Sweet River Studios

I've completed quite a few blocks now for this quilt and we just ended month 4 and I have to say so far so good.  Being fairly new to sewing and embroidery I have to give kudos to Hoopsisters.  They're instructions are well written, show pictures of each step and are very accurate.  I can't tell you how many patterns I've purchased where the instructions were not very descriptive or even accurate and for someone new to sewing its pretty important.  I've said many a power word after realizing my tote bag was missing something because the instructions just thought I knew to do something after step 4 and believe me I read all the instruction before any project and I read each step prior to doing it.  And after actually paying money for these patterns only to find out someone with half a brain put it together will make anyone angry.  So, I have to say that if you were wondering about how good the instructions are for this quilt or would you be able to figure th...

I haven't blogged about any food recipes at all yet so its time I started. I wouldn't classify myself as a great cook but we have several cook books from Julie Child (who doesn't?), Jacques Pepin, Alton Brown just to name a few and I watched Food Network for years until we got tired of the cable monkey on our backs and cut him loose.  Oh, Ina how I miss you but we survive without cable just fine. I have never deep fried foods.  Ever. I've never wanted to dump my Thanksgiving turkey in a vat of superheated peanut oil and I've never tasted the deep fried goodness. I'm sure its good but that's just too much for me to consider. Whenever I see that much oil, I can feel my heart tighten and not in a good way. But sometimes my massive sweet tooth gets the better of me and I want to try to make cream filled doughnuts at home. I buy doughnuts only a handful of times per year but I'm always thinking "I could make a lot more doughnuts at home and they'll...

Block D5 of the Jacobean Journey quilt is a block that goes in the center of the quilt. There's a large accent design (the darker melon petal) in the center of the quilt with a circular medallion around it made up of rays of 2 different colors. This block isn't hard it just has a few tiny little pieces that could easily get missed and then you'll have to either un-sew a lot or just start over which is a pain.  I goofed one of my blocks when I put the wrong color of thread in the needle but I had the right thread in the bobbin. Not sure how I did it but I noticed it was wrong and had to do it again. I also got the border CD from my local quilt shop and got all the instructions printed for the inner and outer borders.  Now I just have to read through them and then get started.  I'd like to get a few border blocks done per month so that I won't have 100 of them to do at the end. Block D5 Here's a good tip for everyone. I used elmer's washable glue stick a...