I have worked on some other actives this week besides the Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt.
I have an older dog who is having a harder time eating dry dog food. I don't want to start feeding her the boughten canned food, as it can get expensive. So once a month, I make her my own recipe for soft dog food. Basically, it contains, about a pound of meat (I used some older frozen meat that had started to get a little freezer burned. This time I had a small baggie of leftover turkey, left over ham, and a couple of salmon patties), six cans of vegetables (I used some of my canned carrots from prior years) and enough cooked rice to hold the mixture. Rice is very gentle on her stomach as well. I scoop out about 3/4 cup size onto cookie sheets, freeze them, and then take out one a day for her evening meal. Total cost is about $4.00 and about 2 hours of time.
I have an older dog who is having a harder time eating dry dog food. I don't want to start feeding her the boughten canned food, as it can get expensive. So once a month, I make her my own recipe for soft dog food. Basically, it contains, about a pound of meat (I used some older frozen meat that had started to get a little freezer burned. This time I had a small baggie of leftover turkey, left over ham, and a couple of salmon patties), six cans of vegetables (I used some of my canned carrots from prior years) and enough cooked rice to hold the mixture. Rice is very gentle on her stomach as well. I scoop out about 3/4 cup size onto cookie sheets, freeze them, and then take out one a day for her evening meal. Total cost is about $4.00 and about 2 hours of time.
A few posts back, I posted about a quilt I did for one of my sons that will be part of his Christmas present. His twin brother is also getting a quilt for Christmas quilt that I posted about awhile back when I first started working on it. I managed to get it quilted this week.
I quilted it using what I call the straight line method by quilting lengthwise down the long prints and then quilting crosswise on the various different prints.
This is a peek at the backing of this quilt. I had do some piecing of the backing fabric, as I did not originally purchase enough to do a backing for this sized quilt. I rather like the look of the stripe down the middle of this one.
This is just a close up of the fabric used on the backing. Perfect for this son who is a avid fisherman.
I also did work on the next part / clue #3 for the Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt, but I will save that for my post tomorrow, so I can link up on Bonnie Hunters blog.
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