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Chocolate Lava Cake YUM YUM!

Get your crock pot out and make this cake! 

CHOCOLATE MOULTON LAVA CAKE

1 Box  Chocolate Cake Mix 
1 pint sour cream
1 small instant chocolate pudding mix
1 Cup mini marshmallows
3/4 Cup oil       
1 small bag choc chips
1 Cup water
4 eggs

Spray crock pot sides and bottom.

Mix first 6 ingredients together.

Add marshmallows and chocolate chips

Mix all together

Pour into crock pot

Cook on low 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours

Serve warm

Enjoy!

Posted by granny on Apr 30th 2009 | Filed in Recipes | Comments (0)

“As Seen In” McCalls Quilting June 2009 PRAIRIE STAR

Page no: 37
Finished Size: 75 1/2″ x 75 1/2″
Skill level: intermediate

Lone Star quilts can be difficult to make.  The math involved is tricky, and precise cutting and sewing is critical.  With a Quiltsmart printed interfacing pack, all the math is done for you and cutting and sewing couldn’t be easier.

Printed interfacing makes precise Lone Star piecing simple and fun.

Designed by Mark Lipinski
Made by Lissa Ross
Machine Quilted by
Janice Jamison
Finished Quilt Size
75 1/2″ x 75 1/2″ 

Purchase kits here: Prairie Star

Included in kit TOP + Binding
1.  1 1/8 yd inner border
2.  3 3/8 yd star or  5 @ 3/8 yard
3.  2 yard white background
4.  2 yds outer border
5.  1 yd bias-cut binding
 58″ Lone Star Classic Pack

The Fastest Lone Star in the West! Classic Pack includes instructions, Design page and eight panels of Quiltsmart’s Lone Star Diamond Grid ™ interfacing. Makes a 58″ star for a large lap, twin, double, queen and king sizes. 

Posted by granny on Apr 29th 2009 | Filed in "As Seen In" | Comments (0)

Fabric Review: Spring Meadow Batiks

 by Laundry Basket Quilts from Moda. 

Included in this collection is yardage, fat quarters, quilt kits and patterns.

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WOW!! Beautiful colors, patterns and quality!
These fabrics feel like silk!

spring meadow batiks A timber lined field full of wildflowers and tall swaying grass is the prefect retreat from the everyday trivials of a hectic life. Spring Meadows draws on this place of subtle tranquility for inspiration. Natural motifs and a delicate palette of prairie greens and clear blues evoke the serenity of a landscape left alone to do nature’s bidding.

 

 

batiks 42 sping meadow

 My photo

Here are 42 of the 43 prints. These are in order of print number (#11 – #53) - starting with #11 top left corner – #53 lower right corner.

Row 1 – #11 – #21

Row 2 – #22 – #32

Row 3 – #33 – #43 (missing #34)

Row 4 – # 44 – #53

Here is #34 – it can be used as a ”fussy” cut 10″ block:

spring meadows 34 
#34 – is sold either by the 1/2 yard not cut fussy; or 2/3 or 1 1/2 yard fussy cut to get 8 or 16 panels.

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Quilt Pattern “Let it Spring
Finished size: 68″ x 68″
Skill level – intermediate
 

 

let it spring kit

 

Included in pattern: quilt, table runner & placemat. The pattern is very well written with lots of instructions and pictures.  

 

Quilt kit: “Let it Spring
 The actual quilt is very pretty! Here is a close up of the block:
The center is a #34 fabric ”fussy cut” into 10″ squares
TIP: make sure you have a 10″ clear ruler for this!
let spring quilt 1

 These are the actual fabrics used in the quilt:

 let it spring fabrics
print numbers: 34, 41, 14, 28, 12

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If you want a challenge – try this quilt pattern:

 “Star of Bethlehem”
Finished size: 78″ x 78″

star of b

 Here is the quilt Edyta Sitar did out of the Spring Meadows fabric collection:

b star quilt

 You can purchase kits here:
Bethlehem Star Kit 
Kit is cut in Spring Meadow Batiks.
There are 23 different prints used in this kit!

 

Posted by granny on Apr 28th 2009 | Filed in Fabric & Pattern Reviews | Comments (2)

New speakers for my IPOD!

This really works!   

Posted by granny on Apr 27th 2009 | Filed in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Spring Bird?

I think this is a “Black headed Grosbeak”

 

 

Posted by granny on Apr 24th 2009 | Filed in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Quilt Book Review: JELLY ROLL QUILTS

Jelly Roll Quilts 
by Pam & Nicky Lintott from D&C Publishing.
Soft sided: 128 pages
Skill level: beginner – intermediate


jelly roll quiltsABBI’S REVIEW: A+ 
LOVE IT & FUN! ……….

