Rug washing day

What a beautiful fall day here today!  It didn't take long for these guys to dry.  (And they smell so good!)

I hope you are having a beautiful weekend wherever you are too.  :)

'Indigo'

This is Indigo.  Surely someone, somewhere, has named their child Indigo.  Indigo is made from thrifted sheets and shirts. 

Edited to add:  I found an 'Indigo' as I was looking at a soap website.  Kawinkydink, I guess!

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 Today's haul:

I hadn't been to garden for a few days and that's what I found.

 I'd say the garden has paid back the-I don't know-$15.00 I spent for seeds.  I still have tons of seeds left, so next year-hopefully, I'll spend less than that!

Have a good day, everybody!

Miscellaneous

My neighbor gave me more tomatoes and I had a few from my garden-so I made some more juice yesterday.  I should have done it a few days earlier though-I had to throw quite a few rotten tomatoes out!

Isn't my prized watermelon beautiful?  Tastes good too!

I thought I would share this VERY simple recipe for sour pickles.  Mom's been making these forever!  This recipe is in the little hand written recipe book that my mom gave me as a bridal shower gift-oh, so many years ago-the one  I replicated last year and gave as a Christmas gift for my sisters, my mom (I think?), my daughter, and my niece.

I've always really loved these pickles and they could not be more simple to make.  The dry mustard gives them zing!  Oh, yeah-I used zucchini, not cukes because I had no cukes-but I did have zucchini.  I just scooped all the seeds out and used the firm outer part.  Worked like a charm.


Sour Pickles

2 Tablespoons of dry mustard
2 Tablespoons of salt
4 Tablespoons of sugar

Put above ingredients in quart jar.  Fill with cucumbers (or zucchini) and then with vinegar.  Keep in fridge.  Make sure the lid is on tight and shake now and then.  Enjoy in a few days!

Saturday afternoon-Larry and I went to a wedding reception.  (It's very rare we go anywhere together and it's very rare that Larry would go to a wedding reception-but the groom was his buddy.)

What a perfect day for a fall wedding!  The weather was beautiful!  The colors were lovely and so were the bride, groom, and the wedding party.  I loved the building the reception was held in-it was a coal loading building for trains back in the 1900's.  I loved the architecture.  Oh, and they passed out these paper 'hot air' balloons and lighters-the bride and groom lit the first one and then guests could light them and off they went into the sky.  I wish I would have gotten a pic of a bunch of them in the sky together-but I was too busy talking!

I hope everybody has a great week!

'Goldie'



The name 'Sunny' is already taken.

 

So this is Goldie, named for the yellow she contains.  (I'm grasping at straws here!)  Goldie is made with thrifted shirts and sheets.

  I made three rugs this week-yeehaw!

I also made this cut and tie fleece blanket for my daughter's friend.  Daughter asks, Mother makes!

Have a good weekend, everybody!

'Viola'

I made another rug yesterday-oh, yes I did!  I named this one 'Viola' for the blues and purples that I used.  These rugs go pretty fast for me, when I have the fabric yarn all ready to go.  My basket of rag balls has gotten considerably smaller already!  Viola is made from t-shirts (some thrifted and some given to me by lovely friends and relatives-have a t-shirt that's ready for the rag bag-just give it to Holly) and thrifted sheets.

Ahhh-this isn't a viola, it's a dayflower (thanks, Mary!) that I found near the woods.  Yes-I was in the woods again-only this time on the opposite side of my house.  I also found apples, acorns, wild grapes, oak leaves, and pine cones-but daaa!-I didn't have my camera with me.  I need to take it next time.

Oh, and doesn't Rocco look cute there?  He's thinking that I am going to throw this tiny flower for him.  Probably because I throw rotten tomatoes and weeds for him to go and fetch.  In fact, as I was taking photos he started jumping at me so he could grab this wee flower.  A 130 some pound pupper jumping at you-not good!  I love him anyway, though.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, everybody!

Watermelon!

Ah, watermelon-we love you so! 

I didn't grow this one.  Larry's uncle gave us this BIG homegrown watermelon from his beautiful garden.

I ate the end.  Hehe-I'm sneaky-hardly any seeds

Here are two of the watermelons from my garden, that I just picked this morning.  The big striped one must weigh 15 pounds or so. When I cut into it-I'm sure I'll be taking photos of the momentous occasion.  I know you're on the edge of your seat!

Speaking of watermelons-I decided to display this awesome watermelon rag rug that my mom made me about 16 years or so ago-again.  I had it out for many years-I used to be really into watermelon decor.  But I ended up putting it away because I kind of got out of that phase.  But now she's out again, to be displayed in all her glory. 

Afterall, in my opinion, there's no such thing as too many rag rugs!

Have a wonderful day, everybody!

'Ivy'

It's been a while since I've made a rug.  I've been cutting t-shirts and ripping sheets (outside) here and there, but today was the day-I made a rug.  This is Ivy-named for the green in her.  Ivy is made from three thrifted sheets and it looks like five t-shirts.  Some of the shirts were thrifted and a few were holey ones that were my beautiful niece, Jess's.

I thought about going outside to find some ivy and use it as a prop-but thought better of it, as I didn't want to get into any 'poison' ivy.  I just used my little glass bunnies for props instead.

Here's a photo using the hipstamatic app.

And here's a photo using the shakeit app. 

I'm still playing with my ipod touch.  Why?  Cause it's fun!

Have a wonderful day!