Fabulous Friday Finish 11.13.13

Friday the 13th... today I'm having oral surgery.  I'm so excited that I finished my Tumbler Charm quilt.  I LOVE this one.  It has so much sentimental value because these are the fabrics I used when I first started seriously quilting in 2011.  It measures 81" x 93" and contains 1152 tumblers.  The tumblers were cut with my Accuquilt GO! Baby.  All of the tumblers except for about 4 or 5 are unique fabrics.  Every once in a while I put something fussy cut upside down in the row, but for the most part, the tumblers are "upright".  I LOVE IT!!!  It's mine!!!

I quilted it using the versatile Circle Lord Swirls.  I used plain cream thread.

 

 

I'm also happy to link up with Richard and Tanya Quilts for the Link-A-Finish FRIDAY.

 

 

I'm also linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts:

 

http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

 

I bought this binding on the clearance rack at JoAnn's about a year ago.  It's perfect for the binding.  It's pumpkins.  Who'da thought? 

I found this recipe on my SIL's facebook page!  I still think it's silly that you can't "pin" from facebook.  They want you to share it instead.  Whatever.  I'll post it here then pin it.  That's why I always share some of the recipes on here.

Cracker Barrel chicken n' dumplins

Ingredients:
2 cups Flour
½ teaspoons Baking Powder...
1 pinch Salt
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Cup butterMilk, A Bit Less Than A Full Cup (you can use regular milk if needed)
2 quarts Chicken Broth
3 cups Cooked Chicken

Preparation Instructions:
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or pastry blender. Stir in the milk, mixing with a fork until the dough forms a ball.

Heavily flour a work surface. You’ll need a rolling pin and something to cut the dumplings with. I like to use a pizza cutter. I also like to use a small spatula to lift the dumplings off the cutting surface.

Roll the dough out thin with a heavily floured rolling pin. Dip your cutter in flour and cut the dumplings in squares about 2″x2″. It’s okay for them not to be exact. Just eye ball it. Some will be bigger, some smaller, some shaped funny.

Use the floured spatula to put them on a heavily floured plate. Just keep flouring between the layers of dumplings.

To cook them, bring the broth to a boil. Drop the dumplings in one at a time, stirring while you add them. The extra flour on them will help thicken the broth. Cook them for about 15-20 minutes or until they not doughy tasting. Add the cooked chicken to the pot and you’re done!

Quilt Doodle Designs -- November Block

It's getting exciting around here.  This month's block was a Dresden plate for the Quilt Doodle Designs Mystery BOM.

Here's my Dresden plate block.  I'm so glad I went with the light background on this block.

 And here's the whole quilt so far.  One block to go! 

 

11-12-13  SNOW!!! here in Ohio!!!!!

Downton Abbey Mystery at Lovebug Studios

It started!  November 10th.  There's still time to sign up for this Mystery QA.  The different thing about this one?  It's a D I E   C U T T E R quilt along!!!  Whohoo!  I've been waiting for this!  No extra math for me!  Ebony Love is awesome.  Take the 30 seconds to sign up for this one here.

Here's my fabrics I have selected.  I am going to work from my stash instead of spending more money on fabric this year.  If you want, you can order all the cool Andover Fabrics Downton Abbey Collection fabrics.

 

 

 

 

 Peanut Butter Microwave Fudge Super Quick and Easy!!!!! WARNING NOT DIET!!! This will... be great to put in with all your baked goodies for Christmas! 1 lb box Confectioners sugar 2 T butter 1/3 C milk 1 C peanut butter Place sugar, butter and milk in a large mixing bowl. Cook in the microwave 2 minutes on high. Take out, beat ingredients with hand mixer until combined. Microwave 30 seconds more, then add peanut butter and mix by hand or mixer until combined. Spread in foil lined 8x8 pan. Let cool then cut and ENJOY!

