Category: Cooking & Entertaining
This dish of yummy fabulousness is Jan's Famous Jello Salad. Yes, I made it for Thanksgiving. What a hit. It has a base of cherry pie filling and a cream cheese/whipped cream crushed pineapple topping. Gelatin salads are so retro, and really get a bad rap these days. I used to love them with just […]
My plan for the day is to finish up the Midnight Moon sew-along blocks. I believe to get caught up and finish, I need to make four blocks. I can listen to book review podcasts or my audio book and chill out. I am listening to a book by Janelle Brown called "I'll Be You" […]
I am staying with my dad a few extra days this week. One of my sisters is moving into a new house and my other sister and I are covering for her while she gets settled in. I am always trying to come up with menu ideas that appeal to my dad. He has a […]
Summer has arrived and that means some sewing, some reading, and some Eva time. This is a block for the Peace and Healing BOW I have been working on. Love this block. Eva is really into making smoothies these days. And they are a delightful treat on a warm afternoon. This one was strawberries, bananas, […]
Well, this was an epic fail. Eva and I bake on Tuesdays, as one of her extracurricular activities. Yesterday we made chocolate chip cookies and they were a disaster. I used the recipe on the back of the Nestles chocolate chip bag and it sure didn't work for me. These cookies spread out all over […]
Hope your holiday celebrations have been as magnificent as mine have been! Since our son arrived home from Ireland, we have been cooking up a storm. All the dishes he has been craving, and some new experiments as well. On one of his first nights home, we made homemade pasta for linguine and clams. It […]
More fall color. These trees are in my father's backyard. Three large Japanese maples. He lives in a modern-style house with plate glass floor-to-ceiling windows along the backside of his home. He sits in his chair in the living room and enjoys watching the nature show in his garden. Well, this is going to be […]
Sorry for the radio silence this week. Lots going on/not much going on. That is, I've been busy, but not with anything interesting! No sewing going on, that is for sure. But what I do have for you today is donuts. Eva and I made Ina Garten's recipe for Baked Cinnamon Donuts and I'm telling […]
I set a goal to finish the last row of the Serendipity Sew Along Quilt this week and I did it! I still have to sew the rows together and attach the borders, but that is a goal for another week. I really love the colors in this quilt and know I will enjoy putting […]
Eva and I do a cooking project every Tuesday and this week we made Sugar Cookies. Melt-in-your-mouth-delicious sugar cookies! My Great Grandma Tillie made sugar cookies all the time and they were such a favorite of mine when I was growing up in Michigan. Hers were kind of puffy and each one had a big […]
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Hello, I’m Nicole, an enthusiastic quilter and fabric lover. This blog is mainly about my quilting journey, but I share some of my other interests as well, which include reading, cooking, decorating, lifestyle, and my family. When I am not quilting, I am reading, and will share monthly book reviews in this space. I love to hear back from my followers and enjoy getting to know you.
