June 2011

Chiggers!

June 30, 2011

It seems that no matter how careful I am, once a year I get covered in chigger bites and they itch like crazy. Last year I went blackberry picking in the woods and got them. This year I wasn’t going near those woods but apparently Speck got too close to the edge of the yard [...]

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July Monochromatic Color

June 30, 2011

The color for July is: Blue Next week, I hope to get some instructions posted for the quilt I made for the Indigo challenge.

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In a Bind – Quilted

June 30, 2011

This is the top I made using leftover strips of binding. All of the strips were 2-1/2″ wide and I had a drawer full of them so it was a quick and easy top to make. The Baptist Fans template was used for quilting. Batting is Warm Blend. I’m hoping to get the binding on [...]

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Southwest Chicken & Rice

June 30, 2011

Last night I used one of my little tubs of Knorr Homestyle Stock. Once I mixed the stock with water, I tasted it and it’s much more flavorful than regular storebought canned broth. Only half got black olives because Chad doesn’t like them. Here’s the recipe I used: Southwest Chicken & Rice 4 chicken breasts, [...]

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Feather Lesson

June 29, 2011

There’s definitely enough interest to our little group lessons on feathers. All posts dealing with this will be tagged “Feathers” so any time you need to search for info, “Feathers” should get you what you need. These lessons will include my thoughts on choosing feather designs to fit the spaces, drafting the spine, creating the [...]

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A Forgotten Quilt

June 29, 2011

In the master bedroom, there’s a walk-in closet off the bathroom and there’s a regular closet on one wall in the bedroom. In that regular closet were stored things other than clothes, including a lot of quilts. As I was digging through the closet, packing some quilts, deciding which ones I could donate and which [...]

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