I’ve been craving sweets in the evening so I went in search of something that would give me that bit of sweetness but still be a healthy treat. I found a recipe for Oatmeal Bars but the measurements were in grams and while I don’t mind weighing things I do prefer to be able to just quickly measure using cups…
I am really missing the sand and surf and the palm trees this winter. Well… I miss them all the time when we’re living away from the ocean but most especially in the winter. There’s not much I can do about the sand and the surf but one of the local stores had some small palm trees on sale for…
March is going to be a very busy sewing and quilting month for me as I work away on my secret Tree Bird Blog Hop project. I can’t show you the actual bird fabric that I ended up choosing but I can give you a sneak peek at the other fabrics that I’m using in the project. Aren’t those luscious! …
As I mentioned last week, in the hopes of hurrying spring along I’m posting the Workbasket pattern for a Tulip Luncheon Cloth. Today I’m sharing Section 1b of that pattern. This pattern is available as a pdf here.
After I purchased my Singer 15-91 and started posting about the beautiful Art Deco cabinet we found that Dave then completely refinished for me, I started having people arrive at my blog after searching on how to remove a sewing machine from its cabinet.  I hated to see them go away not having found what they were looking for so…
I got a lot of TV watching done while I was hand sewing the binding to the back of the Paper Pinwheel Lap Quilt and Bed Runner. Monday night we watched the entire first season of Broadchurch. We hadn’t intended to watch all eight episodes but the writers of the first season were masters of the cliff hanger ending! And…
I’m sure that almost everyone in the upper part of the Northern Hemisphere is more than ready for winter to be over and to make the transition into the warmer temperatures of spring. So in the hopes of helping that along, for the next five weeks, I’m going to be posting a pattern for Tulips that the Workbasket pattern page…
Quilting the Paper Pinwheel quilts is coming along nicely after the free motion quilting practice I did on the placemats. By Wednesday night I had the four 12” blocks on the lap quilt finished before I ran out of thread. A quick trip to the fabric store fixed that but not my sore, aching shoulders. You see, I’m still learning…
I woke up to this text message from our oldest daughter who is teaching in Shanghai: Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi fa cai! Happy Chinese New Year! So I’m passing those wishes on to all of you. Let’s hope that The Year of the Wooden Goat is as prosperous for us all as it is predicted to be! …
Today we’ve come to the last of the Colonial Kitchen Set Days of the Week patterns.  As I sit here, I’m imagining the quiet of a house pre-electricity sitting quietly having a cup of tea and the only sound being the tick tock, tick tock of the kitchen clock. Perhaps also Saturday was the day of the week when the…