how the chapters in our lives change.
It has been what seems like a
long time since I posted. I will not try to bore you with all the things that I
have been up to, hopefully just a semi
quick recap.
Easter came and went. Was upset
we didn’t get to go to church because Lar was sick and wasn’t having company to
use this:
I finally closed the shop last
Sunday and moved just a few things to the house:
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| Organ was there (haha) |
Before I started shampooing the
carpet at the shop (because I had to wait till 1:30 to pick up the shampooer)
my friend and I went to see the ‘Dear Jane’s’ exhibit at the local Taber Museum
in Williamsport. This group of women (one of which is a local designer Judith
Youngman) started by getting together and quilting much like my BS group! I was
able to get so much inspiration from these ladies. The cradle in the picture is
dated 1850.
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| so we can do this one with the 'scraps' |
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| Think we are starting with this one |
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| Woolie |
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| Minis |
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| In cradle. |
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| I like the red one at top. |
So in order last weekend: I went
to a quilt show, started shampooing carpet, got up Sun. and finished shampooing
carpet, than last minute Lar wanted to go to an Indian artifact speech.
WHAT no sewing again?!?
It was very
uninteresting because the speaker could not give a comprehensive speech. The
only saving grace to this time was afterward we got to go through the
Montoursville Museum. I was pleasantly surprised by:
I was able to finish the 'Stars and Stripes' quilt
that our BS group made ‘kits’ of at our 2011 fall quilt retreat. We went to Verna’s and
bought all the fabric to piece the top for 6 ‘kits’. Came back to Mel’s and
spent the rest of the day cutting and packaging. I think I am the third one to
finish. I quilted this on my home machine and sewed 13 stars in the quilting. I didn't notice until it was finished that when I took a picture that I do not like that bottom piece of fabric. Next time I will try and look through my view finder before I sew it together to see if everything is where it is supposed to be.
Oh well, no one will notice it driving past my house looking in the window going 60mpg.
When I start my pineapple quilt I
am thinking of sewing pineapples in the quilting. What do you all think?
Lar went to the spring Carlisle
spring car show and came home with this toy:
See the little red and blue lighter thingy in the left top corner? It's a baby drone.
I have one more week of work
before I am off for about 2 months. Since I have literally had no time to clean
for a very long time I decided to start my house cleaning. I started with the
‘recipe’ cupboard which took 4 hours! (I didn’t expect that amount of time) I
went through all the recipes I had ripped out of magazines, newspapers, hand
scribbled ones from friends, etc. and looked at the dates. (Sorry no before picture, still ashamed of what the mess that came out of the cupboard looks like.) I had magazines that were not reopened since I got them from 2002! (Yes I did some cleaning since 2002) I sorted
everything making piles of to recycle, to file, and to try.
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| All came out of cupboard, what a shame. |
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| 4 hours later! |
I did try a ham and pasta
recipe I found in the 'to try' pile which I altered a bit because Lar can’t eat garlic or onions:
To the cooked pasta (I used
penne) I sautéed ham, tomatoes, peas, basil, lemon juice, and capers. It was so
good I will definitely be making this again!
Are you tired of your bananas ripening before your ready to eat them? I was tired of freezing my
bananas because they ripened so fast and saw this on www.somewhatsimple.com. ‘How to keep
bananas fresh.’ I tried it and it does
work. If you can’t eat a bunch of bananas when you buy them, break apart and
wrap the ‘stem part’ with plastic wrap. The bananas stay longer!
Have a great week!
D.G. L
