little coin purse

http://www.craftpassion.com/2012/01/macaron-coin-purse.html  
 Here is a link for very tiny cute coin purse. Check out the tutorial  for this little cutie !!. getting ready to quilt my friends quilt. I have  it pinned but I need to baste it now. I plan on quilting with a stipple pattern. I have paper I am going to use but need to baste it in the morning.
 
Well Monday I went to the surgeon for carpal tunnel  and I am now going to have surgery on Feb 10th on right hand first then my left a few weeks later. If I do not have the surgery I might be looking at irreversible damage . I plan on quilting a lot more so I need to get this done. I'm happy with the surgeon .I feel confident in him. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO that's that.so Im signing out as my wrists are bothering me now so check again soon OK?
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Florida, Jelly roll Braid quilt, painting class

my 3rd painting

    a nice holder to  hold sewing  for in the car etc. 

                              

the pattern for the adapt your lap

Ayden

Jason & Ayden

Hi well its finally going to happen we are leaving for Florida a week before Thanksgiving.I am so ready to go except leaving my son  Jason and Grandson Ayden . how can you not miss this sweet little face?This is my first natural grandson. I have Grandkids from my husband's children but this might be my  only one from my son. Next year when we get back we will have more fun he will be older and will be able to do more so that will be nice at the lake here  .
 
We are only taking our car this year we have enough furniture so we can save on gas and have our Buick regal to get around in . We bought a van and can use it to take a group around as the car is to small for 6 people.
Of course I have my sewing and quilting projects all packed. I bought the art bin cases for fabric and individual projects. I learned I do not need as many projects because I did not get as many things finished as I thought I would. I got 2 dresses and 2 bloomers for my grand daughter and neice. I also have a new granddaughter so i made her a quilt. I made 2 aprons for my husband and a friend I have 2  more to make 1 woman and 1 man apron. I made a lap accessorie to use on our trip down to sew some applique or cross-stitch to do . It is cute and was a more difficult pattern from Timber lane Press called Adapt a Lap

                                   jelly roll braid quilt by Calico Printworks

   

 

quilt back for the jelly roll Braid  

  

 This quilt is for my great friend here in Florida Gloria in the park here. She will be 70 on Jan 18th so I need to quilt it yet. I plan on doing stipple quilting with paper pattern that sticks to the quilt. It should be fairly easy I do believe.                                      
.  This post I saved so it is older and I am adding  and editing before I post it.

Star blocks

Hi I found a blog for Modas and the quilts of Valor project.It is a freebie download to make a star and donate it to Moda. http://modajustonestar.blogspot.com/They will then turn around and make quilts from our star blocks so check it out and so much easier than making a whole quilt if you cannot.It is a way for expressing a show of gratitude for our troops. SO sad how so many are disfigured and incapactitated and  injured so badly disfigured from fire etc. They save so many now unlike Viet Nam or wars before. They can med -a- vac so easily and get them the help they need so much faster now.My Father laid on the ground for 3 days in WW2 before they got to him. He was a forward observer in Normandy front lines and took a direct hit in a fox hole on his walkie talkie .This time in history  also was the first beginning of using antibiotic for infections.By that time he had been injured in the face.He lost his sight and one eye he believes he could see a little but had to be removed because of infection. I miss you Dad what a great Father and wonderful Man you were !!!!. I 'm sorry you cannot be here now. He came home from the service and did not let his blindness stop him in any way from doing things in his life.You are and always will be my Hero.He never got to see me so when he took his last breath I said well Dad now you can see me.I was thinking about people who say they have floated over their body when they die and are brought back. What I wouldn't give to just have another day with you !!!!   I LOVE YOU.
   I know I got off track but when I think of our troops ,I cannot help but think about my Dad .

I have been surfing today .  In case you are interested here are some you tube demo's I ran across I think I have the triangle ruler somewhere might be in Indiana Oh well I love the sneaky way they make new blocks. I think why didn't I think of that you know?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3k85E3lzfU&feature=youtu.be
Check it out

just takes 2

just in case you forgot today is the day for the first of the free blocks for Just Takes 2. SO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> go sign up at dear jane .com or sentimental stitches for the newsletter  for the blocks they will be retired after each month.  dont miss them!!!!

Shabby fabrics university & homemade Granola

I just posted but ran across this on the email i receive from Shabby Fabrics.She has beautiful stuff fabric and patterns. This is for her posting on you tube her tutorials. For everyone that does hand work I always like to watch someone doing this process. I always learn from the person no matter how much I  learned on my own or from others. she has  Kimono silk threads also I love using silk thread the best I need some more colors to complete my array of colors so maybe I will check out a few new ones. So go to Jennifer's youtube videos and check it out. I'm going to finish my Christmas stuff today. My son like Granola and I had a nice recipe which I searched my recipe files for it .I happened across it a week a go so I am making him some for Christmas goodies.I looked hi and low for it and I guess I filed it under something other than Breakfasts evidently . Go figure. but I have it now. I will post it in case someone likes this for their own use.

