i have the bestest husband ever

Why? Because Jim surprised me with a trip last week. Where you ask?

Home of Twilight

snack saturday

"No-Melt" Sundae Pie

15 OREO Cookies, crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)
3 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) Vanilla Instant Pudding
1 cup cold milk
2 cups thawed Whipped Topping, divided
2 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
1/3 cup canned sweetened condensed milk

MIX crumbs and butter; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate.

BEAT pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in 1-1/2 cups whipped topping. Spoon into crust. Mix melted chocolate and condensed milk until well blended. Spoon over pie; swirl with knife.

FREEZE 6 hours or until firm. Remove pie from freezer 15 min. before serving. Let stand at room temperature to soften slightly. Top with remaining whipped topping.

card friday

red, white and blue

When Fran brought this quilt in, she wanted a solid red thread. I was hesitiant as there is no red anywhere in the quilt. I was looking for a red and white varigated thread when Fran spotted this King Tut thread and choose that.

have to admit, I do like how it *pops* on the quilt. Would I have chosen it personally? No. More importantly, Fran loves it.

Quilted with Blowin Wind.

O Canada

finally!

I've gotten ALL my strips sewn together for Old Red Barn's Quilt along. Yes I'm behind but I am making my quilt king-sized. That involved using 1.5m/12 fabrics instead of the original .5meters(okay Old Red Barn used yards lol)


Now I have 44 strip sets that need ironed. Yippee. I was going to spend today doing that but I've been on a baking spree instead-banana bread, banana chocochip muffins, peanut butter muffins and these fabulous strawberry muffins.

I have lots of fabric leftover. I'm planning on piecing it and any extra blocks from the quilt to make the backing


And now it is off for some Canada Day festivities and fireworks. Happy Canada Day!

wordless wednesday

quilt monday-on a tuesday

Made from a MrsJumps Scrap Bag layer cake and it's all for ME lol

baby shower

Had another baby shower to go to on the weekend. That is the 3rd one in a week! I've had this quilt waiting for this shower so I just had to make up a card and I was good to go. Totally forgot I had bought this adorable giraffe stamp. Love him!

Will be back later for Quilt Monday. Jim and I are both on holidays this week so not sticking to any sort of schedule lol

you know you are a mom

When 5 minutes after bedtime, one of your kids comes and tells you that you need to make a quilt square for school. The next day school. And it has to be the same size as a folded piece of paper that they have brought home. And it has to show kindness and love

it's a mystery

A mystery quilt that is! Mom, Cindy and I signed up for Hamels Mystery Quilt this year. None of us have done one before. Way back in January, we were given all the fabric and each month we get instructions. Last night was the night we were finally getting together to get started.

We are all doing the same size(Lazy Lap lol!) but different fabrics. Mom's quilt is Kanas Troubles; Cindy and I are both using the Cider Mill line. Mine is in the greens and Cindy's in the browns

For part of one of the blocks, we had to make Flying Geese(shudder). I detest Flying Geese(just fabric ones lol) But the way it is done in the instructions was fascinating! And oh so simple.

You take a 5 1/4inch square and 2 2 7/8inch squares(draw a diagonal line across the wrong side of the square) and sew them together like so.


Here is Cindy drawing her lines. Abby was supervising lol.


Than you cut them apart and get a funky piece like this.


Iron carefully(remember little or no steam and press. don't use a side to side motion) pressing towards the triangles


Now you take a third 2 7/8square and sew it on.


Cut it apart and iron


And ta-da!!



Mom ended up packing it in around 11pm. Cindy left at midnight. I stayed up until just after 1am sewing away. I knew when the cats were all asleep, it was probably time for me to sleep too lol



Now to resist going farther on this; I need to get my Quilt a Long quilt finished.

snack saturday

Creamy Layered Fruit Sensation

1 pkg. (227 g) prepared angel food cake
3 Tbsp. orange juice
1/4 tsp. almond extract
2-1/2 cups skim milk
2 pkg. (4-serving size each) Vanilla Fat Free Instant Pudding
1-1/2 cups thawed Whipped Topping, divided
2 pkg. (600 g) frozen mixed berries, thawed, well drained (about 4 cups frozen or 2-1/2 cups thawed berries)


CUT cake into cubes; place in large bowl. Combine orange juice and almond extract. Drizzle over cake cubes; toss lightly.

POUR milk into another large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping.

LAYER half the cake cubes in bottom of 2-L glass serving bowl or 2-L round baking dish. Reserve a few berries for garnish. Top with layers of half each of the remaining berries and pudding mixture. Repeat layers. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 6 hours. Top with remaining 1/2 cup whipped topping and reserved berries just before serving.

card friday

schools out

And I'm sad. Not because my kids are going to be home now but because today we said goodbye to an excellent public school. Our oldest and youngest go to private school and we had said when #2 finished in elementary, we would move all four of them to the private school. And the time is now here.

We spent 6 yrs at this school; the principal has been there as long as we have and she is leaving as well. It was a very bitter-sweet morning.

I made a messenger bag for #2's teacher. I changed a few things on this one. The lining was bigger than it was supposed to be(that's what you get for sewing after midnight lol) so I folded it over the front and made it into a band. I really like how this one turned out. And more importantly, the teacher loved it.

wordless wednesday

father's day

quilt a long

I'm still trying to get caught up with Old Red Barn's quilt a long. I'm still sewing my strips together. And did I mention it took just under 3 hours to get the 12meters of fabric?(I'm doubling the size of my quilt because that's just how I roll lately lol)

Look at all the sewn strips. At last count, there were 18; anyone want to come help iron and cross cut them?


Or help sew the last 60 strips together? Anyone?? lol

quilt monday

Made for a very special friend's new baby. I used the extra block(why do I always seem to end up with one of those? lol) as the label


Quilted with Chantilly Lace