Summertime

Summertime is ALWAYS full of tomatoes at my house!

It's a TRICK figuring out WHAT I'm going to use them in!

Tonight I enjoyed

Bruschetta Chicken.

YUM! YUM!

 

I substituted FRESH tomatoes for the canned

Plus some water....

and added ZUCCHINI.

Zucchini is added to EVERYTHING this time of year.

;)

I actually think this recipe would be GREAT

without the CHICKEN!

Just add a bunch of vegetables!

My meal was complete with some melon.

Gotta LOVE summertime MEALS!

 

I also did some painting on the patio.

Another fun SUMMERTIME activity!



I painted a simple STILL LIFE on some old white fabric.

When was the last time you SKETCHED a picture???

On FABRIC???

 

Wonder what it will look like QUILTED???
Oh, the fun NEVER stops over here!

 

 

 

 

Thoughts on Labels

Another quilt is quilted.

WHEW!!!!

This one was a biggy!!!

Please remind me to say "NO" when asked to make

a queen sized monster....o.k.???

I wanted to get this labeled and OFF quickly...

but found out this past week

that my handy dandy label pens are not holding up!!!

When I spied this quilt last week I noticed

the print on the label I had written had all WASHED away!!

EEeeeK!!!

I did a little research thinking maybe I'd buy some

pre-printed labels for future quilts.

They are almost $1 a piece.

(maybe YOU know a good source???)

I began to brainstorm!

I have a quilting/darning foot....

and I have DARK thread!!!

I made one myself.

It's my first try...so don't be too hard on me.....;)

I figure my stitching will probably last longer than

the pens I had been using!!!!

And my Dad who's getting this one...

won't care that my penmanship is not

TOP notch! ;)

I used freezer paper on the back and peeled it off.

DON'T do that.

In the future I will use an interfacing.

;)

After attaching this label...

We're going to eat!!!

One of my favorite simple recipes....

Cheeseburger pie!!!

I split the meat in half ....

Double the recipe....

and sneak in some zucchini!!!

I'm always trying to find places to put THAT!!!

The quilt is quilted and bound.

The label is DONE.

And dinner AWAITS!

;)

leaves and things

I love this quilt.

It's definitely one of my favorites...even though it's not quilted yet!
I'm sharing this one because today

the termite men are coming with their big tent!!

Do I have all the sewing essentials I need??

Maybe I'll do some hand quilting while I'm "homeless".

I DO need to work on that basket quilt!

I also have this going on at my house!!

Does anyone else have this problem??

My family is kind of tired of this....
But, I try not to let anything go to waste.
We even had leftover chicken chili with cooked zucchini for a topping.
I called it zucchini frosting.
They didn't believe me!