I guess I will share the butter first – Melanie had some leftover cream she wanted to use up so decided to make some herb butter. I have a couple antique butter molds so on her lunch break she came over to visit and get the butter done. She participates in a group of friends from the Czech Republic in the Pelsen area – this group celebrate St. Bartholomew’s Day and for some reason the tradition is to make butter. You can make butter very easily – you can shake it in a jar (have lid tight) in a mixer, a processor or an old fashion butter churn. Cream, a dash of salt and herbs if you like. She made her butter on Monday and brought it over to make it in the molds I have – these are the two molds. The group shares stitching, cooking, making traditional necklaces et. sound fun.
And this is what they look like – maybe two tablespoons each? She placed one of my old rosary’s (given to me by my grandma) on the plate to go with the Catholic holiday. They look almost too pretty to eat!
And I worked on hexies and more hexies – this corner will be done maybe by the end of the week? This is where I was ready to start last night
This is where she is working now – on the background of this quarter
And that is it for today. Now I am going to sit back and watch some more tv and work on hexies some more.
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Such fancy butter…almost too pretty to eat! Your corner is almost done.
That is some of the prettiest butter I’ve ever seen. And it looks so tasty. You are making fast work of the hexies.
What an interesting group to be with, and the butter-making tradition is so neat. I remember my daughter doing the shaken jar butter in vacation Bible school – it was pretty tasty! She is really fast on that needlepoint, so pretty.
Is your soreness easing at all?
That herb butter looks divine! Now, all we need is a nice piece of crusty bread!
That’s a neat idea to make butter and I love the rosary on the plate too. Beautiful hexies, Karen, and Melanie’s cross stitched piece is moving along beautifully too. Take Care, J
Oh, the butter is beautiful! I’ll bet it tastes delicious, too. Her cross stitch is beautiful—lots of perfect little stitches! Good job on those hexies! Almost there!
The homemade butter sounds delicious and also an interesting thing to do! Did you taste it on some homemade bread? I’m glad your hexies are continuing to move along and Melanie’s beautiful stitching project, too! It sounds like each day you’re feeling a little better.
Eating butter on St. Bartholomew’s feast day is an interesting tradition that I was unaware of. The butter is very pretty, though, and I bet is was delicious!
That would almost make you want to get out the bread machine and have some warm bread to spread the butter on. I love butter and grew up on a dairy farm. I can only remember making our own butter with a churn one time.
Yes, that last bit of the hexie corner will proceed fast with rows getting shorter and shorter.
What method did she use to make the butter? I would think shaking it in a jar would get very tiring.
Well isn’t that neat! Both the butter and your hexies. :o)
That herby butter looks delicious. Mmm, spread on a nice crusty slice of bread too, that would be a winner.
The butter looks amazingly healthy and I’m sure tastes fabulous. You are coming right along with the hexies….I hope that means you are feeling better everyday.
The herb butter is fascinating! I totally forgot that butter was a thing women and children used to make at home long before you could buy it from the grocer. Your hexies are looking terrific! I am thinking forward to the hexies in Stonefields as Chris has started making her hexie rosettes as she goes along and I thought I might do that, too. Otherwise it would be daunting to finally finish all the blocks and then be faced with the prospect of a million gazillion hexies to make. I know I’m exaggerating but this will be a new thing for me as I’ve not done much with EPP. Do you use glue to hold the papers still while you thread baste? Which thread do you baste with, and which thread do you use for the stitching? Do you use wonder clips or magtites to hold the pieces together, and do you sew your EPP with right sides together or flat from the back? Enquiring minds want to know. ;-). I hope your recovery is going smoothly!