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Do you remember dial up modems, and much older slower computers, sometimes they would say LOADING>>>>>

and an egg timer would revolve on the screen?

That is kind of where my latest project is at.

 I spent most of yesterday and a fair portion of this morning pulling the foundation papers out of my Windswept quilt top. A great task to take along to club and fiddle with while I listen to the chatter and join in occasionally. One of the girls even sat beside me on the sofa and helped out for a while. It was very much appreciated.

So here you see it being loaded on to the frame ready to be quilted.

It is fully loaded and a new to me pantograph has been selected.

It's one of the collection that was gifted to me a good few years ago now, and seems appropriate for a quilt called windswept. I used colours that for me evoked memories of great drifts of fallen, dried and windswept leaves in the Autumn months. 

Now we reach the LOADING>>>> part. When I went hunting for just the right thread I discovered that I will need more of that particular colour....

It's been ordered and will hopefully be here by my days off and I can play.

That is of course if I don't get distracted by something else...

This morning in those moments before you are truly awake, but not asleep either my mind wandered to another quilt and inspiration struck! As soon as I woke properly I scrambled to find a pen to scribble about my inspired thoughts. You might see Papaver Pazazz getting some attention in the near future.

As with most dreams and daydreams some of the details faded before I could record them, but hopefully I have salvaged enough to make progress when I'm ready to quilt this one.

Both of these tops are mentioned in my Chookshed list, I may have to tweak it a little. LOL

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Meanwhile how about a recipe?

This one is inspired by a meal I used to eat at an Italian restaurant back on the Isle of Man. I enjoyed it a lot and have made it a few times since we moved here to NZ.

Pollo Milanese. 

It is pretty easy to reproduce, A crumbed chicken schnitzel topped with Bolognese sauce and some grated parmesan.

You could use precoated chicken or make your own. Tony and I used plain chicken breasts, I took out some frustrations on them with my rolling pin to flatten them a little, then coated them in melted butter and our almond, garlic and parmesan crust to keep it Keto. I baked them in the oven for 20-25 mins at 190 C

Then topped them with some home made Bolognese sauce and plenty of parmesan. At Momma Mia's restaurant it came with a green salad and fries. I just served it with homegrown tomatoes the other day. It was delicious. 

A great way to use up a little left over Bolognese sauce or stretch out the chicken pieces.

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Charmaine and Torstein were here today and we dug up their spuds in buckets. They grew a nice wee crop but I forgot to get photos before we ate them. LOL Hopefully I'll have some more sprouting soon and I can plant more.  It's the first time I have tried growing potatoes in buckets. I plan to continue.

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I could start quilting Windswept, but I feel some slow stitching Sunday is in order. 

Hope your weekend is going well.