Got it started

Famous last words. Wish it were done is the other set of words. Because the seams are so wonky I had trouble deciding how to quilt this. I think it will lay fairly flat by the time I get done with it. Now I see why a professional quilter gets frustrated with customers quilts.

The quilting is going slow. To many stops and starts. I got two blocks and most of the stabilizing done last night. Then I had to frog stitch. You know "rippit". I had not gotten the pin basting real taut in the outer border and it was bunching. But I stopped and got that done last night.
I had to just use my dictionary. I am getting to be such a bad speller. Well back to the quilt. If I can do a couple blocks each day maybe in a couple weeks I will have it done. Wishful thinking. My days never go that smoothly. Something always comes up. Yesterday I started to clean my machine before I started and got interrupted by my neighbor needing a ride. Today I need to change the needle. It started to ping by the time I was stopping for the day. The fabric in the quilt hasn't been washed and the white is a form of sheeting and that fabric is always hard on needles. It is densely woven. Off to the work area and get started. Chris

I was a good girl and got something finished

I really had a talking to myself this morning. I decided I had been neglect in my sewing and I had to many things in the works and nothing finished. I have so many things started and almost finished so something got finished today. The borders are on the top and it turned out looking pretty good.

This top was to be for a couch sized quilt. Well it fits the top of a queen sized bed as you can see in the picture. Now I have to get it sandwiched and pinned. Which that maybe on hold for a little while. I need to get the star quilt done that my grandmother pieced and it is pin basted already. I feel like I got something done worth while today. This was a lot of dicing and slicing to get all the blocks done for this quilt. Chris

Not sewing with this coming

This is 5:12pm CST. where I live. This is facing the East and the wind is coming out of the North. Decided to shut the sewing machine off and as soon as I post this the computer is shut down also.They just keep getting blacker by the minute

This is facing East again with the sun to the west.

This is facing NE and it isn't doing anything but windy at this point.


In the garage Jeff is painting my wagon. He tore the old one apart and made me a new one.

I think it is so neat and it will look great with flowers in the back.
Stay safe. Chris

OMGosh I ate to much

I know I am nuts. 89*F and I had the oven on today. This is homemade red sauce. I raised the tomatoes and the peppers that were in the sauce. Also the flat leaf parsley. I cooked this for several hours to get the right thickness. Smelled so good while cooking.

I cheated and got the oven ready noodles for lasagna.

Got it all assembled and ready for the oven.
Decided on homemade Italian bread also. I worked at a hospital and we compiled a cookbook and in it a fella's mom worked at a pizza and spaghetti place in town that made wonderful Italian bread. So now I have the recipe and make my own.

It makes two fair sized loaves or three smaller ones. Great for the marinara sauce or just butter and eat it.

Here is the recipe. It is the top one Matt's Italian Bread. The other ones on the page are good too. Save it to your documents and it will be readable.

As you can see I had plenty. It is a nice texture bread. I made it with my dough hooks on my mixer.

Here is the dinner complete. It was delicious if I do say so myself. Comfort food. I have been eating a lot of greens and cutting back and I couldn't take it anymore. The house is finally cooling off. The oven was on for over an hour.
My husband even ate some of it. He can't swallow and has a feeding tube so I was lucky he got some of it down ok. He misses not having the taste of certain foods. Hope you had a good supper tonight. Chris

More color on a gloomy day

Japanese Iris. they are so delicate. They look like an origami project.

Red Penstemon They are Common to this area in the Midwest.

This is a clump of them. They do not totally die back in the Winter. The leaves stay red to green in color.

This is my first Bell Pepper. It is about 2 1/2 inches long. Yippppeeee!



Buttercup Day Lilly

No sewing yet. Made Spaghetti sauce and going to make Italian bread and Lasagna
. Chris

Where is the sun??

Got up and it is dark out for this time of day. We were to have bad weather last night and it never happened. Must have been around us. Well that means I need to water the garden today then. The heat yesterday was bad along with the humidity. So today I will turn on the lights and finally get to the sewing room to get the stabilizing of the quilt started. When the sun is out I find I can't go in that room. Not that it is a boring room or it is dark in there, but I have this thing about sunlight. I want to be out in the free air. I have had this reoccurring thought. When am I going to get everything done I want to as far as sewing goes?? My list gets longer and my ability to get it done is falling so far behind. When I was younger I would sew about 3-6 hours a day. Imagine the quilts you can get done doing that much sewing. I am floored at the amount of sewing others are getting done and posting on the blogs. Maybe it is my life style. I wake up early and have to go to bed early. Never have been a night person. My husband always says if you don't have it done by noon you are never finishing it. I use to work three jobs and sleep odd times and I got more done then. Maybe my age. I don't move as fast. Maybe my attitude. Maybe I realize there are other things in life that need attending. Who knows I sure don't . No priorities today, but get something started whether I finish it or not. Maybe some comfort food. I have been eating lighter and I am in a food mode. Well should be an interesting day I have no idea what I am going to do. Ever have one of those days? Chris

Load 'Em Up Move 'Em Out

This was a wagon we bought at a craft show years ago. It was made with planks from a 1920 Sears Barn kit. The planks were 20inches wide. It rotted all to heck in the yard over the last 9 years. Jeff kept the undercarriage intact and made a new box part for it.

Need to get some painting done on it now.

I can see some plants in the back of it and set out in the garden space behind the veggie garden.

It is longer and not quite as bulky as the original was. Chris