First I want to say my thoughts and prayers go out to all the people in Oklahoma that have gone through the terrible tornados.
I was surfing penterest and found this site about homemade cleaners http://katiemxoxo.blogspot.com/2012/07/clean-and-green.html
I have tried and still use the dawn, vinegar and water in a spray bottle to clean the soap scumb from my shower walls. It works great and smells clean. I am gonna make some orange or lemon scented oils and add for an even greater aroma.
Gotta run for now and get some quilt piecing accomplished before running grandson to baseball this evening.
Later I hope to add some new pics... :)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Doing a little reading....
Here is what I have been reading and thoroughly enjoyed. When I get to reading I can't stop. Problem is that I don't get any quilting done when I am on a reading spree. Oh well, one must take a break every now and then. What do you like to read? Are you a Debbie Macomber fan?Sunday, March 17, 2013
Apron
Grandma's Apron
I don't think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a... few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears…
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men-folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
I never caught anything from an apron…But Love. (Author Unknown)
I don't think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a... few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears…
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men-folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
I never caught anything from an apron…But Love. (Author Unknown)
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When getting ready to post this I came across this site
http://www.withagratefulheart.com/search?q=apron it says the poem has been changed but the true author is Tina Trivett. Take a few minutes and check out her site. You won't be dissapointed.
I actually found the poem on facebook with an awesome photo of someones grandmother sitting by a window with an apron on. It was so appropriate with the poem..
Hope you enjoy the poem and that it brings back lots of good memories....
Monday, March 11, 2013
1/4 inch seam.....
This is not an original idea of mine. I have seen it or heard it from somewhere. Just can't remember where.. :) Here is a office supply item that makes a wonderful sewing notion...
1. Trim a piece of this to 1/4 inch strip.
2. Take a hotel room key card , old credit card, or one of those cards you get in the mail wanting you to sign up for something. Of course the thicker more sturdy the better. Trim off a 1/4 inch little rectangle from the card. See photo below...
3. Remove the clear strip off the adhesive strip and attach the sticky strip to the 1/4 inch piece that you cut off the card.
2. Take a hotel room key card , old credit card, or one of those cards you get in the mail wanting you to sign up for something. Of course the thicker more sturdy the better. Trim off a 1/4 inch little rectangle from the card. See photo below...
3. Remove the clear strip off the adhesive strip and attach the sticky strip to the 1/4 inch piece that you cut off the card.
4. Now find the perfect 1/4 inch (I do the scant 1/4) from my needle. Then attach to your machine. If after time your strip starts to coming off you can take it completely off and rinse it under water and let dry and it will become sticky and reusable again.
Fabric panel
Here's a panel I got for christmas from a friend. It is so neat.. Sorry about the wrinkles.
Here is a blog that some different ways to turn these barn blocks into neat quilts. www.bethdixart.blogspot.net
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Summer Pie
This pie is scrumptious...
Summer Pie
1 small container of coolwhip
1 8oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 20oz. can of crushed pineapple in own juice
1 large graham cracker crust
Mix cream cheese until fluffy. Add in slowly the sweetened condensed milk. Add lemon juice then pineapple. Mix just until pineapple is mixed in. Add coolwhip little at a time by folding it in.
Pour into pie shell and refrigerate over night.
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| Summer Pie |
Summer Pie
1 small container of coolwhip
1 8oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 20oz. can of crushed pineapple in own juice
1 large graham cracker crust
Mix cream cheese until fluffy. Add in slowly the sweetened condensed milk. Add lemon juice then pineapple. Mix just until pineapple is mixed in. Add coolwhip little at a time by folding it in.
Pour into pie shell and refrigerate over night.
scrappy
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