Well, I give up on searching for the choice of colors for this post, pretend it's red! I will be too busy tomorrow melting chocolate to post and wanted to wish everyone a happy day. Wondering today why the Saint was dropped from the greeting.....we don't say "Happy Patrick's Day" on March 17th, so when did St. Valentine's Day become just Valentine's day???
Today I am working on my red and black jacket for the Quilt show in May. The fabric was quilted to the batting and lining on my Inspira frame, so now I have to conceal the seams' raw edges with a Hong Kong finish. It's looking rather neat, but takes so much more time than just zipping along with the serger. But I think it will be worth it in the long run......something else to take up space in my closet while I run around in the same old dorm pants (otherwise known as flannel PJs to us grannies)
I finished my Convertible mittens last night and will post that photo very soon. Since they are red, will try to get it in this post.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Little quilts and little loaves
Looks like the bunny has claimed the little purple disappearing nine patch quilt! Too bad for it has been promised to Emily along with some more diapers for her little dolly.
I think I've got the disappearing nine patch out of my system for now, and will move on to other things. I quilted the fabrics for my jacket entry in the Guild Quilt show for this May, and drafted the pattern to make it. Will post that after I get it together. I did finish my Guild Mystery quilt this week, and it's just waiting for a label. I want to photo it, then print out a black and white label for it, showing the quilt in one corner. Still working on that...if it works, that's how I will do my labels from now on. I use freezer paper, cut to 8'5" x 11" with the same size muslin ironed to the shiny side; then it goes through the printer just like real paper and you can get some really neat labels or fabric that way.
And I finally remembered to take photos of my freshly baked gluten free bread this Wednesday too. I can no longer remember what wheat bread tastes like, so this tastes as good as it looks, at least to me. Here's the recipe for the English Muffins (which I use to make hamburger buns or just sandwich buns if I'm not doing hamburgers:
DRY MIX: (in large mixer bowl)
1-1/2 c gluten free flour mix
1 t. Xanthan gum
1-1/2 t baking powder
1 t. Knox gelatin
1-1/2 t Egg Replacer
1/2 t salt
1-1/2 T sugar
2 T ground flax
WET MIX:
1 c warm water (with 1 t sugar to proof yeast (2-1/4 t) in
1 egg
3 T soft butter
1/2 t vinegar
After yeast is proofed, pour this mix into the flour mix, add egg, butter and vinegar. Beat on med speed for 3 minutes. Fill 6 English Muffin rings (which have been placed on a Pammed cookie sheet and dusted with cornmeal. Let rise for 30 minutes then bake in a 375F oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on rack. Can be stored in freezer and then toasted when needed. If you double the recipe, don't double the yeast measurement. For Christmas buns or Hot Cross Buns: add mixed peel or cherries and some nutmeg and cinnamon. Bake as usual and frost with Crosses in white icing.
I'm grateful this week:
*that Jane called from Nashville to let us know that the tornadoes that devastated the area between Nashbille and Memphis, did not harm them, except for a few trees down.
*that I can see the end of my editing on my cookbook
*that we are all coping with winter, whether it takes the form of huge dumps of snow in the Toronto area, or too much rain on the Wet Coast, or tornadoes and wild weather down South.
I think I've got the disappearing nine patch out of my system for now, and will move on to other things. I quilted the fabrics for my jacket entry in the Guild Quilt show for this May, and drafted the pattern to make it. Will post that after I get it together. I did finish my Guild Mystery quilt this week, and it's just waiting for a label. I want to photo it, then print out a black and white label for it, showing the quilt in one corner. Still working on that...if it works, that's how I will do my labels from now on. I use freezer paper, cut to 8'5" x 11" with the same size muslin ironed to the shiny side; then it goes through the printer just like real paper and you can get some really neat labels or fabric that way.
