I guess I have Jim's mum's old Spartan I can putter away on the blue and yellow half square triangles - I made a whole bunch more at my weekend retreat.
Tonight I am working on my Dresdan Plate squares. I have 16 plates sewn on the background fabric now.
Won't be watching "24" tonight. Jim has gone away for three days to meetings and workshops so I am home alone. I stopped off at the Lonsdale Quay this afternoon after I dropped off my sewing machine. There is a little shop there that is called "The Pepper Pot" it sells all kinds of hot spicy sauces and condiment etc. Andrew used to say when he looked in the fridge -- "we are a house with a fridge full of condiments - no food, just condiments". So I bought a few condiments at the Pepper Pot. I bought some Solomon Gundy . It is a herring fish paste that Hans the chef had blogged about and I saw it and I thought I would buy some. When I put it on the counter to pay for it the guy serving me said Solomon Gundy was the best thing he had ever had in his life and I would love it. He was really enthusiastic about it. Amazing. So I had some on crackers for supper (no one home but me, remember) It was very good. I also bought myself a small pecan tart for later!!
Then a whole ship full of Asian sailors came into the Quay - hundreds of these young boys dressed up in blue and white sailor suits - a real site to see. I wish I had my camera.
I have signed up for a blog ring today. I have never done that but I thought I would like to try it out and meet some new bloggers. There is a small link in my sidebar.
So with the evening all to myself I am actually going to work on cutting out a bunch of Dear Jane blocks, sewing my dresdan plates and watching "Boston Legal" tonight. I am working the next two days - so that kind of puts a crimp in any wild - mouse will play plans!!! Ahhh - too old and tired anyway.
Beautiful dresden plates you are doing. I am too making dresden plates (one of my ufo's) It is a miniature quilt. Lacking just the border. Perhaps I should find it now and sew a bit on it.
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Hi Pam, welcome to the ring! I read all your previous posts..love all the quilty projects you are doing and some pictures of where you live. I would love to live by water, so thanks for sharing. I'm also doing a Dear Jane--although it gets pushed to the back burner a lot. I'm doing them row by row, as they come. I try to prep one row at a time, because that's the worst part of the whole thing!
ReplyDeleteHi Pam, my machine needs a service too, but I dread the expense, and the effort required getting it done. I probably should do it at the moment while I am on a roll with the handsewing.
ReplyDeleteYour Dresden Plate blocks are beautiful! That's on my "some day" list! :) Can't wait to see it when you've finished it. And your pecan tart sounds yummy!! :)
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