November thoughts and crafting

I’m not starting any new crafts right now, but I did decide that the pillow in the header is finished. This was another of those  small printed panels that I received from a friend’s mom. I made it into a pillow and I was considering adding a braided yarn border, but I am happy with how it looks as it is, so I’m declaring this finished. 

There has been some progress on my granddaughter’s stocking. There are more stitches on the wall next to the little girl and the tree is still growing. You can also see the latest hair sample. 

It is better than the last one though I have ideas for a few tweaks. Thank you to Kim from Sarah Lizzies who steered me to some Pinterest ideas. 

The blue block has been quilted. 

I will move on to the marroon one above it next.

The polar bear hat has ears and a muzzle all crocheted. All that is left is assembly.

 Why is it that I delay assembling some crafts? I’m usually surprised at how easy the final assembly is. 

The baby blanket has 11 of the 17 rows completed. No photo this week.

Does anyone make meatballs like this? 

I spread the meatball mixture out into a rectangle on a plastic cutting board and then cut it into the desired number of meatballs. Then I roll each one. I saw this method years ago in a cook book and I have made my meatballs this way ever since. It helps to keep them uniform in size. This is the final result

These were Swedish Meatballs from the recipe below. 

You can see that it has been made often by the stains on the page. The recipe comes from a PTA cookbook. I got 45 small meatballs this time which easily makes 4 meals for the two of us. I froze half of the meatballs without the gravy. We ate one quarter and the rest went to my mother in law with the rest of the gravy that I made. There is plenty of gravy for all of the meatballs, but it doesn't get loose again once it is frozen, so it is just as easy to make new when I take out a package of the frozen meatballs.

There were elections in some states here this week. I’m feeling a little more hopeful for our democracy than I did before. 

I’m starting to plan out our Thanksgiving dinner. It will just be Hubby, me and my mother in law. I think I will make a turkey breast for the first time…if I can find one. Any links to tasty recipes would be appreciated. We will be celebrating with our daughter and her in-laws prior to the actual holiday. Our son invited us also, but I need to avoid the long plane ride right now. They will be coming to visit us around Christmas. 

I am joining Frederique at the Quilting Patch today and Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching tomorrow. I hope you take some time to relax with some tea or coffee and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching. 

Thanks for stopping by!