I woke up to this text message from our oldest daughter who is teaching in Shanghai:
Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi fa cai! Happy Chinese New Year!
So I’m passing those wishes on to all of you. Let’s hope that The Year of the Wooden Goat is as prosperous for us all as it is predicted to be!
For the past couple of days I’ve been practicing free motion quilting on some of the placemats that are part of my 2015 Finish Along Q1 goal. Before starting the fmqing on my paper pinwheel quilts I had done a bit of practice quilting on a small quilt sandwich, but after spending four evenings unpicking a section of fmqing on the actual quilt, I decided that I needed more practice.
The one pictured on the left was half quilted so I finished quilting that in the meander that I had started before everything went into storage. The one that is shown being quilted I did in the loops and hearts that I wanted to use on the paper pinwheel quilts.
Now all four rooster placemats are quilted, trimmed and ready to have the binding attached.
In addition to quilting and binding, I’m also baking today. First thing this morning I got bread dough made. It’s now on it’s second rise and ready to go in the oven as soon as the Honey Oatmeal Bars are finished baking. (I’ll be posting the recipe for the Oatmeal Bars soon.)
The four larger loaves are for Dave and the smaller one is for a friend of our son’s who has been feeling a bit down lately. Dave and I are making up a little care package of baked goods for our son to take to him in the hopes it will lift his spirits.
7 Comments
Susan
February 19, 2015 7:49 pmOh, that bread looks wonderful! So do the placemats. I’m so slow getting here, you probably have them bound by now. =)
Catherine
February 19, 2015 3:18 amI paid for my husband to go on a bread making course as a Christmas present. He made some for my Honey Bees group lunch- delicious. The smell of fresh baked bread is so comforting. I hope your son’s friend enjoys it.
Susanbeingsnippy
February 19, 2015 1:28 amThe embroidery is what caught my eye! and well, yes the loaves of bread — comfort food, i can almost smell it!
Melissa Meinhard
February 19, 2015 12:11 amGong xi fa cai
Hong bao na lai! 😀
Awesome fabric on the placemats
Linda
February 18, 2015 3:47 pmGreat work for these winter days. I’m heading to my quilting room to work on some WIPs and get them off my 2015 FINISH list. And I baked bread and rolls last week!
Diane Chambers
February 18, 2015 3:20 pmI love the idea of place mats that are same fabric but different quilting patterns. Good way to practice and gives interest to meal time conversations -at least among quilters!
Diane
February 18, 2015 2:29 pmAhh–I think I need some cheering up too–
and I love homemade bread–hint-hint!!!!!!
I do remember baking homemade bread–
my favorite thing to bake is biscuits and blueberry muffins–
I just don’t do them often enough!!!
Great photos–
smiles,diandmissgracie
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