I know some of you might find this weird…but I find much satisfaction in getting things in order…One of the things on my list was eating better this year…I live in a rural community….so pretty much everyday on my way into work I drive past many farms…and this is one…
In the summer they have strawberries for sale…so I asked If I could get on the list for part of a grass fed steer…I got a call last week that it was ready…I don’t really eat a lot of beef because of the conditions and the antibiotics…but if you know where they come from it is much different story…
I have not ordered beef since I had three sons at home to feed…So off I went Saturday morning to pick up my meat…here is the load.
Five boxes total…one is already in the freezer…I was so fortunate that it all fit!!!
Along with the deer meat on the top shelf that Nick got hunting and in our smaller freezer this should last a year…I love supporting the local farmers…by buying their fruits and vegetables and now I also can trust that my beef is safe as well…then I saw this…
So I guess it is catching on? Do you know Decor Steals? Sign up to get their emails…its a lot of fun…hard to control yourself sometimes…
Next on the days agenda was taking Jeter for a walk…we went back to our favorite spot…
There were lots of dogs and their people’s there…it was 30 degrees and that is warm for January in WI…we did 1 hour and almost 3 miles….and I was hot and cold both at the same time!
We arrived home to spend the next two days hanging out with Nick who is trying to get over being sick…pretty much almost pneumonia …he gets it every year and this time we tried to get it quicker but it still is lingering…tomorrow will be a week…he’s miserable.
I had three things to work on this weekend…one, was I needed to stitch the cover of my new “Wool how to”…book…yeah…you heard me…I stitched the cover…it turned out pretty good…can’t wait til you get to see it…
second…I wanted to work on finishing the quilt I have had on the quilt frame for way too long…I managed to get a whole row done during the Cheif/Colts game…
Here is a close-up…Quilt is called Full-time Part-time…made with Homespun Gathering Fabrics.
Now the next row is marked and ready for Sunday’s stitching…when Hand Quilting you cannot do too much in one day…until you have the callus on your under finger…so…we are all marked and then I threaded 15 needles also…see them all lined up?
I promise do a video on hand quilting and all the tools involved…so look for that some time in February…
During the Dallas/Ram game I hand stitched the wool embroidery on three pillows…which is the third and last thing on the the accomplish list…
Today…it was off to Yoga class and then I made breakfast for Nick and we then watched the football games as well…I made the five pillows into pillows and stuffed in the forms…and then finished that second row of hand quilting…
Quilt on bed is called Heritage Star
S seeing this all done….I am so excited to announce that my next flannel line just arrived on Friday…so it is time to start making the projects….I have designed 6 quilts and 7 pillow projects for a book called Farmhouse Flannels…the fabric line has the same name!!! As soon as I can start showing the fabrics and projects I will! These photos are kind of what will be going on in the new book…quilts for the bed or couch and lots of pillow options! It’s also about feathering the nest…and making home as comfortable as possible.
I hope you have a great week…I will keep in touch…LB
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