quilts, recipe

This is another little quilt for laptops or whatever, really. This one's for Staci Girl who is moving and her mom says she needs one of the laptop quilts.

I'm her mom so, I'm delivering. Here's how it went down.
These are the fabrics.

I used the Kaleido-Ruler by Marti Mitchell to cut the wedges for these pies.

Added white corner pieces and trimmed it square.

Next matched up the six squares. This could be a gorgeous melony large quilt. But not today.

Auditoned for the 3B's, border, binding and backing. Pictures are switched. Adjust your dial.


And, there you have it, laptop quilt! Love it. Hope Staci does, too.

And a close-up of the quilting. I'm over enjoying the crosshatch one. So cute.


Hurricane Irene is pounding the north east coast.

Kyle? Hope you're hunkered down!!!!!!
I'm out.

Function First Quilts

The following are functional quilts I made for use beneath my laptop and/or my sewing machine. At the sewing machine it provides a spot to place scissors, needles, stray pins, whatever and nothing rolls off the table. Under the laptop it can be folded up as a hand rest or lay flat to keep items close by.
I'm messy sometimes and it helps define the work space of the moment.
Hey! Everyone needs help from time to time! Love it!

Idaho

Yes, I'm in Idaho and, yes, I'm hooked on Zentangling. Thanks, Deb, for addiciting me to gel pens, gray pencil shading and creating a journal of designs so I don't have to put to memory those designs I may want to use later. Like on another small white canvas bag!
Made the following mug rug from scrapes I pulled from the trash while at a retreat recently. Scissors don't go flying across the table or off the table into my lap any more. Love it!

Oh, the retreat was great except for the Grim Reaper who crashed our party. Check it out! Creeeeepy!!!!!


This tree, (probably 80+ years old) cracked and started falling yesterday. Have you ever seen a tree fall in the forest? Me neither! Big cracking sound and the tree tilted and leaned on the tree just down the mountain from her. Kept on crackling during today. I hope I'm standing right there when it finally falls all the way.
What does all this have to do with quilting and The Puzzle Upstairs? It's all research. Somehow that falling tree and Grim Reaper will creep into a quilt applique design. I'm sure of it.
Take care. I'm out.

yeah, I'm up here again. Working on that "must do" and enjoying an Orange Crush. No caffeine but no doubt lots of sugar.
Middle portion almost complete. The plan is to add a narrow border and then piano keys all the way around; maybe narrower on the sides than the top and bottom. No border police here so I'll do whatever I very well please. The middle is below.

This is what I sketched somewhere last week, don't know where now. Think I'll use this as the quilting.

Quilting and ran out of thread for the quilt below. It's a first time quilt made by a first time quilter who, if I'm not waaay off base, will be a forever quilter. Let's hear it for the newbeee!!!!! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Folk Applique

Hello,

I feel liberation comin' on so I'm upstairs quilting. Saw a 24 year old, 400 pound woman last night. Nightmare.

Working on the "original, folk inspired, raw edge, applique design" piece. Here is a bit of it.

These are Gwen Martson and Freddy Moran's books I am returning too for inspiration, ideas, directions ...........Felt released of all quilt police when I read them, look at them, carry them in my purse, sleep with them, etc.
These are some of the "part" for the borders of the quilt and the center of the quilt it below. It's been in earlier posts.

Below are the border parts being auditioned. I will add borders when I have made all the parts I think I will need.




That's it so far. Need more parts to play with.

Putting it away for a while. On to a "must do".

Made blueberry muffins today. Can't you just smell them?
I'm gone.

Key lime and the Civil War

What a great pair of topics! What was the state of Key lime during the Civil War? This could be a Culinary School thesis.

There is nothing to say about the Key lime pound cake except that it's gone.

No crumbs no pictures. Nothing.

Check out below the "ready to be sewn down" blocks for the Design Your Own Applique class I taught and will teach again. The self inflicted challenge was to use Civil War fabrics and create a folk art feel. I like the end product (at least to this point). No crows. Maybe next time.

Check out these cool shapes from cutting out a space. Must save for another time. Love them!







And the final is below ready for blanket stitching around the edges. I'll use medium brown thread with a little shine.

Love it!!!!
Scraps and fabric waiting to be borders is all that's left. Dogs need to be walked. I'm out!

Key lime and a table topper

Hey There out there,
Rain Dance worked! Google is my friend!
Staci Cornbread is downstairs baking a KeyLime Pound Cake for Mike. I don't care for Key Lime pie because of the texture more than anything else but, pound cake I love. This might be right up my alley. Winner!


I'm upstairs in a puzzle over squaring up this table topper I'm making. The all beige with spots of red/green thingy I showed last time. Adding the final wide border. Wider than I think I want so I can quilt it and then trim.

Final to is below!


These are the fabrics for the backing. I love this polka dot. The white is really off-white. It will be a great surprise on the back.

Here's the final backing ready for quilting. That's for another day. I hit the garage with the side of the van yesterday so I'm putting off working with heavy equipment for a while.

Staci Cornbread is making noise down in the kitchen.

Check this out! And, yes, it's yummy!!!!!!

Has a key lime glaze on the top and is soft and fluffy inside.

Fat cells prepare for incoming!!!!!

Staci said she cut this in half so it would fit in a bread pan

and add more lime zest to the batter.

She also said next time she will make twice the amount of glaze.

The recipe was found Southern Living Magazine and is from the kitchen

of Kathleen Blackman in Ponce Inlet, Florida.

Read all directions before beginning.

Key Lime Pound Cake

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup shortening

3 cups sugar

6 large eggs

3 cups all purpose flour

1.2 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

1 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. lime zest

1/4 cup fresh Key lime juice

Key lime glaze ingredients (see below)

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar , beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.

2. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12 cup) tube pan.

3. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour and 15 minutes to an hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.

4. Prepare Key lime Glaze and immediately brush over top and sides of cake. Cool completely. (about 1 hour)

Key Lime Glaze

Whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp. fresh Key lime juice and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract until smooth. Use immediately.

Hey, I'm out!