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family, paper and fabric and so much moreCathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.comBlogger556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-38200511336478542802015-01-06T00:35:00.000-07:002015-01-06T00:35:32.307-07:002014 Grand Illusion Mystery RevealThere was much speculation on the Quiltville Open Studio Facebook page a few days before New Year how many more clues and when the great reveal of the assembly instructions and the quilt design would happen...a few guessed New Year's day and this time they were right!<br />
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Bonnie pleased many with the reveal a day early and posted <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/01/grand-illusion-finale.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">here</span></b></a> the final instructions.<br />
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Although many were surprised it was interesting to see the comments from the different quilters as they began to assemble their blocks, sashing and borders. It was unlike the previous year's mysteries with their bold ordered design as the quilt was a study in movement and really needed good contrast and fabrics that offered a definite color story. I was glad I decided to for-go scrappy this time and use planned yardage because I am not sure if I would have been happy with many fabrics for this project.<br />
So here it is<br />
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First in progress when I discovered I havn't made enough of the border pieces<br />
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And here is is finished as a bed runner...but just the top for now.</div>
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I do like the border a lot but wished I had not used the pink as it was a much stronger intensity than the lavender that were supposed to be star points...if they were reversed in placement it might have worked much better. I also had to resolve the corners because my layout eliminated the sashing between blocks and made the outside borders 4 inches too small. I ended up making two extra diamonds that reversed the diagonals. Picture soon!</div>
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Thanks to Bonnie for giving us this great end of the year gift and can't wait til mystery 2015!</div>
Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-31335192007044993222014-12-26T16:52:00.000-07:002014-12-26T16:52:27.497-07:00Grand Illusion Clue 4 and 5Got so busy this past week that I never posted my pic of the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt created with Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com</span></a>. That's OK, I am just posting the completion of both clues 4 and 5 in this post.<br />
I took a picture of all the clues together for clue 4 which was more broken dishes blocks like clue 1 with some different fabrics.<br />
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Again the colors are still showing much darker that they are in real life. The pink is a lighter warm pink, the yellow is much softer. The white and dark green is OK<br />
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Clue 5 is a bit better in coloration but still somewhat too dark.<br />
Simple 4 patches. I wonder at the one on the left as Bonnie calls for 4 of them if they might be used to resolve corners or make a center block? If I need to make more at least they are easy enough to do.<br />
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Next week is the last clue! Can't wait to see what we are going to be making LOL<br />
<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-34533886849163086092014-12-17T10:59:00.002-07:002014-12-17T10:59:33.330-07:00Stocking Dilemma Oh, my! <br />
Yep it's true...since the last time we hung stockings here we have had three new granddaughters join the family and they need some Nana made stockings! So, what am I to do but...<br />
I have always been a good Girl Scout at heart and live the motto<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>"be prepared" </b></span><br />
and that is my excuse for the lovely fabric I have stashed away over the years. Sitting high on my shelves was a set of fat quarters...quilter's talk for pieces measuring 18x20 inches...that have been pulled down over the years but never seemed to be right for the project at hand.<br />
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Oh, so pretty and very girly in nature. I think I bought them maybe 4-5 years ago at a wonderful sale.<br />
Good thing I also had some time to sew and that's what I did!<br />
