I enjoyed the morning with a sleeping household. I got up at 'normal' time and let the dog out. When he came in, I checked with a sleeping girl to see if she had fed him - No, turned over and back to sleep for her. I fed him and let him out to chase off a hawk while I shut up the chickens in their coop. I normally take him for a walk shortly after the kids leave for school at 8:15 (hubby is taking them to school now!). 8:30 and a snout on my chair arm with a whine. Sigh. I got dressed and took him for a walk. Still no one up when we got home! At 9:40 I woke up the girl asking if she was going to ride horses today or not? A sleepy yes, so I mentioned the time. Hubby got up around this time too. I got him to take her to horses today, and I cleaned up the kitchen and got a chance to sew! I found some purple scraps and cut out the kite shapes and got them sewn up. I need to pull more of the grey snowflake fabric and cut more of the side triangles for the next one. These are finishing at 8 inches using my Accuquilt.
I got off work a little early yesterday and hit the Market of Marion before picking up the kids from school. It is a vendor market that has one wing with fresh fruit and veggies that I like to go to on Fridays. I used to go right after dropping kids to school, but I have hubby bringing them now. I got some roma tomato's, a honeydew melon, some corn, swiss chard and green beans. Not bad for $12. I also got a local raw honey as Emily finished the last jar last week when she was sick. I had some time, so decided to stop and pick some blueberries! It is blueberry season in Florida the month of April and there is a really nice U-pick farm near the kids school. I got 2.5 pounds and I think Emily ate half a pound of them on the way home! They were very yummy. I have plans to use my mini pie pan and try some blueberry pies this weekend. I'll probably go pick more next week. I still have some in the freezer from last year, but I do love fresh berries.
As for me, I plan to spend the day in the sewing room! I have 2 tops that need to get pinned for quilting and I hope to get one or both of them quilted this weekend. Wish me luck. (Garden Path and Frosty McChill).
Linking up with the RSC.
5 comments:
Your steady progress is paying dividends as you sew block after block.
Best of luck with the basting and quilting, Deb, and congrats on that scrappy PURPLE block!
I have forgotten what it's like to live with teenagers and their sleeping habits, lol! Love your kite blocks - such a great shape. And fresh-picked blueberries - yummy!
wow blueberries already - my bushes almost died this winter - I don't know if I will have any berries this year because of that - but at least I will have strawberries!
Oh to have access to so much freshness. We are having a hard time finding fresh strawberries. My young great granddaughter is a very finicky eater. But fresh strawberries are something she really likes. We found blueberries and fresh pineapple in the grocery, but she’s not a fan of either of those. The rest of us were happy though. Love your purple kite shapes. Which die is that? I just purchased a Go Big cutter and only have the started die. I’ve been trying to decide on one other to purchase for now. But boy are they expensive!
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