I Found Another Way to Use My Scraps!!

I saw a tutorial on Pinterest for some pretty fabric flowers

 

so I thought I'd give it a try.

 

The flowers are so easy and another great way to use up my scraps of fabric.

 

So here's what I have made so far.

 

 

I think I am going to make lots of them and use them as a

 

swag type thing for my window.

 

Maybe with some ribbon strips hanging down in between the flowers.

 

Anyway,

 

I think they are really fun to make, pretty, they make me smile

 

and another way to use up some of my scraps!



More on my Scrappy Selvage Quilt

I've been working on my scrappy selvage quilt all week

 

and

 

here are 6 squares of memories.

 

 

 

Earl couldn't see my vision when I first started

 

and thought something along the line of

 

"what the hell is she doing now?!?"

 

BUT

 

when I laid it out for him today

 

he actually liked it!

 

He'd say, "what's this piece from?"

 

and I'd tell him from Mallory's bag or Lexie's blanket

 

and he was pretty amazed that I could remember what I'd made

 

from all the different fabrics.

 

Now I have to finish up a few other projects

 

and then I'm going to sew this baby up.

 

I can't wait!!!

Selvages and Patchwork

I'm making a quilt, hopefully, for myself using selvages and scraps of fabric.

It's been fun putting these squares together.

I can be kind of creative and remember the things I made for people out of the scraps.

 

 

 

These squares are approx. 28 inches square

 

 so......

 

 I have lots more scrapping and sewing to do. 

 

This project is a work in progress,

a fun, stress free project

that I hope will turn into a beautiful quilt!

Super Easy, Moist and Scrumptious Apple Crumb Cake

 

 

I had found a recipe on Pinterest the other day that sounded pretty good and really easy,

which is always a plus for me!

 

The cake calls for a box of cake mix, a can of any flavor of pie filling and 3 eggs.

Simple enough,

but I had to upgrade it a little!

 

 

So here's my version of the cake.

1. a box of white cake mix (that's what I had on hand)
2. 3 eggs
3. 1 can of apple pie filling
4. 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
5. 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
6. 1 teaspoon vanilla

I mixed the eggs and the cake mix together until all the dry was wet and then added everything else.  I only mixed it with the mixer for about 30 seconds, just enough to get it all combined.  I put it in a greased 9x13 cake pan

 

and

 

then I added my daughter Mallory's favorite muffin topping.

 

 

1. 1 stick of butter
2. 1 cup of brown sugar
3. 12 Tablespoons of flour
4. 2 Tablespoons of cinnamon
5. 1 cup of  dry oatmeal

 

I just mixed all the ingredients together for a minute or so with the mixer and then sprinkled it over the top of the cake.  I then baked it at 350 for 30 minutes or so.

 

Moist, full of flavor and super easy!

Happy 2nd Birthday Owen!

Today is my Grandson Owens Birthday!

 

 

Lexie is having a mustache party for Owen today and

found  this shirt on Etsy for $20.00.

Very cute, but a little pricey.

 

So Lexie asked me if I could try to replicate the shirt. 

 Here's the one I made for the price of an undershirt and some of my

 scraps of fabric, felt and ribbon.

 

 

Not to bad!

 

and here's Owen

wearing his shirt Nana made for him.

 

Isn't Owen a cutie?!?!?



Super Easy, Super Quick and Oh So Super Yummy--Breakfast, Brunch or Even for a Dessert!

I finally have internet access again!

Yay!

I can't find my camera though to post pictures of what all I've been making....

I know.....

it's sad....

and frustrating.

 

So I'm going photoless on this post.

Actually, I hate posts without photos,

I'm more of a vision and touch person,

so if the word "photoless" sounds a little dirty....

I would have to agree.

 

 

 

Anyway,

 

I saw a recipe on Pinterest, but I forgot to Pin it.

Fortunately it only had 4 ingredients so it was easy to remember.

Of course I had to embellish the recipe some and make it Super Yummy!

 

The Original Recipe called for

1. 6 eggs
2. 1 cup of flour
3. 1 cup of milk
4. dabs of butter

Next, you were suppose to mix up the first 3 ingredients, dump in a baking dish sprayed with nonstick spray, put dabs of butter over the top and bake for 25 minutes at 400 degrees.

 

Okay, I was starving, and felt the need to be more creative, so here's what I concocted

1. 4 teaspoons of lemon juice to the
2. 1 cup of  milk.....then
3. 1 teaspoon of vanilla
4. 6 eggs
5. 1 thinnly sliced banana
6. about 1/3 of a cup of brown sugar
7. 1 cup sifted flour

 

I mixed all that up, dumped it in sprayed baking dish, added the dabs of butter on top and then sprinkled some more brown sugar on top.  I baked it for 25 mins at 400 degrees and Oh my goodness....Yum!

 

It turned out so good!!

It kind of reminds me of a thin bread pudding.

Moist, flavorful and easy.

That's what I'm talking about!

Indoor Snowball Fights

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted.

Time definitely has been flying by for me!

 

I wanted to share what I made my grandkids for Christmas.

I just finished them and handed them out to most of the grandkids last night,

so I hope they had fun with them last night!

 

I made fabric snowballs for an indoor snowball fight and then bags to put them in.

I made the snowballs out of a variety of white fabrics and some of the

snowballs are plain and some have snowman faces on them.

 

 

 



 

168 Snowballs

 

 

 

Jace had to jump in the middle of the snowballs.

 

 

 

Three of the bags I made for the grandkids to put they're snowballs in.

 

 

Now I need to make some snowballs for my kids!!

 

This is the kind of snow that I don't mind!!