Chasing Chevrons on the Frame

My Chasing Chevrons quilt from Jennifer's quiltalong back in November of 2011 is finally on the frame.  I'm doing a small, dense stipple on it.  It make take a while to finish.  BUT, it's on the frame and the fram is dressed!

 

My friend's b-day is coming up... she LOVES crab ragoon.  I need to try this a couple of times before her birthday celebration.  I keep finding these yummy recipes on facebook and can't "pin" them from there.  They end up here on my blog so that I can pin them.  Pin away!

 

Why didn't anyone tell me these were so easy! (btw, this is not pinned to my pinterest...a friend posted it to my personal wall, so get it before you can't!)

...Baked Crab Rangoon

1/8 tsp garlic salt
1/8 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 small green onion
4 oz imitation crab
3 oz cream cheese
14 wonton wrappers

Cut up the crab and mix it in with garlic salt, worcestershire sauce, green onion and cream cheese (i would microwave the cream cheese for about 40 seconds to soften)
Spoon into wontons.
Bake at 425 °F for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Quilt Doodle BOM - April

Here's the April BOM for the Quit Doodle Designs quilt.  It's called Ballgame.  I really like this block.

And here are all four blocks.

 

 

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Pizza Casserole:

1 (16 ounce) package uncook...ed rotini pasta
1 lb ground Italian sausage
1 (24 ounce) jar pasta sauce
1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained (optional)
1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms, drained
12 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
2 (3 ounce) packages sliced pepperoni

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13 casserole dish.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.

In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until evenly brown, drain grease. Mix in the cooked pasta and pasta sauce. Pour into prepared casserole dish.

In a bowl, mix the cottage cheese, olives, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese.

Spoon the cheese mixture over the sausage and pasta mixture. Top with pepperoni slices.

Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until bubbly and lightly browned.

Ribbon Star Block for LQG

Here's another ribbon star block for my local quilt guild.  You can find the tutorial that Lee from Freshly Pieced did here.

 

Here's the star block that I did last week:

 

This little obligation is finished for the month.  I'm linking up with Richard and Tanya Quilts for the Link-A-Finish FRIDAY.  It's not a big finish, but it's a finish!

 

On The Frame -- Dogwood with a Circle Template

I'm playing with templates and doing ruler work for the first time on my longarm.  I'm praticing on my Buckeye Beauty quilt (Mystery quilt from Made with Love by Mary's blog).  I think it's going pretty good!

With this 3" round template (that is 1/4" thick) I am making this dogwood pattern.  It's going pretty good considering it's my first go at it.

Did you see Lee at Freshly Pieced is having another quilt along?  Cutting starts this Saturday.

 

 

Here's a recipe I'm trying tonight.  I'm not sure about the 1 cup of whipping cream... I bet it would be good without it.

THE BEST potato soup recipe ever!

Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds baby red potatoes, sliced into small bite sized pieces
1/2 regular package uncooked bacon, finely ...diced
1 medium onion, diced
1/4 bunch celery, diced
8 cups milk
4 cups water
4 chicken bullion cubes (use a cup of the hot potato water to dissolve, then use the cup of hot water in place of one of the above cups of water)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 cup salted butter
3/4 cup flour
1/4 bunch freshly chopped parsley
1 cup whipping cream
***For garnish:***
Shredded cheese
fried bacon bits
chopped green onions

Directions:
In large pot, boil potatoes in water 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In sauté pan, cook bacon until crisp. Drain bacon fat and place on paper towel over plate to drain more. Add onion and celery to bacon pan over medium-high heat until celery is tender, about 5 minutes. To the large potato pan, add milk, water, bullion, salt and pepper. Cook over medium-high heat until mixture is very hot, about 8 minutes, stirring often. Do not let mixture boil. In small, heavy saucepan melt butter. Add flour and mix well. Cook over medium-low heat until mixture bubbles, stirring 2 to 3 minutes to make a roux. While constantly stirring soup, add roux slowly until soup is thick and creamy, about 4 minutes. Stir in parsley, reserved potatoes, and cream. Garnish with cheese, bacon bits, onions or all three. Serve hot!

 

And for dessert...

 

Mini Peach Cobbler Recipe:

Preheat oven to 350˚F.

You will need:

... 1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
a dash of salt
3/4 cup milk
1 stick of melted butter
brown sugar
cinnamon
1 can diced peaches

Put 1 tsp of melted butter into each regular size muffin tin.

Combine the first 5 ingredients by hand… sugar, flour, baking powder, salt and milk.

Put 2 tbsp of batter into each regular size muffin tin… on top of the melted butter.

Then put 1 tbsp diced peaches on top of the batter.

Sprinkle with brown sugar and then cinnamon. I do a pretty generous “sprinkle”.

Bake the regular size muffin tins for 12 minutes.

Let them cool almost completely before taking out of pan.

Don't forget a dollop of vanilla ice cream...YUM!See More

 

 

 

WIP Wednesday 4.3.13

Here's what happened this week:

 

I finished my paper-pieced block for this month for the ...And Sew On BOM @ Quiet Play.

 

 

 

I completed and mailed my April obligation for the Block Swap Adventure.  (Sorry, no pic... my partner has not received her block yet.

 

 

Blocks were mailed to the lucky winners of the March Block Lotto.

 

 

I made a very simple back for my Buckeye Beauty quilt.  My goal this month (for the 2013 Year of Finishes challenge) is to finish the Buckeye Beauty quilt.

 

 

New Projects This Week

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Pieces still need to be cut
1. Herringbone OSU quilt
2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

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)

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and 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 (block won from the Block Lotto)
5. African Violet baby quilt

Quilt back need 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. Tumbler Charm Quilt
4. Terry's Treasures Sew Along

 

6. Easy Street

Ready to longarm
1. Chasing Chevrons QA
2. Dutchman's Puzzle
3. 9-patch Baby Quilt (Elanor Burns inspired)
4. Scrappy Christmas QA
5. Spring Mystery loaded 2/26/13 Eyelashes to rip out!
6. Heather Spence Mystery Quilt
7. Made with Love by Mary Mystery Quilt -- Buckeye Beauty

Quilted, needs binding
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Open ended projects (Pink highlighted items on this list are complete for April.)
1. Block Lotto Blocks
2. Block Swap Adventure Block
3. Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin 2013
4. And Sew On BOM project 2013 

April Goal - A Lovely Year of Finishes

I am setting my goal for April, 2013, in the A Lovely Year of Finishes at Bittersweet Designs.  For April I would like to complete my Buckeye Beauty quilt (the mystery quilt from Made With Love by Mary) blog.

Here's where it is now:

April Block Swap Adventure

Here's a Sneak Peek of the April Block Swap Adventure block for Samantha in WI: