This WIP is done!

A while back I had a little guessing contest in which you were to guess what I was going to do with the fabric shown in the post.  Well, Billie won 2 fat quarters guessing that I was working on a rag quilt.  I did finish the top and took it to St. Ann's for someone there to snip it (that's the part I hate).  Dare did the job for us and washed it and I think it came out fine.  Our first rag quilt as a wheelchair lap quilt:

Turned out 34" by 46"  but not as a lap quilt after all.  The church was having a festival and asked each ministry for a donation to help in the raffle.  So we chose to donate the quilt and three of the ladies made up this basket:It consisted of the quilt, some Irish Creme, books, cookies, some chips, popcorn - a perfect, manly gift for a night of armchair viewing.

Stash Report 6/12/11

Not much to report this week.  It was my last week of watching Alan full time (boo hoo!).  They had an opening in the waiting list and he's going to day care.  I got an extra month, so it should not be this hard to do without him - right??

Here are my numbers:
Used this week: 1.0 yard cut into blocks for donation; 1/8 yard of scraps for a baby block.
Used/Donated Yr to date: 39.83 yards
Added this wk: 0.0 yards
Total Yr to date Added: -3.5 yards
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Total Yr to date Use: 36.33 yards

And here's the block I made.  Pattern is in the book to the left.  I love this book!  Thank you, Nancy Johnson Srebro!  It's great that most patterns have 3-4 sizes included.  My little tugboat is 6 1/2" square.

Go over to Judy's Patchwork Times to see how others are bashing their stash.  Button is on the left sidebar.

Basil from Amanda

My son's fiance bought a basil plant while she was here the last week of April for a delicious pesto she made for us to use in a pasta salad.  I inherited it when Amanda left, and boy, what a difference using fresh basil makes.  I've used it to garnish tomatoes, in spaghetti sauce, added to oven fried eggplant (recipe under recipe tab), and in making ratatouille.  Yummy!  My husband up-potted the plant and it now is flourishing on my patio.  I can run out and get leaves whenever I want.  It is going to bloom soon, so I may take all the leaves off and dry them for later use.  I want it to seed so I can grow some more plants.  Thinking seriously of starting a herb garden in a large pot to use when I cook.