YOP Week #50

Another productive week but mostly outside and around the house.  I did craft and I organized some future projects for gifts and I got a bit done.
I worked on the lattice squares and I think I have 20 of which 16 will go for the arms of the chairs.  That leaves 4 of the 64 needed for the chairs themselves.  Thus I have 60 left to do.  I do have all the ends woven in though.  I can't stand leaving them until there are lots of them.  It is a great t.v. watching task.  I think I got last weeks and this weeks mixed up so I'll just show them all.... 

Here are all of them and I will now put them away and start on some new ones......they definitely need blocking too but I will wait until they are all done.

I worked a bit on Jane's Joy during the week.......

I'm ramping up for July birthdays (4) and an anniversary.  This is for my daughter and SIL's anniversary.........it's a small cross stitch pillow and I have the pattern and most of the floss but I need material and some special buttons so that will get ordered this week.

You'll never guess what I found!?!?  Those I  Spy quilts I was making for the grands 2 years ago?  It wasn't last year because that's when Jim passed so it had to be the year before that.  They're probably a bit old for them now but that's okay they can use them anyway.  It was supposed to be for their car trips down here so they would have a cover and also to play I Spy in the car.  I have one finished completely but it is all wrinkled because I had them hidden underneath a bunch of things for when they visited and then I couldn't remember where I had hidden them! LOL!

 the back.........

They'll all get washed and dried in the dryer when I'm finished with all of them.  The next one is a "floozy"...top sewn but no batting or backing yet.

and the third one is just the squares...........

As for the gifts....you've seen the Frida Kahlo basket in progress and then I am knitting ties for the grands.........the pattern is by Susan Anderson who made this for her son's wedding.  I checked sizing for boy's ties and for 8-13 years old they say 48 inches long whereas her sons was 61 inches long.  I ordered the yarn from Quince and Co. but I forgot a skein....duh.  I might order
from Knit Picks for the other one and do a comparison.

The other presents are aprons from a free pattern over on Purl Soho............I need to order fabric for them which I think will be ticking.

Last week I won a pattern from The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch called Liberty by Hands on Design.  A blog friend of mine has the pattern too and so we are going to do it together.  Again, I need to order fabric and floss and the pattern hasn't arrived yet.  Lots going on!  I reviewed YOP 2019-20 and it was really disappointing!  I start out so good and then I just go off the rails!  I swear this year will be different!  Did I say that last year? 
This morning I went to Walmart for groceries and some other things I needed....like a new hose!  It's all sanitized and put away and now I am going to go make a peach cobbler and this time I have the vanilla ice cream to go with it! Yum!  Last night I made a "fall/autumn" dinner but it's one I love and I had 2 acorn squash  I needed to use up.  You cut the squash in half and take a little off the bottom so they sit flat.  You divide a pound of pork sausage into 4 sections and stuff it into the squash cavity....after removing all the seeds and stuff.  I poke holes in the sausage with my fingers and then pour maple syrup into the holes.  You place them in a 9 X  13 pan and put an inch of water in the bottom and bake at 350 F for 1-2 hours.  I find that 1 hour is never enough to cook the squash but keep checking on it.  Before baking cover it all in foil.  I made a Waldorf Salad to go with it and it is the perfect accompaniment...delish!
I hope you had a great week!
Happy Trails!!!