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The other thing that was stashed were laces and trims from as far back as when my daughter was younger and many that I had bought through the years since then. I was able to gussy them up so that they finished up like this</div>
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Such pretty stockings for two of my granddaughters. The other one lives in Arizona for now and since she won't be here this Christmas it gives me a bit more time. </div>
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Wish we had a mantel here but displaying 11 stockings might have even overwhelmed the longest mantel! </div>
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Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-26026941447981826002014-12-14T22:59:00.002-07:002014-12-14T22:59:55.835-07:00Grand Illusion Clue 3Ahhh<br />
An easy clue this time!<br />
Squares that come from strips cut from my dark pink, white and green fabrics subbing for Bonnies green, white and black.<br />
I still need to make a few of the HST from clue 1 but doing this one quarter size has been great for me so that I could do some work in the sewing room clearing out the "black hole" corner. More on that later but let's just say one of the results is that I un-earthed FOUR forgotten quilt tops! LOL<br />
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Clues 1, 2, 3 with my "inspiration fabric". The color is really off as the dark pink is not so orange and the yellow not so bright.Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-5064186677829695802014-12-07T21:07:00.002-07:002014-12-10T00:15:38.574-07:00Grand Illusion Mystery with Bonnie Hunter UPDATE<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt</a></span><br />
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So here it is a year later and time for another <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">mystery quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com.</a><br />
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For this year's mystery the first clue began the day after Thanksgiving and Howard and I were still visiting our family in Arizona so my quilt making was put off until I returned to Utah.<br />
My plans were to start on Wednesday but it was not until Thursday that I began clue #1 which luckily was a fairly easy step of half-square triangles and squares. Easy enough using<a href="http://inklingo.com/" target="_blank"> Inklingo</a> for the half square triangles and rotary cutting the squares. That one was done by Friday afternoon and I was ready for clue #2.<br />
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OH, my! It's like last years "diamonds" step that we made into chevrons! Sigh, this one is a tricky step and since there is no Inklingo sized for this clue I decided to use the Easy Angle Ruler method. <br />
I have never bought the Easy Angle however I did have a <a href="http://www.quiltknit.com/Cut-for-the-Cure_c_247.html" target="_blank">ruler that I purchased quite a few years ago from Kaye England</a> that is the same concept which she uses to cut HST's like Bonnie does with the easy angle. <br />
Hurrah it's wonderful to be able to use what I had on hand already.<br />
So, to be honest mine didn't turn out perfect...and for some reason all the "diamond" shapes I cut from the printed template Bonnie provided turned out about 1/8 inch too small...sigh...<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">UPDATE: I figured out what the problem was!</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">I made measurements of the page comparing it to Bonnie's measurements and low and behold my printer was printing too big! Took some trial and error but I need to reduce the printing to 95% of normal...When I did that and measured again the templates were accurate with the exception of the longwise measurements which were less than 1/16 of an inch too large. Glad to have that figured out but unfortunately I will have to live with what I have as the light pink fabric is almost gone and I am hoping that we won't need it for any more clues</span><br />
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I am not sure what happened but they are done and I will have to adjust as I sew them into the quilt once we have been given the reveal and assembly steps.<br />
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Photo one shows my fabrics and Clues 1 and 2 finished</div>
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<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-25353590498499771332013-12-30T10:10:00.000-07:002013-12-30T10:57:20.806-07:00Scottish Celtic Solstice Clue 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was very excited to do <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">clue 5 of Bonnie's (Scottish) Celtic Solstice Mystery</span> </b></span></a>because I have done these blocks before and although I knew a pretty easy method I wondered what Linda Franz of Inklingo had up her sleeve for this clue.<br />
