After cleaning out her sewing room, my friend gave me some of the things she no longer wanted. It really is true what they say, "One man's (or woman's) trash is another man's treasure!"
In this case, it really is a treasure! She gave me hankies, embroidery floss, polyester stuffing, fabrics and some counted cross stitch supplies. How lovely is THAT??
Popovers are so easy to make, and yummy too! I have special popover pans, made to keep each cup individually for better baking. Individual pudding cups will work as well. I spray the insides first.
This is the book I got my favorite popover recipe from:
The recipe:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
3 eggs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease seven 3/4 cup size pyrex glass cups, or 7 small ramekins. Beat ingredients together until smooth. Fill cups almost to the top. Place on baking sheet so they are not touching. Bake 30 minutes until golden and light.
Yum!
It seems like everytime I drink a bottle of water, I think about the fact that it's plastic. I really don't like the idea of that, especially since the water in that bottle is from my own tap, which is from my well. So, here I am drinking this pure, ice cold lovely water and I'm putting it into a plastic bottle.
So, today I changed my program. I filled two pint sized canning jars with my well water instead. With the canning lid and ring in place, they don't leak and I like drinking out of the glass container.
I just finished this counted cross stitch piece this morning. Nothing feels quite as wonderful as that last stitch, wouldn't you agree? I really enjoyed working on it, although I did change the colors from what the chart showed, I brightened it up a bit. The next time I go into town, I'll pick up a frame for it.
Today I received this package in the mail. It's so lovely, I just had to savor the moment and gaze at it's wonderfulness.
But....my excitement to see the lovely bits of quilt pieces won out, and I just had to open it!
It's everything I had hoped for, and I can't wait to start stitching away with it! I love the colors and the sweet fabrics!
I love doing English Paper Piecing for certain quilt projects. It's positively perfect for hexagons and lends itself well for applique, too. Over the years, I have purchased vintage quilt tops with newspaper print from the time period on the backs, evidence of the maker having used the paper piece method for construction. It's always interesting to read the bits of newsprint.
O the weather outside is frightful.....
If these icicles get any longer, we'll be unable to leave our home! Snow and ice - no surprise there!
Last summer, my husband planted a fairy flower garden with two of our granddaughters. I am amazed to continue seeing blooms on the flowers even now, in November.
My friend's son Micah made this quilt up so quickly ~ in only 2 days! He's 13 years old and so wonderfully creative. I'm very proud of him!
Two of our granddaughters were up for a visit, and went into the garden for veggies. What fun it is to harvest and eat your food!
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