quilt monday

Back from a fabulous weekend and jumping right into the final Christmas push at work.

I made this cute disappearing 9 patch runner for a friends birthday.

Sorry for the crazy pictures. I took them way too late while in a hotel room lol.

She loves green so I raided mom's batik stash and came up with these. I've been having a lot of fun lately with batiks; I'll show you more later this week.

Quilted with Paisley Max

awol

I'm off for a girls weekend away and I did not have time to schedule some posts; my apologies! 

Have a wonderful weekend and happy Thanksgiving to my American readers.

:)

wordless wednesday

can you help?

In the past year, I found a cute Christmas tree wall hanging. It was appliqued and had woolen ornaments appliqued onto the tree. I know I read about it on a blog; possibly an Australian one? It was published in a magazine; I thought it was Fons and Porter but after going through my stack, I can't find it :(

Anyone know the pattern I am referring too? And if so, can you point me in the right direction please?

quilt monday

 And I was oh so close to finishing the binding before packing up all my fall decorations to bring out the Christmas ones lol.

snack saturday

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Squares

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups icing sugar
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips 

In a saucepan, melt together peanut butter and butter or margarine. Add the icing sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Blend together. Pour and press into a 9"x13" pan. Melt the butter and chocolate chips together. Spread the mixture on top of the squares.

Put the squares in the refrigerator to firm up.

To serve:
Take them out of the fridge and leave them at room temperature for a while before cutting so the chocolate doesn't crack.

card friday

continuing with the Twilight theme

A few years ago, I was given 4 cards. Each card represented the covers of the four Twilight novels. I knew I wanted to frame them but I wasn't sure how I wanted it done. 

This past winter, I got a coupon in the mail for a popular craft store; they were offering their framing services at 50%off. What a bargain! So off I went with my precious cards to have them framed. I knew it would be a wee bit pricey; the cards were an odd size.

I picked out the nicest(and cheapest) frame, a mat; I wanted simple colors to make the cards pop. The employee rang in my selections, discounted it then stunned me with the total. Even after my 50% off, the total was still in the triple digits.

But I went ahead with it. And even though I spent a small fortune, I feel it was worth it. I love how they look.

Sorry about the crocked picture! It's late(preposting this Wednesday night) and I'm all wired up on  peppermint mocha lol!

Now it's time to head to the airport, pick up my bestie and go watch a movie!!