getting ready for snow

like so many, this morning ran to store and fitness in expectation of a couple of days of hunkering down...might even get to a few house chores...friday was taken up with lengthy visit to cable company....budget demanded a downgrade and went from 125+ channels down to 25+ channels with only a meager $30 savings....cable company obviously designs viewing packages to benefit the company and never the consumer.   but did sign me up to save another $11 off my mobile service that necessitated a new (and FREE) phone, a new learning chore.  but they transferred all my stuff to the new phone and got it up and running......then to the machine!

the little sew along piece is ready to baste.....pulled out binding fabric as well to prep that

another jo morton print so naturally the colors match...will probably hand quilt, due end of may.  

then a little project for guild.  someone had given away this adorable chicks fabric and it came in handy for this little quilt.

there is enough for the backing as well....it'll be machine quilted for a quick and sturdy finish.....i'm  hoping these spring-like plaids will appeal to some little one....it's for an Easter giveaway.  

maybe now can get the folding table set up and start tying the scrappy plaid triangles....would be nice to start february with a finish!

winter day

a bit of snow overnite and icy this morning, so winter isn't quite receding...great sewing weather! after all my kitchen duties finished, went right back to phoebe and the stash....finished this small civil war flimsy, now in the hand quilting pile....

then moved on to the bea et cecile sew along project.....

started this with one idea--orange peels--and remembered these jo morton charm squares...then while pondering how to assemble, remembered this stripe print, also a jo morton, in the stash....thankful had just moved the stash onto bigger shelves, which brought it to mind.  this will be a small finish adhering to the 'curves' theme....the colors appear much brighter in photo than actual and will be hand quilted of course.  finish deadline is may--no problem at all.  i'd say one of the rules of quilting is to absolutely know your stash.  it certainly helped me in this instance.... also doing some giftie sewing than cannot reveal right now...

my group is up for vaccine but of course, there is none at present.  another resident here tested positive, the second so far.  holiday spike seems to be waning but alas, nowhere near back to normal anytime soon....

ho hum sunday....

and although i started the day with list as per usual, not many things got done....laundry yes...and some sewing and quilt related things....

needed 32 of each and did just manage to squeak them out of quarter yards....only a few scraps remain that went into the basket--could not bear to toss these lovely dutch chintz pieces...

and some of this....

2 borders are on and 2 remain to make and sew on....then it will be a flimsy....

saturday was an exhausting day with grocery pickup and put away, then made a huge pot of beef vegetable soup....lots of chopping etc. that obliterated nearly the rest of the day.   then today decided to make some artisanal bread....commercial varieties are loaded with salt, so it was the best alternative.  i do have a great cookbook for all sorts of artisan breads....first up olive rolls...i did notice the missing salt even tho the few chopped olives are somewhat salty....

and a small loaf of sun dried tomato/parmesan bread....

these will go great with my soup.  one package of yeast made both and pretty happy with outcome...my paternal grandmother was a pastry cook in a small hospital and after retirement baked constantly at home...always rolls, bread, biscuits, cookies, donuts, pies, cakes on hand....my job was donut shaker...LOL....

then what's better on a dreary sunday than a good whodunit?  nothing!

this author (aka jk rowling) has penned another great mystery (so far) featuring her detective, cormoran strike.  i've read the others... this one is a whopping 950 pages!  and no wizards in sight (so far).  just one of those disjointed kind of days where can't seem to settle on one thing or actually feel like doing any one thing....maybe pajamas will help!