WOW! So very easy compared to cutting all the little triangles and having to sew them on bias! I am just even more impressed how adaptabl<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">e<a href="http://www.inklingo.com/shop/beginners/3/product/celtic-solstice/156" target="_blank"><b> Inklingo</b></a></span> is to all kinds of quilt blocks. I will admit that on my own I probably wouldn't have figured out this method so kudos to Linda and Monkey too.<br />
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One hundred blocks done! <br />
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Now, the bad news. For some unfathonable reason my HP 1502 printer has gotten dementia or something and instead of printing on command just sits there and blinks at me. Sigh...<br />
I have done everything I know how to do...rebooted the computer (multiple times), unplugged and plugged in the printer itself (multiple times), uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers (multiple times), banged it on the top hoping to loosten something that might be causing it to bind up (one time) and nothing!<br />
I have two other printers but one is a laser and one has to have the paper (with the fabric fused) stand upright and it doesn't allow the sheet to go through at all so....<br />
I am guessing that I will have to find a new printer. I need a simple one but from the messages on my Inklingo group, it seems that the new HP's don't allow for custom or user defined sizes which I need for Inklingo use and they have been the more cheeper printers.<br />
so....<br />
I will have to think about this for a day or more but need to decide for the future of my Inklingo use<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-5.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Visit Here </b></span></a></span>if you want to see some other amazing Celtic Solstice Mystery projects in progress.<br />
<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-90556803634136003622013-12-23T23:00:00.003-07:002013-12-23T23:00:54.831-07:00Pineapple Blossom at Last!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well...it's about time!<br />
Bonnie Hunter's Pineapple Blossom blocks were the one I chose for my President of New Friends departing gift...I asked the ladies to make at least one block using my favorite color green.<br />
I got an over abundance of wonderful blocks to play around with however they sat in limbo for ummmm 5+ years... sad to say!<br />
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I thought this would be the perfect time to get them out of the box and just put them together. I had to do a bit of squareing up, which took some time but...it's working out just fine.<br />
Thank goodness the quilt Queen Carmen reminded me that I would want to sash them anyway so I could square up (actually down) and even though the corner triangles were different sizes it was going to look great!<br />
Hopefully I will have the whole quilt top together in a couple of days...Christmas should be a kind of quiet one and a perfect time for some sewing.<br />
<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-58368671843067866922013-12-21T16:54:00.000-07:002013-12-21T16:54:00.347-07:00Scottish Celtic Solstice Clue 4With Christmas less than a week away Bonnie was kind with this clue. Four-patches!<br />
To do mine I didn't use Inklingo but just cut strips sew them into pairs then used my June Taylor Shape Cut to cut the strips into segments of 2 inches which I joined into pairs and then I had four patches.<br />
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So in the Art Bin Satchel you see all the clues so far<br />
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While I was stitching away outside we were getting snowfall. The birds were busy at the feeders mostly Finches although I get Buntings, Chickadee and Gross Beak on and off. <br />
Stay warm birds!<br />
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<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-23580407809385335092013-12-13T22:17:00.000-07:002013-12-16T09:20:15.158-07:00Scottish Celtic Soltice Clue 3 with UpdateIt's the day for clue 3 in Bonnie Hunters' mystery and I was pretty happy to see this clue to be pinwheels from HSTs<br />
As usual I am using Inklingo for my quilt and Linda and Monkey have a great way to make them easy peasy! You are able to print a page 7.75 x 10.5 and get 24 HSTs so by printing 8 sheets plus a small 5.25 x 5.5 sheet for 8 more and you have the 100 needed by layering the printed fabric with an unprinted fabric and stitching a grid. No special rulers, no drawing lines and no removing paper!<br />
Genius!<br />
So after binding a Christmas present lap quilt and making a special pillowcase I started<br />
