I haven’t done much sewing for myself, but I do have a quilt hanging in the lobby of a local bank this month. 
The colors are more vibrant than the picture.
There is a church in Refugio that has bought a quilt from me the last few years for their raffle, and two of the ladies stopped by to see if I had something ready for them. I don’t! They saw the quilt I’m making for my church’s raffle and asked it they could buy it. 
I told them it wasn’t for sale, but I have another in the same color-way that I can add some borders to. 
They like it, and they want a king size, so I am working on some borders currently. I’m not making good progress, but it will definitely get put on my priority list.
Someone donated fabric to the guild, and I took the larger pieces to make kits for donation quilts. Betty helped me cut, fold, and bag kits for 3-yard quilts. We were able to get 15 kits made by supplementing from my personal stash. 
The next time we have a charity sew day at guild, I will take these kits and my 3-yard quilt books. It would be wonderful if we could get 15 quilts made for donation.
We are having another raffle at church for baby quilts. It is scheduled for September. 
Other than that, I am still working on customer quilts, and I am still canning. Yesterday, I shredded up some cabbage, and chopped onion, green tomatoes, bell peppers, and a couple of hot peppers for chow chow. I salted it all before I left the house and left it in the refrigerator so the water would leach out. Or as my granny used to say, I let it sweat down. 
I didn’t have a big enough bowl, so I used my cake carrier. LOL. It worked. I canned 12 pints yesterday evening. 
I am hoping to do some jalapeños today. The plan is to make some candied, and some pickled. I stopped at the store and got some carrots to add to the pickled ones. I haven’t figured out yet if I want to make pints or half pints.
Goodness you have been busy! How nice to have that pretty quilt being admired at the bank. That is a great photo of you. It must be flattering for folks to stop by and want to buy your quilts! Good luck getting your borders. What will you do with all the chow-chow? The candied jalapenos sound good, so do the pickled. My sis-in-law used to buy those huge jars of pickled jalapenos at Walmart and use it to marinate chicken tenders, which she would batter and fry. Then she would drain and batter the jalapeno slices and fry them too. So good!
ReplyDeleteThere is surprisingly a market for completed quilts, but people don’t want to pay enough to make it worthwhile. That is why I try to limit it to church raffles and benefit auctions. I like chow chow with pinto beans, and on hot dogs. I like the fried jalapeño slices, but I haven’t tried marinating chicken with jalapeños.
Deletenice to sell a quilt or two - I used to do that years ago. I'm actually glad to not have veggies to can or make into sauce this year - no energy for it right now. Have fun with the canning and quilting
ReplyDeleteIt is a lot of work, but I took a break from it for several years. I find I am enjoying it after the break! I do wish I had more time and energy, though.
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