A Little Hint of our 2001 Wedding

I’ve been working on a major scrapbooking project.  I’m making a scrapbook of our wedding.  I’m in the process of sorting through hundreds of photos that our family and friends gave to us after the wedding.  After I select which photos I’ll use, I’ll start making pages for my scrapbook.
Here’s a great pic I came [...]

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The Bread Rose!

In past bread-making missions, I’ve attempted to make wheat bread.  The loaves never rose very well.  I knew that drastic action was necessary.  I searched the Internet for easy/beginner bread recipes, reading people’s blogs for tips.
Click here for the recipe I used.
Here are some things I learned:

Use a thermometer to make sure water temp is [...]

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More Fabric Scraps

I sorted, folded, and organized another basket of fabric scraps.  I still have a giant bag with more, but I’m making progress.  After checking various resale and dollar stores, I found the perfect containers for organizing the scrap fabrics.  Here’s a picture of what I have organized so far.  I tried to put similar colors [...]

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The Cookies

By the way, the cookies were absolutely fantastic! They’re puffy, full of ooey-gooey chocolate chips, and just yummy.

I made a small batch the first night that I made the dough (No, I couldn’t wait 24 hours for the dough to chill!) and we ate them ALL!

I made another small batch the next day (after the [...]

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Organizing Fabric Scraps

I’ve been looking online at how people organize their sewing work spaces.  Many people keep their fabric folded in baskets by color.  That way, it’s on display and easy to choose the fabric that you want.
My fabric scraps are mostly in baskets, boxes, or bags:

In an attempt to organize them, I took one basket and [...]

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Organizing Craft Workspaces, Part 2

Yesterday, I began writing about how I’ve been organizing my home office.  I finally got my ever-growing yarn stash under control with colorful buckets from Dollar General.  Next, it was on to my sewing and quilting fabrics, as well as my scrapbook materials.
I have a small buffet/cabinet next to my desk.  It has two shelves [...]

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Organizing Craft Workspaces, Part 1

Recently, I organized my home office.  I use it for sewing, quilting, knitting, scrapbooking, couponing, menu planning, grocery planning, blogging, etc.  It’s a small area, so everything really needs its own place if you don’t want the area to look like a tornado went through it.
After purchasing some storage bins from Dollar General, I set [...]

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A King-Sized Quilt

A few years ago, I went to a quilt shop and purchased a few yards each of 112 inch wide fabric.  Normally, you find 45 in and 60 in fabric.  I bought a piece in a white floral print and a beige one with little blue flowers.  I sandwiched them together with some nice batting [...]

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Working on Pancakes

In the past, I’ve done a very poor job at making pancakes.  I would burn them pretty badly, but we’d eat them anyways.  I have a friend, J, with three beautiful kids.  Recently, I was over for breakfast and she made pancakes with fresh berries.  I guess this is what spurred my quest to make [...]

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The Most Beautiful Scrap Quilt, Part 3

Okay, we’ve been spending a few days detailing how one single block in a quilt was made.  The quilt block was beautiful.  It used fabrics that I already had on hand (That’s frugal!), and the fabrics that made up the quilt block were filled with memories and history.  I think that’s what makes the most [...]

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The Most Beautiful Scrap Quilt, Part 2

Yesterday, I began a new scrap quilt.  I’ve made a lot of clothes and a few quilts in the past year, so I’ve got a few big baskets of scraps lying around.
This quilt started when I wanted to use up some fabric from a dress that turned out badly.  Half of the dress turned into [...]

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The Most Beautiful Scrap Quilt, Part 1

For the last week, I’ve been teaching you how to alter a dress pattern.  I also detailed how such alterations can sometimes lead to what some might call failure.  Still, it was a grand learning experience.  I’d never taken the sleeves from one dress pattern and incorporated them into another before.  I guess I’d been [...]

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