Posies Everywhere

The only sign of spring in my area are these posies I have been making for the Flea Market quilt. The weather has been brutal this past weekend. Punxsutawney Phil may have decided we will have an early spring, but I have my doubts. It has been cold and very rainy here. Lots of wind, but so far no trees down.

I am getting faster with my posie block making. I have adopted an assembly line technique. Working on six blocks at a time, I sew the petal quadrants and press and trim them. Then I assemble the flowers, pressing the seams open. Pressing the seams all open takes time, but it does result in nice flat blocks. And those intersections are coming together great. I used to avoid pressing seams open but I do it almost all the time now.

The family came over for dinner Sunday. You may recall the last time I hosted my son-in-law's family my lasagna was pretty much inedible. Everyone was very polite, but man, I was embarrassed. This time I made a tried and true recipe which I can recommend for entertaining. Greek Chicken Meatballs served over Lemony Orzo. The only change I made was to add panko crumbs to the meatball mixture to make them hold together better.

I am a fan of a YouTube channel called Mandy in the Making and she featured the recipe on one of her videos. I highly recommend her channel. Her food is reliably tasty, and she and her husband are absolutely adorable to watch. They are so cute together and he is a huge fan of just about everything she makes. Whatever the featured recipe is, he does a taste test which always makes me want whatever he is eating.

Today I am watching for the postal delivery of my background fabric for the Mercantile sew along, and hope to get a few blocks together this week. All my other fabric is starched and ready to go. 

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Comments

[Pamela dempsey]

Your posies are very cute ☺️! I tried a new recipe yesterday and it was so delicious! Just called hamburger and potatoes but it needs a better name. It also had mushrooms, onion spinach,greuyere cheese. The cheese was hard to find, so yummy!

[CarolE]

Good morning. We are getting hit pretty good with the rain as well here in Southern California. But we always need the rain, don't we?! I'm working on two quilts and for the first time I have thoroughly starched all the fabric. Have you ever had a problem with leftover starched fabric sitting for a while. I read an article that stated they would become brittle and attract silverfish. And do you wash your quilts since all the fabric was starched beforehand? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

[Jan]

Your posies are adorable! I sometimes work on like-blocks assembly line style. It feels more productive for some reason! Have a great week & I hope your mail delivery arrives quickly!

[Ina]

I tried a couple of new recipes this weekend plus old tried and true. we had small group of friends for dinner on Saturday. yep, I did what you're not supposed to do: new recipes on company. I have no regrets.

it was so nice to have company but we were both so pooped on Sunday. we did nothing on Sunday but take turns getting soaked walking the dog in the rain. he doesn't care that it is pouring. he demands his 3 walks a day. ;p

those posies really are adorable! can't wait to see them added to the quilt.

[Anita]

Your blocks look fabulous! Glad you’re staying dry and no tree casualties! It sure has been scary listening to that wind howl and wondering if my poor plants will drown. Can’t wait to see the rest of your progress

[Debbie]

Thank you for recommending Mandy in the Making. I've watched a couple of her videos and imagine continuing to see more in the next few days/weeks. They ARE an adorable couple and the food looks interesting and delicious.

[Jennifer in Indy]

Your posies look great and that recipe sounds so good - going to check it out!