wordless wednesday

because i'm in a baking mood

Here's one of my favorites.

Caramel Shortbread Squares

2/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
2 In a medium bowl, mix together 2/3 cup butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 1 1/4 cup flour until evenly crumbly. Press into 9" square baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
3 In a 2 quart saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil. Continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon for about 3 minutes. Pour over baked crust (warm or cool). Cool until it begins to firm.
4 Melt chocolate and pour over caramel layer. Cover the layer completely. Chill. Cut into squares

being a longarm quilter

I see some fantastic quilts and these two by Amanda are in my top 10 favorites for 2010. Amanda is a new customer of mine and I am so glad she found us. Her piecing was 100% perfect and I loved her fabrics. Can not wait to quilt for her again.

Quilt #1; my favorite!

Quilted with Norma Sharps Fleur de Lis Block set.



And a fun scroll-like border.


Quilt #2-lots of feathers on this one.



Borders quilted with a Feather Border.



Center blocks and setting triangles quilted with Norma Sharp's Feather and Raindrop Block insets.





And for today? The biggest quilt I have ever quilted; 131inches!


One more after this one and I'm done for the year!!

quilt monday

Quilted with Wildflower and a yummy King Tut thread.



I had an email that some pictures in one of my posts from last week weren't showing up; sorry about that! I've since fixed the photos, you can view the post here.

snack saturday

Chocolate-Banana Parfaits

1 pkg. (4-serving size) Chocolate Fat Free Instant Pudding
2 cups cold skim milk
2 bananas, sliced
3/4 cup thawed Light Whipped Topping, divided


BEAT pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min.

SPOON half the pudding evenly into 4 dessert glasses. Cover with layers of bananas and 1/2 cup whipped topping; top with remaining pudding and whipped topping.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour.

card friday

i looooooove

These table runners. And when I saw this fabric at a fabric sale, I knew it would make the perfect runner for my sister in law for her birthday.


And her birthday card. Which I realized later I should have made in red/white/black too.

wordless wednesday