Completion!

The two baby quilts I'm donating are completed as of tonight!

I chose green binding to bring out the leaves on the flowers for the girly quilt. It's backed with the same blue flowered gingham. You can barely see my machine quilting - it's a stitch my former quilt group leader called "Wild Woman". I think it's fun!

The boy quilt is backed in navy blue and bound at the edges with red quilt binding (I'm trying to use up old supplies and the binding was 'on hand').

**I'm going to put my feet up ... I have no ankle bones or veins in my feet today. I thought that was only supposed to happen in HOT weather.

Thursday DayLook - August 28

For Today: August 28, 2009

Looking out my back porch... the weeds are taller. The soybean field is still growing and green. We’ve started to pull up some of the spent vegetable plants in the Square Foot Gardens. The tomatoes are a complete jungle – I’m not sure if I could find ripe tomatoes, even if I was looking!

I am thinking... how peaceful it is when the kids are outside and … my chai tea treat tastes very good.

I am thankful for... quiet afternoons and ripe peaches.

The produce Angelina, Graham and I picked today.

Peach Crisp - dessert after supper tonight.

From the sewing/craft room… I should venture in and complete those quilts. The Warm & Natural 100% cotton batting arrived on Tuesday, so all the supplies are on hand.

From the school room... I’m really excited for our ‘real’ school year to begin after Labor Day. I am in the process of making Schultütes; the poster board cones are made and I’ve been purchasing little surprises on my trips to town.

From the kitchen... Yesterday, the kids and I went to Jamestown and purchased three lugs of peaches. Two of the lugs are in the refrigerator to slow their ripening and one is on the counter for immediate eating. Angelina and I made a peach crisp for tonight's dessert.

I am reading... I’m still reading a bunch of different books: Introduction to the Devout Life, genesis, How the Reformation Happened, From Tyndale to Madison, It’s So You!, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. None have been finished as of yet.

I am hoping... that I can work up the nerve to get through my phone calls by the end of the week. Have I mentioned my dislike for miscellaneous phone calls??

I am hearing... the hum of the grain dryers on the other side of the wheat field and an intermittently screaming Graham as he walks toward the house. Undoubtedly, someone is not ‘waiting’ for him to catch up.

State of the house… pretty clean, although the laundry room needs a visit.

A successful moment… Dash cleaned and de-stemmed a whole 2 gallon bag of beans from Grandma Golden Acres.

A few plans for the rest of the week…
1. I’ve been watching the plum trees in Grandma Green Acres’ tree row since mid-July. The plums are finally starting to turn and may be ready to pick on Saturday. I have a hankering for plum jelly.

2. Can peaches and blanche/freeze green beans.

3. A bit of baking for a bake-sale fundraiser this coming weekend.

A look at my day, in pictures...

Frustration!

There's a cricket somewhere in the basement. The darn thing is LOUD! ... and I cannot find it's location.

The kids' science project for tomorrow:

FIND THE CRICKET, then crush & flush.




UPDATE: The noisy cricket was found and flushed early in the morning. It was being loud while the kids worked on subjects ... they couldn't stand the noise, either!

Crazy Weekend!

I'm exhausted ... still ... but slowly recovering.

I left mid-morning Thursday for Fargo. I had a bunch of errands to complete (I got them all done!) by noon and then took a friend out for lunch at Green Mill. We visited late into the afternoon. I had one last errand to run and then met my sister for supper at Buffalo Wild Wings. That's her favorite restaurant, so I knew she'd enjoy it. The meals at both restaurants were enjoyed by yours truly - huge treat!

Jules, my sister, and I were both in town for a meeting later that evening. I advise a college women's fraternity, and my sister is joining the group as an advisor, too. It'll be fun to see her about once a month during the college year. We stayed over-night at our brother and SIL's home.

Friday morning, my sis and I shared a breakfast of Chai Tea and McDonald's breakfast biscuits (she's a bacon, egg & cheese ... I prefer sausage, egg, & cheese). Yummy treat for both of us. Afterwards, she headed home and I headed to our homeschool group's booksale for set-up and food prep. The sale began at 3p and lasted until around 7p. I left early to get ready for a birthday meal with my hubby and friends at Santa Lucia's. We had a wonderful time visiting and enjoyed appetizers, salads, main course and desserts. It was my hubby's 40th! The kids stayed at Grandma & Grandpa Green Acres while we treated ourselves to food, friends, and an overnight stay in Fargo.

I'm not a very good blogger ... I brought my camera, but didn't take a single picture. Sometimes the memories are better than a picture.

The book sale continued on Saturday morning, so I headed back over about 8a and Eric headed back to the farm, hopeful that he'd be able to harvest (that was a no-go). The book sale lasted until 1:30;, then the clean-up began. While we sold a LOT of books, there were many left to be sorted and boxed. The clean-up was completed by about 5p. I left and headed to the grocery store for one last errand. I picked up supper for the road and left town about 5:40p. I was very glad to arrive home.

I've been putting my feet up a little, but we are expecting company tomorrow so there's cleaning to be done.

Wordless Wednesday - Yesterday's Garden Pickings

Inching toward completion

Found a few other projects in the sewing room... I've had squares cut and arranged for these two baby quilts for two years. They will be done and donated before the baby arrives! The fronts are completed; I've ordered the batting (50% off coupon for online orders) and am just waiting for it's arrival so I can fill, back and bind. I've chosen backings and bindings for each, so the last few steps will go quickly (as long as I'm able to find the time).

I'm not afraid to combine knits, flannels and cottons so these are a true mix of texture. All the fabrics are left-overs from projects I've sewn. Quilts are a great way to 'recycle', if you know what I mean. The best part, in my opinion, is creating a pattern with the available squares. My goal is to always use the most squares in the most creative way possible!

The Boy Quilt

Airplanes and Peanuts

The Girly Quilt

Blues Clues, Pink Flannel, and a pretty Floral Gingham Border