Although some of my long-standing projects, such as the Fox Quilt and Tetris Sampler remained unfinished, I did complete many small projects throughout the year, as well as a major quilt project for our 10 year-old Maltipoo, Daisy. The second half of the year was dominated by a new hobby, Sourdough. I spent a lot of time creating a starter and trying new recipes. I also experimented with AI, creating artwork for our annual Christmas card. I had given up on getting a decent family picture with the dogs.
On the homefront, our two senior dogs (Daisy and Topper) experienced some health issues, so we had many trips to the vet. Both are doing well at the moment. Our newest dog, Bear turned five in July. We continued to enjoy our wildlife visitors which include foxes, birds, raccoons, and a very cute opossum. I’ve only recently learned what wonderful creatures they are–Opposums are the only marsupial native to North America, they eat ticks and their body temperature is too low to carry rabies.
Following are monthly summaries of my completed projects.
January
- Amethyst table runner
- Jeopardy birthday card (created in Adobe Photoshop)
- Love Sep sampler
- Love Oct sampler
- Tetris birthday card (created in Adobe Photoshop)
February
- Dog table runner
- Love Jan sampler
- Love Feb sampler
- Heart Lego
- Polaroid Lego
March
- Love Spring sampler
- Easter Lego
- Lotus Flowers Lego
- Cherry Blossoms Lego
April
- Watering Can Lego
- Love Summer sampler
- Peacock Lego
- Petal Jewelry Pouch – Pattern downloaded from Etsy
May
- Petal Jewelry Pouch-given as Mother’s Day gifts
- Sweater Wrap
- Love March Sampler
June
- Daisy Quilt
- Love Apr sampler
- Sourdough Starter using Beginner’s Recipe from the Clever Carrot
- Cornbread w/sourdough discard (6/21) – The Clever Carrot-Secret Ingredient Cornbread
- Sourdough Bread (6/21) – The Clever Carrot-Beginner’s Sourdough Loaf
- Pumpkin Bread w/sourdough discard (6/26) – The Clever Carrot-Pumpkin Cake
- Sourdough Loaf (6/28) – The Feathered Nester-Soft Sourdough Loaf
July
- Sourdough Brioche Buns (7/3)
- Pooh Bear Dog Bandana (7/5)
- Brioche Loaf (7/5)
- Table Runner (7/7)
- Sourdough Bagels (7/11)
- First Green Beans & Cucumber (7/14)
- Sourdough Bagels with molds (7/18)
- Sourdough baguette (7/18)
- Sourdough discard Cornbread (7/25)
- Sourdough English Muffins (7/27)
- Sourdough Discard Crackers (7/31)
August
- Sourdough bagels (8/1)
- Sourdough Loaf (8/4)
- Sourdough Round Loaf ((8/7)
- May Sampler (8/6)
- Sourdough Mini round loaf (8/14)
- Sourdough Round Loaf (8/18)
- Caddy for Family room chair (8/25)
September
- Sourdough Loaf (9/1, 9/8, 9/24, 9/28)
- Pretzels (9/15, 9/22)
- Belt Bag (9/20)
- Flower Jewelry Roll (10/30)
October
- Sourdough Loaf (10/3, 10/9, 10/23)
- Apple Cake (10/5)
- Bagels with new mixer (10/26)
- Hinzeit Sampler-June (10/19)
- Cornbread (10/29)
- Halloween (Dogs on Fox Quilt)
November
- Sourdough Loaf (11/1, 11/22)
- Pretzels, Bagels (11/10)
- Chair Covers in Progress (11/19)
- Discard Pizza (11/22)
- Baguette (11/27)
December
- AI Christmas Card (12/7)
- Lego Pointsetta (12/8)
- Sourdough Thumbprint Cookies (12/15)
