Sew, its Friday

I've been having a regular Friday date with a friend. She brings her children and machine and we break out the projects. She's borrowing a dress pattern and I'm helping her through it. My oldest daughter, MissA takes charge of mixing cookie dough, and the children do art or play with the toys as time and temperament permit.

I pulled out a quilt that I'd started ages ago. It's a "stack & whack" style in which 9 different squares are stacked, then cut at angles to give 9 sections of each color. The squares are mixed by changing the color out on each area and sewn back together. I'd picked out a flannel backing and the batting last time it was out. Half the machine quilting was finished today!

Glut of Cherry Tomatoes

I have a volunteer tomato bush that comes up each summer. This year has been cool, so there hasn't been a tomato until this past week or so. Being that it's October, I thought it best to make the most out of what's there right now. So today I decided to start with green tomato chutney.

Plus my neighbor brought a mixed bag of heirloom & other tomatoes to us the other day which we haven't been able to get through. So, I picked as many ripe cherry tomatoes as I could find to see how much I had. Ended up with half as many as a tomato catsup recipe called for.

I've never used either of these recipes before, so I have no idea what we'll think of the flavors. I'll have to let them sit for a couple weeks, at least, to let the flavors mix.