Laura's Designs

Monday, September 9, 2013

Schedule 2.0

I did a little evaluation and decided I could not make up 21 weeks worth of work to get back on my original schedule so I proudly present the revised schedule for my Dear Jane quilt. Yesterday I finished the leftover squares from week 14 so tomorrow I will start week 15. I will scan and blog and post asap.

Week of	#				Blocks				Triangles		Kites
Beginner (green)				Intermediate (black)				Advanced (red)
1-Jan-13	1	A6	A8	B4	C1	B13	C3
8-Jan-13	2	A1	A5	B1	B2	B3	B10
15-Jan-13	3	B12	A3					BR1	TR1	TR3
22-Jan-13	4	Break and Catch Up
29-Jan-13	5	A7	A9	A11	A2	A4	B11
5-Feb-13	6	A10	C12	B9	B8	B7	A13
12-Feb-13	7	A12	B5	B6				RS1	BR4
19-Feb-13	8	Break and Catch Up
26-Feb-13	9	C9	C6	D3	C2			TR5	TR2
5-Mar-13	10	C4	C5	C8				TR9	BR2
12-Mar-13	11	C10	C13	C11	D1	D2	D4
19-Mar-13	12	C7	D13	E5				RS4	TR8	RS8
26-Mar-13	13	Break and Catch Up
16-Apr-13	14	D6	D10	D11	D8	D9		RS11
10-Sep-13	15	E1	E2	E3	E4	D7	D12
17-Sep-13	16	E9	E10	E12	E13			RS7			TRC
24-Sep-13	17	Break and Catch Up
1-Oct-13	18	E6	E8	E7	E11			TR10
8-Oct-13	19	F3	F4	F6	F7	F10		TR6
15-Oct-13	20	F13	G3	G4				TR12	TR13
22-Oct-13	21	F5	F9	F12	F8	G13
29-Oct-13	22	Break and Catch Up
5-Nov-13	23	F2	G1	F1	G2	G8		TR4
12-Nov-13	24	F11	G7	G10	G6	G9	H1
19-Nov-13	25	G5	G11	G12				BR11	BR12	BR13
26-Nov-13	26	Break and Catch Up
3-Dec-13	27	H2	H3	H13				BR3	BR5
10-Dec-13	28	H7	H10	H12				BR6			TLC
17-Dec-13	29	I1	I2	I3	H4	H5	H6
24-Dec-13	30	H11	H9					LS11	LS12
31-Dec-13	31	Break and Catch Up
7-Jan-14	32	H8	I4	I8	I5	I6		BR7
14-Jan-14	33	I7	I9	I12	I13	I11		BR8
21-Jan-14	34	I10	J1	J2	J5			LS1	BR9
28-Jan-14	35	J8	J9	J10	J11			BR10			BRC
4-Feb-14	36	Break and Catch Up
11-Feb-14	37	K2	J6					LS3	LS5	RS12
18-Feb-14	38	J3	J7	J13				LS4
25-Feb-14	39	J4	J12	K1	K3			LS13
4-Mar-14	40	K4	K5	K6	K7	K8	K9
11-Mar-14	41	Break and Catch Up
18-Mar-14	42	L1	K11	K12	K13			TR7	TR11
25-Mar-14	43	K10	L3	L4							BLC
1-Apr-14	44	L5	L7	L6	L8			LS10
8-Apr-14	45	L9	L11	L13				LS7	LS8	RS13
15-Apr-14	46	Break and Catch Up
22-Apr-14	47	L2	L12	L10				RS10
29-Apr-14	48							LS9	LS2	LS6
6-May-14	49	M5						LS2	LS6	RS2
13-May-14	50	M8	M9					RS5	RS3
20-May-14	51	Break and Catch Up
27-May-14	52	M2	M6	M1	M3	M13		RS9
3-Jun-14	53	M4	M10	M7	M11	M12		RS6
10-Jun-14		Add Borders and finishing
17-Jun-14		Square up sandwich
24-Jun-14		Quilt as Desired

Projects

Cornucopia of Fun at Grandy's

Credits:

Box of Crayons Value Collection by Teresa Loman

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Fresh Eggs

Apparently the number one tip for souffle success is to not use farm fresh eggs. You want the opposite. You want eggs so old they are ready to throw themselves into the garbage while berating your housekeeping skills. It seems the older your eggs are the better they hold air when beaten. And for a dramatic, light, puffy fluffy, mile high souffle you want those egg whites to hold a lot of air.

Unfortunately I did not know that top tip. So when my wonderful friend Katt (who is the brand spanking new owner of six egg producing chickens) brought over a dozen of the most beautiful big brown eggs I have ever laid eyes on I thought to myself "I must make something special with these!"

I always wanted to make a souffle but just never mustered the ambition to do it. I guess I never had eggs I felt were worthy because just the sight of them made me immediately think souffle. These eggs inspired me.

Which was kind of mean since the eggs probably knew they were the exact wrong kind to use for souffle.

Unfortunately my troubles did not stop with the eggs. It seems I have lost my souffle dishes. Pat swears he did not break them but he also remembers we had a nesting set when I showed him a photo of the missing item. Thus I had to settle for twice baked souffle. Still yummy but not as dramatic.

That's what I get for not making a casserole for almost a year. I blame the slow cooker. The poor dishes must have felt abandoned, unloved, useless and rather than sit around feeling like cupboard space stealing bums ran away. I hope they found a happy home with a french family.

Anyway back to plan B. Twice baked souffle.

I got everything out and waited for it to come to room temperature. I read my recipe twice to make sure I understood everything. I separated my eggs and started the butter melting. So far so good. Then Pat and Isy came home and everything went to hell.

No no actually if went well. It just felt like hell. I don't know why but I find cooking stressful. Especially when trying something new. Thus it is always better for me to do it in private. I tend to vent and rant and rage. Pat knows this and beat a hasty retreat to Isy's room while I laboured over a hot stove and oven.

Needless to say dinner was about an hour late. Pat had to take the souffle out of the oven because the second bake happened during story / snuggle time. Isabelle was looking forward to trying one but unfortunately they don't keep.

Especially when stored in an adult belly. Yum. Deflated but delicious!

I will attempt this again when I have a souffle dish. And old eggs. Gonna makes some poached or maybe coddled with the rest of my fresh.

Actually now that I think of it. When do they officially become not fresh? After all I have had them for two days now. I wonder when these eggs will become souffle ready.

Photos available!