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Showing posts with label In the Kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In the Kitchen. Show all posts

November 4, 2011

the non-bachelorette

Who doesn't love when friends get hitched? Love is so great, and so worth celebrating. And that's why we took a friend I used to slave away work with out for an evening of relatively low-key non-bachelorette bachelorette-ness. You may not know that I dabble in the domestic pastry arts. What says "classy bachelorette" better than a glitter ball cake...? Yeah, I don't know either.

glitter cake


Next time, I will probably arrange the cake balls a little more strategically :) I think, however, the taste made up for the appearance! And I also think that this cake will be a repeat offender.

Happy weekend!

February 23, 2011

patchwork of sorts

Linking up to WiP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced...go check out what everyone else has been up to!

I took some time off from sewing this weekend to cook with my husband.  We did an 'iron chef' style challenge on Sunday, with chocolate and strawberries as the not-so-secret ingredient(s). I chose chocolate baklava as my dessert, and when I finished it, I realized why :)
patchwork dessert
Doesn't it just look like a culinary patchwork of HSTs? I laughed at myself after cutting it up!

Anyway, focusing back on sewing...last week, I finished another jacket, and now I am working on three more. Apparently 4-year-olds grow out of their jackets quickly and have a real sense of fashion (along with their mommas)?
more coats

Notice my (gasp!) paper scissors on the table. Yep, my nice, expensive, spectacularly awesome fabric shears are out of commission. Haven't heard yet if they are repairable, but the top shear is bowed inward. It made for a really sad Monday. These were a Christmas gift, and a new pair of scissors won't be in my budget for a while.

I also started cutting for the memorial quilts (how I discovered the broken scissors) and did some piecing for my monochromatic challenge quilt. [still trying to not reveal too much!]

monochrome challenge

Finishes:
-innocent crush runabout jacket

New:
-three more runabout jackets (2 pint-sized)

Processing:
-sliced coins quilt (no progress, still need to get batting!)
-crochet scarf for just me
-monochrome quilt
-first quilt
-memorial quilts
-Hideaway quilt

 Thanks for stopping by! I'm excited to see what you have been up to :)

Mary