If you were on Chooky’s Zoom session yesterday, you’ll already know that my poor quilting machine ended up having what can only be described as open‑heart surgery.
Tony had her completely pulled apart, trying to track down the cause of her sudden tantrum. After three rows of beautiful quilting she began shredding and snapping the top thread. He did find a little nest of thread fragments tucked away inside, and out they came, a quick free motion test and all seemed well, but alas… once we put her back on the frame and I tried again, she was no better.
So off to the spa she went. I took her to the store yesterday and Linda slapped an urgent tag on her, which is the sewing‑machine equivalent of being wheeled straight past the waiting room.
Moving on…
Life has been busy — so busy I forgot to take photos. Tony and I spent some time in the garden. The mad courgette plant has finally been removed, though even as I was chopping it up for the compost I found two more courgettes hiding in it. More relish is definitely in my future, I have about ten of them now. While we were out there I planted more broccoli, carrots, and a few spring onions.
Back indoors, Tony helped me make another batch of Evil Chilli Chutney. About a third of the chillies were Carolina Reapers, so this batch is going to be HOT.
I was also given some rhubarb, so that’s been stewed and tucked into the freezer. It’s not the bright ruby red of our own plants, it must be a different variety, but Tony will happily eat anything rhubarb‑adjacent. I stewed some apples too and added raspberries, which turned out to be a very tasty combination. Today I’ll top it with a keto crumble for the grandchildren. Yum.
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