September 2009

Hour #6:

September 28, 2009

It’s  Monday . . again!  And time to resume the Quilt for an Hour project. We have quite a few who are new to my blog who came for this project.  Welcome!  If you haven’t already done so, please read this blog post and this blog post.  Thanks! And, if you look over on the [...]

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Pressure Cooked Chicken

September 27, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a blog reader sent me a recipe that involved cooking chicken breasts in the pressure cooker.  When I make gumbo or chicken salad or most anything that requires cooked chicken, I either use leftover smoked chicken or will boil a chicken with celery, onions, peppercorns, bay leaves, etc. added to [...]

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The Incredible Shrinking Everything

September 27, 2009

Have  you noticed that while the price of almost everything seems to be going up, the size seems to be coming down.  I noticed soft drinks in a 20 pack the other day and they were more than I usually pay for a 24 pack. Remember when most sugar was sold in 5 pound bags?  [...]

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Week 39, 2009 Stash Report

September 27, 2009

Added some; used some . . almost broke even.  The quilt I’m working on . . I took these yardage measurements from EQ (14-1/2 yards) and I believe this might be one of those quilts where the yardage is way off.  I’m not cheating on purpose and I’ll write this pattern later and if the [...]

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Show Us Your Stash!

September 26, 2009

Who’s willing to share photos of you stash?  This isn’t to say My stash is bigger than you stash or My stash is neater than your stash.  You may have a small or a large stash . . it isn’t about size! The plan is to share a picture of the stash now and then [...]

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Such Willpower

September 26, 2009

There’s only so much blame I can place on my friends (one friend in particular lately).  In between classes this week, she asked what I wanted to do and I said “can we go to the quilt shop?”  Oh, sure  . . she could have said NO!  But, she didn’t . . she drove me [...]

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