ready for baby

And not mine lol! I quilted this for a friend. Donna makes charity quilts; a lot of charity quilts. She supplied most of the quilts for me to practice on when I first got my longarm. Thanx again Donna!

Quilted with Surf's Up

a card for a friend

I had a very successful stamping day yesterday(I was planning on quilting lol) My friend likes it too

quilt monday

My stash quilt. I LOVE how this turned out; so bright and cheery. And I'm totally loving the pieced binding.
Quilted with Shooting Stars

snack saturday

White Chocolate-Raspberry Cake



Cake:
1 pkg. (6 squares) White Chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
White Chocolate-Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 pkg. (250 g) Brick Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 pkg. (6 squares) White Chocolate, melted, slightly cooled
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups icing sugar
2 Tbsp. Red Raspberry Jam
1 cup raspberries



PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans; set aside. Microwave chopped chocolate and 1/2 cup butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Cool slightly.

ADD eggs, cake mix, milk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened, stopping frequently to scrape side of bowl. Beat on medium speed 2 min. or until well blended. Pour evenly into prepared pans.

BAKE 25 to 28 min. or until toothpick inserted in centres comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

WHITE Chocolate-Cream Cheese Frosting:

BEAT cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add melted chocolate and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy after each addition.

PLACE one cake layer on serving plate; spread with layers of 2/3 cup of the prepared frosting and the jam. Cover with remaining cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining frosting. Top with raspberries just before serving. Store in refrigerator.

card friday

stars

This had to be the boringest quilt ever. And huge, 110inches square. All in browns, solids, not even tone on tones. I'll admit, we had it floating around work for a long long time. Mom wanted to custom it but the cost wasn't worth it since it was/is a show quilt for Hamels

In the end, we put a panto on it. My favorite, Blowin Wind and a Lava thread(mom's favorite lol)



We both quilted this one. Mom started it and didn't finish before she went on holidays so I did the rest. And it turned out stunning. This is a case were quilting really makes the quilt. And I love it now. No longer boring

i failed

Fail #1, this baby quilt. It just screams *I'm ugly!!* to me. I bought waaaay too much of the center fabric to make a baby quilt out of it and it is really hard to work with. I think I'll back this with the rest of it just to get rid of it. I had a friend tell me that she likes the quilt but I think she was just being nice lol!!

So that brings me to a question, could/would you give away an ugly quilt and not feel guilty? What if the recipient hated it?

Fail #2, and this cracks me right up. When we were in Seattle, ds#4 got a stuffie. Well ds#3 wanted one but we didn't go near a store again that had the kind of stuffie that he wanted(Webkinz anyone? lol) Yesterday, Jim took me out for a small drive(cabin fever had been REALLY setting in). We ended up near a store that sells Webkinz. Jim thought it was best for us to wait until #3 came home from school than take him so he could pick one out. I wanted to get him one and surprise him. I picked one out(I think it's adorable!) and brought it home.

Ds didn't have the greatest day at school and was not thrilled about his Webkin. I figured give him some time to settle down from the school day and he would feel differently. Instead, I go to go to bed last night and on my side of the bed is the bag with the Webkin inside and a note on top that reads *I don't like camels*. I'm still laughing.

And as a side note, #3 picked out a cocker spaniel Webkin this afternoon ;?

wordless wednesday