yes ma'am! the morning began with a new experience that i will add to my 45 before 45 list...canning! my aunt trisha used to make this delicious tomato sauce that we used for pasta: spicy homemade ketchup. i know, i know, it doesn't sound like something to pour over pasta, but it is wonderful! the recipe includes onions, peppers, garlic, vinegar, sugar, spices. yummy! i decided that i would like to attempt to recreate the recipe.
justin, my cousin, provided me with 20 lbs of homegrown tomatoes. these were washed, cored, cut, & juiced. i also blended the onions, garlic, & peppers in the tomato juice. all of this went into a large stock pot. i added the remaining ingredients & cooked for about 4 hours. the house smelled wonderful! for lunch, maddison & i "tested" the sauce to ensure its flavor...delish, just as i remembered!
i sent my canning jars through a cycle in the dishwasher & scalded my lids & rings. the next step was actually filling the jars. 11 pints, people! i was so excited to hear the pop of each lid letting me know that the jar had sealed. i did use a hot water bath for two jars & shortly after pulling them from the water, they, too, made that sweet pop. ah! sweet success!
during this 4 hour wait for my sauce to reduce, i did a little sewing. remember this...
well, i completed this...
this sweet little bag was gifted to jackie, one of the ladies that i am teaching to quilt, in celebration of her birthday!
that's right, i am leading a small group of ladies in creating a lap quilt. last night was our third friday night. we are making a rail fence quilt. at this point, we have cut fabric, sewn strips, cut squares. we are now in the process of sewing the squares into rows, the rows into a quilt top. we are close to adding borders!
our small quilting group consists of 7 people as of last night...we have grown by one person each week! we meet at a small country church & have fun sharing food, stories, & sewing! ...so my day ended with quilting!
here is a link to the pattern that we are using...
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