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Wish I didn't eat my son's Butterfinger Halloween candy... I would make this today:

Warning Warning.... Only FOUR ingredients for this pie!! Thats it, and only 3 simple steps! It's almost silly....... if it wasn't for the fact that this is a... candy bar pie, which is always serious business ~ April Butterfinger Pie 6 (2 1/8 ounce) butterfinger candy bars, crushed 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 (12 ounce) carton Cool Whip 1 graham cracker crust Directions Mix first three ingredients together. 2 Put it in pie crust. 3 Chill.

Vote at the Quilting Gallery

Don't forget to vote on the close-up quilting on the quilts at Quilting Gallery.  I only have three votes so far...  I entered my Feathered Crosshatch quilting that I did on a LQG charity quilt.

Here's the link to vote:  http://quiltinggallery.com/2013/11/08/vote-quilting-close-up/

On the Frame -- Blue #4

Here's the gorgeous customer quilt that is on the frame now.  LOVE these blues and the little pinwheels.  Hoping it will be done on Monday morning.  This customer requested Circle Lord swirls pattern on all seven of her quilts.  This is #4 of 7.  I'm hoping to have all of them done by Thanksgiving so that I can start the Bonnie Hunter Mystery guilt free.

Friday Finish -- Panel Quilt

Today I finished this little panel quilt.  I won the panel in a fugly fabric swap in 2012.  This measures 35" x 45".  This brings my WIP count from 41 to 40.

Here's a close-up of the binding.  I didn't put a lot of thought into the binding.  I quilted this with my usual Circle Lord Swirls design.

 

Here's the back. 

 

 

I'm happy to link up with Richard and Tanya Quilts for the Link-A-Finish FRIDAY.

 

I'm also linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts:

http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

 

And then I'm linking up with Michelle's Romantic Tangle -- Let's Make Baby Quilts!

 

http://mychellem.blogspot.com/2013/11/lets-make-baby-quilts-week-45.html

WIP Wednesday 11.6.13

Went on a weekend getaway to Nashville, TN this weekend.  I didn't get a lot done in the quilting department.  It was a nine hour drive each way (from Ohio).  We left on Friday and returned on Sunday.  Whew... that's a lot of driving... but well worth it! Here's the little I did:

I finished quilting the third (of seven) quilts for a customer.

 

This charity quilt was finished

 

I finished quilting Julianne's Easy Street quilt.  I'll get it in the mail some time this week I hope.

 

I entered my Festive Fall Finish at Quilting Gallery.  Voting is still open!

Vote here:  http://quiltinggallery.com/2013/11/01/halloween-fun-quilts/

 

New Projects None

 



Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Herringbone OSU quilt
2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt) -- Gave blocks to LQG Round Robin swap 4.23.13
3.  Quilt Doodle Designs BOM
4.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt
5.  Picadilly Circle
6.  Snowman quilt (pattern from Debbie Mum's book)
7. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play
8.  MSBHQAL (Molli Sparkles Broken Herringbone Quilt Along)

Blocks Still Need to be Made
1.  NY Beauty
2.  Orca Bay
3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4.  Red/White Flower Basket Quilt
5.  Maroon Star Sampler Quilt
6.  Color coordinated hexagon quilt
7.  Gourmet Quilter Sampler
8.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt
9. Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)
10.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt
11.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; January 2013)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done)
1.  Grandma's WIP -- Cameo Rose (this one is a long-term project)
2.  Grandma's WIP #2 (This is also a long-term project)
3.  2nd Split Decision baby quilt (for a customer!)

Ready to longarm
1.  Dutchman's Puzzle
2.  Scrappy Christmas QA (I think I am going to straight-line quilt this one.)
3.  Spring Mystery 2013 (still need to rip out those early longarming eyelashes)
4.  Geese blocks from May 2013 Block Lotto
5.  LQG Ship charity quilt
7.  LQG Just 6" Squares

10. Sue's quilt #4

11. Sue's quilt #5

12. Sue's quilt #6

13. Sue's quilt #7

Quilted, needs binding
 1.  Big Bird Panel

This brings my WIP count from 45 to 41!