“Spring’s Song” is off the longarm, and the quilting in lime green looks so pretty.
This quilt is now trimmed and bound, and I’ll start sewing the binding at night. Look how pretty the backing is with its trees in spring green.
The design wall is once again…FULL of fun projects–organized from the piles on my cutting table: strips of bright solids, a pile of fabrics and a quilt pattern, and print strips waiting to be cut for desired blocks.
On the left is the almost finished top made with Bonnie Hunter’s 2025 Leader/Ender block “Four Patch Fun.” More stash scraps are getting used. I am aiming for 60 by 60. The light and dark braids that form are visible now.
Here’s a link to Bonnie Hunter’s 2025 leader/ender block pattern–scroll to get to the printer friendly link.
2025-leader-ender-challenge-four-patch.html
The long rows growing in the middle of the design wall are from leftover fabrics and cut block parts from a Tara Faughnan early The Color Collective quilt project called “Stacks.” I had a lot of leftovers that I put in a big plastic sack when I moved from Maine. This project goes back to the first Color Collective, in 2019 I think. I’ll make a smaller quilt and then call it a day on this project. The first quilt was big and was gifted as a family wedding present. *It feels good to be moving this bag of fabrics out of the stash.
The solid bright improv log cabin type blocks are 14 inches and are using up solid strips and fabrics. It is so cheerful! A lap quilt would need to be at least 4 blocks wide and maybe 5 long–which I will do as I don’t need another wall hanging.
The 4 rectangle blocks above the log cabins are just improv play with the leftover solid log cabin pieces–and longer ones too. Who knows what will happen here, if anything. I’ll just keep on playing.
It’s been hot here off and on, but overall this summer has been cooler than summers for the past two years. July is the hottest month here. I would have thought August would be hotter, but data says no.
I’ve been able to eat on my wonderful screened porch for all but a handful of these summer days. And the other day I had some hamburger and thought I had not made a stir fry in some time.
So this pan of goodness happened–and fed me for two days.
As you all who read this blog know, I cook by what I have on hand. And this stir fry contained summer sweet onion, sweet red pepper, some carrots chopped into small chunks that will cook quickly, some garlic, and a mixture of “Italian” dried herbs. I added my bunch of kale torn off its stalk and roughly chopped when the firmer veggies were soft. I added the handful of frozen peas that were the last in a bag with the hamburger.
I sauteed in beef tallow and added the kale when the veggies were getting soft. When the kale was wilted, I added the frozen peas and the hamburger and just turned the mixture until the hamburger was lightly cooked to pink. (I don’t like overcooked meat as the nutrients get killed.)
This day was an indoor eating day, sadly. The fruit is ripe canteloupe.
I’ve been trying to lose weight to hit a long-term goal for me, so I’ve cut all starchy carbs for the moment. And I seriously control the amount of fruit I eat twice a day. This morning I saw a number on the scale I have not seen in years.
I was very excited!
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