Just Sew Quilter: December 2020

Sunday, December 13, 2020

I didn't look at my old posts but I don't think I've shared this one.

It's Bertie's Spring by Bonnie Sullivan. I hand appliqued it all and then decided I should hand quilt it.

So funny! I am NOT a hand quilter!!!!

I did long stitches around each figure and in the triangles. At first I put it in a quilting hoop and worked on it, but I found it to be very cumbersome and slow. I ended up pinning it closely and then I was able to hold it in my lap and work on it that way--sew much faster!

Next on my Bonnie Sullivan list is Here a Chick, There a Chick--all the blocks are appliqued and ready to be put together. Guess I'll hand quilt that one too...???

This is a Maywood Studio Pod kit. All the pieces were precut which made it easy to put together. I have to confess that when I saw the picture on the website, I thought it was a Christmas runner, but it is fall. I love fall, so that is okay.

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt is hosting another hop:

My day is January 20.

Check this one out!

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Virtual Cookie Hop

It's my turn today and I want to share with you my peanut butter meltaways. They are actually a friend's recipe, but she won't mind if I share it.

10 oz of chocolate melting wafers -- I prefer Ghirardeli dark chocolate

10 oz of white (vanilla) melting wafers

15 oz jar peanut butter--I use creamy.

Prepare a gallon ziplock bag in a 4 cup measuring cup (you see it on the right).

Line mini muffin cups with mini cupcake papers (this will make at least 48 candies).

Melt wafers in the microwave at 50% power, stirring every minute or so.

When melted, add the peanut butter and MW for another minute or so.

Pour mix into gallon ziplock bag and seal.

Cut no more than 1/2 inch out of the bottom corner of the bag and squirt chocolate mixture into the prepared liners. Shake the tray gently to smooth out the top.

Let them set for several hours and then they are ready to eat!

These will melt in your mouth!

I made a batch of these Golden Orange Cookies from the 2018 Hop--they are SO good, especially with a cup of hot tea. Tracy at It's a T-Sweets Day shared the recipe.

The plate is on a placemat I made (8 of them actually) and behind it is a little triple "thing" I made a few weeks ago.

This Mini Charming Christmas is a free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop.

Hope you enjoy the Hop!

Thanks to Carol at Just Let Me Quilt for hosting!

Here are the rest of the hoppers!

December 1