it’s almost done, but I wanted to post a pic here since it is linked with my Breast Cancer page… click here for details on raffle tickets to support my 39.3 mile walk in May michelle’s Avon walk for Breast Cancer Boston 2010
[Continue reading...]quilted ‘quilts for kids’ quilt & Quilt top for the raffle
February 2, 2010 2 Comments
I have quilted the quilts for kids quilt.. although it was anything but easy.. learning a new machine was far more difficult than I thought… I tried to make quilt in a circular pattern in the yellow/ white blocks and a stippling stitch through the animals… ( poor animals ;(….) anyway.. there was alot of […]
[Continue reading...]Opinions, please
January 28, 2010 5 Comments
For the last few years, I have, with thousands of other people, have walked 39.3 miles in 2 days in the hopes that we will someday find a cure for breast cancer. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer To help fund my walk, I am going to make a quilt to raffle. I made one […]
[Continue reading...]The matching *gym bag*
January 21, 2010 1 Comment
Ok.. so I attempted to make a matching gym tote to *tote* my sneakers & ipod to & from the gym in the winter weather… MY problem, I’ve used it as my constant purse/ tote ever since…. I really love this cheery bag! I even made a special pocket inside just for my Ipod…… but […]
[Continue reading...]I am SO excited!!!!!
January 13, 2010 3 Comments
About this bag right here…. I have been looking for a yoga mat bag that I liked and could not find one….. Why it took me so long to figure out that I could just make one, I’ll never know…. I used fabric from Amy Butler’s Modern midwest collection and fully lined it with a co-ordinating pink […]
[Continue reading...]a VERY exciting January!!!
January 10, 2010 1 Comment
It HAS been very exciting!! mostly because of my new arrival…… my New sewing machine!!!!!.. She arrived this past Friday at about 2:30 pm. She weighed in at about 20 pounds and she is all that I dreamed that she would be.!!.. We are still deciding on a name for her , so for now […]
[Continue reading...]What??? 2010???
January 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
If there is anyone out there who cares.. yes, I am still here 😉 I haven’t posted since November , but I have been sewing up a storm… I took the majority of the month of December to create a cookie blog…. quite counter-active to all of my weight watcher stuff… but.. I had a blast […]
[Continue reading...]Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2009 2 Comments
WOW! can you believe that it is Christmas already? It feels like just yesterday that I started this blog & baked my first cookie! My final cookie was made not by me, but by 3 of my favorite elves…. Alison, Colleen & Kelsey The girls made Reeses’ Chewy Chocolate Cookies They had a lot of fun […]
[Continue reading...]A VERY cool story that has *a little* to do with cookies….
December 23, 2009 2 Comments
Many of you know that for many years I have been a HUGE Springsteen fan. ( sorry, Gina)….. I’ve seen him many times, each time better than the last…. What does all of this have to do with cookies? …. I love to listen to the music. When I win a contest at my local […]
[Continue reading...]Today’s cookie was made by a special guest…..
December 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
My daughter-in-law, Amanda!! She made Peanut brittle… something that I have actually never even had before…. she used this recipe All recipes/ mom’s best peanut brittle and, yes, she shelled all of the peanuts herself. It would have taken a whole lot less time if we weren’t eating them as fast as she was shelling […]
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