I did not do my What I’m Working on Wednesday post as I had nothing new to show and Wednesday evening was spent installing spice racks. I bought the Vertical Spice racks I’ve seen on my Facebook feed — but not before actually going to the home office while I was in Minnesota. I probably would have bought them on the spot had I not decided the week before I left for the trip that I wanted to lower the shelf so my original measurements were all wrong.
When I got home, I pulled all the spices out of the cabinet, as well as bringing in the last box from the sunroom. Turns out I have duplicates of some of the spices. I combined bottles where I could and pulled the duplicates out. They now live in the bottom of the utensil pull out. The plan was to get what I needed for the bottom shelf first. I ended up putting the larger slide on the 2nd shelf. I failed to consider the angle of the door in my calculations, so the wide slide out didn’t fit. I haven’t decided if I’m going to get more slides or not.
For my segue to quilting, I offer these napkins. The plan was to have 6. However, it’s been a couple of years since I made any and I simply couldn’t remember how they were done, as a result the first one ended up smaller. After I took this picture and had them put away, I found the 5th large napkins. For future reference, I washed the fabric first, then cut the back/binding square at 13 1/2″ square — essentially 1/3 the width of the fabric. The contrast was cut at 9 1/2″ square. Cutting the inside 4″ smaller allows for a 1-inch border.
Last night I finished block 1 of the 2025 Brandon Quilters Mystery Quilt. I have 2 weeks to get the next set of instructions written.
Finally, I’m still working on A Vintage Christmas Sampler. I started working on the Tall Trees last night. I have 2 or 3 small trees to do, then it will be on to the Candy Canes.
