birds as well as squirrels as well as ate about grass. He was also nibbling at about dandelion greens. They're rattling nutritious, as well as you lot should ever swallow your greens.
While nosotros were out, nosotros checked on the peonies. They're all doing well. This is the largest thus far.
Also, nosotros noticed the cherry trees are budded out, but non flowering yet. I'm hoping the warm as well as dry out conditions forecast for the coming calendar week volition select them bursting into bloom.
Back inside, I started working at sewing together the bonus triangles. I'm arranging them past times size. The 2-3/4 inch sandwich handbag was bursting at the seams, as well as thus I moved those into a plastic shoebox. The residual nevertheless select enough of room. They hit inwards size from 1-1/2 inches to 3-1/4 inches.
Sadie was willing to assistance amongst the organization, but I discouraged her from this past times opening the clubhouse. I select an sentiment that's what she wanted anyway since she knows her organizational skills are non propurrly appurreciated.
The project of trimming HST's to size ever gives me tendonitis inwards my left wrist. Yesterday, I sewed these twenty at a time, as well as and thus trimmed what I'd done earlier sewing more. All-in-all, I recall I did at to the lowest degree 100. Still, at that topographic point is no dent inwards the bag.
I sewed a few to a greater extent than later I took that picture, but the handbag doesn't alter at all. I select an sentiment all the bonus triangles inwards the universe are flight into the sewing room as well as stuffing themselves into the handbag when I'm non looking. What practise you lot think? It alone makes feel when you lot realize that COVID-19 tin convey the entire planet to a standstill without ever showing itself. So, it follows that bonus triangles could live stalking the populace inwards the same invisible way...invisible except when they're within a zip-lock bag...which is similar their kryptonite...and as well as thus they tin no longer keep their cloaking capabilities. Not that my imagination is running away amongst me or anything. I merely recall nosotros tin never live also careful virtually such things. Bonus triangles, inwards particular, select ever seemed a picayune sinister to me. But, I digress.
Meanwhile, dorsum inwards the kitchen, I had breadstuff rising. When it came out of the oven, it looked similar this.
This is American Sandwich Bread, or manifestly one-time white bread, if you lot prefer. It's thus soft inside...like store-bought bread. It's made amongst whole milk, rapid-rise yeast, honey, as well as white breadstuff flour. You tin larn inwards a whole-wheat loaf past times using whole wheat flour. It's a rattling slow breadstuff to make, although I'm told yeast is difficult to come upwards past times these days. I'm nearly out of minute yeast, thus I'll live on the hunt for to a greater extent than the side past times side fourth dimension I'm out.
Today I'm roasting a turkey. Originally, nosotros were going to smoke the turkey for a household unit of measurement get-together, but that isn't happening now. Still, the turkey is thawed, as well as thus I'll roast it inwards the oven. I'm non doing the whole Thanksgiving thing...just a 7-layer salad, mashed potatoes, as well as roasted asparagus. It was supposed to live a dinner to celebrate Matthew's birthday, as well as thus he requested the 7-layer salad.
Also today, I'll start the mitt embroidery for the Dancing Chickens as well as Flying Pigs block, as well as larn dorsum to my bonus triangles if my wrist volition allow. I'm determined to larn them sewn together, fifty-fifty if they don't destination upwards inwards a quilt exceed merely yet. What's on your agenda for today?