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After stitching, cutting into triangles and ready to press<br />
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Pressed and ready to trim dog ears and create 25 pinwheels and the rest we are to save for later...<br />
I love that things went so well today although I need a major clean up of the bathroom and floors of the kitchen and living room but in my defense Mr Creative has been hard at work creating a train display in the living room for our tree and I have put off disturbing his "stuff" until he is done but that is going to have to happen as the floors are atrocious!<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Monday Dec 16</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Clue 3 Finished with a couple of rejects...sew-er's error...Not as much contrast with my sandy tanish brown and yellow/gold but looks good to me</span><br />
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<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-10091504544063044792013-12-11T08:22:00.001-07:002013-12-11T08:22:05.754-07:00Scottish Celtic Solstice Clue 2 Finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yep, clue 2 is finished...this one took some brain power for sure! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">There are 100 chevron blocks that measure 3.5 inches square. Many aren't even close to perfect but I will make a few extra now that I am much better at making the blocks after making 100.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I think I have plenty of contrast so far and Bonnie says that is more important than colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Update on Belle she did well but is scratching at the surgical site so I had to tape a sock to her rear foot so that her nails can't cause more irritation. I will post a picture soon.</span>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-89365617494792951022013-12-09T10:00:00.002-07:002013-12-09T10:28:42.208-07:00Scottish Celtic Soltice Linky Day 2Here it is Clue 2 Linky day for Scottish Celtic Solstice<br />
Friday was clue 2 release and of course it ended up being a busy busy day so Saturday was the first day really get <br />
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to going and then DH Mr Creative needed help on and off Saturday with his Christmas train set up under the tree so not even a real sewing day for me.<br />
So by Sunday night I managed to finish a bit over 40 units.<br />
I am hoping to get them all done before Clue 3 but who knows.<br />
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Took our dog Belle to the vet for some surgery this morning so I will have time while waiting to hear when I can pick it up. <br />
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<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-22393939071978713852013-12-01T21:40:00.001-07:002013-12-02T09:05:15.420-07:00Scottish Celtic Soltice Clue 1 Finished<br />
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These are my original choices but I took out a few and added some others as I began.<br />
My theme is Scotland, where many of my ancestors came from<br />
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North Carolina, where my family (except me ) live now and I did much of my growing up.<br />
Yellow for the <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.caithness.org/fpb/2013/june/gallery.php?gallery=5&image=3" target="_blank">Gorse</a></span> in Scotland and the sunshine of NC<br />
Green for the trees and bushes of Scotland and NC<br />
Blue for the <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/5661656027" target="_blank">Flag of Scotland, the St Andrew's Cross</a> </span>and the beautiful blue skies of NC<br />
Tan for the <a href="http://www.barvasandbrue.com/story-of-peat.htm" target="_blank">peat that kept my ancestors warm</a> in Scotland and the wonderful beaches of NC<br />
White for the sheep that give the wool for kilts of proud Scotsmen and women and the <a href="http://www.allbestwallpapers.com/nature-dogwood_tree_blooms_wallpapers.html" target="_blank">Dogwood flowers</a> at Eastertime in NC<br />
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So clue one is finished!<br />
That is 92 units with sand colored triangles and 96 units with white triangles and the same green smaller triangles...I think Doreen Speckman called the smaller triangles Spike and the larger triangles Peaky.<br />
I finished the last 36 or so on my Singer 27-4 treadle and it was a good way to get some experience. I am not a very smooth treader and hope the more I use it the better I will get.<br />
Now the wait is on for Clue 2 next Friday morning!<br />
Oh, and the Inklingo part went smoothly it's the sewer who is at fault for the mistakes! LOL<br />
