What a nice feeling you get when you can use your sewing talent to help others.
My friends in Baton Rouge are big supporters of Saint Jude Children's Hospital. Saint Jude's Hospital will treat any child with cancer, never asking if you have money to pay or not. The staff there is heaven sent!
Now on to the sale. The nice folks in Baton Rouge have a craft sale in November to raise money for the hospital and all it's supporting local clinics.
Needless to say if there is a craft sale I am willing to help. So I made some cute children's aprons with Maisy fabric and some out of duck cloth. The duck cloth is unbleached so they can be painted or embellished for a personal touch. Saints pillowcases since we are in LA. and Smart Bags that are the perfect size for paperbacks, DVD's, Bible, gym bag etc.
The quilt pictures are the back of my Reindeer and Snowflake quilt. My longarm Princess Jody used a pale blue thread on the back to highlight the Blowing Snow longarm pattern. I don't know which side is my favorite!
Oops, forgot to mention the Christmas aprons!
You all know how I love a new recipe. Skillet pecan pie is the latest of my Southern Living magazine favorites.
Very easy to make.
How can you go wrong with a stick of butter, sugar and Southern Comfort?
Takes a while to cook though. 1 hour cook time, 3 hours cool time in a closed door oven. It was worth the wait!
The Serger Nightmare!
The manual neglected to tell me to remove the small machine cover piece on the front left of the machine, to thread cone number 3. I watched numerous You Tube videos to figure this out.
Serger guts. Once threaded the machine will sew two threads through two needles and two threads below but no bobbin is involved like a regular sewing machine.
Why would you buy a machine that holds four thread cones and is a nightmare to thread, you ask. Well, I found this machine, unused for 15 years, and barely used before that, in a closet. It belonged to Mark's stepmother, Booger. Yes, Booger. Booger sewed all of her clothes for years and purchased this machine shortly before moving up here to the farm. Once she moved it to the new house, it sat in a box until two weeks ago when I brought it home. The serger sews using 4 threads and gives you the finishing stitch you find on clothes purchased in a store. The finishing stitch sews the layers together and keeps the fabric from raveling.
Let the fun begin....
What a nice feeling you get when you can use your sewing talent to help others.
I love a new recipe almost as much as I love new fabric. This is a simple recipe I found in the Sept. issue of Southern Living magazine.
Mark sliced up the apples using my PC apple peeler, corer, slicer. Apples ready in minutes.
Bake right in the pan
Hurricane Irene hit Chester hard, yes, there is a house under the giant tree
Spring Run Rd
inside looking out, what a mess
