Karen Faylor of the Karen Faylor Company shares what she does when beginning a new project. I think I need to follow her example! I am going to reread this before I begin my next project today (although, since it’s already cut out it isn’t really a new project). This project is also a baby gift but I’m not telling what it is or posting pictures until after the baby shower (just in case the mama should happen by).

I’ve decided that I can’t start a new project until I’ve finished an old one. I like to start new projects, but I’d also like to finish all my projects! So, NO NEW PROJECTS until an old one is done. Since I’m itching to make a dress for a friend’s little girl , cut out some aprons, and work on a design project I just thought of yesterday, I’d better get this baby gift done, attach the hook and eye to my skirt, and put together the apron I already cut out.

Just another taste of what is happening in my home.

Ingenious (if I may say so myself) way of harvesting three different things in the same basket without crushing any delicates

A tiny bit of what we've canned!

Little pear tomatoes on a dehydrator tray

I was finally able to dry a couple of trays of zucchini (this is before it was dried)

I haven’t had a chance to try it because we are basically buried in produce around here right now, but maybe when the nectarines and corn are done I will be able to spend a few minutes each day on sewing projects. I have one or two baby gifts to make and I need aprons BADLY!

Lemon juice pickles canned Thursday

I didn’t get pictures of the nectarines frozen on Thursday.

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Okra waiting to be fixed

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Green beans canned Friday

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Green beans frozen Friday (in one cup portions for my grandmother)

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Tomatoes waiting to be eaten or processed

I’m not sure why the green one is there. Maybe it’s ripe on the other side!

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Tomatoes for eating, and for canning when we get enough.

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Squash and cucumbers waiting to be eaten or processed (yes, we use overgrown cucumbers)

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More squash

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More squash

All of this squash was picked before Friday. We have a lot more now!

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Nectarines

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Canning nectarines Friday

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Canning nectarines Sunday

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Blueberries waiting to be processed

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And I just learned the sweet corn is ready! This is a very overwhelming but satisfying time of year.

Basil

Dried beets on tray

Beets in bag

Summer squash

Here is a pretty Regency Girl’s Dress: Nadja’s Girl’s Regency Dress.

A lovely fabric collection I have been looking at lately: Maywood Studio’s “Wild Rose” (scroll down near the bottom of the page). While I haven’t seen it in person, I’m thinking it’s just my style. Take a look at “sweet Love” and “Wild Rose Basics” while you’re there.

A five-year-old’s first quilt. Makes me want to finish my first quilt!

We are praising God for this. We had extremely slow dial-up. It is hard to do anything that way, especially run businesses!

The store ~ customers can now check out without an account.