Good morning, my friends. The great tomato extravacanza has come to an end. Since I did no canning last year, the empty jars have been stacking up to an alarming height. It was good to put some of them back to work. When all was finished, there were 10-1/2 quarts of tomato sauce and 7 pints of salsa. That should hold us for a while.
While I was waiting for those last jars to process, I was able to finish up the stitching on the Sashiko piece. Here's your peek. Any guesses?
Now I need to decide how to finish it off. I've trimmed it close to the stitching. Probably I'll use the solid gray below for a stop border. After that, I'm not exactly sure what to do next. I'll use one of the two blues on the left for an outer border. The gray batik on the right could be a back or a binding.
I'm still mulling it over.
Knowing I had nothing to stitch this morning, I traced June's block for A Year in the Garden.
These are the blocks I have for this quilt so far:
There was time to start on the stitching while we watched the news last night.
I'll pick it up there this morning. Also on today's agenda...plenty of R&R...but there are still some things I need to do. For one thing, I want to get back to my Bowflex workouts. I've returned once since we got back from our trip. Today I'll increase the resistance a little bit. My first attempt was ridiculously easy, but no achy joints afterward. I'll continue to increase the resistance conservatively. Also, there are a couple of easy housekeeping chores to finish today.
Mainly, I want to get busy making the ninth block for the Merry, Merry Snowmen.
It'll be good to move this project along to the "Quilt Tops to Finish" list.
So that's a full day, but I'm going to take plenty of time to relax. Our weather has cooled off significantly, and we're expecting quite a bit of rain this week. I want to weed the herb garden again, but I'll probably hold off for that soft, wet soil next week. Fall weather is approaching, my friends. I'm looking forward to it.
4 comments:
Nice to fill those shelves! Construction has finally started on my place - men and women hard at work (yes, a woman is driving and delivering the concrete!)
Mount Fugi? We returned home yesterday after 51/2 weeks away and, you’re right, fall is definitely in the air!
Great work dealing with all those tomatoes.
You've been busy. So glad the tomato project is done for the year and you can get back to all the stitching stuff. You have some fun projects in the works.
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