2009 August 05 — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

A Battle Brewing

August 5, 2009 · by JudyL

I’m declaring war on the mess in my sewing room. If you never hear from me again, you’ll know the mess won, I’ve accepted defeat and will never show my face again.

I’m so brave! I’ve taken “before” pictures of what a sewing room looks like after 7 months of trying to meet one deadline after another. OK . . I’m not that brave! I’m not sharing the photos. Here’s what I might do . . when I’m finished with one section (because I have little faith that I’ll ever get the whole room clean), I’ll show a before and after picture of that one area. Don’t hold your breath waiting though . . it’s such a mess.

Wish me luck . . lots of luck, lots of energy and hope that my family doesn’t expect a home cooked meal or clean laundry for at least a month!

And, if anyone is counting, I my chickens . . only the red stars . . have now presented me with 26 wonderful brown eggs.

And, I think I need a nap. A girl can’t start a major cleaning job if she’s sleepy, right?

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Sock Yarn Giveaway

August 5, 2009 · by JudyL

Because the Sock Summit is happening and I’m not there and because it’s summer and I don’t have time to knit much, but fall is coming and I have more time to sit and knit in the fall and winter . . I think it’s time for a sock yarn giveaway, along with a really neat Lexie Barnes needle case?

The yarn is a gorgeous cherry red, Fleece Artist BFL (80% Superwash Blue Face Leicester/20% nylon). This little package was donated by my favorite yarn shop, Simply Sock Yarn. They’ve been my favorite yarn shop for several years now. I’ve always had fantastic service from them, have recommended them to friends and those friends love shopping with them too.

The drawing will be held Friday before noon and all you have to do to be entered is create a post on your blog showing socks you’ve recently knitted or are currently knitting, then leave a comment here with a link back to that post. To be eligible, the link has to be to that specific post, not to your main blog.

Thanks!

· Filed Under: Quilting · 27 Comments

Blackberry Heaven

August 5, 2009 · by JudyL

Last week Vince told me about a place where we could go to pick blackberries. I’m not real crazy about tame blackberries because they have huge seeds. After picking wild blackberries a month or so ago, I’m not real crazy about them either because I had lots of chigger bites. Huge seeds vs. chiggers? Easy decision for me.

Look at the size of those blackberries! They are so sweet! We picked 3 gallons and ate 1 gallon a few while picking.

I canned 14 quarts of blackberry pie filling and made a blackberry pie.

The blackberry pie filling is so pretty . . and it tastes pretty good too.

Seems like I’m putting up more pie filling than real food but if you had a choice of living on real food or pie filling, which would you choose? That’s what I thought! Who needs real food when you have pie?