Well-Suited

TA - DA!

I finally finished my second bag for the sew-along! 

I don't know which part of the process was worse:

• walking around Goodwill (in Phoenix in the summer) with several pounds of wool suits on my arm
• picking apart well-tailored jackets draped across my lap (in Phoenix in the summer)
• manipulating pattern pieces to capture pockets & labels
• stitching through multiple layers of wool suiting

But -- I do believe it was worth it! I will be making more. (I've got several pounds of suit fabric on my sewing room floor...)

Feast your eyes:

...when life takes away your limes...

... could also be titled "Don't Count Your Limes Before They're Harvested!"  Back at the beginning of the year I blogged about my lovely lime tree with its beautiful blossoms...

I was not counting on there being a hard freeze (in Glendale, in February, for cryin' out loud!) that badly injured my tree. (I am so thankful the tree is nice & healthy now!) So sorry, no limes this summer...

Normally, when we need a lime for tea or marinade we head to the back wall to pick one. Trifle inconvenient to drive to Sprouts each time I want a little icy blender drink!

 My knight in shining armor to the rescue! He bought me a nice large bag of limes from Costco. 

They.are.so.delish. Raspberry tea never had it so good! Diet coke is improved with a little squeeze. Black beans are quite tasty with some lime squirted on... Grilled salmon totally rocks a honey/lime marinade.

However, no matter how many I use, usually toward the end of the bag the poor things are as hard as rocks & difficult to juice. What a waste.

NOT TODAY, FOLKS!

Today I made lime simple syrup: 

4 cups sugar

4 cups water

3 limes, quartered

bring to boil

cool

strain through cheesecloth

bottle

ENJOY!