Greetings and salutations!
This last couple of months haven't seen me doing much more than working and running around like a person who is running around (hopefully not aimlessly?).
I have this week off from work and I had "Big Plans" for how to spend the week but so far nothing I had planned has happened.
Tuesday (yesterday) was an at home, sewing, baking generally relaxing day. That did not happen as some other things that basically sucked the whole day away had to be done. The upside is it verified to hubby and I that a large choice we've made in the last couple of years was the exact right choice. At times sacrificing small things that you like can lead to large rewards in the long run. Cryptic I know.
Today I had other plans but since yesterday went south I am doing the baking part today since otherwise I'd lose about $30 worth of ingredients that I had slow proofing in the fridge.
Today I managed to get everything formed into loaves and doing a final proof. We have someone coming over for an early dinner so I'm not sure I'll get much sewing done today but I have been slowly working on things.
I've had my quilt frame with the mid-arm on it for something like 7-10 years. I can't remember exactly when we got it so the plastic parts have slowly been wearing out and now they are starting to break. Thankfully my spousal unit is learning to use the 3-D printer we bought and the CAD software and he has printed new brackets (one broke, the others were getting really sloppy) and a couple of new gear pieces since one of the gears was losing teeth at an alarming rate.
We replaced the broken bracket and the rest will be replaced once the current quilt is done and off the frame since it was a large ordeal to replace the one while we left the quilt on.
Slow but sure progress. I think tomorrow (unless we go test drive cars) I'll be able to get this mostly done.
In the wings are a couple of projects. Next to go on the quilter will be this small baby/toddler/lap quilt.
And I'm actively piecing 2 more tops, one for my friend who likes the Seattle Mariners (so I started a Mariner's Compass in green and blue):
Also still slowly figuring out layout and piecing the Marilyn Monroe quilt.
On Sunday hubby got my cutting/work table all put together and I love it! It has a couple of drawers which are full of thread right now.
In other news I've finally dialed in my traditional sourdough loaves with fresh ground flour. Ever since I started trying to grind my own flour from organic wheat grain I've been making loaves that are delicious but a bit flat. After hours of you tube research I found a solution that worked at 72% hydration which involves a LOT of kneading.
The ones that are proofing right now are 82% hydration with add ins (jalapeño cheddar) so we'll see what happens.
Last Sunday's bake made me really happy though. Lots of oven spring which I haven't seen in long time in any bread I've made.
I think that's it for now. I'm going to go finish getting things straightened up for company then try and get some quilting done while my bread rises.
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