Summer Blues, Salads, and Ho Ho Ho!

The cucumbers keep on coming!  

Welcome, ya'll. Come on in and sit a spell!

The garden is still keeping me busy. 

For the 4th of July, I made a  yummy to my tummy Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad.  It was a big hit at the cookout. 

CREAMY CUCUMBER AND TOMATO SALAD

SERVINGS : 4 

INGREDIENTS:

SERVINGS : 4 

2 Cucumbers sliced

2 Tomatoes sliced

1/4 cup of onion chopped

1 cup of creamy Salad Dressing ( I used JFG mayo; my favorite)

2 Tablespoons of sugar or to taste

a pinch of salt and black pepper to taste

1 teaspoon of vinegar

dash of dill 

DIRECTIONS:

In a large salad bowl, add the cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, salad dressing, sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and dill, add and adjust to your taste. Chill.  

For an extra zing, I added just a dash of Tony Chachere, but I add that to everything. 

This past week I canned zucchini,  squash and  dill pickle spears.  More zucchini will be going in the canner today.  I ordered some dissolvable canning labels from Amazon. Hopefully, they will be easy to remove when cleaning the jars. 

 Look at this cutie patootie teeny quilt.  It is Summer Blues Quilt Archaeology  design by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts. It will be going into the hoop very soon. 

But in front of it is the  Churn Dash quilt that I pieced last year.

 

This quilt is from Patriotic Little Quilts. 

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's Embroidery Thursday! 

This month I will be working on embroidering some wee Christmas ornaments. Simple country ornaments for a new tree theme I have in mind.- A Country Christmas.   

You want to join me?  If you do , just grab the doodles and your favorite colors of floss and you can go to town !  I will be sharing 4 each week that is if the Lord is willing and the creek doesn't rise.  

My little doodles are hand drawn so they are never perfect, but they provide me a bit of enjoyment. 

Let me show you how I am creating my simple ornies.

DIRECTIONS:

🧵1.  I stitched the motif using DMC 498 using the back stitch. I did not stitch the stitching lines along the edge.

🧵2. Cut the embroidery out leaving a generous amount of fabric along the edges. 

🧵3. Layer embroidery, batting, and backing. Pin in place. 

🧵4. Along the stitching lines, using 2 strands of DMC 498 create the running stitch along the edges.

🧵5. Trim the edges about 1/4" away from edge of quilting. 

🧵6. I used 4 strands of red floss and created a loop tying into a stitch in the back of the ornament. 

Wahlah! I little embroidered ornament to add to a country Christmas tree. 

Wouldn't these be cute as coasters too or maybe a mini quilt? 

To prim it up , you might think about giving it a good ole ' coffee/ tea bath. 

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Oooh ! That reminds me , I need to do a Christmas Parade here in the near future. It is Christmas in July! So much to do and so little time. I guess I better kick it into high gear and get to work. Don't ya think? 

Hmmm! I wonder if I could get you to slice some of the zucchinis up for me as I get the canner ready? I promise I won't leave you in the kitchen working  while I sneak off to quilt . 😂😉 

Ya'll have a terrific Thursday and let me know if you try the cucumber salad. I would love to know what you think. 

As always...

Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll

Melisa

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow! 

Hugs and Stitches !!!🤗❤🧵

Dedicated to my sweet baby sister, Amy. I love and miss you so much. 

STAY AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER! 

Did you know that reduces obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and is good for the skin. Hmmm! I need to plant more cukes!