Tuesday 24 May 2022

Just a quick post today......

Since the squirrel left, things have been a little quieter here in Loulee land. I've been busy with my studies and the end of stage one is in sight. 
YAY!
But it's not all about books. Winter has arrived and we finally had a frost, so it was time to give up and harvest the chillis from the green house. Not a very good crop this year. 
Lots of wild fires, they are the longer thin green and red chilli, which are really not that hot.
Our Scotch bonnet only yielded two ripe chilli and a few green fruit.
The Carolina reaper, did a little better with two good sized fruit and lots of smaller fruit as well as plenty of greens. Those last two are pretty hot. We grow them especially to put in this.
Evil Chilli Chutney. 
It's a recipe I discovered on Pinterest a few years ago and has become a must each year.
This year I got only one batch, in the past I've had 7-8 batches. So you can see that this years harvest really is poor.
A friend of Tony's grows chilli commercially and he says everyone had a bad year, the weather just was not right for growing chilli this year.
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In crafting news, I made the first of my scrappy floral blocks, just to see how it would look.
Yep! I'm happy with that.
I have all of the blocks half made now, but need to cut more smaller pieces and then figure out what to use as sashing strips. The cream coloured end of bolt I found will not be enough.  
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And last but certainly most important, the fabrics for Chookys Churn Dash along have arrived.
The plan was
Scrappy blues with the white for the blocks.
Paler yellow for sashing
and darker yellow for corner triangles....
But I'm beginning to re think my choices and that I might swap one of the yellows out.
I'm going shopping tomorrow, I might need to buy some blue.....
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That is all of my news.
Today I plan to sew some more florals and make a start on cutting blue scraps for my Churn dashes.
If you are interested in a churn dash sew along, go along to Chookys blog and let her know. 

 

13 comments:

ButterZ said...

Everyone is so busy planning churn dashes. Have fun

Jeanette said...

My chilli bush hasn't looked good this year either. I don't know how old it is so could be on it's last legs too as it could be old. Your floral block looks lovely. Look forward to seeing your churn dash blocks. Hugs.

Janet O. said...

Got a laugh over the Evil Chili Chutney name. Pretty hot stuff, huh?
Very pretty scrappy floral block.
That is going to be a very happy, sunny churn dash quilt!

kiwikid said...

Shame about the chillies, the tomatoes here did the same.
My goodness I would not go near anything named Evil Chili Chutney!!
Your floral block is very pretty and I like your new fabrics.

Lin said...

That bowl of chillies looks good to me - would be plenty for us for a year! Love your florals. Have fun with your churn dash. xx

Christine B said...

Your chutney looks nice and I am sorry that you haven't been able to make much of it this year. Looking forward to seeing the churn dash blocks! Christine xx

Rose Marie said...

Those are lovely yellows/golds and blues will be a great addition in making your churn dash blocks.

Fiona said...

I like the sound of your chilli sauce - I think I have 2 chillis growing - i wonder if they will mature before it gets cold.... the floral blocks are going to be gorgeous.
Hugz

Chookyblue...... said...

um interesting name for the chillis..........I won't be eating that........
I like the yellows....maybe make a few blocks first to decide????your not loving the white??
See you tomorrow........

Chookyblue...... said...

I like the floral block also......

jude's page said...

Love your floral blocks, but don't think the evil chilli will be on my menu. I better sort out my fabrics for the SAL as I have committed to do this now.

dq said...

Blues and yellows will be delightful colors for your Churn Dash.

Janice said...

That chilli does look evil. Not for me. I’m looking forward to seeing your churn dash grow. The colours will be so different from mine.