Piping Hot!

Not sure if this a good thing or a bad thing, but I think that my fabric is starting to talk to me!

I was pulling fabrics for a new HST project (the Holly Bazaar is suddenly able to be seen on the distant horizon...) and found a shirt that I had picked up at VV Boutique that hasn't been cut up yet, so I cut a block from one of the arms. As I turned the shirt over I noticed 'Piping Hot!' printed across the back yoke. Too funny! This has been a screaming hot summer for us so the message was very appropriate. The fabric didn't make it into the final selection but I had a good little chuckle. Maybe I need to get out more...

So, we've been looking for as many ways to cool down as we can. I've had a hankering for a bowl of soup but didn't want something hot so I landed on making Ina Garten's gazpacho. It was just the ticket - fast, easy, and all made in a food processor.

I used the recipe in my cookbook but it made a HUGE batch - it said serves six but serves 16 would have been more accurate. The link that I've provided takes you to a recipe that looks like it has been cut in half so if you make it you won't be eating it for a month.

Back to my HST project for a minute. Here's a little bit of what I've been up to. I'm still playing with it but it's coming along nicely.....M