snack saturday

Triple-Layer Mud Pie

1-1/4 cups chocolate Baking Crumbs
1/4 cup non-hydrogenated margarine, melted
3 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
1/4 cup canned sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
2 cups 2% milk
2 pkg. (4-serving size each) Chocolate Instant Pudding
2 cups thawed Whipped Topping, divided


MIX crumbs and butter in 9-inch pie plate; press firmly onto bottom and up side to form crust. Mix chocolate and condensed milk until blended. Pour into crust; sprinkle with pecans.

BEAT 2% milk and pudding mixes with whisk 2 min. Spoon 1-1/2 cups pudding over pecans. Stir 1/2 the whipped topping into remaining pudding; spread over pudding layer in crust. Top with remaining whipped topping.

REFRIGERATE 3 hours.

card friday

12 years

Audrey brought these quilts in. This lovely blue one she started 12yrs ago and recently finished. I loved the richness of the colors.



I wasn't sold on the thread she had chosen but I love how it turned out.



Quilted with Blowing in the Wind

And this lovely quilt; this was Audrey's second quilt ever. The piecing on this quilt was perfect. Absolutely perfect! It was a dream to quilt.



Quilted with Bright and Breezy.

finishes

A few months back, Rachel did a Fabric Wreath Tutorial for Moda Bake Shop and I knew I had to make it.

I finally grabbed a wire wreath last week. I didn't have a honey bun but I did have a layer cake that I had started cutting into 1.5inch strips so I continued cutting it to use that.

I finished the wreath the other night and I soooooo love it! I cut my strips 5inches long, not 5.5 like Rachel did. And I ended up putting in a few of the skinny leftover strips from the layer cake to add a bit more fullness in a few spots. But I think it's perfect! And it goes perfect on an empty wall I have been trying to find something to put on.

I also finished the top on my last sock monkey quilt. I got 3 baby quilts out of the one fat quarter stack. I got the stack on sale for around $30; a true bargain!



What's even better is that I found enough flannel in my stash for the backing so I didn't have to join a bunch of fabric bits together-yay!

wordless wednesday

stamping

I've been sneaking in a few cards here and there. I need to plan an evening and get some cards done. Than maybe I'll stop being late mailing them to the recipients lol.

finally

6 years ago I decided I wanted to make a double wedding ring quilt. I spent around $350 on the fabrics, cut the quilt out and left it. Every 6 months or so, I would pull the pieces out and think, hmmm, maybe this year I'll finish it. And every time the box got put back.

Saturday was the big day. Mom had agreed to help me get it started.

Sooooo many pieces!



How many pieces? LOTS!


I'm doing the orange highlighted amounts.

The two of us sewed for 5 hours,



And in the end, we had all the blue *corner* pieces sewn on and just shy of 200 of the red/brown ones. I have to wonder how long is this really going to take?

quilt monday

A disappearing 9patch runner. Fabrics-Wildflower Serenade. Quilted with Tendril