How I Store My.......

Bobbins!

The area where I store my bobbins is a closet 
 where door has been removed. 

There hangs a metal dry erase board that I picked up at 
Kmart or Walmart.

Mini magnets from any craft store cling magnetically to the board.
So this is where the unwound and wound hang so nicely. 

Tip-1

Keep bobbins that are already wound low on the board.
 This way, all you do is look down to see if there is any matching bobbin that are already wound.

Tip-2

When doing charity quilts, use up all the partial wound bobbins.

These are metal bobbins for my long arm. The plastic bobbins for my domestic fit perfectly in the Bernina storage case.

If you have any suggestions on how to improve on this 
please let us all know! 

Remember it is all about sharing ideas! 
Right?

Today you can continue to check out the  
"See You In September" blog hop.
Here are today's bloggers! 

Monday, September 8

Quilting Quietly
Creatin' in the Sticks
Procrastination Queen
Lovelli Quilts
Cherry Blossoms

My friend Wendy is doing the 
"Around The World" Blog Hop.    
Check her blog out here.

She is so... Inspirational!

 Till We Quilt Again,

Linked with:
Marelize's-Anything Goes Monday
Nini And The Sea- Weekly Inspiration

Couldn't Resist!

Had To Have Here With Me!

These are Peppered Check fabrics designed by Pepper Cory. 

I got these at Pink Castle Fabrics.

How would you use these in a quilt?

Till We Quilt Again,

Linked with:

Molli Sparkles-Sunday Stash

Kathys Quilts-Slow Sunday Stitching

Peachy Keen!

I appreciate the labor of a detailed & involved recipe.
However I am all about easy-delicious-fast.

Peach Soup

As a child one of the comfort foods that my mother would make is fruit soup. Whether is was strawberry, blueberry or mixed berry. Nothing beat the warm fruit soup with ice cold milk. I do not recall having peach soup but my son asked if I could try it with peaches. I did find some recipes that resemble what we are use to, but remember my easy-delicious-fast policy!   

So here is my version!

25-30 ripe white peaches

1 can of Whole Coconut Milk (13.5 oz.)

Rinse peaches, remove pit and put in a pot (yeap-leave the skin on--it is good fiber). Simmer on low with a lid until peach's start to boil in their own juices. Spoon 1/2 to 3/4 of the chunks into a blender (reserving the remaining chunks). Blend and return to a pot. Add a can of coconut milk to the blended puree, stir till dissolved and add remaining peach chunks. Optional to add vanilla and sugar--but mine was sweet enough! It is a healthy bowl of COMFORT!  I like to freeze some for the winter months too! 

Soup is not very yellow since I used white peaches.

Since I had more peaches I made some....

Peach Ice Cream

A few years ago I discovered a recipe for making ice cream without an ice cream maker. I make this for special occasions and have discovered many variations however my favorite is adding cardamom and bits of vanilla fudge--OMG!  There are many recipes but this is the one I adapted for our home to be less sweet than those I have found.

4-cups of Whole or Heavy Whipping Cream

1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (about 14 oz)

2 scraped Vanilla Beans 

6 peaches-diced 

Blend cream, sweetened condensed milk and scraped vanilla beans in a mixing bowl.
When blended add diced peaches and freeze for at least 6 hour or overnight.
Invite your quilting friends and have fun!

Vanilla Bean is a must in this recipe!






Till We Quilt Or Cook Again,

Friend's On Friday-Eleanor

Feeling Fall!

 Eleanor made this wonderful fall lap quilt.

  The backing was a beautiful pumpkin patch.

The pantograph is "Curly Maple"


Pattern-Unknown
Size-59 x 78
Batting-Hobbs 80/20
Quilting-Curly Maple Pantograph

For those that have inquired, I will post about the 
peach soup on Saturday!

Today is day #3 of the "See You In September" Blog Hop!

Here are those who are posting some inspiration today.

Friday, September 5

Stitchin' By The Lake
Coeur d'Alene
Words & Stitches
TheSlowQuilter
Pig Tales and Quilts

All Thingz Sewn

Till We Quilt Again,

Linked at:

Can I Get A Whoop-Whoop
Finish Friday
Nini And The Sea- Inspiration Party

Monkeying Around!

My mother is leading the Charity committee for our guild this year. I am so lucky she is doing this because whatever she leads--she is great at it!  

These are two of her quilts that she is donating to a wonderful cause through our guild. I usually get to quilt pieces that she will donate.

This turns out to be a win for every one. She gets her quilts quilted. I get to practice. And a child will be happy to receive these.

Doing squares all over a quilt is not as easy as I thought! This is a good brain exercise!!

I love how she strip pieced the backs as well.

FYI! The monkey fabric is a cut up fabric shower curtain! What a great re-purpose!

This one is done with Angela Walters recent video clip to practice her technique of  the Swirl Hook Video Tutorial. Which made this quilt more feminine looking.

This was done with all "Square in a Square" making it look more masculine for a boy.

Today is day two for the "See You In September" Blog Hop!

Here is who is posting today!

Thursday, September 4

Jane's Quilting

Life in the Scrapatch
Sew Many Yarns
Gracie Oliver Arts 

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

Till We Quilt Again,