Contrary Wife Block and Then Some

You can find the pattern for this in "The Farmer's Wife" book.  I used the cutting instructions from the Barrister's Block site to make it easier for me to do.  Less time consuming.  I'm all for doing something easier.  What about you?

It really was being contrary too!  I tried making the HST's the right size to begin with.  That didn't work.  Cut some more and made them bigger.  Much better.  Still need to work on not losing my points.  Sigh!!!!

I forgot to post this when I completed the above block, so, I'm going to add the first block that I made for this quilt.
 
 This block is called the Basket Weave.

I might as well add the two blocks that I made today.
The following block is call the Big Dipper.

 

 ....and last but not least is my Autumn Tints block.

You'll have to excuse the darkness of some of the pictures.  The light was bright and with the added flash it made the background fabric disappear into the ironing board cover. 

The blocks for this quilt will be 6" finished.  I see that I'm going to have to make extras or do something different to make it fit a king sized bed.  I'll cross that road when I get to it.  =)

My Choice of Fabric for a Mystery Quilt

 My neutral and yellow fabric.  I'll be using some orange in there as well.

The greens that I'll be using.  I want to get some more of the flowered fabric.

 The blues that I found.  

Some purples.  One of my favorite colors.  Green is my other favorite color.

Pinks are pretty.  I used to never like pink when I was a kid.

 

Learning to Knit Again

A free class for knitting showed up on my Facebook news feed not too long ago.  I figured what is one more thing to do in my busy world.  Like I need more things to do.  LOL!!!!

I was taught to knit/purl by an older lady years ago.  This block is knitted corner to corner.  I learned to cast on stitches.

Then I learned to cast off stitches.

I finished the block today. 

I learned to bind off.  Learning new stitches is fun.  I get bored doing the same thing over and over.  Guess you could say that I'm a sucker for learning new things.

Christmas in Almost July

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it's supposed to be Christmas in July.  So it came a day early.  LOL!!!! 

I recently signed up for the monthly scrapbag from one of the online quilt shops.  They send me three yards of quarter cut fabric a month.  This is what came in the mail today for the month of July.

 

Now for the flip side.

There's more....I'll save that for another day.  I'm being lazy.  Didn't want to have to try and get it back in the ziplock.  =)

My market bag is about halfway finished.  I'll work on it after I've watched Longmire.  I can watch Longmire online on A&E.  I don't have to wait until comes out on Netflix.  Woohoo!!!!!

I have too many irons in the fire.  I'll be starting on a knitted afghan in two days.  It's going to consist of different stitches.  The classes are free online classes that will last for 12 weeks.  Each week there will be a different stitch to learn.  On week 12 the afghan will be put together along with adding the border.  

Tomorrow starts a new challenge with the Crochet Crowd.  It's another afghan made up of different stitches only it's crocheted.  I believe that he said that we have until September 1 to do this challenge.  That will give me two months to finish the afghan.  

Then there's the afghan for Pops that I need to get finished by the first part of September.  I'm about two thirds of the way finished with that one.  I have two projects in my purse to finish too.  One is a slouch hat.  I think that I'm going to start over on that one.  Not sure where I'm at on the rows.  The other project in my purse is a broomstick lace scarf.  I worked on it while I was on lunch today.

I really need to get back to my quilting!!!!!!  There are several quilt tops that need backs.  Not sure how many there are.  There's so many projects to do.  I seriously don't think that they will all be done before I retire.  Trust me, it will be several years before I can retire. 

Chicken Enchiladas

I love Mexican food and he loves Italian food.   We both like chicken enchiladas.   Most chicken enchiladas use a green chili sauce or a sour cream sauce.   I prefer the red sauce.

Here's my version of chicken enchiladas.   It's semi homemade due to the fact that most of the time I don't have time to boil or bake the chicken.

You'll need:

1 roasted chicken skinned and deboned
20-24 corn tortillas
2 c+ grated cheese
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 can enchilada sauce(large)
1 can chopped green chilies
cooking oil for softening the tortillas
Milk

I used a garlic chicken for this recipe and homemade enchilada sauce.  I'll post a recipe for the enchilada sauce when I get the recipe tweaked a little bit more.

Preheat the oven on 350º

Combine the chicken,  2 cups grated cheese, cheddar cheese soup, and the green chilies together in a bowl.  Add enough milk to thin the soup a little bit.  You don't want it too thin.

Spread some enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9×13 pan.

Heat up some oil in a pan.  Put one tortilla at a time in the oil.  Cook it on both sides.   Don't cook it too long or it will get crispy.

Put about 2T of the chicken mixture on one side of the tortilla and roll it up.  This recipe makes about 20 enchiladas.   I put plain cheese in the remaining 4 tortillas.   Spread the remaining sauce across the top of the enchiladas.  Sprinkle cheese across the top.

Bake in the oven until the the cheese is melted.  It's about 20 minutes.  I don't time it so this is an approximate time.

This will make 2-9×13 pans of enchiladas.

Enjoy!

I'll add  a picture when I can get on my laptop.   This tablet won't let me add one.

Market Bag

I'm working on this market bag for a challenge.   

 

I don't think that I will get it done in time for the deadline.  It was a last minute decision and it's not something that a person has to commit to doing.  I definitely will be making more of these along with some quilted bags.  Trying to limit the amount of plastic bags that we get from the stores.

On that note, I'll leave you with a pretty Calla Lily from one of my flower gardens.

The Picture that I Promised You

I don't know about you, but I get in my moods where I really don't want to do anything but sit on my butt.  I've been trying to get out of that funk and stay out of it.  Way too much to be done around here.

I'm on the downside of this afghan.  Finished the rows of red that I wanted to do.  Two more colorways to finish before I start with the black again.  Gong to have to go and get some more black this week.  Think that I will do it early one day this week.  I need to go and get the oil changed in my car and take the recyclables in. 

I think that I might try and make some reusable market bags for a challenge that I saw.  Wonder how many I can get done before the challenge is over.