Pack and Go

Then kits for my June blocks from

Featherweight Quilt Co

for my 30's POTC BOM  have arrived!'

Just in time for me to pack them as I am heading west to visit

my grand-darling!

This hand work shall keep me busy while traveling and during quiet times.

Be back at the end of June.

Happy Stitching! 

Mmmmmm ... warm sweet cornbread!

Scrapatch Sweet Cornbread 

It is a cool and misty Memorial Day here.

A good day to bake a favorite comfort food.

This is my go-to recipe: 

4 eggs, separated

3/4 cup melted butter, cooled

3/4 cup milk

1/3 cup sour cream 

1 teaspoon vanilla 

2 cups flour

1 cup cornmeal

1 and 1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

I use a seasoned stoneware sheet pan and I do not grease it.

Melt butter and set to cool.

Combine dry ingredients and set aside for adding later.

Separate egg yolks and whites.  

Beat the whites until stiff peaks form.

In large separate bowl, using same beater, 

mix eggs, vanilla, milk and sour cream until frothy.

Mix in cooled melted butter.

In two additions, mix in dry ingredients just until combined.

Do not over mix.

Fold in beaten egg whites. 

Spread evenly in baking pan.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until tests done.

Serve warm with soft butter or honey.

Yummy!

This recipe is very sweet.

Reduce sugar if you do not like your cornbread as sweet as I do. 

Enjoy!

30's POTC Block 14

 POTC Block 14 done!

After several days of lovely sunshine,

it has been cool and rainy here today.

A good day to stay in and sew.

I tired a new piecing method that a friend shared online for this block.

My friend likes to sew the corners into "wings" and then sew them to the center.

This method did not feel comfortable to me.

The block felt too large and awkward when I was sewing the corners on.

I also had to set more "anchors" at the intersecting points to keep the pieces aligned.

Back to the method that is fast becoming "tried and true" for me ...

I usually sew the center,
then add the next four.
then sew the pairs,
then sew the pairs around the center,
as I did in this earlier block.

I think that everyone who sews these blocks must find a method and a rhythm

that works best for them.

I do like to try new ideas though.

Do you have a preferred way of sewing these blocks?

I love to try new things.

Katniss helped and checked my work.

I think Katniss would rather have been outside sewing again today, though.

Maybe tomorrow, Katniss.

We have to make some more connecting units and start the corner units.

More soon!

Sweet quilty dreams!

Sew Sampling

My May Sew Sampler Box has arrived!!

Warning:  Spoiler Photos Below!

If you have subscribed 

and have not received your box yet,

click off this post now

so you can enjoy 

all the fun surprises inside

when your box arrives.

This happened to me last month when I opened 

Instagram and

without warning

the photo at the top of my feed

showed all the goodies

in the April box.

I tried closing my eyes.

It mostly worked.

My box arrived later that day.

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I like surprises.
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This spring I decided to treat my quilty addiction.

One box a month.

I have signed up for the monthly

Sew Sampler Box @ Fat Quarter Shop

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sew 

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Here is is!

Hello, May Box!

I really enjoy slowly opening and unpacking

all the lovely surprises

in this cute little box. 

A box full of quilty happiness!

That lovely little  bundle of color is

Blueberry Park Fat Eighth Bundle

The pattern is just right for this bundle.

All I need to add is background fabric to create the flimsy.

It even includes the  small specialty ruler to help sew the blocks.

I love it!!

Looking forward to next month's box already.

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