Fibers on Friday

Happy Fibers on Friday! Thanks for joining this fun party dedicated to knitting and crocheting!!

I'm not home right now. I've scheduled this posting. We are enjoying our 4th annual camping trip to Ocean City, MD. I know I'll be doing a little knitting while we're away, especially during the car ride and ferry ride, but we'll also be enjoying....

Campfires

S'Mores

Geo Caching

Fairy Forts

The Beach



And goofing off

Meatless Monday! Pizza

Do you have a favorite homemade pizza recipe? Before now, if we were having pizza at home, I'd just buy a Boboli Pizza shell. But then my sister told me of this super easy food processor pizza dough and now I'm hooked!

This is the recipe from Cuisinart for the pizza dough.

But for the sauce, my sister told me to simply take a can of diced tomatoes (preferably with Italian seasoning already in, but just add them if you only have plain). Drain them into a colander and then smash them with a fork to make a nice, thick sauce.

Top with your other favorite cheese and ingredients and you have a delicious, FRESH, pizza!

I made two batches last week and split one amongst my kids and the other was for me and my husband. I partially baked the crusts on parchment paper before I loaded them with toppings and found it to be so easy to transfer into and out of the oven that way.

Enjoy!

Fibers on Friday: Washcloths

Hi there! Welcome to Fibers on Friday!! I'm happy to have you join this fun party dedicated to knitting, crochet, or anything else fiber related!

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would be knitting some washcloths to put on the bake sale table at my Mom's fundraiser this weekend. I also mentioned that I knew I would only be able to pound out a couple because it just doesn't go that quickly for me. Well, I did complete two! I knit the horsey washcloth as planned and was thrilled with how it came out. I still had time to knit another, so I opted for the cabbage patch pattern, which I ADORE! I can't wait to make some for me!

Today I received a package in the mail from Cris. She volunteered to crochet some washcloths for this event! Despite having a little faux pas whereby her stash of washcloths was innocently taken by a friend, she was able to get SEVEN washcloths to me!! Amazing and thoughtful!!

The Princess and the Polyester

This afternoon I put the finishing touches on Madison's quilt. It's on her bed and waiting for her return from school!


It's so bright and fun and girlie! I can't wait to move and get into a new house with new rooms to paint.....and coordinate everything around these quilts!!

This one took me several hours more to finish because I decided to sew the binding by hand. I did Paige's quilt binding on the sewing machine, without knowing how to do a blind hem, so it's not the best way to do it. This one, though, I did a blind hem by hand. Wow! That was HARD on my hands....and neck....and back! I give serious credit to those of you who quilt the whole thing by hand! In the end, it's a much prettier finished product and like my husband said last night as I was plucking away at it, "If it was easy, everyone would have quilts." Yup Yup.

How do you like the sheets I got to go with it? I had a heck of a time buying sheets. I could not find a suitable shade of blue (in a good quality sheet) to go with this quilt. I looked high and low. So, I settled on this set from Wal Mart even though they're cheapy. I figured a 6 year old would not be too particular about the quality of her sheets. I mean what does she know about cotton/polyester blends and thread counts?!

HA!

5 minutes after putting her to bed she comes out to tell us she can't sleep on her new sheets because her feet are a little clammy and they're sticking to her sheets! We sent her back to bed having her deal with it for goodness sakes!

The next night her feet were clean and not clammy (OMG!).....she still said she didn't like her new sheets.

I think we shall write a new children's book entitled The Princess and the Polyester. We have created a monster :-)

Trash toTreasure {Boxes}

I almost feel a little guilty about this project. Almost. A little.

My kids love treasure boxes. Both kids have different ideas for what they love to keep in them. And it changes from day to day. Sometimes it's rocks, other times it's silly bands, and the next day it will be Squinkies.

They've had these boxes for years now. One was a build-your-own craft from Home Depot and the other was a little trinket box they decorated at a Princess Camp they attended.

As you can see. They had fun with markers, stickers, gems, and glitter. But, the "pretty" factor?? Ugh....here's where my guilt creeps in. So, I asked them....."Would you mind if Mommy re-painted these and made them match your room?" They agreed.

Ahhhhhh! I LOVE how they look now! I chiseled off all the gems, peeled the stickers, and sanded the glue off. I removed the hinges from the two of them and primed them all. Then I used a white, glossy, spray paint. The purple and aqua paint for the hearts is interior paint samples we had left over from another project from their rooms, so it remains coordinating (and once again kept me from needing to buy anything for this).

The rosettes came from quilt scraps. I must say the quilt scraps have gone a LONG way! I should put together a post that encompasses all I've done with just scraps!


So pretty! And the girls both love the transformation!

Fibers on Friday

Hi there! Welcome to Fibers on Friday!! I'm happy to have you join this fun party dedicated to knitting, crochet, or anything else fiber related.

I know I'm not the only one, but I'm a little frustrated that I have to rewrite this post. I had it all set to publish last night and Blogger had their malfunction and it was lost. Gone.

All talk of socks is OVER! Done! Here they are in completion and I'm sure I will not be knitting another pair any time soon. I love wearing knitted socks, but I don't much like the process of knitting them. Maybe next winter when I'm living in Florida and can't stand to have anything much bigger than socks sitting on my lap while knitting.

I also finished this horse washcloth for my Mom's fundraiser. I just have to weave in ends. I'm not thrilled with the lack of clarity of the horse head. I swear, I can barely even see it. I handed it to my husband last night to see if he could figure it out (he's been away) and he saw it right away. Who knows...

I knit it in the Sugar and Cream cotton, Denim. I like the yarn. I also just ordered some of knit picks new cotton yarn especially for washcloths, and I got a dark brown. Maybe I'll try another horse with that color and see if it shows up better.

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