And I finally remembered to take photos of my freshly baked gluten free bread this Wednesday too. I can no longer remember what wheat bread tastes like, so this tastes as good as it looks, at least to me. Here's the recipe for the English Muffins (which I use to make hamburger buns or just sandwich buns if I'm not doing hamburgers:
DRY MIX: (in large mixer bowl)
1-1/2 c gluten free flour mix
1 t. Xanthan gum
1-1/2 t baking powder
1 t. Knox gelatin
1-1/2 t Egg Replacer
1/2 t salt
1-1/2 T sugar
2 T ground flax
WET MIX:
1 c warm water (with 1 t sugar to proof yeast (2-1/4 t) in
1 egg
3 T soft butter
1/2 t vinegar
After yeast is proofed, pour this mix into the flour mix, add egg, butter and vinegar. Beat on med speed for 3 minutes. Fill 6 English Muffin rings (which have been placed on a Pammed cookie sheet and dusted with cornmeal. Let rise for 30 minutes then bake in a 375F oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on rack. Can be stored in freezer and then toasted when needed. If you double the recipe, don't double the yeast measurement. For Christmas buns or Hot Cross Buns: add mixed peel or cherries and some nutmeg and cinnamon. Bake as usual and frost with Crosses in white icing.
I'm grateful this week:
*that Jane called from Nashville to let us know that the tornadoes that devastated the area between Nashbille and Memphis, did not harm them, except for a few trees down.
*that I can see the end of my editing on my cookbook
*that we are all coping with winter, whether it takes the form of huge dumps of snow in the Toronto area, or too much rain on the Wet Coast, or tornadoes and wild weather down South.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
The photos below show the red bag inside and out finished at last! And the layout of the Mystery quilt from Carolyn of the Abbotsford Guild. The predominantly green borders sparked it up a bit from all that black in the quilt blocks. Guess that's the danger in a mystery, you never really know how it's going to evolve. But overall I am so pleased with this one (Peek-a-Bamboo) that I am cutting out the strips tomorrow for another one using a Northcott "Quest for the Cure" fabric , a large print with tulips on it, and will use a bright gold for the background and 2 other colors for the A and B fabrics (likely red and green, though there is black in the background of the tulip print, so maybe throw a bit of black on it too.
I'm still finding my way around the layout of the blog thing, so I'm trying to post the photos and then have a description underneath. but it's coming out upside down, so will try again to right that.
Tomorrow I will quilt this Bamboo quilt and then take a break from quilting for a week or so. Need to work on the recipe book for awhile.
I'm still finding my way around the layout of the blog thing, so I'm trying to post the photos and then have a description underneath. but it's coming out upside down, so will try again to right that.
Tomorrow I will quilt this Bamboo quilt and then take a break from quilting for a week or so. Need to work on the recipe book for awhile.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Now that it is February, I'll switch to red ink, but only till the 14th......
Every now and then we do get a touch of winter out here, though not as severe as what they are getting in Ontario right now, it's still hard to pull on those old winter boots that have been in storage the past few years.
I finished the blocks for the "Peek-a-Bamboo" quilt today and have them laid out on the design wall to see if it plays okay. Was a bit worried that all the black in the quilt (used as the background color) would make it a very depressing quilt, but against the bamboo green it is quite stunning. Will make a great quilt for St. Patirck's Day!
In my warped little mind, I imagined that the Pandas were Koalas, and I have been calling it my "Ned Kelly" quilt..because it is almost a kelly green and that seemed to fit. Then as I was squaring up the blocks, I realized that koalas are not black and white. They sort of look like they are peeking out from the bamboo shoots, thus the name. Will photo it tomorrow when the borders are on and before I put it on the quilting frame. So glad to get this one done, now all my have-tos are done for the month and anything else I do will be a bonus. (Like maybe get that darned old cookbook on paper at last. Okay, that's my goal for the month of February 2008.
Every now and then we do get a touch of winter out here, though not as severe as what they are getting in Ontario right now, it's still hard to pull on those old winter boots that have been in storage the past few years.
I finished the blocks for the "Peek-a-Bamboo" quilt today and have them laid out on the design wall to see if it plays okay. Was a bit worried that all the black in the quilt (used as the background color) would make it a very depressing quilt, but against the bamboo green it is quite stunning. Will make a great quilt for St. Patirck's Day!
In my warped little mind, I imagined that the Pandas were Koalas, and I have been calling it my "Ned Kelly" quilt..because it is almost a kelly green and that seemed to fit. Then as I was squaring up the blocks, I realized that koalas are not black and white. They sort of look like they are peeking out from the bamboo shoots, thus the name. Will photo it tomorrow when the borders are on and before I put it on the quilting frame. So glad to get this one done, now all my have-tos are done for the month and anything else I do will be a bonus. (Like maybe get that darned old cookbook on paper at last. Okay, that's my goal for the month of February 2008.
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