Little Red House By The Sea

I've been working on these little darlings for a while now between my other projects, and I'm happy to say that they are finally complete. I made a set of 8 and a 5 section runner for one Christmas gift, and a set of 6 for another Christmas gift. I'm thankful that the second recipient has a round table that seats only 6! These placemats are 14 1/2 inches high by 23 1/2 inches long. Years ago I made a similar set of placemats using a pattern found in this book: However that was before I bought this little beauty. Yes that is the Missouri Star Quilt Company emblem you see and yes I did buy it onsite in Hamilton. Please don't hate me. I didn't see Jenny :( For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, Google Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny Doan. Her YouTube quilting videos are amazing. Back to my tutorial... The pattern in the book above had me make a cardboard template, and only had 16 sections in a Dresdan wr...

Rug hooking. That’s what you thought right? We had to come to St. John’s because I had an appointment. That has allowed us to spend some time with our granddaughter, which is awesome. We also did the Costco thing and some maintenance stuff on the house. But now I have some down time, and I didn’t bring my sewing machine, so tonight I hook. The pattern is one I bought years ago, and unfortunately I can’t remember the name or the designer. I was first introduced to rug hooking about 15 years ago using T-shirt material, but I really didn’t enjoy it. Last winter a friend encouraged me to take another short course, this time using wool, and I was hooked! Baby Rachel got a rug. Then I stopped again in favour of sewing. But there is a biweekly hook-in afternoon in Eastport that I wanted to join, so I dug out the burlap pattern I had started with T-shirt’s, pulled out what I had hooked, and took out my Briggs and Little wool again. It’s very relaxing. If you want to see more, goog...

Dieting is a daily struggle for me as those of you who know me know. I try to watch what I eat, and I do wonderful until about 7 pm. Then... But on to a great new discovery I made a week ago that will help when my willpower reasserts itself. 3 points. That's all. 3 points. I have been having this sandwich pretty much every day for lunch since I discovered this great product. And no, I'm not getting paid by the Flatout people! These flatbreads are 3 points and they fold over nicely to make a sandwich. I've grilled them, I've heated them in the microwave, and I've had them straight out of the package. Each is equally delicious. The package in the photo is Rosemary and Olive Oil. I've also tried 5 Grains and Flax, which has 8g of protein and 7g of fibre. As you can see, I added egg this time, mashed with a little mustard, red onion, and orange pepper, for a net filling point value of 0. Gotta love those 0 fillings! I've splurged some day...

I know it has been a long time since I have posted. I do have lots of excuses including my husband's bone marrow transplant (documented at Karlsmultiplemyelomajourney.blogspot.com) and the birth of my first grandchild, beautiful Rachel, who is now almost 3 months old. I absolutely love everything about this little girl, especially her red hair! People who see us together say that she has my hair. Well, not really, but it's the colour I wanted mine to be for 35 years until I worked up the nerve to dye it! I told her that she is so smart for being born with such beautiful hair! Today I'm going to make a little Halloween skirt for her. I'm using the pattern here: Baby skirt Unfortunately I knew I didn't have any 1" elastic when I saw this pattern this morning. I went to every store in Eastport (all 4!) but no luck. I ran into my Aunt Yvonne at one of the stores, and she said she would look in her supplies. She had some 3/4" elastic which she g...

Now  Now that Canadian Thanksgiving is over it is time to cut back on the calorie intake and try to drop a few pounds. At least until American Thanksgiving and all those pre-Christmas parties, and Christmas itself and then New Years and...then comes diet season all over again. I decided to start back to counting my points. Turnip has zero points, whereas potato has anywhere from 3 to 5 points depending on the size, so when you want to have some fries, preheat your oven and think turnip as a healthy alternative. Prep is just like oven potato fries. Preheat oven to 400 F. Peel. Wash. Cut into strips. <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-2227266889613628", enable_page_level_ads: true }); </script> Place some parchment paper on a cooking sheet or a large rectangular dish,...