You can see many other quilters who are reporting in on Monday Dec 2 for the first Linky Party at Bonnie's Blog<br />
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/celtic-solstice-mystery-monday-link-up-1.html<br />
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<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-18031214421059037682013-12-01T09:42:00.001-07:002013-12-01T09:42:31.871-07:00Scottish Celtic Solstice day 2<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnp_jU-F5EoujNG8WDVaxKGrzkJjK2O-bVmzUD2MdzZy55zHsAOmk18sR-lfsgErEH3E6PQOh0-Jc9lHqly3HRo6VOo8MEvHamryvnMXJI2zJ75M1GEHk_fHE-LYHj6yQOwAJs-5-Tjo/s1600/IMG_20131201_092819_803.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnp_jU-F5EoujNG8WDVaxKGrzkJjK2O-bVmzUD2MdzZy55zHsAOmk18sR-lfsgErEH3E6PQOh0-Jc9lHqly3HRo6VOo8MEvHamryvnMXJI2zJ75M1GEHk_fHE-LYHj6yQOwAJs-5-Tjo/s320/IMG_20131201_092819_803.jpg" /></a><br />
Too tired to upload my finish last night so here it is as of Sunday Dec 1, 2013<br />
I ended up printing some extra fabrics since I think I had discarded a fabric or two because the lines just weren't very visible...not because the fabric was too dark all over but because the backside had too much of the colors showing. Lesson learned look for backs that are less busy! LOL<br />
I have about 36 more to finish up with clue #1. <br />
I tried a few on my treadle but I am not experienced enough to control how the pieces feed when I have to stop add the next pieces and then start again. I think maybe the belt has stretched again and Mr Creative will need to shorten it once more. <br />
I am hoping to get the last bunch done today because I may be called to babysit my grand daughter since my DIL has a newly broken bone in her foot and maybe hand too...sigh it must <strike>be</strike> very hard to be about 6 1/2 mo pregnant and dealing with a toddler and a broken foot. Luckily she's had her DD C there to give her a hand this weekend but she will need to go back to school on Monday.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-21147886437957441092013-11-30T08:54:00.003-07:002013-11-30T08:54:58.191-07:00I'm Back!Been so neglectful of my blog for months and months but because I need to do a link to a blog for Bonnie Hunter's annual mystery I am repenting for now! LOL<br />
It's just too easy to post pics and comments on Facebook these days but I do miss my blogging world so I will really try to do a little of both now.<br />
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Thanksgiving was Thurs and we had D's family at our home for dinner. I is ready to bite into the turkey! LOL D says we should make it a tradition to do the outside Christmas lights on Thanksgiving day so I told them GO FOR IT! As you can see the Moravian star is up and the simple tube lights are around the house. Now I need to get the timer set correctly.<br />
We ended the day with a game that big A taught the kids and it's nice that I can play the games with everyone since he is now 6. <br />
A wonderful family day<br />
<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-41630457623890022102013-06-04T22:30:00.001-06:002013-06-04T22:30:45.205-06:00necklace test pic<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWNjR-R7O_jMtuLzuvAQBndCCUZTU5X4-aW5cYPS-oPOZoTFpqA3tH_rUHVhHBemKeuLpvDx0c8DC5c92TuHF0frtvo4_2rXMOFn3lDrJ7beLj7UqVJhanfRZUxn2KcOqQXtEEwRTN1M/s1600/necklace.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWNjR-R7O_jMtuLzuvAQBndCCUZTU5X4-aW5cYPS-oPOZoTFpqA3tH_rUHVhHBemKeuLpvDx0c8DC5c92TuHF0frtvo4_2rXMOFn3lDrJ7beLj7UqVJhanfRZUxn2KcOqQXtEEwRTN1M/s320/necklace.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-41636431983163883142013-05-25T15:37:00.001-06:002013-05-25T15:37:40.936-06:00Dance Festival Time Again<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">It's now been 31 years that Mr Creative and I have been attending the yearly Dance Festival and field day at Forbes School. Starting with oldest DS D and now his oldest child I.<br />
With no knowledge of where I would be dancing I tried to find a central spot to take a few pictures. Yeah, didn't work out so well LOL He was way on one side.<br />
So...do you see him?<br />
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The kids danced to Under the Sea and Who Let the Dogs Out and did quite a bit of choreography. They had lots of fun and looks like with his little sister only one yr old, we will be attending this event for a whole bunch more years!</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-18743599111670144712013-05-25T15:24:00.001-06:002013-05-25T15:24:49.412-06:00Time to Mow<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG7zbufukFmn4yYL7iISQ4_4Cj1iAdFNkB34jY3XouNhRE9Jxg0x4aQBxYqZlB1wBbQex1zZSfL_9FWDQG1ipJFc7qxmBjyzx4QLUb4KqWQSY-dBAaJVkJy0Tealt6IV77EiqqFJOwnw/s1600/IMG_20130525_101544_834.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG7zbufukFmn4yYL7iISQ4_4Cj1iAdFNkB34jY3XouNhRE9Jxg0x4aQBxYqZlB1wBbQex1zZSfL_9FWDQG1ipJFc7qxmBjyzx4QLUb4KqWQSY-dBAaJVkJy0Tealt6IV77EiqqFJOwnw/s320/IMG_20130525_101544_834.jpg" /></a><br />
