A Journey of Many Inches

Good morning, my friends. It's a blustery day at the Three Cats Ranch. We were expecting rain. No matter the forecast, the wind always surprises me. Our winter was relatively mild, and so we got lucky with this unusual stay-at-home year. As of today, it will be 7 weeks until we head out for Alaska. We have dinner scheduled next week with two of our neighbors who will be keeping an eye on the place while we're gone. We'll be giving them keys and teaching them to use the alarm system. It's probably safe to say that we've reached the point where the trip will be gaining on us fast. I only offer this up as a suggestion that you start making your packing lists if you're going with us.

My morning started with me taking the first stitches on the third of three blocks for "S" is for Sew.

When I had it that far, I stopped and did my Bowflex workout, and then my one housekeeping chore. There was more going on yesterday, but I finished this up while we watched the news last night.

Here are the six blocks I have for this quilt so far. There are three more, and then I'll be ready to sew it into a finished quilt top.

Also, I went to work hand-sewing the binding for Jericho Walls. This will be a journey of 324 inches. I'm going to estimate I've done about 50 inches so far. There's still a long way to go.

From there, I headed into the sewing room. I needed to add two more windmills to the open section on this border. The book only gives me a picture of one side of the quilt borders, and so I'm on my own with placement now. I have an idea that section on the left should only have had one windmill. It looks a little crowded, but it doesn't matter. 

When they were stop-stitched, I could sew all the sections together. This is about half finished now.

I was getting ready to make the next section(s). The one on the right will need two more windmills. There's a little piecing that will go at the bottom of that strip, but then it will be ready to be sewn to the right side of the quilt.

Checking the clock, it was time to stop for the day. I had a new soup recipe going in my slow cooker. It started with 2 lbs. of boneless skinless chicken breasts and cooked all day in some broth and tomatoes. I needed to shred the chicken and add some more ingredients, and Voila! Dinner is served. 

This is Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortellini Tomato Soup. It was very easy to make, and a good choice for a rainy day. It's easy enough to make in the RV, and so I'll be adding that to my list of camping recipes.

And that brings me up to this morning. My next stop is to start on April's block for the "Sewing Room" quilt. This is a free BOM from Jenny of Elefantz. There will be three pieced blocks that go along with this when it's finished. They usually take me a day or two to stitch.

These are the blocks I have for this quilt so far.

The rest of my day will include a walk on the treadmill and my usual one housekeeping chore. (All work and no play, you know....) Also on today's agenda is to bake some more of the Original Ted Lasso Biscuits. We can use some good Ted Lasso energy around here. Did you know there's a new season of Ted Lasso in production? And if you have no idea about Ted Lasso, no worries. We were late to the party too. Still, it's a great feel-good show. If you get a chance, it's worth watching. The biscuits have very few ingredients, but lots of butter. The butter is warming to room temperature as I'm writing.

Also, I'll make some progress on the binding for Jericho Walls. I expect to be working on that for the next several days. And then, I'll get back to the borders for The Story of My Day. I should finish the right side border today, and then I'll get a start on the top border. Slowly, but surely, I'll get it finished.

With all that going on, it's time to get moving. Have a good day, Everybody!