This month's cookbook challenge is the Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan. Last night, I cooked Spareribs Pan Roasted with Sage and White Wine, Treviso style with polenta (the lazy less stir method) and some broccolini. We drank it with a La Monacesca "Mirum" Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva. Such a lovely dinner!
I've decided to back off on quarterly goals and allow myself some time for exploration, at least for the rest of the month. In November, I'll pick up work on the pub quilt again... Meanwhile, I'm playing with the new sewing machine and largely ignoring everything else. Here's a short list of what's been active:
- I've been working on the Double your Pleasure cowl in front of the TV and on zoom calls; have torn it out twice but now I think it's going well.
- I took out the paintbox quilt (Judy Niemeyer) and have pieced the rest of the blocks. I know it's been on time out for some problem but the problem seems to have healed itself? I've ordered some fabric for backing/borders and will look at piecing it together in the next month or so. It'll be twin size. I may machine quilt it myself, or maybe send it out...
- I've been "down" after the second shingles vax... just feeling crappy and "meh" so watching videos on machine quilting using a technique called "ruler work". I've ordered a set of rulers and have been watching videos on Craftsy so am ready to play with this new technique!
- I have a warp ready to go on the loom and need to get another one on the other loom... hoping to do that later this week.
- I also organized my button collection and am looking at refactoring the studio so I can find things better... More of that later.
