my first stitchery

Here is my first Stitchery.

Love it!

Thanks Judy for showing me how.

HERE is where i got my pattern.

B is for BEE's

I've been slaving over our BEE costume's all week.

I'm quite happy with how they turned out.

Showing off our stingers

that time of year...

Well Fall is in the air.
We are getting cooler weather.
Less light as we leave work.
And the holiday decorations are taking over the stores.

Tonight as i sew our Halloween costumes.
Yes i am sewing our costumes.
So far so good.
Pictures to come at a later date.

Anywhos...

While I'm sewing this is what Kevin is doing....


Picking what survived the freeze last night and tearing out the garden....

...by camping propane lantern light.

Crockpot Lasagna

Sorry no picture. But this was SO DELICIOUS! Made it for the first time yesterday. My SIL Tisa's family (grandparents and uncle) and us were the guinea pigs. Everyone that is was "damn good". I'd have to agree. We will be making this often!

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef - *instead of hamburger i would suggest sausage.
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed and minced
• 1 large jar spaghetti sauce (such as Ragu in the 1 lb. 10 ounce jar)
• 1 package (8 ounces) no-boil lasagna noodles
• 16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 lb. ricotta cheese
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan/Romano cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Brown the beef, onion, and garlic in a little oil in a frying pan. Drain off any grease.

Add the spaghetti sauce into the browned meat mixture. Mix well.

In a separate bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, milk, and egg. Beat until thoroughly mixed and smooth. Then mix in the mozzarella cheese and the grated cheese, so that all the cheeses are combined.

Grease the slow cooker/Crock Pot with some vegetable shortening on the bottom and sides.

Put about 1/4 of the meat and sauce mixture in the bottom of the slow cooker/Crock Pot. Put a layer of noodles on top of that (break or cut them if needed). Put about 1/3 of the cheese mixture on top of that. Then repeat with sauce, noodles, cheese for another 2 layers. Top with meat sauce. Cook on low for 4-6 hours or until noodles are tender.

Vball Quilt

Let me just say....

my cousins are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!

I have been lugging around a box packed full of my old vball shirts since i stopped playing just over a decade ago! Wow that's a long time ago.

Anywhos...i was cleaning out the closest in which this box had been residing in and i had a thought...

So off to the computer i ran....

I got on FB and wrote my cousin Heather a note....
(something like this-not word for word)

Heather,
hey mrs sewer!
I have a question.
have you ever made a quilt out of t-shirts?
I have a box FULL of my old vball shirts i want made into a quilt.
I don't want it to be a project for me to learn on.
i just want it DONE!
So...can i pay ya to do it for me?!
No rush!
love ya,
Jackie

Well of course Heather loved me so much she agreed.

She wrangled her two sisters (Sky & Kristen) into the project
as well as her husband Nick.

Well. It was finished.

I picked it up Friday night.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!

(it fills my living room!)
It's larger then a king size.

ahhh, so sweet!


It is GINORMOUS!
It's so awesome!
More then i could have ever hoped for!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

dirty minded

Thank you Syracuse UT for the best laugh for two dirty minded individuals.

baby quilt

I made this for a friend who just had a baby. I hope she got it...i didn't do any sort of tracking on the package. I think it turned out cute, even if i did screw up on the placement of some of the squares. :)