angie's blog

Another week... and more busy sewing in our little circle of friends. And progress, too, as we finish projects. read more »

My friends in my sewing circle have all decided to sew the Life's a Hoot! BOM this year. As with the dove project, it will be fun to follow their progress and see how each walhanging turns out. read more »

I love sleeping under quilts. I keep a small lap quilt on my bed to snuggle under while reading or watching TV, or for nights when the weather gets particularly cold and I need some extra warmth. read more »

Now that two of the dove projects are finished, my friends have started (or gone back to) new projects! Although Bachita has finished her dove project (well, except for the binding), she didn't brint it with her. read more »

As I have mentioned before, I love quinoa. So I made one of my favorite dishes today and thought I would share the recipe here. (So sorry, Irene, that quinoa is so expensive in your country!).

First the recipe, and then some pics to explain the process... read more »

Susy was the one person in our sewing circle this last week who was able to finish her Dove project. Well, except for the eye, that is, which she quickly fixed by sewing on a button. read more »

For different reasons, our entire sewing circle had not been able to meet for over three weeks. In between, it's just been a couple of us at a time, waiting for things to settle for our friends so we could return to our Thursday get-togethers. That finally happened this week. read more »

No sewing this weekend. Boo hoo! The good news, however, is that Jared put a new computer together for me (finally... my old one was getting really slowwwww!), and it has taken me pretty much all weekend to move my files over, re-install my programs (I hadn't realized how much quilting software I have!!!), and configure my system. read more »

Evenings I enjoy knitting, and this week I've been working on a a couple of hats for Julian and Alexia. Last night I finished them and will pop them in the mail today, along with the lobster claw and bug mittens I made for Julian last week. read more »

Besides the usual (and some unusual) cookbooks, I keep my favorite recipes in a big, black binder that has started to fall apart. I figured it was time to sort them out - toss those I really don't use and move those we truly do like onto index cards. read more »