Sewing for Chicken Feed

It was a busy day yesterday. I spent the morning in the kitchen cooking up our Easter mini-feast. After lunch, I was able to make it into the sewing room to finish up the second quilt in my "trashy" series. The center portion was already sewn together. I had in mind to sew four borders to bring it up to a nice snuggle quilt size. First, I found the same off-white solid used in the nine-patch blocks and made a narrow border from that. The red and black print was used in a table runner some years back. I'll use it for the binding on this quilt too.

Then I added one more narrow off-white border. For the final border, I found this chicken fabric in my stash. It was purchased on the day I toured the quilt shops of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with my friend Robin.

With the addition of the chickens, the quilt measures 46 x 54 inches. I've decided to call this quilt "Chicken Feed." I tried pulling something from my stash for the back, but didn't really like any of the choices. So, I went on Fabric.com and found this one called Chicken Feed, and that seems just perfect.

The confirmation email from them says they won't ship until around May 12th. It was interesting how far out they are with their orders. That's fine with me, I won't be ready to sandwich this quilt until I've finished all the current quilts on the quilts-to-be-quilted pile. 

There were no kitty helpers in the sewing room yesterday. They were too busy out on their catio enjoying the sunshine. I tapped on the window to get Smitty to look in my direction, which explains all the spots on the glass. Kind of looks like I put one of those filters over him to demonstrate his sparkling personality.

We were ready for dinner by that time. We started with our deviled Easter eggs.

And then moved on to the main courses. This was a pretty easy dinner. It was a Flame Craft ham, and so I just heated it up. The beans were cooked all day in my slow cooker. The coleslaw was from one of the bagged mixes.

We kept it pretty low-key, but we enjoyed every bite.

Today is the day I set aside to begin quilting the Pansy Mosaic. Since it sat folded for months in the quilts-to-be-quilted pile. I've been giving it a period of relaxation draped over my sewing chair. By now, it should be rested up enough for its acupuncture treatment.

I haven't done anything in the garden for several days, and so I want to get out and start cleaning up the culinary herb garden this morning. Our weather continues to be beautiful, and so I'll get out and enjoy it while I can.