This quilt book is easy reading with lots of instructions & pictures. Each pattern has 2 colorways for each quilt! They live up to their opening statement: “The perfect guide to making the most of the latest strip rolls”. 
The General Techniques chapter has detailed instructions for basic sewing: seam, pressing, pinning, adding borders, etc……….. There are instructions for “How to calculate for a larger quilt” and “Tips for setting on point”.

 

Summary: Jelly Rolls are the new fat quarter bundle! They consist of 2-1/2 inch strips of color coordinated fabric, rolled up to create a solid disk and tied with a ribbon. Hugely popular Moda Fabrics now presents all their ranges in this appealing way, which allows quilters to sample a little of lots of different designs.”Jelly Roll Quilts” is the first book to show quilters the best ways to use these desirable and labor-saving fabric packs. Learn how to make 16 quilts, perfectly suited to the color coordinated rolls, as well as a variation in colorway, style or size for each project. Jelly roll quilts are suitable for quilters of all abilities, especially those with a passion for fabrics. From Bars of Gold and Blue Lagoon to Pineapple Surprise and Starlight Express, the quilts in this book are at the cutting edge of the craft!

Contents: Introduction to Jelly Rolls – Getting Started and Important Information – The Quilts – 1 Bars of Gold – 2 Sparkling Gems – 3 Blue Lagoon – 4 Garden Trellis – 5 Nine Patch Wonder – 6 Civil War Scrappy – 7 Pandora’s Box – 8 Log Cabin Hidden Stars – 9 Spiral Strips – 10 Daisy Chain – 11 Fossils in the Garden – 12 Friendship Braid – 13 Pineapple Surprise – 14 Twin Stars – 15 Starlight Express – 16 Both Sides of the Pond – Quilt Carry Bag – Techniques & Templates

Here are a few of the patterns listed in the book:

Quilt Patterns from the book

 

sparkling gemstones quiltWe tested this pattern:   Sparkling Gemstones 
Skill Level: Beginner
 
 

This is a great quilt for using large scale prints.

The quilt pictured is fabrics from Kaffe Fassett. 

 Finished size of this quilt: 58″ x 76″ 

Fabric requirements:
1 Moda jelly roll – 40 @ 2 1/2″ x 44″
2 yards backing 
1 1/4 yard borders/binding
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Purchase quilt kits here: Sparkling Proud Gemstones
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Here’s our quilt!

The fabrics we chose are from In The Beginning: PROUD by Keri Beyer.
We cut our own strips from the Proud collection. We had so much fun sewing this quilt block that once we started we couldn’t quit and we ended up with a 74″ x 80″ quilt. We added a 3″ border to our quilt and a 1″ white inner border.
Finished size is: 80″ x 88″
Fabric requirements for our quilt:
26 @ 6″ x 44″ strips – cut into 52 @ 2 1/2″ x 44″ strips
2  1/2 yard - background fabric (we added a 1″ white inner border)
1  1/2 yard - outside border/binding

Posted by granny on Apr 16th 2009 | Filed in Fabric & Pattern Reviews | Comments (0)

Happy Easter!

 This is  Beagle Lucie pretending she’s the Easter Bunny!

Posted by granny on Apr 12th 2009 | Filed in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Free Quilt Pattern for Sweet Treat Bag!

 Click here for free pattern from: Me & My Sister Designs

Click here for precut fabric: Moda Honey Buns

Click here for: Sweet Treat Box

 

Posted by granny on Apr 8th 2009 | Filed in Projects | Comments (0)

Wall Hanging: HART BUNNY QUILT

Hart Bunny Wall Hanging

 Free Pattern from BOM QUILTS!

Hart Bunny Wall Hanging in either girl or boy bunnies are
designed by TK Harrison, BOMquilts.com

 Purchase ($16.95) your quilt kit here:
Hart Bunny Kit

hart bunny girl

  

hart bunny boy

Finished size: 18″ x 24″
Skill level: EASY!

Fabrics used in this quilt are from
Hartfield

by Barbara Brackfield from Moda

Fabric requirements:
*1/4 yard – bow tie & binding
*1/4 yard – border
*1/2 yard - eyes, nose & backing
*1/8 yard – bunny ears
*1/2 yard – bunny background
*1/4 yard – bunny

1/2 yard – fusible web for applique
cotton batting

*included in kit

 COMING SOON: HART BUNNY BABY QUILT!

 

 

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Posted by granny on Apr 7th 2009 | Filed in Projects | Comments (1)

YIPPIE!!!! WE ARE GOING TO THE BIG DANCE!!!!

G  O    M  S  U !!!!

Posted by granny on Apr 4th 2009 | Filed in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

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