Hot Day Ahead

The weather has been lovely this summer...a little cooler than some summers, with a few hot days sprinkled in. It's supposed to get hot the next few days. We're at about 1,400 feet of elevation, and so it's always about 10 degrees cooler on our hill than it is in the valley. Still, I'm expecting this to be a day for the A/C. I'll be getting out early to do my gardening and watering. There are probably more beets to harvest, and I'll want to make another batch of pickled beets. The pickling will wait, though. Today is going to be a sewing day. 

Having so many appointments the past week has made me lazy when I'm home. Is it just me, or does it seem especially tiring being out in these COVID times? Fortunately everyone was wearing a mask yesterday. While I was trying to choose new frames for my glasses, there were two women who seemed to be everywhere at once. Certainly they were everywhere I wanted to be. I considered killing them, but then just stood back and waited for them to GTFOOTW. (Expletives in that acronym. I won't say any more about it.)

So anyway...I took my cue from the kitties when I arrived home yesterday afternoon. Here's what they told me to do:

They were quiet while we discussed this.

So I just did what they did. Kitties are excellent sleeping companions.

Before I left for my eye appointment, I turned the third corner for Tuxedo Tales.

When I woke up from my nap, it seemed like a good dose of sugar was in order, and so I baked a Dutch Apple Pie for two. This was from some apple pie filling I made last year. Yum.

While that was baking, I finished off the binding for Tuxedo Tales. And that, my friends, is a finish. I started this quilt back in January of 2017.

Here's how it looks from the back. Please ignore the sock-footed photographer.

This was my goal for August's:

so I'll link to the party at the end of the month.

My slow stitching rotation is taking me back to the big stitch hand quilting on Mulligan Stew. I'll stitch another side of it from corner to corner. This is my oldest WIP, having been started in 2013. One of these days, I think I might actually finish it. 

After that, I'll need to get outside and do some gardening before it gets too warm. After that, I'll be spending the afternoon in my cool basement sewing room where icicles will probably be forming. Finishing off a project often kills my sewing mojo temporarily, but I have some ideas about the challenge quilt for "The Sea" prompt. It kind of fell into place for me last night, and now I'm excited to get started. More later, but the reveal won't be until November. Sorry...it's as hard for me to wait as it is for you. 

Stay cool, my friends. And remember, fall will be here soon enough.