My Apron Apron — Janet Szabo

I found a yard of this fabric on the remnant rack and fell in love. It was destined to become an apron:

I made it up in a basic chef’s apron pattern. The back is Robin Pickens’ “Thatched” fabric in the same acid green that is in the print. I added a large pocket because I need large pockets in my aprons.

[Did I ever tell you the story of butt-dialing 911 a few months ago? I was working in the greenhouse and bent over to get something and all of a sudden, my phone—in my apron pocket—started making a screeching alarm sound. Somehow, I had managed to depress the right combination of buttons and soon found myself chatting with a dispatcher. It was a slow day in dispatch and we had a nice conversation. She assured me that I wasn’t the first person to have done that.]

I love that this print is on a dark background. I need aprons that can stand up to some dirt.

Field testing my T-shirts is giving me lots of valuable information about what fabrics I like. Right now, the Laguna Cotton is edging out the Joann Fabrics cotton/spandex fabric. The Laguna Cotton has 5% spandex to the Joanns 2% spandex, and I am finding that the extra spandex makes a difference. I wore one of my Joann shirts yesterday, and while it fit well, the fabric recovery is not as good as the Laguna Cotton. By the end of the day, it had stretched out a bit more than I like. However, it is still a useful and comfortable top.

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Round 2 of bean canning was 15 pints of black beans, the La Preferida brand that Teri suggested:

I will be doing green beans later this week.

I am looking at my schedule for September and October and panicking only slightly, LOL. I am not sure how the days got filled, but fall is going to be almost as busy as the summer. At least it won’t be as hot (I hope).

Today’s schedule includes cutting the grass for one last time—we stop cutting in July because it gets hot and dry and the “grass” goes dormant, but usually in August, the crop of weeds that makes up part of our lawn needs to be topped off. Because we’re under stage 2 fire restrictions and not supposed to be using internal combustion engines outside after 1 pm, I need to get the cutting done this morning. And our last Ruler Club class is at the quilt store this afternoon.