It was great to be able to spend a lot of time in my studio this week. There were no rehearsals to go to and not much reason to go out except our normal morning workouts 4 days a week. So, yep! I got all my goals done this week. And I finished four actually 6 books and audio books this week. I'm not sure how I did that but I often have 2 books going at the same time. I did spend a lot of time reading since I hadn't been able to do that much the week before.
5/6/24
✅Finish Ombré log cabin top — done!
✅Keep making bow tie blocks — all blocks made for the top.
✅Continue processing scraps/fabrics on cutting table … fold and replace or cut into usable sizes — cleared off cutting mat by cutting and returning fabrics to correct locations.
✅Attend ‘Annie’ in Maryland where 2 grands are performing — great fun watching Annie Junior at their middle school.
Finished ombre log cabin top spread out to be measured. |
And this week ----
5/13/24
Quilt Jenny’s quilt
Put border on pinwheel top
Make another basket block or two
Cut, layout, and start stitching the stars quilt top for Va Star Quilt Guild
Sew misc blocks — RSC, FCQEquilters
And, I had another great week for the 15 Minutes to Stitch. Sometimes it was knitting and sometimes I was sewing in my studio. I've decided both activities count as stitching along with needlepoint and counted cross stitch. Every week I stitch for all 7 days raises my success rate. Yea. Maybe next week I'll make it to 9.5%!
W/ending 5/12 133
- 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
- 15 minute days/April = 12/12 days
- 15 minute days/2024 = 126/133 days
- Success rate = 9.47%
Now, on to more of our Costa Rica trip. In Monteverde we went to an agro tourism farm that showed how coffee, sugar cane and cacao are grown and processed. El Trapiche tour shows a bit of the culture of Costa Rica through these crops.
Young coffee plants are nurtured until they can survive in the fields. |
Our guide showed us four colors of the coffee beans. |
Teddy was fitted with a basket just like a coffee picker would be. Luckily he wasn't put to work picking the beans. |
This was one machine used to sort the coffee beans. |
Aimee is checking out the inside of the cacao pod. |
We were each given a taste of the white liquid that surrounds the beans. The beans don't taste very good until roasted and sugar is added. The white liquid was sweet with a hint of chocolate flavor.