YUMMY!

I’ve talked about Pinterest before, but did you know that it is a great place to place recipes you might want to try someday?  I made a recipe I had saved last night and it is soooo yummy! 

I’ve only made steel cut oats a couple of times and frankly, wasn’t that impressed.  When I found a recipe called: Overnight Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats (Crock Pot)

I knew I had to try it again.  And guess what?  It is delish!

I found the recipe on a site I follow on Reader called Jamie Cooks It Up!  There are lots of over-the-top recipes as well as family recipes you could make regularly. 

Oh, the true test?  Hubby liked it, too!  It will be a regular at our house.

Robbie Marie

New Patsy Thompson Free Tutorial!

Have you seen this video yet?  Patsy Thompson’s newest video is about machine embroidery.  I really like her free motion embroidery stitch she calls her EKG Edge Finishing Design around her appliques.

Oh, yeah, you can check out Patsy’s blog here, too!  Enjoy!

Robbie Marie

Tutorial to Ta-Da!

I just adore the amount of information and inspiration on the internet!  I’ve never taken a quilting class; I have learned most of what I know from the seat of my pants, but I feel I have learned much from the internet, too.

Case in point.  I saw a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop and thought it looked like fun!  I had a spare charm pack in my stash that wasn’t committed, grabbed it, and got started.  I made all of my squares, but couldn’t decide on a layout.  I was also held up because I could not find ANY fabric in town that matched at all for borders and backing… I finally found a fat quarter and then a piece large enough for my back.  A week later I was still playing with my squares; they just weren’t popping!  By kept at it and found that by outlining the patches with brown I found the definition I was looking for.  Yup, floating the brown border on the background and piecing in the orange triangles was a bit of pain, but I like the effect!

I stitched in the ditch around both sides of the brown stripe and quilted half circles in the orange border with orange thread.  The center was simply free-hand stippled with cream thread.

This was my inspiration at Happy Zombie: don’t you love the colors?

This will link to Monica Solorio-Snow’s tutorial at Moda Bake Shop: 9-Patchtastic Quilt.  Enjoy!

Robbie Marie

Aimee's Bowl of Cherries

My daughter has been blogging for a couple of years now. She has always had a wonderful way with words and her blog is simply delightful! Aimee started her blog several months after her first child was born. Her blog focuses on her family, but started out with her Piper. Piper was born with Down syndrome. If you have a moment, I highly recommend that you check her blog out. I just bet you will be surprised at what Down syndrome REALLY looks like! Needless to say, Piper is a doll and is the apple of everyone's eye, not just nana's!

Aimee's Family Blog

Here are a couple of teaser pictures of 2 year-old Piper and her baby sister Adalynn aka Addy. Addy was born in May along with her cousin Bridger. Aimee and her husband, Luke, have their hands full of goodness! ~ Robbie