One of the great benefits of my collaboration with Milk Street is sometimes getting a new cookbook before it publishes. One came last week, and I have been devouring the recipes and stories it contains. It is Milk Street Backroads Italy: Finding Italy's Forgotten Recipes by Christopher Kimball and J.M. Hirsch. It was apparent that …
Sunday Chat
It has been an up and down week. The beginning of the week we still had wildfires out of control, with the air full of smoke for a couple of days. Rain brought some relief, thank goodness. The clear blue sky with a few clouds was a welcome sight after a night of rain. At …
Stashbusters April Check In
It's time to report our monthly progress on our fabric in and out. The idea is awareness, and no judgement when the sale table calls, an adorable print shows up in the quilt shop, or retail therapy is needed. For new readers this is easy to do, just report what you have brought in and …
Asian Influence for Spring
Warmer weather brings out the desire for lighter dishes and interesting flavors for meals. I love Asian influences in food and tablescapes, and today I'll share a new table along with some of my original recipes for the food. This would be so fun to share with friends! A few years ago, I did an …
Sunday Chat
This week has been a bit worrisome, as smoke has filled the skies, getting worse each day. There are now seven fires burning in this area - three in Polk county southeast of us, two just south of us in South Carolina, and two more in counties north and west of us. The Black Cove …
Quilt Retreat
Our guild's sleep-at-home retreat was held this week. It was three days of sewing fun with friends, with lots of laughter and conversation, getting to know fellow quilters and new members a bit better. We helped each other with piecing and fabric choices, talked about books and cooking, admired each other's work, loaned each other …
March Books and Reading
It has been a fairly good month for books and reading. Nothing as outstanding as Presumed Guilty that I reviewed last month (February Books). Still a couple were worth my reading time, but one was wall banged. I haven't read as much since Daylight Saving Time has stolen an hour from me in the mornings, …
Sunday Chat
The garden is coming more alive with more daffodils making an appearance. I don't have as many as I usually do, so I have to be happy with what does bloom. These are yellow cups and petals, such a delicate color. But they got a little bedraggled in the wind that has been blowing lately. …
Worldwide Quilting Day 2025
In spite of being the chair of the committee for this event, it was a fun day. All the planning and help made for an enjoyable day. The votes were counted the day after the show, and the winners announced at our guild meeting yesterday. We set up early in the day so we were …
Honeybee Projects
A couple of weeks ago, I showed you the beginning of this honeybee theme table runner in a Sunday Chat. When we left off, I had put the borders on and was ready to quilt it. Loading it on the longarm, I dug through my pantographs for something that would look like the flight path …
From My Carolina Home 