Tonight, we had dinner with Dad, Janet and my step-sister Emily to do our Christmas exchange. It was difficult to show them their quilt in at Applebee’s, and I couldn’t send it home with them yet since I still need to finish it off. I’m trying to decide what I want to bind it with, [...]
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When we arrived home tonight, I checked the mailbox to see if my much-anticipated shampoo bar had arrived in the mail. Alas, it had not. But! The fabulous corduroy pants bag I won from Laundry On The Line did – yay!! She mailed it right on time, it just takes awhile for things [...]
We’re mostly done with Christmas! While I still have to finish up Dad & Janet’s quilt, as well as a top-secret project for Mike’s mom, there are no more time frames! I can make stuff I just feel like making again.
This having been my first “crafty Christmas,” I did a lot of stuff [...]
Having the day off, I chose this afternoon to deliver Mom’s quilt to her. I have a key to her house and picked a time when I desperately hoped she had a client and would be in the office, right in the middle of the day. Driving up to her house, located in a nice [...]
I just whipped up some OMFG delicious chocolate truffle sauce for the neighbors. It was quick, it was easy, it is To Die For. Here’s the recipe from PDXKnitterati:
Chocolate Truffle Sauce
24 oz semi-sweet belgian chocolate chips
One pint heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup butter, cut into chunks and softened
Five 8 ounce jelly jars
Place the chocolate chips into [...]