Bread, homemade puffy things, totally finished quilt - purple

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.....

-https://foodandfiberfloozie.blogspot.com/2015/01/10-day-after-christmas-hat-bread-boy.html

-https://foodandfiberfloozie.blogspot.com/2015/01/11th-day-after-christmas-stippling.html

-https://foodandfiberfloozie.blogspot.com/2015/01/12-th-day-of-christmas-and-reprise-of.html

*** 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. ***