The plan was to work on Summer Schoolhouse through September 15, with the goal of finishing the first chart. Here's where I am as of this morning: Here's a picture of the cover of this chart: I am not going to stitch anything below the house since I'm putting the four charts together as one. I have a plan for how I'll stitch that area but I want to wait til I have all the main part ...
CJ’s Fruitcake
Many of you remember CJ who had a great blog with so many good recipes but she is no longer blogging. She shared the best fruitcake recipe in 2010 (according to my blog post) and I have made it almost every Christmas since I first saw the recipe. If you're thinking "Yuck! I don't like fruitcake!", STOP! I remember the fruitcakes in the can that my grandparents used to get every Christmas. They ...
Sweet Potatoes
For weeks I've been poking around in the sweet potato beds. They grow so fast, they can get too big very quickly. If they get too big, then they can get fibrous or stringy so I will boil them (gently boil them), then grate them and use them for casseroles or whatever I'm using them for. I love (love, love, love) sweet potato pie - any pie really - and Vince isn't crazy about it, which I cannot ...
Fabric Added:
I've just added more fabric - bolts of Michael Miller Krystal. You can see it here (or you can click on the "Fabric for Sale" title in the index bar above. Thank you! ...
Fully Finishes
One is almost finished and one is finished! These aren't perfect but they're done . . well one is and one is almost done. The first one is Harvest Tina from Teresa Kogut. It's in her Hello Autumn book. I can't wait to stitch Harvest Ted and have them hanging side by side. The next one isn't totally fully finished. I popped it into the "frame" but I'm going to paint the frame black and ...
Basil Chicken Recipe
I'm sure there are real recipes out there for this and they're probably better but my "recipe" was very simple and very delicious. I used three boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I sliced them lengthwise to get three pieces that looked like three thin chicken breasts. I would have used panko if I had it but I was out so I used flour and seasoned it with salt, pepper, basil, garlic powder ...