Granola
250-275 degrees for 45 min. stir every 15min 
makes 5 about 5 c cereal

3 c.  old fashioned Quaker oats
1/3 c.oil
1/2 c. honey
1 t almond extract
1/3 c. each of sunflower seeds,nuts,wheat germ
1 c .coconut
2 t.orange peel
you can add this or omit it 1/3c. Hearts of wheat Cereal.
 ( in another recipe they used 1/4 c.brown sugar instead of honey. and use 2T Butter and 1 T. water,)
 mix oil and honey and add to ingredients  and cook as indicated
Spread mixture in a 15x10x1 jellyroll pan. I grease it with butter or shortening Bake as indicated.   cool add 1 c. raisins

Quiltville ,mystery quilt.

I hope everyone has had great holidays. I did. Very busy. I tried to keep up but no luck my cookies and goodies are being sent out late.we had over 40 people here for Christmas eve. I made Chili and everyone brought other great dishes.We had clam chowder , cheese balls, lentil salad, meatballs, shrimp, vegetable tray, cookies,little sausage sandwiches. More than I can remember !!!! it was lots of fun . I missed seeing the kids and grandkids. that part is hard every year.I wish I was rich enough to be able to fly everyone here to enjoy the holiday with us. We had 2 house parties before Christmas . That was fun also . Christmas day we had a dinner at the clubhouse. everyone brought dishes and we had Turkey and Ham for dinner and lots of desserts. It sure isn't easy to lose weight around here for sure. 

There is a Mystery quilt finishing up for you to down load at Bonnie Hunters Quiltville. It is called Ocra mystery quilt. You can down load for later but she is generous . Bonnie  gives lots of freebies out and you can use scraps for most if you save them .She share tips and other sites to go to . .I bought her shirtails book.I also made a quilt she had called 7 mens shirts. U use 7 mens shirts to do the quilt. I got a 3 X shirt there is probably a yard and a half of fabric. If you pay 2.oo for it, that's pretty cheap for 100% cotton!!!!! .  I finished mine in Florida last year. It is heavy actually and warm. A nice couch throw for chilly nights or days. I posted it before. A picture of it earlier so go back through my postings for a picture  of it.Our guild did the project as a one day workshop. It takes time but they turn out nice and its cheap to do,especially if you buy shirts at good will etc on 50% OFF DAY.I have about 25 shirts i have hanging in my closet for my shirt stash. Between that and saving the selvages from fabric now it fills up your extra space fast. So check out Bonnie's site and check out her books also .
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cnn heros program,jelly rolls quilt, future Sewing room pictures

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes I couldn't sleep last night at some point  4:30 am so I turned on the TV. I started watching cnn which I do not usually watch but it was all about Hero's around the world for 2011. I was just so taken with the different peoples and their stories. so many different from products to just giving of themselves I was brought to tears. It was like a Diana story. A man who was a refugee came to America.His first night in a hotel he had a choice of 3 bars of soap. He never heard of soap for the face, body and the hands. The next day he got 3 new bars . He went to the front desk and said I really do not want to have these new bars of soap .I want mine from Yesterday. He didn't know they were for free. He thought he was going to be charged for them being an extras. He couldn't believe they threw them away every day. He thought if I could get this soap to Africa where he had come from I think it was Kenya, not sure,Anyway...... he found a way to get the hotels around the country to save the soap for him and he got them repurposed and recut  or manufactured to be sanitized.. He then has had them shipped back from here to Africa. He then showed people who never had the luxury of soap to the health benefits of sanitation. The monumental effect of just every day hygiene for these people was just amazing.Think about it never having soap. we wouldn't think of remanufacturing soap and the effect it could have.so there were other stories that they all touched your heart in someway. I am just a big baby when I hear these stories. I often think if I had millions how I could help people. I could find so many ways to give to others less fortunate then me. so here is the link to go and see the program.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes 

The other  item I wanted to post was a website for some pieced place mats & napkins which would be cool in Christmas fabrics which this isn't but do what ever you would want to make it in. so check it out ..........be sure to check out the hero's if you are a humanitarian it will tug at your heart strings for sure.

  http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2011/10/color-blocks-placemats-napkins-holiday-sew-along/  

I have been making my dear friend here in fl a "jelly braid quilt".by calico printworks.its is in browns greens and tans. Its is all in Batiks. She will be 70 in January I knew with Christmas coming I needed to get as much done as I could because I hate to be pushed on time with a project this big. I think she will be pleasantly surprised.I have never done one but it is relatively easy to do .just chain piecing so to speak. I found some new jelly roll colors I could love .It is a Cherry jelly ,the fabric was so pretty!!!! there was another one in pinks and purples I think I could blend them and make me an awesome jelly quilt. 

