Fall Fortnight continues today with a wonderful and easy recipe from Milk Street in their Shorts cookbook - Stir Fry Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas. This recipe has an interesting technique called 'velveting' which was demonstrated on the Milk Street TV show just a couple of weeks ago. It involves a short marinade to …
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Fall Fortnight – Most Wonderful Time Runner
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Ah, yes, for me this is Autumn. I love the colors of the season, the cool crisp air, and the anticipation of the holidays especially Thanksgiving (my favorite day of the year). When I found this sentiment with an autumn theme, I had to make some projects …
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Fall Fortnight – Micro-Mitts
Today's free pattern is a small project with big appeal. This little one-handed hot pad is specifically designed to take hot things out of a microwave, with pockets on the top for your fingers and thumb to grip the edge of a hot plate or bowl, or a handle. Of course, they also work for …
Fall Fortnight Hexagonal Table Toppers
One of the most popular designs for table toppers is the hexagon shape, maybe because it fits on most side tables, and is the perfect centerpiece for dining tables. Today, I'll give you two free patterns for making them, both pretty easy. For the first design, you'll need a 60º ruler. This is not an …
Fall Fortnight Kickoff!
Are you ready for some inspiring Fall Fortnight Fun? I have a bunch of autumn theme projects, free patterns and tutorials to show you over the next two weeks, with small projects being the theme. Lots of sewing coming up, with some great ideas for gifts. If you do not sew, you'll still want to …
Sunday Chat on Friday – Wildlife and Moody Blues
With Fall Fortnight beginning in just two days, let's have a chat today. Autumn is slowly arriving, with some varieties of trees already turning, but most have not begun yet. Late October is generally our peak for fall color, so it is a bit early yet. Plus the weather needs to get a lot cooler …
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Produce Bag Tutorial
I've been sewing produce bags this summer, and today I'm going to give you the pattern and tutorial. If you do not sew, the ones I have made are available for purchase, just skip to the bottom of this post. These bags are great for taking to farmer's markets and produce stands to hold my …
Sunday Chat – Book Reviews
Let's have a book chat today. Once again this time, I have a mixture of non-fiction and fiction. There are only four books on the review today because two were more than 500 pages! Amazon links are provided in case you want to read further synopses. Thank you for using my links when you can. …
Improv Meditation – a Creativity Exercise
Over a year ago, I attended a class given by a friend of mine, Barb Boatman. She is an amazing artist, making fantastic pieces out of everything you can think of including aluminum soda cans. She was featured in Quilt Folk a couple of years ago and I am lucky enough to have one of …
Sunday Chat – October Table and Halloween Fun!
Last week I promised to get my autumn theme tablescape done to show you and inspire you to set a pretty table at your home. This year, I wanted rich color, so I began with a dark burgundy tablecloth and a hexagonal table topper. The place settings have copper color chargers, white china plates and …
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