Ugh, excuses, right?
But! The good news is that I bought a new iron -- a Silver Star gravity feed iron. Can I just say? Amazing. It stays hot and creates steam like nobody's business. I made my own bias tape for the first time a couple days ago and it came out perfectly. Heaven. And it was only $90, which is about the same price as a nice Rowenta.
I'm so in love. To test it out, I made a Colette Sorbetto blouse (pictures to come.) That's what the bias tape was for. Since I'd never made bias tape before, I used a white sheet from the thrift shop and had a couple of false starts, but in the end, it came out just as I wanted. And so much softer than the store-bought stuff!
While the new iron has been amazing, the garden is what's taking up most of my time.
Baby tomatoes!
Baby bell pepper!
Baby cucumbers!
... and not-so-baby cucumbers. Those things get huge in a hurry!
And then they become pickles! I've made four pints of pickle slices so far and I envision more in my future. We've been eating lots of salad and I just took four cucumbers out to my parents and we still have two and a half in the refrigerator.
The basil is also growing gangbusters. I've also made pesto twice; we've got three cups of it in the freezer already.
Summer's the best, isn't it? And it's only July!
But! The good news is that I bought a new iron -- a Silver Star gravity feed iron. Can I just say? Amazing. It stays hot and creates steam like nobody's business. I made my own bias tape for the first time a couple days ago and it came out perfectly. Heaven. And it was only $90, which is about the same price as a nice Rowenta.
I'm so in love. To test it out, I made a Colette Sorbetto blouse (pictures to come.) That's what the bias tape was for. Since I'd never made bias tape before, I used a white sheet from the thrift shop and had a couple of false starts, but in the end, it came out just as I wanted. And so much softer than the store-bought stuff!
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| Finished bias tape |
Baby tomatoes!
Baby bell pepper!
Baby cucumbers!
... and not-so-baby cucumbers. Those things get huge in a hurry!
And then they become pickles! I've made four pints of pickle slices so far and I envision more in my future. We've been eating lots of salad and I just took four cucumbers out to my parents and we still have two and a half in the refrigerator.
The basil is also growing gangbusters. I've also made pesto twice; we've got three cups of it in the freezer already.
Summer's the best, isn't it? And it's only July!
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