Warmin' the Walls/Missouri-Made Mondays

My seemingly endless pile of scrap fabric was dented a little this weekend.
The frugal penny pincher in me saved these batting pieces, and tacked them together.....

Pardon the strings attached, but you won't see them inside a quilt.

And I may or may not have ever mentioned one of the greatest inventions ever in a sewing machine......

The Walking Foot. I will explain more later on this add-on that didn't come with my machine.

There are still things that are best done by hand.......

Like basting together the layers. I love it best when I have a small enough quilt that I can do this on the table rather than on my knees. Too many knee surgeries make for much tenderness when you have to crawl around to baste. Just sayin'.

Maybe my quilter friends out there will give a miraculous suggestion on saving the knees??

Masking tape helps guide my stitches when I don't feel like drawing lines with quilter pencils. And I can reuse the tape a few times when transferring it to the rest of the quilt. 

Binding tomorrow evening while waiting on the election results.

Please remember to Vote! 

In the words of Missouri's own Mark Twain:

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often,

and for the same reason."

Gonna Make This/Friday Flavor

It's not too often I blog on a topic twice, but this is one that had double duty for me. Over on WordPress, I had the priviledge to enter my Thursday Doors post using a set of photos from last weekend. This is Part 2 using the rest of my pics.

Port Fonda is what was once a restaurant in an Airstream trailer turned into 2 restaurants of very classy "Inventive Mexican Food". One in Lawrence and the other in Westport, Mo. 

I have to admit I played it safe and tried the Chorizo Fundido. But Only after I inquired on the level of heat those poblano pepper strips carried. This Was All Mine! Sorry, I  had already dug in to the skillet. 

The view to my left.

The Bar behind me.

Note to the chef/owner, Patrick Ryan, (who by the way is doing the Midwest proud with some pretty outstanding awards)

I am going to attempt my own homemade version of your dish.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Autumn Greetings/ Missouri-Made Mondays

Craft Booth September 17, 2016

I blogged a little about the Green Ridge Park Day on my other blog's regular Sunday Sampler feature yesterday. 

But I didn't share what lovely treasures my mother surprised me with.

It's inside the bag of course.

These were quite the bargain and mother never let's those pass her by.

Kerchiefs for $1 apiece, already hemmed and ready for use.

The one on the left is a medallion pattern that resembles a giant chrysanthemum.

The right kerchief is a Dresden Plate in lovely autumn colors.

I have a plan to alter these.....just a little.

First I'll be cutting them into triangles.

After hemming the cut edge, I'll add some trim.....

In the form of crochet with ties. 

Too much wind or sun is hard on the hair. These darling hair accessories keep it in check and are very pretty on little girls in their Sunday best.

Hope you'll be back again for another Missouri-Made Monday!

Church in the Wildwood

Happy Good Friday!
Pettis County, Missouri has plenty of country churches. In a recent Sunday drive, I chose three along the southern portion of the county to photograph. I love listening to the old hymns the most and in the little backwoods churches is where you're most likely to hear them. If you're ever near here, step inside and listen. You'll be warmly welcomed.
 I hope you'll enjoy this little journey.




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At the Auction

A little birdie called last Sunday to tell me about an auction.

They said there was a LOT of fabric AND yarn.

I could hear it calling me......

Thanks Bob & Maybelle. I used to call her Aunt BellBell :)

I Really, Really liked the old enamel stuff,

but alas I was not the winner in that bid.

But I did unexpectedly win the bid on this Kings Cutlery.

 I think someone was sleeping.

 Gonna polish it up.

Here's some buttons & notions.

TADA!

(I'm around 2 and 3 year olds wayyy too much)

Now this needle is one big son of a gun.

It was in the button stash.

I see doilies in my future.

 Yes I did get some fabric. And that includes a significant amount of muslin. Let the quilting begin! 

Already got a String Quilt block experiment in the works.

More later on this if it works out so check back soon.

Peter Piper

When Peter Piper picked his peck of pickled peppers, I wonder if he was experiencing a drought and that's all that was abundant that year too???

Here's my banana peppers about to be pickled.

It takes a gallon plus a few extra green peppers to add a splash of color.

I didn't actually have a gallon of peppers this time, so ended up with 3 pints.

I'm ok with that.

Been busy at Mom's too making Jams.

This is the way raspberry looks waiting for the 'boil'.

Time's almost up.....

(aren't they a pretty color?)

This my friends is our afternoon's results. We have gooseberry jam as well as raspberry.

Notice we have a little sample jar for taste testing.

Afterall, in Missouri you must "Show Me" it's good.