Going Nowhere Fast

We had a quick trip to the farmer's market yesterday. The forecast was for temperatures into the 100's in the valley. If the warmth and sun at the Beaverton Farmer's Market were any indication, it was easily going to reach that. Erik, Mae, and I grabbed the vegetable and fruit objects of our desire and skedaddled for home and the comfort of air-conditioning.

That didn't stop me from making this Iron-Skillet Peach Crisp. I can make these little desserts in my toaster oven.

I made just half the recipe and I substituted cinnamon for the garam masala. (Does that sound like something that belongs in peach crisp to you?) It turned out pretty good, but I had a little too much filling. I recommend using just one-third the filling recipe, and all of the topping...because, honestly, isn't the topping the whole point when you're making a crisp? We had it for dessert last night with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It actually makes enough to serve four, and so we'll have it again tonight.

Before coming home yesterday, I made a stop at Joann. While I try to avoid ragging on Joann (it's such an easy target), I nevertheless want to point out that I hate shopping at Joann. Do they have the worst service ever? I was there to get the things I needed for the tote I've been working on. It has Smitty's comfort seal of approval, in case anyone's asking.

Yesterday I finished stippling one side of the main part of the bag. Then I had to stop while Smitty took a nap on the other side. Besides...I was wanting to get going on two blocks for the Live, Love, Teach quilt.

While I was at Joann, I got interested in looking for some fabrics I'm going to need to finish off my quilting snowladies. There is just one embroidered block to go, and I'll probably get started on that within the next day or two. I have in mind to set these using a small border around each block, and I'll do them in different colors.

I'm also wanting to give them cornerstones using some sort of star block to make a snowflake. I've already purchased the fabric I'm going to use for the back and the sashings,

and so my vision for the quilting snowladies is coming together.
You're probably wondering about my "Going Nowhere Fast" title for this post. So here's what happened. I finished two more blocks for the Live, Love, Teach quilt. Kathy's block:

And Sue C's block:

Okay...so two more blocks made, right? Well then, I tried to add signatures to one of the blocks I made previously.

Ooops! I was tracing the names using my bright light box, and with that bright light shining in my eyes, I didn't notice that I had the block upside down. So, okay, I officially hate myself for doing that. I'll have to remake that one. That's okay because I'm going to have to remake the block that Lisa's mother submitted too.

The block submission had the wrong ending year on it. It says "2014" instead of "2015". We didn't notice until I'd already finished it. I was going to try to fix just the year, but then when I trimmed it, I trimmed the whole design off center. Doh! Actually, I did this one quite a while ago, but I'm only just now fessing up to it.
So there you go...two blocks finished, but two blocks to be remade. I'll do those last when the sting has worn off some. I think the heat is affecting my brain...or what's left of my brain.
Today I have a little housework to do, and I'm going to do some dinner cooking early in the day. Then, I'm going to sew. It's going to be another hot day, and the sewing room is the place to be. It's the coolest room in the house...for so many reasons. Pin It