Actually I don't mind mowing the grass as long as it isn't too hot and today was the perfect day for that. I wish someone could fix the auto-start LOL</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-61007585782286244322013-05-15T16:48:00.001-06:002013-05-15T16:49:03.443-06:00Outfit for Today 5-12-13<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-TG4DituYSGB3p9vFAPU5UMbeasHJYoUEXbsivKxMzTyWah69FfE9xK9B91H7wIDKNDsObc1y0hjux4ajEzNMhFGM1-JxQA9krjBHQd0pewFD5302M6p36UYVz4RW0M0ohyphenhyphenMrv6ScTk/s1600/Outfit+of+the+day+5-15-2013.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-TG4DituYSGB3p9vFAPU5UMbeasHJYoUEXbsivKxMzTyWah69FfE9xK9B91H7wIDKNDsObc1y0hjux4ajEzNMhFGM1-JxQA9krjBHQd0pewFD5302M6p36UYVz4RW0M0ohyphenhyphenMrv6ScTk/s320/Outfit+of+the+day+5-15-2013.jpg" /></a><br />
Doing a bit of experimentation with my "look" <br />
For today I went for the brown/khaki/ combo with a cute polka dot scarf for my yuck-o hair.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-10746615797359837962012-09-07T20:05:00.001-06:002012-09-07T20:05:23.421-06:00Can You Make Pickles.......with zucchini?<br />
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So, if you have a whole bunch of zucchini...and if you planted zucchini you will...like me can you make pickles? It turns out that YES YOU CAN!<br />
You make them pretty much like you make them with cucumbers. Unless you harvest them very small (one inch in diameter) then you make them into "chips".<br />
I found a few recipes that specified zucchini but they were pretty much the same as any other recipe so I felt pretty good about making them.<br />
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Here they are after soaking and in the seasoned brine. <br />
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TA-DA! dill zucchini pickles! I only did 4 pints as with just 3 of us in the house it seemed that would be good for now.<br />
Before I made the dill I also made a recipe that my mother used to make and I remembered it fondly...Chop Suey Pickles<br />
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I also had to experiment with using Stevia/Truvia to replace the sugar as well but in the end they taste wonderfully similar to the original recipe.<br />
Next up...dill relish! Why not? LOL<br />
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<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-45483056305660586242012-08-27T10:34:00.001-06:002012-08-27T10:34:53.381-06:00A Foodie PostWhen you are inundated with zucchini anything new or different is worth trying LOL<br />
Here you see something that is both...Zucchini Chips Low Carb Style<br />
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Very yumm-o when warm but kind of "ok" when cooled off<br />
The original recipe called for bread crumbs and which I subbed out for Parmesan cheese. I also added a bit of smoked paprika and Italian seasoning to the mixture and it was great.<br />
Then youngest son A has gotten all the supplies to make his own sushi, which he loves, and did some rolls Friday and Saturday. This is is first attempts<br />
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Now, to find something new to make with the remaining 100's of Zucchini LOL<br />
<br />Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-47302111870937808652012-08-22T13:06:00.001-06:002012-08-22T13:06:38.479-06:00Lot's of Progress<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XGNBS7H8D8tvRJh8wxWx_fGOnvXE4023xREWrxyofDG8_RS2oH9bSQFjG8dnnyne8LBJ0Nw23DLAob-nj3GenFkyr0y6JG5FA7weYf_Nb8FJxNjpCg7sJgQ78JKWODn1Xu3Nr37WZnw/s1600/P8210135.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XGNBS7H8D8tvRJh8wxWx_fGOnvXE4023xREWrxyofDG8_RS2oH9bSQFjG8dnnyne8LBJ0Nw23DLAob-nj3GenFkyr0y6JG5FA7weYf_Nb8FJxNjpCg7sJgQ78JKWODn1Xu3Nr37WZnw/s400/P8210135.JPG" /></a><br />
I thought it might cheer me up to layout my in-progress Victoria's Friendship Quilt to see where I am either behind or lacking. Having it all together so that I can see the progress it so wonderful for me. I tend to be a streaky crafter and a typical Magpie who is looking for the next "shiny thing" and will leave projects languishing for years at a time LOL<br />
So except for a block I need to re-make I think I am caught up strangely enough. </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-577560001728537972012-08-21T15:32:00.001-06:002012-08-21T15:32:10.062-06:00Garden Update<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdos58h5XCPs-QeKUWlEtfFj2_JFRJ0m76cKvThwuiMypwJWiX4lAJ0jHJCo0gLfsrDfS4TSJJAeTUCCZkPhGyof4Cwy4z9w0M57zy3Xp15KSDqC3oP_kJ7bIC_QPdG32kR4z4pj1jgE/s1600/P8170127.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdos58h5XCPs-QeKUWlEtfFj2_JFRJ0m76cKvThwuiMypwJWiX4lAJ0jHJCo0gLfsrDfS4TSJJAeTUCCZkPhGyof4Cwy4z9w0M57zy3Xp15KSDqC3oP_kJ7bIC_QPdG32kR4z4pj1jgE/s400/P8170127.JPG" /></a><br />
