Discarded Treasure

Stainless Steel Teapot

On my way out yesterday morning, I spied this teapot abandoned in the trash.  I snatched it up and examined it closely.  It's stainless steel, with heat resistant handles and a little mechanism to keep the lid on when the handle is up.  And it's spotless!  Probably holds two liters.  Well, I couldn't pass it up.  It reminds me of something that would appear in one of the many still lifes I had to draw in any number of drawing classes I have taken.  It also seems like something that would be passed down from generation to generation along the female line.

Comfort Food

Chorizo and Eggs

Yesterday, for various reasons I wont go into here, I was feeling the need for comfort food.  I had purchased the ingredients to make homemade chorizo the week before, keeping the pork frozen until I wanted to use it, and was now ready to create.  

1 lb. ground pork

1 T salt

2 oz vinegar 

(preferably from a jar of pickled peppers)

as much chili powder as the meat will absorb

minced garlic

1 t oregano

Thanks to Melody for this recipe!

Buying ground (or minced, as they call it here) meat in Singapore is always an adventure, so I bought it whole and ground it myself in the cuisinart.  I used the cuisinart to add the rest of the ingredients to the meat, and then pulled off a smallish portion to cook up for my dinner.  Ahh, Mexican food.

Bath Mitt!

Bath Mitt

Pattern Here

Well, since I couldn't quilt, I decided to do a little crochet project.  I thought I might run out of blue yarn, and sure enough.  So I made a bath mitt that looks like it came from Ikea.  So what?  I used it this morning, and it was lovely.  Lots of lather and just the right amount of exfoliation.  Now, if I could just keep it from growing longer and longer....

Getting it Colored

I started putting the pieces together yesterday for the current work.  Considering the busyness of the pattern, I wanted to make sure that I used low-contrast colors for the background.  It was suggested that I could use fantasy colors instead of reality colors (i.e. blue or purple instead of green), but I decided juicy green was what I wanted.   I still have lots of layers to go before I start on the birds, but it will have to wait as it is now the weekend and I can't work with people in the house.  I love them, but can't work with them here.

Detail, Part 2

Here is a detail of the pattern I drew for the next quilt I am going to make.  I am so thrilled with this one because I feel that I've reached some goal or level in my attempts to make these image-driven quilts.  Plus, I like my birds....

Detail

Detail from Breakfast for the Birds, finished

Well, I got this quilt bound and quilted and it has turned out reasonably well.  I am quite pleased with it.  For the full picture, see my other blog.

Breakfast for the Birds

That's a working title...

The quilt top got finished yesterday, and I am happy with it.  It's a little Dr. Seussy, no?  It's hard to stay away from whimsical when I'm making quilts with images, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.  

Anyway, I need to bind and quilt it and it will be done!