Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Dinner!

We had to have the oven serviced on Monday, the broiler wasn't working and I finally ran out of recipes that didn't call for the use of either a broiler or the oven. I even made tuna casserole on the stovetop one day. So I called John to come and fix the oven. He discovered the heating element thingy on both the broiler and the oven were in need of replacing. 
So this is my $170 quiche.
I'm sure we will enjoy every bite! :)

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Still playing with pink

I'm still playing with my basket of pink fabric.


These are my favorites of the lot.



I cut up some 2 1/2 inch squares and came up with this simple design.
43"x 47"

Then I saw this border on a quilt somewhere and decided to see how it
would work. I like it.
45" x 53"

 I found this idea
in one of the many magazines I have, can't remember which one right now.
I already had the 2 1/2 inch squares cut and just had to make the
half square triangles.  I decided to make the corner squares to extend into
the border. 
Boy, it needs an ironing doesn't it!
I'm going to bind this one in pink polka dots.
40" x 56"

This is a quilt top I made some time ago, and am still using some of these fabrics
in the new quilt tops. 
I especially love the butterflies.
I've got to finish this one!



I still have lots of pink fabric left, so I decided to try 
this pattern that I saw in a catalog. I drew it out on graph paper
since the size I wanted was smaller than the one they were showing.
I hope I have enough to finish this top as I'm not sure how much I
will need for the bottom of the blocks.
Sorry for the bad photo, not sure why the fabric appears yellow
at the top of the picture. Might be the Ott light I have on my cutting table.


Next I'm going to do the
Pure Baby Boy pattern shown on the Moda Bake shop blog.
I figure I have enough pink 2 1/2 inch squares to make it, maybe two of them
if I like it enough. 
You can find the "recipe" here.

I do so love the Moda Bake Shop blog, they have a pinwheel baby quilt that I want
to make also. Check out their website.
 I expect I'll be totally sick of pink pretty soon. Then I'll have to figure out what to do next. 
I do have another laundry basket full of yellows....................