"THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER...", et al

 

My "Itsy Bitsy Spider" piece is all

sewn--[just pinned up on the wall

in the orientation I will use].

(I would love a bigger version, but

my arms and shoulders say

"Nay, Nay"!!)

I had such fun piecing this on these

[purchased from MSQCo online]

{for whoever asked how I pieced it?}

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I made my own template for the centers (green fabrics)

and pieced the strips on either side to make 

that web...;

plus,  I used my leftover strips from 

my "Sunrise, Sunset" piece

 that is now ready

to be quilted...

😏 

[Stand in line with all the others!!]

BUT.....L 👀👀 K↓↓↓

at all the strips still to be used up...

So....

I have begun making strip sets

for some future use,

I don't want these hanging around

in a baggie and

forgotten forever!! 

If they are pre-sewn together there

is a better chance they will get used..

at least that is my thinking right now..

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And, for those of you interested in our

tomato-growing

experiment

here is the first picking:

👀

Not too shabby, huh?  

Altho', I did find that we lost a lot

to "bottom rot" (???) 

And why, I have no idea...

{Don't you love my new little "treat" for myself of

that adorable little chicken salt cellar-- Right

below my Grand-mere's

 blueware jug that holds cooking

utensils???😉}

I am surprised that we harvested

that many tomatoes 

as we've had virtually no rain at all

this Summer 

and have had to rely on 

watering ourselves...

Here are my plants now 

and the new little

greening tomatoes...

Looks like more to come....

and

here too

Tonight, I will be using those red tomatoes to make my

"Pasta Julianna"

 --so dubbed by my DH...;)))

A delish dish using spinach and onions sauteed

in V. Olive Oil along with the diced tomatoes and

then mixed with a pkg. of

cooked Fusilli pasta...

served with grated Parmesano..

😋😋😋.

Y U M M E E !!!

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I hope you are enjoying these fleeting

(if still really hot) 

days of Summer; who can believe

it's already halfway through 

AUGUST?  

In 1 and 1/2 weeks the school year

will begin once again. 

And....

Despite being retired for over

20 years now, we still seem to follow the

school calendar...

Do you do that too????

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-spinning-euse)

P.S. 

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