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Jacobean Journey Quilt - Block B5

This next block we received is block B5 which is the exact same block as B4 and we need to complete 8 of them.  B5 block is the same as B4 except some of the fabrics and thread color is different. I didn't do a video showing this block but here's a picture of blocks B4 and B5 together. B4 is on the left and B5 is on the right. And on a more depressing note, my Babylock Unity has been acting up lately and I was hoping that a good cleaning would take care of the issue but it hasn't.  So I'm going to finish up the remaining B5 blocks I have to do and then take it into the quilt shop.  I don't know why but the machine will just stop during embroidery. No error message, nothing.  It'll start again and sometimes stop again or it will just keep sewing.  There doesn't seem to be any reasoning to it and rebooting doesn't help either so I'll just make a note whenever it stops, take some video (since you KNOW it won't happen when its being repaired!)

Brown Sugar Cheesecake

I don't know about anyone else but I get tired of making the same recipes over and over and once in a while I look for different things to try or at least change up a favorite.  I've got my tried and true recipe collection and there's my I've-got-to-make-this-one-day collection because they sound really good. And since cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts and my dad's birthday is this month, I decided to dig out one of those recipes I promised I'd try and found this one: Brown Sugar Cheesecake with Bourbon Butterscotch Sauce . Oooooh yeah, sign me up baby! I found this recipe on Epicurious which received 3.5 forks out of 4. The reviews were good but there were a few issues "not thick like a NY cheesecake" and some had problems with the sauce.  I too enjoy a NY style thick cheesecake, which is how I always make mine and the directions for the sauce seem, well, weird. First things first, I didn't have any bourbon but I had rum, whic