thursday chat

OMGOSH!  the weather has been soooo wonderful....coool, breezy, sunny...it is totally invigorating!  lots of puttering type things going on as well as plenty of sewing action.  progress on the chookshed challenge...

they are a bit fussy and even tho 5 are done, there are 13 to go....but not today.  i met the august challenge by emptying the tote...

and this little quilt got finished...machine quilted with the new walking foot....went to the stash looking for binding and pulled out a piece i'd never seen, so it must have been gifted to me...was just right so thank you to the generous quilter!

waterfall got basted, another off the summer to-do list.....

it's down the home stretch on the dargate basket appliques....still mulling over ideas to use them now that have nixed the big quilt idea...once the baskets are finished applique, there is ONE thing left on the summer list....BASTE BOW TIE QUI!LT!   it's a biggie and will probably take 2 days or maybe one very long one....it just has to be done...

and because it's cooler i actually BAKED!  lemon shortbread cookies got turned out---tasted and approved!  

also a new dish, eggplant and tomato gratin.  can always use more good veggie recipes in my repertoire, and fresh, local is even better.  another taste test approved...the only salt in this would be from a sparse sprinkling of parmesan and small amount of bread crumbs...but portioned out very tolerable...

avoiding political news if at all possible....races have become personality contests and rhetoric, but saying things and making promises hardly ever fruitful.  the fairy tale 'emperor's new clothes' is always in the forefront of my mind...and there are few to step up and voice any real common sense to the voters.  and remember that old commercial?  promise her anything...but give her arpege?  well that is what politicians do...promise everything and give darn little...

too nice a day to dwell on bluster and kindergarten-style slurs...temps start to ramp up tomorrow back to 90 by monday...ick...good time to clean house!

monday report

usually end of august leaves me sad for summer's leaving but not this year...summer in the south sucks...period.  leaves me longing for this...

i tell people winter can be quite beautiful with crisp air, glistening snow on fields and trees, the bright sun lighting up the whole world but they aren't convinced...it is a nuisance driving and plans do get cancelled every other thing, but i miss the defined change of seasons and different vistas that just don't happen here.  we don't get any nice crisp autumn air either, summer just slowly morphs into dreary, quasi winter...

this weekend resulted in a flurry of different sewing things....first, baskets....down to 7, YES SEVEN!  pretty excited about that....also worked on the bathroom wall quilt squares...nearly completed...

these are from a sew along that got abandoned and stuffed away!  CAVEAT:  be careful when decluttering....LOL...a bit more organizing unearthed these....

the pieced stars that got made first....these plus the pieces given to me will suffice in a nice little wall piece for my bathroom.  course, nobody sees it but me but that's ok.   what else?

selvedges be gone!  no magic just some time with the machine and these are ready to become potholders...for what?  who knows, but done and that's a good thing.  and....

some orphan block sewing....sew along leftovers, these also got "found" in a drawer and just need some sort of a plan....still in the works as you can see...and weekend would not be complete without this....

another sort of abandoned project (sense the theme here???)....row by row, remember those?  i never went on a quest to get them all--not possible--but did garner a few and they, too, have been silently waiting for some attention....the time has come....one of my summer to-do things is to move this along.  no rush on it but at least in the works...

did some zooming with quilty pals friday and always good to have friends visit while you are in pajamas...LOL....cardio visit went very well, things improving so cardioman happy.  stocked up at farmer's market...mmmm delish!   with cooler, drier temps have been doing more walking outside but curtailed when it's humid.  

another monday, whole week to map out and see what can be crossed off the quilty plate.  apartment inspection next week so some housework must be done.  time to start the engine...have a blessed day!