Mr. C did a bit of harvesting on Saturday...he was excited to pull up some carrots...he hasn't been too successful with carrots in the past. LOL You can also see our first little mini pumpkin, purple beans and more beets. Of course there have been more and more squash and tomatoes not in the pictures.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-1688810815421096032012-08-21T15:28:00.001-06:002012-08-21T15:28:23.111-06:0036 Years as Husband and Wife<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKJ5EKNFU-0LxD58xThXzIBcvheHbV8EIBZctT1VL1TOW85guEOq6iq5LV7aa0cUp6k3gHqogUALTAjeOr10E8YG-kMiN-YY84xBu_bgrwIcPYej_AI_UM4g8CxRsTFkxG2TZ_yBsSK0/s1600/P8190132.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKJ5EKNFU-0LxD58xThXzIBcvheHbV8EIBZctT1VL1TOW85guEOq6iq5LV7aa0cUp6k3gHqogUALTAjeOr10E8YG-kMiN-YY84xBu_bgrwIcPYej_AI_UM4g8CxRsTFkxG2TZ_yBsSK0/s400/P8190132.JPG" /></a><br />
Mr Creative and I celebrated out 36th Anniversary, or as he says 3 dozenth, of marriage. He always asks me if I would "do it again" and I always say of course. LOL<br />
But this year he asked what was the hardest time of our marriage...that one was kind of hard but I think he was reassured that I didn't remember those early years as being so awfully bad...I think he agreed when I told him what I thought...not gonna share that one but I often think that I have been very blessed and just plain lucky that my decision to marry Mr Creative at the age of 20 has remained one of my very best over all my ups and downs of life.<br />
Thanks dear!</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-2118185894799539612012-08-10T13:57:00.001-06:002012-08-10T13:57:50.240-06:00First Smiles<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNb8LaVCipkBVFNASNUyFGw0g4V9LNj3LcchqJ2TMlPPOF4wI9yFuqCK2y27gc53L6IrF2gFTcdJJF9ZdNOiPoZCveUenTTmzazkcYZQB9snN2Jisd_0ocYtFZjRiloBrpT0pN5BDzwzU/s1600/P8070115.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNb8LaVCipkBVFNASNUyFGw0g4V9LNj3LcchqJ2TMlPPOF4wI9yFuqCK2y27gc53L6IrF2gFTcdJJF9ZdNOiPoZCveUenTTmzazkcYZQB9snN2Jisd_0ocYtFZjRiloBrpT0pN5BDzwzU/s400/P8070115.JPG" /></a><br />
Our little K is starting to smile....she has just passed her 3 month birthday and I knew it was coming any time. I love her little crooked smile and bright eyes. she looks sweet in her blue summer outfit and bow.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034535747675102335.post-31055499634176017982012-08-03T13:08:00.001-06:002012-08-03T13:08:42.859-06:00August Garden<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8TAZRVuxub4BI09pCAJMlxsEUOUB9iLTtrij79r_J-bhwTxgGgQ7x-mBQj9YpL_XTZbx_u4kNqDc8omWzDUN-c_J1eQMsrL09NX5nBP6o7wV0T3HNqfMyPT7aXUrtZV6yc9VTvYuRHs/s1600/2012-08-02.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8TAZRVuxub4BI09pCAJMlxsEUOUB9iLTtrij79r_J-bhwTxgGgQ7x-mBQj9YpL_XTZbx_u4kNqDc8omWzDUN-c_J1eQMsrL09NX5nBP6o7wV0T3HNqfMyPT7aXUrtZV6yc9VTvYuRHs/s400/2012-08-02.jpg" /></a><br />
As you can see the garden is coming into the best time of the year for the veggies.<br />
Above Mr Creative shows off his birthday present from DD B and her family.<br />
He is really enjoying the garden seat to pick the beans and pulling weeds. He wanted to show his grsons A and T that it makes a great "pillow" when he gets tired from bean picking </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
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Abover you can see l to r<br />
cherry tomatoes in a pot, volunter tomatillos<br />
summer greens and sunflowers</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFX8XOMKNvXFuS-K7dJy85WY6MMTAdjp1M_4I6iCMjUt1ELXtSrfM1GaUmPdgnt5jPagdkermue0iROD4X_uQo9qvJVgrmo0FuOLccG2UR78yD70gMlLFcTSGmV_b90gmhsTwMe0ovT4/s1600/P8020111.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFX8XOMKNvXFuS-K7dJy85WY6MMTAdjp1M_4I6iCMjUt1ELXtSrfM1GaUmPdgnt5jPagdkermue0iROD4X_uQo9qvJVgrmo0FuOLccG2UR78yD70gMlLFcTSGmV_b90gmhsTwMe0ovT4/s400/P8020111.JPG" /></a><br />
Last of all in our three sisters garden the first mini-pumpkin has ripened a bit early! It's a bit small even for that variety of pumpkin but it's great to see them do well. Along with the pumpkins we have started harvesting spaghetti squash and ate the first one last night along with beans and more summer and zuchinni squash.<br />
Still waiting for the rest of the tomatoes but hopefully we will be seeing them sooner rather than later.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cathie in UThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909023462400392260noreply@blogger.com1