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Happy Sunday to Y'all!
What a week this has been, busy and
pushing myself. Plus we lost so many stars this week, Farrah Fawcet and
Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon and this morning we lost Billy Mays (the Oxy
commercial guy...) Jeez....I remember when Farrah was popular. We all
had to get our haircut just like hers. I am blessed with extremely thick
hair and so I had my hair cut like that back then. Oh what a mane
of pretty hair I used to have! All the guys were gaga over her! The poor
little woman going through so much pain and suffering. What a shame! And
Michael Jackson the same day, oh my goodness. The music world lost a
great musician, what a mark he has left in the world. I remember when We
are the World came out. We all had to buy one of those cassettes to help
out Africa. I was listening to it on VH1 yesterday and remembered how
great it was for that many stars to come together for a common cause and
it made me cry as I watched it. I was reading a blog yesterday and the
lady said, "You either love him or hate him but no matter what he did or
didn't do you have to admit he was a genius and changed the face of
music." His album was the first one I ever bought my son, as he really
liked his music back then and still today. I'm not a hater and I
will remember him fondly and remember his contributions to the world!
Such a troubled person with everything to live for, what a loss! Well I
am sure you are all tired of hearing about this stuff, but wanted to at
least put in my thoughts!
I am doing the monthly updates a bit
early this time....due to the fact that our vacation starts in a few and
I will need to get a lot of things done to ready for the trip. I wanted
to get the updates done before we left especially when it takes me
awhile to get them done.
This will be my last newsletter for a
couple of weeks. Just like last July, I will be taking a few weeks off
from updating the site. I will be back online with a fresh letter on
Sunday, July 12th. So if you don't hear anything out of me for a while,
you will know what's going on. Since I am planning to take the laptop
this year, if there are any problems with patterns or whatever, feel
free to email me as I will still be checking the email at least once a
day while I am gone! With that said......on with the monthly updates!!
The Links Pages............
I have finally taken the time to
painstakingly go through all the
Free
Quilting Links pages and the
Free Crafty Links
pages, and deleted all the broken links. Yes I finally got it done! And
I can tell you it took me days and days cause there were a lot of broken
links and there was a combined total of about 2500 links to go through!
We have really lost a lot of quilting sites since the last time I went
through them. I have had some wonderful gals emailing me with broken
links, plus.... I found out that geocities is closing down the free
websites they offer sometime later this year .....so I
decided to buck it up and go through them and get out the ones that were
broken before I am sure........we lose a lot more later on this year. So
sad to lose so much quilting information. I guess the economy is hitting
everywhere. We lost a total of 346 free quilting
sites. What a loss for the quilting community! I did add 18 new ones
this month, but they are getting few and far between to find, and with
some of the blog sites shutting down and now the free geocities/yahoo
sites I hate to think of the loss that is coming! The crafty links lost
a total of 72 links, not as bad as the quilting
links, but still!! I did add 13 new crafty links this month. This will
be the last time I will check all of the until the 1st of the year, so
if you find any broken ones, let me know!!
The Quilt Dedications and Poems
Pages...........
I also added a new
Quilt
Dedications and Poems page 5, we now have 5 pages worth of poems and
quilt dedications, so if you want to see them just click on the link and
it will take you to the new added page. I haven't added anything to
those pages for a long time!!! See, I told you I have been busy this
week!!
My Shelf that needed painted for
months.........seriously!
Believe it or not......the shelf I bought
a long time ago, the one to hang that embroidery wall hanging by
Bareroots I did a while back.....I finally got it painted!! Yep, it is
sitting in the dining room, curing and when we get back from Iowa's,
it's getting hung up and the vinyl lettering put up on the wall like I
want. Thought it was never going to get painted. We painted that
stairwell a year ago and still nothing on the walls. Mr. Bill is going
to be busy when we get back putting up that stuff and more on those
walls. I think it's safe to hang stuff by now.....please!!! Bill is off
the next 2 weeks and by Georgie he's getting that stuff up!! Mom has
spoken!!! Heeheeeheee!! Can't wait to see what it will look like up on
the wall! I really got the lead out this week!! I'm so proud of myself.
God Family and Country.......
I am posting the seventh pattern for the
series today. I can hardly believe that it is time for #7 already!
Before you know it, it will be over! This month the block is called
5 Patch
Frame and this time you will be making 2 copies of this pattern for
the quilt. Relatively easy this month. You will have it all made up in a
snap! The quilt is coming together so nicely!! I just love this one!
A Word about The Rose.......
Rosie survived her grooming session and
looks fabulous!! She had a little lump on her side and we had it checked
out and it turned out to be nothing. Thank God!! She is fine and sassy
now!! She is looking forward to the trip and seeing her little friend
Ginger (my brothers Pom) I hope Rosie doesn't put on her Diva suit when
we get there! Sometimes she gets her nose out of joint around other
doggies!! I went to Wally World to refill some meds today and looked at
the doggie stuff. They had the cutest little doggie bathing suit. It was
a two piece bikini. Even had a hole in the bottoms for her tail to stick
out. Unfortunately they didn't have her size or she would have knocked
them dead at the hotel pool!!! Heeheee!!!!
The Last Word.......
The recipe of the week this week is
called Scotcheroos. And this is a recipe that my Granny Gould always
made for my brother and I. I just recently found the recipe back as I
haven't been able to find it for years. My granddaughter Katie just
loves these little treats and they are so easy to make! This is a great
picnic item and carry in dessert. So make yourself up a batch! I made up
2 batches, one we took to my daughters house last night for a cookout
and another for the trip out to Iowa. Think how much my brother will
love to have a taste of his childhood once again!! Yeah it's going to be
so nice!!
Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July
next Saturday. Don't get burned by any fireworks, I know some states it
is legal to have them. Ohio is not one of them!! I don't remember if
Iowa allows it or not. Doesn't matter anyway, I am not goofing around
with any of that!! Just remember to have a safe holiday and I will talk
to you all again on Sunday, July 12th!!
From my Sewing Room to Yours…….
Becky
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Recipe of the Week
1 cup of light Karo Syrup
1 cup of granulated sugar
1 cup of smooth Jiff peanut butter
6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal
1 cup (6 ounce package) of semi sweet
chocolate morsels
1 cup of butterscotch chips
Place corn syrup and
sugar into a 3 quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat,
stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves and mixture
begins to boil.
Remove from heat. Stir
in the peanut butter and mix well.
Add the Rice Krispies
cereal and stir unti well coated. Press this mixture into a
13” by 9” by 2” pan that has been sprayed with non stick
cooking spray (Pam spray) or you could just butter the pan.
Set aside.
Melt the chocolate and
butterscotch chips together in a 1 quart saucepan over low
heat, stirring constantly. (I use a double boiler!)
Spread the melted
mixture over your Rice Krispie bars and let stand until
firm.
Cut into 2” by 1” bars
when cool.
Makes 24 bars
For
a printable version of this recipe click here!
For more of the Blue Book Recipes
Click here!
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Sugar Pie Farmhouse
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 Common
Quilting Terms
"Warp"
The lengthwise
threads in a piece of fabric they run parallel to the
selvage edges, in weaving they are the threads on the loom.
This is the direction of the fabric that has the less give
or stretch.
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This weeks
Quilting Tip!
When hand sewing keep
a bar of soap nearby to stick your needle in. You will find
it glides through you sewing oh so much more easier, and
your thread won't tangle up as much either!!
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