A Quilty Cannery

Progress is continuing on the Bossa Nova pineapple quilt! Here is block 3: Using the ruler has made this a lot easier, but is not error...

This year, Thanksgiving was bigger than originally planned, and so it was a great opportunity to make some homemade stock and make some...

This year, we thought it was just going to be the two of us, so we picked up Cornish Game Hens (as we don't like turkey all that much,...

The quilt progresses! Five of Block 2 (a purple/pink color way) have been added to five of Block 1s, which are more orange/red/pink. ...

In this technique, you start with a 2.5" center square, and do 8 rounds of adding 1 3/4" strips of fabric in varying lengths to the four...

The kit from Shabby Fabrics is well prepared. Each different color way of the blocks is individually packed in clear bags, with a color...

In November,2022, I am starting a pretty complicated new project... a pineapple quilt (kitted by Shabby Fabrics). The general pattern is...

This past week, we finally finished up Olivia's first quilt, and she did an amazing job! She hand turned the binding (and did a...

Today's the end of Daylight Savings Time, which means time fell back and hour. I saw an interesting approach to that extra hour in a blog...

The temperature here in Minnesota hit the upper 70's this weekend, which is astonishing for the end of October! So it was time for one...

Today, I got an email from Pahl's for the CSA members, letting us know that we could take as many squash as we want for a $10 payment.......

It's October, so it's time for the special, seasonal "Sew Spooky" box from Fat Quarter Shop. This year's box included a petit layercake...

The weather has definitely turned to autumn and this week marks the end of the CSA and Farmer's markets. I picked up one last pile of...

On Saturday, I sewed on the final borders on the quilt and took it down to the Longarmer (Wildflower Quilt Co.) for machine quilting...

Over the past few months, we've been working on trying to perfect making pizza at home (though not fully homemade, because we have some...

The weather is slowly getting colder, and it's raining today. The leaves are carpeting the lawn, and it's time for sweaters and soothing...

As we started the tear-out of our garden this past weekend, my gardening partner-in-crime and I talked about our harvests, our gardening...

Autumn weather has finally come to Minnesota. Last night, it got down to the low 30's (though not yet freezing level) and it's time to...

It's early October, and the weather is supposed to get down to 34 degrees Fahrenheit today, and the front garden is looking pretty droopy...

As we got through the week (the penultimate week with the CSA shares and the last harvests from the garden), my fridge was filling up...