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 I have been making my version of Caesar salad for about 30 years.  My original recipe was from the San Francisco A La Carte cookbook (no longer in print, but you can find used copies).  It was my favorite cookbook for about 20 years, and only replaced by Ina Garten's books when she started writing them.  […]

 Happy Thanksgiving Friends!  I hope you have a very retro holiday, with traditional foods and loads of good memories of Thanksgivings past. My son is home for the long weekend, and we have a big family feast planned for Turkey Day.  I hope you all have many blessings to be thankful for as you sit […]

 I spent my free time this weekend making little cosmetics bags!  I finished six, and have about twelve to go.  I don't know when I have been so taken with a project! Thanks for all the suggestions for embellishments that would set off these adorable little pouches.  I started out making ribbon roses, but found […]

 These two objects pictured above, when placed together make the best embroidery hoop!    When I was stitching with my new friends last Sunday, many of them were using this type of hoop.  It is made by The Colonial Needle Company and costs….$2.60.  No kidding.  It is called a Spring Tension Hoop and supposedly […]

    I spent yesterday afternoon in the company of some very pleasant women, who all came together to stitch embroidery projects.  I left the group feeling so excited about exploring this new craft further.  My camera is acting up, so the pictures I am showing are various ones I got off the internet.  They […]

 Ok, I am a-dithering no more.  This is my color scheme for Mocha Trails.  I already have a bunch of dark browns and creams set aside for this quilt top.  The change up is that I have decided to replace the caramels with aqua.  I like what I see. The browns and creams are completely […]

 Remember Mocha Trails?   I rescued this project from the stash closet, and reminded myself that it deserves finishing.  Mocha Trails is a pattern designed by Denise Sheehan for A Graceful Stitch. However, my friend Thelma got the idea to make this same quilt pattern using her Maison de Garance fabrics.  That would mean that the […]

  Gasp.  Look at the label on the package that was delivered to my door. I got a package from MODA?  Me? It was a sweet something from Moda Lissa (Lissa Alexander) who has our dream job, Director of Marketing for United Notions (Moda).  Lissa is a fabulous quilter, and if you don't have her […]

 Woo hoo!!!!!  Four down, one to go.  It took almost five hours to achieve those three borders on the outside.  Two one inch strips of light and the two inch pieced strip.  THAT is how it is supposed to look.  I have a border print from the Old Primrose Inn line of fabric that I […]

After a lot of fussing, I got my 49 blocks sewn together for my version of Route 44, a new Miss Rosie pattern.  You know, this quilt had a lot of piecing, but what took me so long (besides all the silly errors I made by not reading the instructions carefully enough) was the pressing.  […]