Thursday, October 10, 2013

Sept - Oct

  We've been busy  ! Of Course ! 

We made V8 one day. the  raw was very good  , mm mm mm,   But after canning it tasted  gross,, something changed within the cooked flavors. Ill make chili with it
 Another day we prepped to can the row of beets. We had big dreams on that   row of beets... sooo many jars.....
 .. It made a monster mess of PINK,   but only gave us 9 jars.
  Then we took a break ! Off to Des Moines..  The sun still shining,   News predicted a week of sun shine.. 
  We headed to DesMoines to the  AQS show..    Day One was wonderful.. Day two was the show.. day 3 was tropical 85 with like 85 humidity ooooo....day 4. 5. 6  Rain ...
  the puppies came with us, they luv all the walks around the parks...  This was the midnight quickie...
 Tim has been  right beside me with all the canning and gardening,  We named him Employee of the month........ well, here he is in DM with the proper parking perks even ! loll
  The AQS quilt show is BIG.  Fancy.  Talented. Awesome. Inspiring...
    This is a type of log cabin..  pretty brights.. neat movement within.
  I was drawn to the brights this year....
  SO MANY many were fancy machine quiting. It really has taken over the shows.  Double click the pics for close ups ,, you'll see why ...
  more brights ...
 more detail....
  ohhh the detail !
  this is on my bucket list..  take a close look !

  This is a total of 9 inches square .........  the bitty points are like 1/16" !
  I like the simple border here,,, some of the pics are possible Good Deed ideas too..
  postage stamp quilt...  million billion bits..... 1"  size

  scrappy layout.. all colors will work...
  this is applique. wonderful colors.  plus fancy quilting.
  click it  for close up......  there is a reason I wont/ don't do applique..
 At one of our stops in DM was a stand of neglected apple trees. LOADED.. I found two grocery bags and filled them till they were bursting.... As soon as we  got home it was  back to the 'work'. They needed putting up!... two batches made 14 jars for the shelves
 home again home again.