Not another new RSC Project, surely?

The  Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour for January is green, and I thought I had already completed my RSC stitching this month.  But another project sneaked in.  Hiding in plain sight was a bag of 2.5in squares, and I had thinking of doing a project I had seen in blogland, but that didn't happen.  To be quite honest, I don't really like working with little squares, and was considering donating the bag to the Op Shop.

Perhaps I'll do something with them after all, I thought.  So I rummaged through the bag, pulled out all the soft green squares I could find, and stitched up some green hollow nines.  I had admired this block on RSC last year, so thought, why not do some myself, and use up some of the never ending squares.

I'm jumping on the Hollow Nines bandwagon

As it is green month, it seemed a good opportunity to work on a green UFO which was hanging around.  There were a couple to choose from and I selected a green and lemon hued cot quilt top I had made from 5 inch squares.  It wont take me too long to machine quilt this, I imagined.  Well, as it happens, I'm still working on it, so it wont be finished this week.  But I'm getting there, hope to finish it shortly.  

Working on the green cot quilt

As well as time spent at the sewing machine, we went out to check on a newly opened cafe this week.  Robin and I are part of a friendship group which meets monthly for lunch, and my turn to organise a day out is coming up soon.  I had actually been there for coffee just prior to Christmas, but not for a meal.  So we drove to Foxton to have morning tea and check out the lunch menu.  

The lunch menu looked fine, with plenty of cabinet food available too, for those who would prefer something lighter.  I was delighted to find Ginger Gems in the cabinet, who can remember these?  One of my favourites, but seldom seen these days.  They are the sort of thing made by grannies using  heavy gem irons a generation or two ago.  Mine was delicious, as was the coffee.  So yes, we will bring our friends here for my lunch outing shortly.

Morning Tea at Foxton

So that's what I have been doing this week.  Our hot spell has finally broken with rain all day today, not too heavy, just falling steadily over several hours.  I'm sure the farmers love rain like this.