sewing room pocket doors hung

 some stuff for the future sewing room in Florida

Jelly roll quilt center of quilt called Jelly Braids

 I still am just putting my new sewing room ideas together in my head.I am doing it in pink and white mostly. My hubbie found me a slipper chair I think you call it that.It looked like a herd of cows had slept or walked on it.We bought it for 20.00 It has good bones though.I want to do it in pink leather with the brads around the trim with pink fringe. I can't find pink leather yet but I would go for pink leatherette. I found some really pretty Jacquard fabric in a dusty rose.it was 23.00 a yd but I only need about 2-3 yd.s so not to expensive. so kind of undecided yet what to use and I will not be moving to my room till next fall probably. I have cabinets and desks and chest of drawers to paint and refurbish,besides having the money also to finish. My husband built 2 rooms and the front room is all wired and ready for sheet rock or drywall. we have a set of mahogany restaurant doors with oval glass which Gene is going to put stained glass in. he made them pocket doors COOL to maximize the rooms floor space. also it will make the air flow from the front door work better also. well enough of going on and on so I am going to post a few pics and give you the bare bones look for now. We bought a new camera.we had bought a cannon powershot and it died we really used it.this is a dslr. CANON EOS REBEL  T3.I was used to a SLR for years so it was time to buy a good camera. You get what you pay for. 

Sue Spargo: Smith Owen - Grand Rapids MI

Sue Spargo: Smith Owen - Grand Rapids MI

flat seams

http://video.about.com/quilting/Nest-Patchwork-Quilt-Seams.htm
Here is a site I have seen before but I thought maybe for some it might be a new thing to see and make your quilts lie down better. It is simple to do once you see it done. this site give lots of help for things you do not have answers to.

 We are down in Florida now. It has been beautiful.It is so much better than sitting in a house all the time and when you do not go to work it makes a difference. The midwest is usually dark and dreary. I feel so much better here physically and mentally. I think we might have lost our power at home so I hear  we live in Warsaw  Indiana. The snow was heavy and pulled down the power lines I guess.

I have some new pics of my grandson Ayden. I do not get to see him for quite a while. we had to have a paternity test done for the court. All you had to do was look at him and you could tell who he belonged to . He is loved by all  his relatives never the less. He is getting so cute. he knows now to smile for the camera .He is getting to be a big ham .I'm going to post some pics of him .he is starting to lose the baby look already. I miss so much because of certain reasons but that should change some when my son goes to court for visitation priviledges. When I get home I hope grandma can enjoy him at our lake . At least the grandparents on the other side have been helpful to us. I'm going to make him some PJ's for him for Christmas. So Im going to say good by and go sew. See ya !!!!!!!

apple crisp

I have wanted a good recipe for a good apple crisp.I am sure this is a good one .It came from the America's test kitchen . I love that program on PBS channel. they test recipes and products, cookware , etc. on the channel .I have tried their brined & baked chicken which is cooked high heat short time . The chicken recipe is good  recipe . ..... so I saw this and thought I would post again. also I saw this pumpkin cinnamon roll recipe. here is the link for that. http://ducksoven.blogspot.com/2010/11/pumpkin-cinnamon-rolls.html
We have no camera. It died a few weeks ago. we decided for what they cost we would just buy a new phone with high megapixels so that is our new plan.  

 I have started a new project .I have a pattern for a lap pillow to make so I can sew more comfortable  on our trip to Florida. we are leaving on The 9th at least that is the plan. I have been cold since this weather has changed and do not like it at all. I hope when I come back next spring I will be  NEW  person. I am getting a new hip. I have to get the weight down and cannot do it when I cannot do to much getting around. I know its what I put in my mouth also.It is hard when you like to cook and eat also . well I need to get to my sewing project and start packing my sewing room up to go .

QUILTLOVERS HANGOUT

WELL I just checked out the quilt shop where I go in Florida. They have our picture taken when they announced they would be in the quilt sampler for Fall copy at heir store. so check it out scroll down to the bottom and its my husband with the Beer fabric . I am in the background on my walker just had surgery,in the pink and white striped top. so its kind of cool to be in the shop and have your husband with you . I made him a apron with that fabric.  http://www.quiltlovershangout.com/showandtell.html

tutorial for binding a quilt

I saw this tutorial on a blog and thought i would post it I really liked the way it looks when done. It looks like a piping border . so check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NY89RqQhPQ

Bom marti mitchell and dinner

Hi I started a BOM from Marti Mitchell. I am not a person who buys a BOM because they are so costly. I knew I wanted to make this one of hers so I gave in so here are 2 of the blocks 1&2 i have done. I just got 3 in the mail yesterday. I love pink and green quilts so this is right up the alley for me. this is an older BOM but I liked it so anyway I signed up for it.

Marti Mitchell American beauty block no.1 bewitched

& 

Coochie is helping

American Beauty bl no 2  Encore

 so when i am sewing I like to make casseroles then I only have to cook half the time Here is my baked Ziti

I cooked italian sausage and added diced italian cans of tomatoes. I usually use prego but I did not have any so I added a can of tomato paste, water and  seasonings, basil,oregano, garlic salt and of course rigatoni noodles. I topped it with mozzarella and parmesan cheese. I was happy with the results . and no calories !!!!!! yeh right .

 I am making a couple aprons here next for a friend I met on the internet  Robin, she is always making things for others so I thought it would be nice to make her something.too bad we do not live closer she is in Washington and in the winter I am in Florida . do you think we could be farther away . I have a pattern called Scalloped apron. It is the old-fashioned type wraps around to the back. It's from The Paisley Pincushion in Oregon.  cute huh!!!!