One Quilt Top Down, One to Go

I love seeing quilt blocks up on my design wall:

Yesterday was devoted to getting this quilt top put together. It is all done and just needs batting and a backing. I plan to stitch-in-the-ditch quilt along the seamlines.

Now I just need to get the second quilt cut and put together. I’d like to have both done by the end of September. They are a bit overdue as it is. The baby was born at the beginning of August and her older sister is 3. 😬

I have hit the ground running this month. I should have a bit of a breather after this weekend, although the pigs go to the processor next Tuesday and that’s always a big job. I want this pie social off my to-do list. Someone else is going to have to be in charge of them (spring and fall) in 2025. I looked at my calendar this morning and realized that I am double-booked for two events on Thursday evening, so I am going to have to have a talk with my assistant.

My friend Anna came over yesterday to get some cabbages. She has a plant-based catering business and the farmer she ordered cabbage from for this week’s meals never delivered them. I am happy to provide what I can because she pays me in food. She would pay me in cash but I requested food because any meals I don’t have to cook myself are a bonus. I overplanted cabbage thinking the ground squirrels would get some of the seedlings. I only wish the red cabbage had done as well as the white cabbage.

We looked at the tomatoes and the squash and Anna’s going to use some of those, too, in her meal planning in the next couple of weeks as stuff ripens. It is supposed to be 88F on Sunday.

Some friends of mine from back east are coming to visit in the middle of the month and I am ridiculously excited about this. One of my friends sews—she makes items to sell at farmer’s markets—and she and I are going to spend a day together visiting quilt stores. (Everyone else is going hiking. We have our priorities in order. 😇) It will be so good to see them.

I probably won’t put anything in the craft co-op sale—it’s at the end of September—unless I find a day to bind my stack of potholders. I am not going to beat myself up about this. The sewing I did last year consisted mostly of clothing, not stuff for market. I also suspect that I will have to pick up and deliver pork one of those days. I do plan to come and help because the sale is a lot of fun. I put together a basic website for the sale and I’m trying to arrange an interview for the podcast about how the co-op started.

Today is a shopping and errands day. Wish me luck.