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July 1, 2009 

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

Scotcheroos

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

 

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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.  

 

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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Rosie sez.......

July is: National Ice Cream Month!

 

It's that time again to post...........

The Famous Homemade Ice Cream Link

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Dates to Remember 

July 2009

1st      Canada Day

3rd      Disobedience Day

4th      Independence Day

4th      National Country Music Day

10th     Teddy Bear Picnic Day

11th     Cheer up the Lonely Day

11th     World Population Day

13th     Barbershop Music Appreciation Day

14th     Bastille Day

14th     National Nude Day

19th     National Ice Cream Day

23rd     National Hot Dog Day

24th     Emilia Earhart Day

25th     Threading the Needle Day

28th     National Milk Chocolate Day

30th     Father-in-Law Day

 

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"God, Family and Country"

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