Monday... July 4th....

It seems like a very lazy day today. 11AM and still in my pjs!
Emily decided she wanted to sew... so she quilted her little doll quilt.

I decided to cut lots of little 2 inch squares. I have 88 light pink, 92 hot pink, 96 bright greens and 100 yellow. That is for the next 4 rows on the trip quilt. I think that should keep me busy up in VT for 11 days. Or.... should I cut out 104 purple squares too?

Just need to print out the latest 3 blocks for the 1857 album quilt and prep the backgrounds for drawing my design on then pulling fabrics. She gave us 3 easy ones this month.... which should allow me to finish them and make progress on the 4 time consuming ones I still have to do. Those will get prepped sometime today and packed into their ziplock baggie to head up to VT with me  as well.

For now... Daddy just snuck out into the pool. The kids are playing with blocks, lincoln logs and trains and cars in the living room.

Lunch will be grilled chicken.... my family's recipe which sounds terrible but is oh so yummy. And no... you can not modify the salt in the recipe.

BBQ Chicken recipe from Laribees in northern VT. (I think... right Mom?)

1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
2 cups vinegar (apple cider)
1 cup water
4 Tablespoons salt.

Bring to a boil. Then baste chicken on the grill as it is cooking. Works best with bone in- skin on chicken. I always half the recipe for my small family... but growing up with a family of 7 we used this version. I also reserve off a bit and dunk my cooked chicken in it at the table. Very yummy.
Greg will have the copycat version of Montgomery Inn BBQ sauce I made for him a couple of weeks ago on his. Just made a potato salad and have the corn on the cob boiling away. Just a few more degrees on the chicken and we'll call it lunchtime.

Blocks...

Well, it has been way too nice to be inside so I haven't been in the sewing room. Just got done a bunch of cleaning while Aidan is napping this morning. More to do but will do that at the next nap time. We had a good day yesterday visiting a friend of mine from college. He did another car ride and was pretty good in the car and while we were there. Planning to just stay home today and get the house all set for company tomorrow....and if that gets done, maybe some more raking outside.
Here are some of the blocks that I made from the leftover units from my hubby's quilt.

I have his in rows and need to sew them together. I did pick up a backing fabric for that quilt so now I just need to finish the top and then learn how to machine quilt it!
Have a good day everyone.
Deb