What's For Dinner?

 This is football weekend so you definitely don't want to get out in the crazy traffic ,unless you're going to the game 😄so it was a clean the house kind of day ,for dinner I made sweet potato fries ,some people like salt some like sugar on theirs ,it's neither for me,I luv the natural sweetness that they have,buttered Brussels,pan seared steak cooked slow & easy lathered up with lots of butter & seasonings 

I think I'll chance a run to the store before the game ends ,come home & put on my pj's & call it a day with a good cup of coffee 

Read A Book Day & Today's Project

Today is National Reading Day ,I may take time to pull out a book when I retire to my bed tonight😄 going through pictures I came across one when Grace was a year old , she's five now & doesn't have time for reading as her life is full of adventures with her bestie Sadie 😄

Today is a rainy day,my favorite days for sewing,starting tomorrow my niece is coming to help deep clean the house so one more day to play lol today's agenda is closet purging & pretty hangers

 

There's plans later to go to Hobby Lobby with a friend depending on the weather,if it's a go, I'll grab some fabrics for pillowcases

A Tight Squeeze On The Oranges

 And I do mean tight! for this year's RSC (rainbow scrappy challenge) I had the bright idea to go big! like 12"blocks each month the new color is announced ,so far so good till I got to the oranges 🙆 the block I choose has (2) 6 1/2"squares (4)  3 1/2" squares, (16) 2" squares for each block,I squeezed out one layout but not sure if there's enough yardage in the scraps for another but I'll keep squeezing!🤣

16 Patch Top Finish

It's a PJ no housework kind of day ! throughout the day I worked on sewing the 16 patch blocks together & got them to the quilt top stage,at this point it measures out 53x69

I made a few potholders today as well,they just need closing up & some quilting on the top

I came across a quilt on one of the sites I follow & noticed the 16 patch block right off,I've never considered a white background but this ideal is calling me 😄

Slow Days Make For Slow Stitching

 Embellishing Ann & Andy for the journal 

It's September! Time for  Ryan's Case For Smiles ,their goal for 2024 is 40 thousand pillowcases 

I've always enjoyed participating in this wonderful cause, shipping can get expensive depending the weight of how many but oh so worth it but there is now a drop off an hour from me which I've made the drive last year & it makes for a nice little road trip, especially when the drop off is at a fabric shop! LoL

Along with my slow day was taking the extra grilled chicken that I'd cooked yesterday & made broccoli pineapple chicken ,I didn't have cornstarch to thicken the sauce but that didn't stop it from being good!

More Quilting Decisions

 Kate's lastest quilt of The Last Homely House is  bear claw blocks sashing with bright green🤔it looks great but that's out of my comfort zone but I do want to venture out "just a little" from the same ole same ole, so I bought 5 yards 🤣 I don't want to cut into it not knowing which direction it'll go 🤔back to the store?🤣 Just kidding ,so I pulled it up from the bottom to try to get an over all visual, so sashing  or backing only? decisions decisions 😄

Sunday Inspiration