Quilting and Knitting up a storm

But no pictures. Because I am lazy. And my son never sleeps. I've got the weekend off, so I'm thinking that I should be able to snap some pictures of my finished things for blog fodder next week.

I finished quilting my monster quilt, and I'm super happy with the way it turned out. I just have to attach the binding and wash and it's done. Yea! I think I'm going to try Red Pepper Quilts binding method. I've been trying to figure out a nice way to machine stitch the binding down, and I like the way she's done it.

On the knitting front, I finished my brother's sweater. And he promptly left the state. So, I've put off weaving in the gazillion ends for awhile. I should finish it and block it so that when he comes back he can wear it.

Other than that, not much going on. I joined ANOTHER bee. Yes. I may be crazy. This one is focusing on the string method, which I've always wanted to try. This month we're doing spiderweb blocks. I can't wait to start.

And, a little heads up for my peeps, October is a big month for me. Stay tuned. You may get some free stuff out of me. :)

Solid Bee Block. Oct

October is my month for the Solid Bee Block. And these are the fabrics I picked. Totally out of my normal range of color. Which is good! I'm asking for a wonky log cabin. I think this will be fun!

The Worlds Best Sandwich

Or, Why I May Die from a Heart Attack before I'm 35.

This sandwich was dreamed up by my husband. It is seriously the best. thing. ever.

First, fry up bacon. Lots of bacon. We use No Name Thick Cut Pepper. Then spread butter over bread and toast it. Just enough to make it crispy. I always get one of those short fat french loaves in the bakery section.

Next, tell your 2 yr old not to eat the stick of butter.

While the bread is toasting mix up the sauce. Which is equal parts Mayo and Famous Dave's Rich and Sassy (chipotle) BBQ sauce.

When Bacon is done, drain most of the grease out of the pan, but not all. Then throw 1 pound of deli turkey in the pan and heat it up. When it's good and warm, I split it into half and then throw on provolone cheese to melt. Slice up an avocado, add a little lime juice and salt. Then put it all together. turkey with melty cheese, bacon, avocados and drizzle sauce. Super yum. This makes enough for 4 people for one meal, or 2.5 people to eat twice.

Thursday

Today is my third day off in a row. Which is pretty refreshing after the pissy weekend I had. The house isn't any cleaner, there has been no sewing done, some knitting, baking and playing with play-doh. The lawn didn't get mowed. But you know what? I don't care. It's nice to just do whatever it is I've been doing these last three days.

I'm going to go back to rolling little balls of play-doh for my son. But first I thought I'd share this picture with you. I was quilting and J grabbed his notebook and color pencils and sat down to work while I was sewing. Thankfully the camera was close by.

Solid Bee Block. Sept Edition

So we were sent some pink, yellow and white fabric and told to make pin wheels. I had a ton of fun searching out a pin wheel to make. I wanted something really different. Then I found the Amish Pinwheel and I knew I found the one. I added a couple frames around the edge to get it to the right size, and because I wanted to use up as much of the fabric as I could. I still have to snip threads on this one. :)

And, because I had a wee bit of fabric left, and I love tiny little things, I added some white from my stash and made a MinPin block. :) Yes. Bad pun. I'm sorry. It's just too cute! Tiny! I luv it. :)

Quilt Top Done and some Knitting!

So I finished the quilt top for our bedroom. It's Swirly Girls Design pattern called "Equal Rights" There are eleventy billion triangles. Holy crap that was work. But I"m super happy with how it turned out. Now I just have to save up to get it quilted. I know a lady that rents her machine out and teaches you how to quilt. So, that's what I"m going to do. The backing is the light colored one with dots. I love that one. I'm not sure what I'm going to bind it in yet, but that's a ways off. I tried really hard with this one to just 'let go'. I tossed all the printed triangles in a bag, and just pulled them out and stitched them up. I would put one back if it was the same one I had just pulled out, but other than that, I just sewed. When I sewed the rows together, I tried to just do it. I wiggled a couple around, if there were too many pieces that we close, but again, I just tried to go with it.

On the knitting front, Sock Knitters Anonymous is back for a 4th year in a row! This months' challenge is hard for me. Black or white is the color of the month. Which I thought would be easy, but I can't find a patten I want to knit! WTF? So I'm going to do a patten by the chosen designer instead of the color challenge.

I think I'm going to go toss a load of laundry in, do the dishes and then skein up my yarn. I've got a sick kid at home, so it's just been a lazy day. If I have to watch Thomas one more time, I'm going to lose it. :)