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CUPID Wall Hanging or Table Runner quilt project

Guest designer Carol Colucci shares her adorable Cupid wall hanging or table runner pattern that is perfect for Valentine's Day! Carol says you can make this wall hanging in less than a day! That's perfect for us, because we will want to dispaly ours as soon as we can!

CUPID Wall Hanging or Table Runner, by Carol Colucci

MATERIALS
FABRIC FOR BACKING:
  CUT ONE, 21-inch wide x 9 1/2-inch high
  CUT TWO, 3 1/2-inch x 6 1/2-inch, for hanging tabs
FABRIC FOR BACKGROUND:
  CUT ONE, 21-inch wide by 19 1/2-inch high
  2 STRIPS, 2 1/4-inch by width of fabric, for binding
  CUT FOUR, 3 1/2-inch x 6 1/2-inch, for hanging tabs

CUPID
FABRIC FOR CUPID (I used a very light pink)
  1 fat quarter (18 x 22-inches)
FABRIC FOR HAIR (I used marbled gold)
  1 - 6 1/2-inch square
FABRICS FOR WINGS (I used a white-on-white print)
  1 - 4 1/2-inch square
FABRIC FOR HEART (I used a medium pink)
  1 - 6-inch square
FABRIC FOR EYES (I used a light blue background with dark blue pupils)
  1 - light colored scrap
  1 - dark colored scrap
FUSIBLE WEBBING

Read all instructions before you begin. Yardage based on 42/44-inch width of fabric.

Because images downloaded from the Internet may distort during the printing process, we recommend verifying all pattern pieces and templates before cutting fabrics for your project. Make any adjustments, as needed, to ensure a successful outcome.

I like to have everything ready before I begin. That way I can sew until it it done.

1. I recommend taping together the full pattern, as a guide for placement and markings.

2. Cut backing, batting, and background fabrics, including the tabs and the binding.

3. Trace, do not forget to use the reverse pattern (fusible web pattern A or B) when using fusible webbing. (pattern A faces left, and pattern B faces right) I like to cut out the center of the fusible webbing on the larger pieces to make it less stiff because of layering.

Vintage Valentine Card craft project

Greeting Card of the Month-January 2009

Win any heart by making this simple folded greeting card with easy to find supplies and bits of scrapbook paper. If you can not find the vintage Valentine print, substitute stickers or photocopies of old-time Valentines, or anything you like.

For one card you will need

1 sheet off-white scrapbook cardstock
1 sheet red scrapbook paper
2 red foil heart-shaped doilies
1 sheet vintage Valentine scrapbook paper
white sequin trim
1/4-inch sheer off-white ribbon
scissors, scalloped paper crafting scissors, small decoupage scissors
tacky craft glue, marking pen, toothpicks for gluing

Fold the off-white scrapbook cardstock in half on the diagonal, making sure the red foil heart will fit on the folded part. Adjust fold, if necessary. With tacky craft glue, adhere foil heart to the cardstock along the fold leaving a 1/2-inch margin. Allow to dry. With the cardstock folded, trim around foil heart using paper crafting scissors leaving a 1/2-inch margin, as shown.

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Checkbook Help

 

Although this little liner may not be able to save you money, it will be a big help when writing those checks! We used our left-over quilting template plastic to use as a liner between the duplicate checks in our checkbook! Simply use the pre-printed lines to cut a piece slightly larger all the way around than your checks. Then place the liner under the copy of the check you are writing. When you are finished, move the liner under the copy of the next check, and so on, and so on. The template material is thin enough to slide easily into your checkbook without getting in the way, yet sturdy enough to stop your pen's impression on the next check!

Vintage Shopping List clip art

Inspired by a shopping list found in an old cookbook, we've updated the list to reflect more modern tastes and laminated it to reduce using a piece of paper for each trip to the market! Download the list and print it on ivory cardstock (for true vintage appeal). Trim the list to the desired size then have the copy store "hard laminate" the copy so you can use it over and over again. Trim plastic to 1/4-inch margin all the way around. Dry-erase markers allow you to check off the list, wipe it clean when you are done, and use it again and again! 

To get your copy of the shopping list, click here-->Download Vintage Shopping List

Dad's Easy Chili recipe

This recipe is from our production manager, Jeff Miller, and can also be found on our sister-site, Bless This Little Kitchen; this chili is quick and easy...better the second day!

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 14.5oz can diced tomatoes, drained
1 10oz cans condensed tomato soup, undiluted
2 15.5oz cans red beans, drained
1 fresh tomato, chopped
5-7 tblsps chili powder, or to taste

In a large skillet, brown ground beef with chopped onion and pepper. When the onion is transparent, drain off liquid; put meat mixture into a 5-quart Dutch oven. Add reamining ingredients and blend well. Heat chili over medium heat until bubbly. Simmer for 15 minutes. Adjust seasoning, if needed.

Serves: 6-8

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To get the recipe click here;Download Recipe pdf Template-Dad's Easy Chili

 

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We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Sharon of Ottawa Lake whose name was drawn for our first Give-Away! Sharon wins a "Wish you were Here" Mini Scrapbook Kit from Kurio! 

Check back with us soon for your chance to win our next give-away, a necklace and bracelet kit from Traditions!

The NFL Gameday Cookbook book review

  

The NFL Gameday Cookbook

By Ray "Dr BBQ" Lampe, published by Chronicle Books

If one thing can be said of football fans, they sure love the game; they sure love great food, and when put together, the two couldn't be better! The NFL Gameday Cookbook revels in "the Game" and everything it encompasses from tail-gating to armchair quarter-backing, finger food to knife and fork necessity; and lots of napkins, please!

Calico Quilt Bean Soup recipe

 

An easier soup to make is hard to find! This soup is the perfect example of delicious thrift, both for those short on time, and those who would rather spend money on fabric and craft supplies! Make it on a cold day so that it can warm you all the way through...this soup makes a whole pot...perfect for a winter quilting bee!

Ingredients

1 15.5oz can red kidney beans
1 15.5oz can black beans
1 15oz can Great Northern beans
1 14.75oz lima beans
1 14oz can diced tomatoes, seasoned with basil, garlic, and oregano
1 medium onion, chopped
1 12oz can luncheon meat, diced fine
2 bay leaves
1 cup milk
3 tbspns all-purpose flour
(salt) and pepper, to taste

In a large colander, drain and rinse all of the beans. In a large Dutch oven, add the beans plus enough water to cover by an inch or so. Add tomatoes, onion, luncheon meat, and bay leaves. Simmer gently for 1 1/2-hours, stirring occionally.