Saturday Dirt

The peas are up and blossoming. We have had 3 peas each! My vision of filling the freezer may not come to fruition this year. We are planting more peas!

 The potatoes however we may be eating forever. Good thing I love potatoes! Small hill of potatoes, they are flowering. I have heard you can gently reach in and grab a couple of potatoes, I am going to try it. There are 19 more plants to play with.

And my large compost bin of potatoes! Can hardly wait to see if this really works.

I now have huge plans of turning the entire backyard into a garden!

WIP Wednesday - A finish!

It is done! I woke up on Tuesday morning and thought "Oh No! My nephews birthday is July 2nd. I must get his quilt in the mail." I mean really, it only needed the binding tacked down. Finished before work and in the mail Tuesday afternoon.

Front

Back

Binding - love striped binding

Favourite go to quilting with walking foot

Love it! Connecting with The Needle and Thread Network.

WIP Wednesday - May Bee Block

They are done! and almost on time! how fabulous is that!

We used the tutorial from Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

Saturday dirt

So this week I am very excited. I purchased 2 mint plants. One is garden mint and the other is grapefruit mint. They smell like heaven! As I was digging a hole in my plot I was politely told that I may not plant mint loose in the garden. Sigh. I now have a very tiny pot that has my 2 mints in them. 

I also planted 2 rows of bush snap peas. Can hardly wait for them to come up.

 I switched plots with a neighbour and she had 2 kinds of chard, a radicchio and a green plant that over wintered. Not sure what the green plant is but my daughter said it was the best greens ever! Super exciting!

 I have been reading up on sustainable living and adapting in place. Love the concepts. The current book is “Making Home” by Sharon Astyk. It really speaks to me. I am going to try to live with less of a footprint.

I have been making steel cut oats in my pressure cooker every morning. I put them in the pot at night, set the timer and voila, fabulous oatmeal ready first thing in the morning.  I use oats, water, almond milk, raisons and, of course, cinnamon. Love my cinnamon!  This has got to be one of the most cost efficient breakfasts out there. I purchased a 1 kg bag (2.2 pounds) for $6.00. I looked on line and that is 8 cups. For a breakfast of 4 that is $.75 or $.19 cents each. I am not counting the milk, nuts, cinnamon  and raisons I put on them but still super economical. Anyone have anything inexpensive they eat for breakfast? Please let me know and I can add it to the breakfast line up for a change.

WIP Wednesday - Monkey Brain

I have monkey brain or whatever the quilting equivalent is. I decided to finish up my nephews quilt, it had been sitting rolled up since the move. So pinned and quilted it. Yeah. Added the binding, again yeah. And there it is sitting.

 As I dug my nephews quilt out I saw the Fairy Check quilt just sitting there in squares. Sewed it up. Yeah. Back is too small, grrr, so it sits.

Thought I might sit and hand sew my Tula, there it sits. Just have one side left!

Arg it is near the end of May and I need to do my bee blocks. Drop everything and cut squares.

Oh daughter is over, lets do mindless sewing. So dug out yet another old project. If they are over 2 years are they still WIPs?

Dug out backing for 2 pieces of Frozen fabric for my granddaughter. Just going to do a quick right sides together sandwich. It is to match her sisters bday quilt. Pictures are coming.

Charlie is a top. Yeah! Need I say more. Monkey brain.

WIP Wednesday - Sewing with Charlie

This quilt has been a long time coming. It is for my first adult friend, the one I have kept in close contact with for 35 years. She wanted to create the pattern for the quilt. it took her at least a year to realize it is way harder than it looks, LOL!!! I am now following a pattern. Greek Islands by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy. Love it.

Linking up with The Needle and Thread Network

Finished Friday

So a miss...

To this is more like it. February Bee block is finally done. I hate taking my stuff out but this went quite quickly. Who knew Rolling Stone Blocks could be so tough?

March bee block.

January bee block.

I have moved into whatever century and now have an iPhone, Whoo hoo! January was taken with the iPad and February and March with the phone.