I spent Saturday morning (1/4) in the kitchen, making regular bread:
and cinnamon bread:
I have not made Michael cinnamon bread in FOREVER….and wanted to have it for a surprise for him when he got home from his Mustang rally! He was home around 1:30 PM and cut off a big hunk:
before he came downstairs to see me.
I also spent time in the morning counting up my longarm $$$ for the year. That money pays for any fabric I buy, or retreats I go on, but in January I count up what is left and fund a bunch of projects at Clinton School (a Title I school) in Lancaster. It is always very satisfying to know that that is what I am working towards when I am quilting my customer quilts!!! I got to fulfill quite a few requests from that school, which will make me very happy for quite awhile :~).
I spent the rest of the day sewing all of my columns together for my Beds=Dreams quilt. Once I was done, and got the seams all pressed, I hung it over the longarm rail and proceeded to measure it....OH NO!!!! Mary Jo - it was the dining room heart wall hanging all over again!!! I totally screwed up.....Beds=Dreams quilts are supposed to be 70ish by 90ish.....no wonder it looked so big on the design wall....it measured 90'' by 108''!!!!!!! So, while we were watching TV, I ripped off 2 rows....guess I'll have a second quilt eventually :~).
We got out the rough puff for dinner and made savory jelly rolls:
-pesto
-bread crumbs
-parmesan cheese
They were incredible….the dough was so crispy and light…and shattered when you bit into it…just like good puff pastry should! And look at those layers:
considering that I rolled it out to about an eighth of an inch thick, and it puffed to at least half an inch….I think that’s excellent!
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I think this might have been Sunday morning....but it has gotten colder since!!!
I spent Sunday morning (1/5) with Hazel, another member of Machine Embroidery. Our challenge for this month is to embroider on fleece and she and I were talking about it at the December Christmas party. She has never ‘’floated’’ any of her embroideries and seemed very hesitant about how it would work. I used to embroider fleece baby blankets a LOT back in the day when I was doing craft fairs….and like many things….it’s very easy….ONCE SOMEOME SHOWS YOU HOW TO DO IT!!! We talked about how to do it a lot at the party....but she still seemed hesitant, so I texted her yesterday to tell her I was doing mine today, and asked if she wanted to come over and see how it was done. We had a good time together and I was glad to get to know her a tiny bit better as well :~).
After she left I got the embroidery mostly cleaned up:
then re-measured my Beds=Dreams bug quilt…and this time….SUCCESS…it’s 72’’ by 90’’.
I got that labeled and put away, and set up to bind the purple quilt (which remember, I need for Tuesday). I got through putting binding on the back side:
by the time I stopped for fish sandwiches from ARBY’s for dinner. They always start them in January…and we love them!
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Of course Michael had gas housers with the fresh bread on Monday morning (1/6):
and I was back at my sewing machine for binding on the right side, and by early afternoon, it was all done…. for my first TOTALLY FINISHED QUILT for 2025:
I started in on binding for another quilt:
while Michael joined me to continue to write-up our year end missive for 2024. Why yes, we ARE dreadfully behind with our missive and Christmas cards….but it is what it is!
And 10 years ago.....
*** Hmmm…I found a strange piece of plastic on the floor that looks like it broke off of something, but I have no idea what….so I’d better save it in the junk drawer until I die. ***
*** I don’t know why men go to bars to meet women…...GO TO HOBBY LOBBY!! The female to male ratio is 10 to 1 AND they’re already looking for things they don’t need. ***
I love your new purple quilt - what a lovely gift! And your bread looks wonderful - especially that cinnamon bread!
The savory jelly rolls look fabulous! I love your new 2025 quilt!