A Little Getaway

Welcome to a new week. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I did!

Friday evening I dropped Wyatt (16) off at Trinity OPC in Hatboro, PA for 'preview weekend' for our church camp. He is a counselor for the
4-5-6 camp (that's grades 4,5,6) at French Creek Bible Conference.

After dropping him, I headed back over the river to south Jersey for a visit with my godparents. They graciously put me up for the night. I then spent all of Saturday with them. Aunt Linda and I visited a couple quilt shops near their house and had lunch at the most adorable restauant. The menu was not your typical fare... much more "gourmet" than most. I had a yummy  veggie burger (called Garden Burger), served with a beautiful side salad. Of course, I had ordered fries, too not that I needed them!

This is the entryway into the room where we ate...

and this is the room where we ate. It's actually an enclosed porch.

Beautiful place, huh?

If ever in Mount Holly, NJ you just have to visit

Robin's Nest Restaurant . You won't regret it!

Before lunch Aunt Linda showed me the local shop in beautiful Historic Burlington, NJ where Uncle Lee quilts when he's not quilting at home. He's a terrific quilter! He even runs one of the shop's many longarm machines that are available for use.

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't remember to take any pictures inside. There was much, too much to see and it slipped my mind. Here's one shot from inside the car...

To see better pics and much more, click this link for

Olde City Quilts' website.

Now this little shop in Mount Holly (around the corner from Robin's Nest) has a wonderful display of fabrics.

The Village Quilter has many quilts on display as you can see here and kits made on site to make your own. 

"Hi" Aunt Linda! Thanks again for everything - I had a really nice time visiting with you and Uncle Lee. We'll have to do it again sometime soon!



New recipe time!

It was a very dreary day here in NJ.  It rained most of the day.

On the upside... while running a few errands this morning, I stopped at the thrift store and found one of those cool umbrellas that have a duck head for a handle.

Isn't it cute?

and only 3 dollars!

When I got home, I remembered that I had rhubarb in the fridge SO,

with the weather the way it was, I thought...

what a perfect day to bake a pie!

Yummy! Rhubarb Custard Pie!

It looks a little like an omelet in this picture!

Although this was a new recipe,

I still baked two and oh boy, were they good!

Here's the recipe:



The custard is made up of 3 eggs, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix all that together and pour over a pound of rhubard cut into 1/4 inch chunks mixed with 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt (place this mixture in an unbaked pie shell).

Bake the pie for 45 to 50 minutes @ 350 degrees F.

Go ahead and give it a try. Leave me a comment - I'd love to hear what you think of it!



Hello again!

Remember me? It's been a looonnnggg time, hasn't it?
Well, I can't even give a good excuse - just that time has been flying by and that it's been chock full of busy!
I actually did finish all of the blocks for Cass' quilt. I finished them within a day ot two of my last post.
There's a total of 45 blocks. I have some strips cut out of muslin for the sashing, but that's all the further I got.

So, the other day I pulled out the featherweight and put together three more blocks from the shop hop.

It's a little difficult to see the prints on the lighter fabrics.

And looking at them just now... there's a BIG mistake on the one block (lower).

Apparently, when making my flying geese, I neglected to pay atttention to which fabric to put on which corner. It doesn't become obvious until you put it together with the rest!

Here, let me show you a better picture...

See how the upper left and lower right blue squares are surrounded by paisley print triangles...

Oh, oops! there's the problem!

The flying geese on the left and right sides should have the light corners reversed.

Maybe some day when I feel like ripping all of that apart it will be fixed.

But until then, this is the way it will be!

Hopefully heading off to Aunt Linda's Saturday for a visit and a little sewing,

maybe a visit to her local quilt shop.

I'll try to remember my camera for future posting.

Bye for now!

Cass' Quilt

Well, I've been making some progress on Cass' quilt. I had a dozen blocks done yesterday.

After just a little while THIS afternoon,

I managed to complete a total of 26.

These go together so quickly. No more cutting just now.

Just two work stations:

SEWING  and  PRESSING

Here's my girl looking so cute!

She really likes this material and is looking forward to her finished quilt.

I will be getting back to some Granny Square soon... I just want to get these completed first. Mostly because I have a definite goal in mind, but also because it's such a quick quilt to make.

Some simple sashing and before I know it I'll have the top done!

The Granny Squares don't have a definite purpose, yet. But, they're certainly fun to make!

So,  I promise... I haven't abandoned them!

Naming the machine was brought up in the last post. My daughter had a suggestion which oddly enough was then suggested by Chris. That name would be "Lola".

Chris didn't explain why, but Cass' explanation was that Lola was close to Lilo which reminded her of the Disney film "Lilo & Stitch". Get it? Stitch?!

Chris also thought "Alice" from the "Brady Bunch". Now, I don't recall Alice ever sitting in front of a sewing machine, but I kinda' like it.

Well, time for me to go to bed... Nice chatting with you! Goodnight!

Domestic Bliss

Today I thought I would get a little bit worked on Cass' quilt. A month or two ago, I ordered a Jelly Roll of "Domestic Bliss"

(by Liz Scott for Moda) from Green Fairy Quilts 

Just look at it. It screams "tweenager" !

For those of you unsure of this term... it pretty much means "pre-teen".

Never really liked the term myself, but HEY, it fits here!

SO, after talking to Cass a little, I paired up the strips.

Here's about half of them...

I sewed all the pairs together down the fabric width.

It was "sew" nice to use the NewHome.

It's such a great running machine - perfect little stitches!

Maybe she deserves a name.

I'll have to think on that one for a bit.

Anyway,

this is what I now have completed.



the strips on the machine are not yet sewn

There are nine of each pairing cut 4 1/2 square.

I'll probably arrange them something like this...



I'll be talkin' to ya'!

Two More Grannies...

These Granny Squares are just so fun to make! They work up fast and whether you're using solids or prints or a combination, they turn out great.

Here's two more...

sewed up yesterday afternoon while visiting with Chris

There's 6 done now. I have enough of the background fabric to complete 6 more.

That's a good number.

It'll make a nice lap quilt.

Maybe... a few table toppers intead, hmmm.

Catch the Granny Square Bug and sew some up soon!

Granny Squares!

If you've been reading some other quilting blogs you've probably seen the Granny Square pattern being featured lately. Well, I have and it looked like something I'd definitely like to make!

So, without further adieu I'd like to present you with "Granny in the Springtime"...

This fabric is some of a HUGE stash of scraps that my sister-in-law, Carol has at her shop. These came just as you see 'em.



First, I laid them all out since they were rough cut enough to get a good idea of the finished product...

Next, they all needed to be cut down evenly. It seemed that 2 3/4"  would work for all pieces...

Once they were all cut, I sewed them into strips and YES, on my New Home using my new 1/4" foot...

Then, the strips were sewn together (how pretty is that!)

Time to square up the block...



And before you know it, you have yourself some Granny Squares...

I have to say, my New Home sewed wonderfully - so quiet and smooth with very nice stitches.

What a pretty project to have for its maiden voyage!

Some other blocks are laid out, ready to cut down and sew.

Look for them soon!