Changing Course

 

I finally finished my latest puzzle so the dining room table was up for grabs. 

I thought I would sandwich The Big Ugly quilt but I couldn't find enough of anything to back it with. I wanted it to be scrappy but it got ridiculous. So ridiculous that after dragging it all out and working on it for a few hours I put it all away and ordered some big backing material. I was worried that if the underside had a lot of seams The Mister would complain about it. I asked him in general what he thought and that's what he said. He still doesn't know this quilt is supposed to be for him. 

While I am waiting for that material to show up I've got the Vuelta a Espana to keep me busy. It started yesterday so it gave me a good excuse to start getting those Barbie Dream House singles plied while I watch the riders take a bike tour through Spain for a change. 

And...that botched Pumpkin batch came out really pretty. I was afraid that without the sodium lactate (liquid salt) it wouldn't get hard enough to unmold but it came out just fine. It's going to be interesting comparing this batch to a regular batch to see if all that fancy stuff I put in it really matters after all. I'm thinking it just might not.