A Day Of Pillows,Good Eats & Sweet Potato Pie

The morning starting early with sweet potatoes baking & beef tips & gravy going in the crock pot

I spent another day with my friend Ree , today I helped her fold & package up the rest of the curtain panels that she'd finished & stuff pillow forms made from the finest cotton then getting those into the pillow covers,I felt like I was in a factory 🤣

I'd called her before I came & asked her to make cornbread ,she makes the best buttermilk cornbread! I brought some home with me! 😄I made us beef tips,rice,creamed corn, English pea salad & sweet potato pie, we watched a movie while we ate 

We bout got to full to work 🤣 

This is the house that she's custom making all the window treaments for

she will continue with more window treaments this week ,I went with her way back when she went for measurements ,it is hudge & gorgeous! 

Hope all of you are having a beautiful weekend

20 Blocks In But Still So Many To Go

 Once I get the same amount of filler blocks I think Ill be half way there lol

With the 20 today gives me a total of  149,for a full size I'll still need around 300 , I was cutting  1 1/2 long strips & sewing them in rows of 3 & cutting them in 3" strips

but I discovered they turn out more accurate if cut strips  in 1 1/2 x3's & sew together

Then cut those in half

Then construct the blocks 

more time consuming perhaps but I think I like it better that way,lunch was light with an egg salad club & sweet tea

 

The blocks measure out to 3" , I'm  undecided whether to lay them out on point or just a regular 9 patch layout, I've also pondered the thought if taking it & having it put on the long arm since there are sooooo many blocks & sooo tiny 😄 I don't think I want to quilt 400 blocks lol

Prepping For A Sew Day

 I had plans for day of sewing at our local little fabric shop ,what they call sit & sew  where you work on what ever from 10:30-2:30 with a break for lunch,turns out Im the only one that signed up 🤣 she called giving me options, come sit with their evening sewing class, credit toward the next sit & sew or toward a purchase 

I laid out a few fabrics to make more blocks in the morning 

I originally was going cut out strips & be ready to sew them together to create the 9 patches but since I'll be home I'll just cut as I go but from 10:30 - 2:30 I'll be be in the sewing room working the same as if I was there 😁

Don't Worry! Just Sew!

 Send the bost! 🤣 It has been a continuous trenchial down pour since daylight ,it eased up for about 30 minutes & back again ,my yard is turning into pool lol 

So I won't worry about where I can't go or what I can't do, I'll just sew!  🤣

Make some rainy day comfort food,grilled chicken,chicken broth orzo pasta,black beans,cheese

A Little Laneigh Sitting On A Rainy Day,Bird Watching,& Quilting

The morning started early with Grace 🐕 needing to go outside at 3:30 I told her she was an hr early waking me up 😄 we'd had light wind & more rain causing what I thought was a snake on the fence

At  3 am sure looked like a snake to me ,my lens finder on my phone even told me it was a snake ,animal control was useless as they keep business hours so I called &woke my nephew up ,he got here in about 15 min walked right up to it ,& said I knew it was a stick 😄 now that is love to come out at 3am to get a stick off the fence!🤣

I proceeded to make my coffee & have my bible time ,had breakfast & worked on the green quilt, cleaned a little bit , worked on the quilt some more,Im determined its going to be on my bed this weekend 😄 Im luving all the little pink stitches!

The wooden tv tray is perfect if you don't have a quilting frame & takes up less room, I prop my feet on the bar across the bottom lol

later I had dinner on the layneigh watching the birds & noticeing in spite of the rain trying to turn my back yard into a pool everywhere I looked there was still beauty 

Knowing the rain was coming back ,against my better judgement I fed the birds again 😄

And now its pouring down rain again so guess I'll  get some more quilting done,I should work on the rustic one tomorrow as I've neglected it for the last two weeks lol it has its own little corner in my bedroom , when its getting late but Im not tired & decide to work on it I shut down the house making dure doors are locked,lights out & sit in my little corner & work on it till I'm ready for bed which is just 2 steps away🤣

Sunday Inspiration

 

A Girls Day Out For One

 Its been way too long since I've had a day out of just enjoying being out ,no rushing ,just embracing the day & taking care of simple needful things,it has been seems like 20 years since Ive bought new pillows ,I've been sleeping on 2 flat pillows way to long lol so with Target being my first destination I finally bought new pillows 

New baking sheets,this set has 3 sizes, I like the small one,it will come in handy when I make up my small batch recipes

Then treated myself to a Carmel flapphichio then Moseied on over to Home Depot where they were handing out free popcorn so that took care of lunch 🤣 then on to Walmart ,picked up a packet of morning glory seeds, I'd seen an idea to have them in a handing basket as opposed to climbing ,cant wait to see how this turns out

bought two new herbal teas to try,tried the chamomile lavender after dinner,it leans more towards the chamomile but still has a good taste,Im hoping the peach will be good as well

I rolled out the last of the flat bread dough I'd made yesterday & made a chicken pesto pizza 

picked up a few things for my friend Ree & checked on her , I had Hobby Lobby on my mind for threads but I done got tired😄 a simple, diddle  daddle day but a good day ,I think I should give myself a girls day out once a month🤣

Tote #2 Finished,Boxed & Lined

 It has been a good day weather wise but can you believe more rains due to come in this weekend? I finished up the flamingo tote bag boxed the corners & lined it with a pink polka dot cause that's what I had 

the lining is a little long but an easy fix but for now it's done ,for lunch I made flatbread & cooked a steak on low in a flat griddle skillet seasoned with butter,pepper,garlic,paprika,tyme& dill& made a steak sandwich

I luv my little red pitcher,its just the right size for using 1 family size tea bag ,i don't make tea often but when I have a taste for it this is my go to pitcher

I made tea cakes ,I didn't know that the biscuit cutter would produce such big cookies 🤣

Here is the link if you'd like to make flatbread,I patted the dough out with my hand to about the thickness of a biscuit 

https://old-site.uucm.org/2020/03/20/navajo-flatbread/

Flamingo Tote Take Two!

 The first go around I sewed the fronts & backs together🙆 no way am I unpicking all that quilting so nothing to do but recut,this time  I remembered the extra piece for the backing,this piece will not  be seen as it will be in between the lining 

Almost finished 

I tried to be the clock but it's one minute till midnight so see you in the morning 🤣