Sunday, June 30, 2019
No pictures, but I joined a D & D group, and yesterday evening was our first meeting. It was Fun! I think we are going to have trouble meeting up, but this will be something to look forward to.. everyone else brought food, so I will have to make sure I bring stuff next time, but I just could not find the motivation to make anything yesterday. Well, it was also new people, so I was not sure what to do.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Oh my, Oh my! It's been a month since I posted. I thought you told me you were posting earlier today so I thought I would read what you posted but you didn't post anything. I'll have to ask you why tomorrow.
I know I thought doing this blogger thing sounded kind of fun but I now realize that I think my life is or will be boring to share with anyone. And while I think it is too boring to write about I also don't seem to have enough time to write cause I'm too busy. Now admittedly I'm busy almost exclusively with things I want to do, which in itself is pretty darn lucky! Reading books, listening to books, tying to do all the things to lead to getting/staying healthy, being able to stay mobile., doing volunteer activities for what I believe are good causes, some crafting/art stuff--although I haven't had much time for that lately. My trying to lose weight has not lead to any loss of weight.
I'm exhausted this evening. I hosted my gourmet group tonight and I think I overdid it. Last night I couldn't get to sleep. I was still awake at 4:30 am. Finally fell asleep but seem to wake up every hour and got out of bed at about 8:45. Needed to make another store trip, I can't believe how many grocery stores I was in this week.
Anyway back to this to ambitious dinner I planned. I planned it around the cooking course that William and I took in Japan at the end of March. Partly I planned it because Will said he was going to help me but then he wasn't able to. Just getting everything was too much. The menu was Miso Soup, Endamame, Sushi rolls, Gomaae (spinach salad), Teriyaki Chicken, Tempura (with shrimp, broccoli, sweet potatoes,caulflower,onion, mushrooms,, asparagus, ) and Mochi for dessert. I only made the sushi rolls (Linda came over early to help, but really rolled them mostly). Endamame, Tempura, and before dinner Sangria with lots of cut up fruit in it, and Sake, and grape/plum wine. I was preparing, chopping, stuff from about 11am till 3:30pm. It was a busy exhausting day but oh my the food is great!I made when too much, everyone (but Daniel) took some home, and I haves too much here for me esp. since we (Johnny and I) are driving down to MO on
Tuesday.
Maybe I'll write tomorrow, if I do I want to write about how I finally got DCM and 203 to response to my emails.
I know I thought doing this blogger thing sounded kind of fun but I now realize that I think my life is or will be boring to share with anyone. And while I think it is too boring to write about I also don't seem to have enough time to write cause I'm too busy. Now admittedly I'm busy almost exclusively with things I want to do, which in itself is pretty darn lucky! Reading books, listening to books, tying to do all the things to lead to getting/staying healthy, being able to stay mobile., doing volunteer activities for what I believe are good causes, some crafting/art stuff--although I haven't had much time for that lately. My trying to lose weight has not lead to any loss of weight.
I'm exhausted this evening. I hosted my gourmet group tonight and I think I overdid it. Last night I couldn't get to sleep. I was still awake at 4:30 am. Finally fell asleep but seem to wake up every hour and got out of bed at about 8:45. Needed to make another store trip, I can't believe how many grocery stores I was in this week.
Anyway back to this to ambitious dinner I planned. I planned it around the cooking course that William and I took in Japan at the end of March. Partly I planned it because Will said he was going to help me but then he wasn't able to. Just getting everything was too much. The menu was Miso Soup, Endamame, Sushi rolls, Gomaae (spinach salad), Teriyaki Chicken, Tempura (with shrimp, broccoli, sweet potatoes,caulflower,onion, mushrooms,, asparagus, ) and Mochi for dessert. I only made the sushi rolls (Linda came over early to help, but really rolled them mostly). Endamame, Tempura, and before dinner Sangria with lots of cut up fruit in it, and Sake, and grape/plum wine. I was preparing, chopping, stuff from about 11am till 3:30pm. It was a busy exhausting day but oh my the food is great!I made when too much, everyone (but Daniel) took some home, and I haves too much here for me esp. since we (Johnny and I) are driving down to MO on
Tuesday.
Maybe I'll write tomorrow, if I do I want to write about how I finally got DCM and 203 to response to my emails.
More work on Sunshiny Day quilt
This worked much better then my sample. Here are a couple of things I did differently from in the samples.
- this is quilter’s cotton (batiks for the yellow) as opposed to 3.7 garment linen. So it is much firmer itself.
- the sample was made from fabric that washed, and I did the yellow/white sun from unwashed fabric so all the sizing is still in it. That will cause the final quilt to be a little more wrinkly, but I like that effect anyway.
- when the rippling started, I did that old machine sewer’s gathering trick of holding the top layer(the strip to be added) tight and taunt, while letting the feed dogs pull the bottom layer of fabric quicker. It resulted in some interesting small bits of oddness, but it kept the majority of the massive ripples gone.
Now I just need to decide how I want to fill in the rest of the area. The picture has what I’ve sewn in a taped 40” by 40” square.
Oh, and the second picture is corners I made out of some of the scraps for the back side.
I really want a rich blue for backing and edging, but I’d also like to be able to use something I already have, so we will see what I end up with. It also has to feel nice and hold up to lots of washing.
#improvequilt #quiltsfromtheattict
- this is quilter’s cotton (batiks for the yellow) as opposed to 3.7 garment linen. So it is much firmer itself.
- the sample was made from fabric that washed, and I did the yellow/white sun from unwashed fabric so all the sizing is still in it. That will cause the final quilt to be a little more wrinkly, but I like that effect anyway.
- when the rippling started, I did that old machine sewer’s gathering trick of holding the top layer(the strip to be added) tight and taunt, while letting the feed dogs pull the bottom layer of fabric quicker. It resulted in some interesting small bits of oddness, but it kept the majority of the massive ripples gone.
Now I just need to decide how I want to fill in the rest of the area. The picture has what I’ve sewn in a taped 40” by 40” square.
Oh, and the second picture is corners I made out of some of the scraps for the back side.
I really want a rich blue for backing and edging, but I’d also like to be able to use something I already have, so we will see what I end up with. It also has to feel nice and hold up to lots of washing.
#improvequilt #quiltsfromtheattict
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