Just Sew Quilter: 2023

Thursday, December 7, 2023

My Turn on the Cookie Hop

Today is my turn to share on this annual eagerly-anticipated Cookie Exchange hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt!

I tried two new recipes: First up is Christmas Bar Cookies from Spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com

Use the link to access the recipe, if it looks good to you. It is a version of blond brownies.

Beginning the mixing process:

Adding in all the "goodies":

Ready for the oven:

Add more sprinkles to the top after baking, if desired, cool and eat:

YUM!!

Secondly, I tried Shortbread Wedge Cookies from Sallysbakingaddiction.com

Use the link for the recipe.

I looked for this recipe because of some shortbread cookies that we had at our church's district conference in November. There was chocolate and raspberry jam on the top of those--and they were cut into wedges-- and I had to make some.

Here is one pan out of the oven and covered with melted chocolate chips (it makes 2 pans).

I put raspberry jam on top of the chocolate on one pan of them and left the other pan just chocolate-topped and took them to my quilt group. Everyone ate the raspberry topped ones!

They were SO good! I'll be making these again.

I have some Christmas sewing projects in the works but nothing ready to show. In the meantime, enjoy 3 of my grands with Santa. I don't think little Sydney knew what was going on! She will be 2 years old on Dec. 26. Such a sweetie! (Ok, they all are!)

Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Here is the entire list for the week:

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

Virtual Cookie Hop starts December 4

The time has arrived!

Monday begins the annual eagerly-anticipated Virtual Cookie hop hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.

Below is the list (a few changes have been made since my previous post)--be sure to visit all of us.

My day is December 7.

DECEMBER 4

A Quiltery-For The Love Of Geese

DECEMBER 5

Happy Cottage Quilter

Nettie Sews and Lucky Quilts

DECEMBER 6

HomespunHannah's Blog (hosted by Just Let Me Quilt)

DECEMBER 7

Just Sew Quilter (you are here)

The Life of Grammy

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Virtual Cookie Hop is Coming Soon!

I look forward to this every year, and I am this year too.

My day is December 7.

I have tried a couple of new recipes that I am eager to share with you!

Here is the list of bloggers for that week:

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Until then, Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, October 23, 2023

My Day for Monsters (?)

It's the first day of the Monster Mash blog hop hosted by Calico Joan of Moosestash Quilting.

And it's my turn to share.

My finished product is a Harmonic Convergence (pattern designer is Ricky Tims). I have made several of these and, since I was teaching a class on it at my local quilt shop (Stewart's Sewing in Mt. Zion, IL), I thought I'd play with some Halloween fabrics.

The bats were cut out with an Accuquilt die and the quilting and bat appliques are done with glow-in-the-dark thread. It does all light up in dark but I think doing double stitching would have helped it show better. I wouldn't choose white thread for this project ordinarily, but I do like those pumpkins I quilted for the outer border.

Here's a close-up.