Shortcake!

I was in the kitchen all day yesterday, but it was totally worth it. We now have enough pasta e fagioli soup to feed all of Southside. I made no-knead bread with rosemary and olive oil by adding 1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary to the dough and drizzling with olive oil during baking (midway through, when you take the lid off). The oil didn't seem to do anything of value, but the rosemary turned out pretty awesomely. Also, strawberries were on sale at Publix, so I made Rodney some shortcake. It occurs to me that pretty much every picture of food so far has involved strawberries. This is merely coincidence. I want to say for the record that I love all berries and find them equally photogenic.









In non-food-related news, we went out to a couple of big thrift stores today. Evan and I scored some sweet vintage suitcases in awesome condition for $4 and $3 respectively. We also picked up some books, dishes, and National Geographics, which Elixabeth is gutting for maps.

I finished my first quilt for Napoleon and am almost done with the second (the orange one above). Just have to finish binding it. Some sweet fabric I got pretty cheaply at Hancock last week should keep me going until I get my tax id and can buy stuff wholesale.

I've been thinking about how to keep track of the fabrics that I use and I think I've decided on scanning. I've only done two fabrics at this point, but I basically just scanned them right where the selvage gives the pattern information. Then I named the file by manufacturer (e.g. Moda) and pattern name. I'll let you know how the system works out/evolves.