MA, SEW ONE MORE!: Quilting lables my way

MA, SEW ONE MORE!: Quilting lables my way: Quilt labels my way! I love making Quilts but if I'm done wrestling the monster through my sewing machine, I'm ...

Quilting lables my way

Quilt labels my way!

I love making Quilts but if I'm done wrestling the monster through my sewing machine, I'm glad that the end is near. Than I have to figure out what I want to put on it, that takes me quiet a while. Now my passions are almost out of the window and I need to hand stitch the label, no I don't think so, write with a pencil on it, no I don't think so neater at least not my ding. That's why I tried this and I share it with you.

What you need for DIY Quilt label:

One piece of cotton fabric any size you  want, I like mine a little bigger!

One piece of batting a little bit smaller as the cotton piece.

Washable markers, yep you read it right those for a buck and change from Wallyworld or a other store (I plan to write a post on that one)

Your sewing machine and set up for free motion quilting

And basting spray

I baste the batting to my fabric piece as you see.

Than you write your quote or what ever you feel like on your fabric piece.

All what you need to do is following the drawing on your piece.

 

 

After I was done with sew it on the quilt and a good soak in the tub.

A little glums on Kimmy's Quilt.

 

Swimming with the fishes

Swimming with the fishes

For a couple day' s ago I snooped on pinterest the good or bad place, because I can' t get away from it. 

That's how I came across painting on canvas shoes. I had somewhere abandoned  in the corner under all kind off stuff ones, and I thought it is worth a shot to try it out.

It is been a while since I painted something, but all in all I like it....

Wearable monsters!

My friend Alissa came up to me yesterday, and asked me if I can make a bow tie for her nephew.

Sure Mr. Pinterest always have an answer for my questions and a DIY.

Well, I make it short.. The alien monster fabric was the it fabric for this little mans taste and after all mine to... If I could get away with it I would rock it to....




Update on my post today.

Aiden screamed lol, that was the message what Alissa send me.

I see dots!

Yesterday evening I finished up a new summer dress for Kim.
I was so thrilled, about her reaction in the morning. Guess what??? That was the fastest get up and jump out off bed for school ever... 

I can my subba

                               

                                         I can my subba

I'm frustrated, I'm telling you. It's nice to make meals a head but it in a zipper bag and see you later in my freezer for future cooking.
I have more than one problem with that. I don't have enough storage in there and my pasta sauce is not the same as fresh and i still have sometimes freezer burn and I HATE to have frozen half frozen zipper bags hanging out in my sink or on a plate.

The reason I start to can my subba was, that Pauli started as a trucker and we see him all in all every 2. weekend. He complained about the food possibilities on the road. That's why I start researching online and found on one of my cooking sides how they can actually hole meals.

So I gave it a shot, I'm home alone with Kim and I have to cook subba for 1 and a 1/2. How do I do that. I always cooked for 4( I have a hungry man) and I also was sick of eating leftovers for 3 days.

For everybody who is sick of leftovers for days, come home from work or an appointment and don't wanna start a mess or just wanna eat in the next 20 min that's the real deal.

All what you need is a pressure cooker, speed cooker you name it and caning yar's, twist of yar's or recycled pickle yars with a metal lid.

What doesn't go in your yars:

1. any kind of bones
2. milk products: like milk, sour cream, cheese nothing with milk at all
3. flour, starches

You always have cook everything completely through, meet, onions etc. nothing can be raw or just half way cooked.


We start now cleaning yars and lids, I wash and rise them in the hottest soap water possible. You fill your food hot in the yar, 1-1 1/2inch under the edge of the yar.

Fill 3c water in your pressure cooker place a cotton napkin on the bottom and the yars on top of the cloth , close the lid wait till the lid seal and let it cook on the highest pressure level possible for 30 min. After the time is over take it of the  stove and let the cooker cool of for 30 min or until you can open the lid. ( don't cook it down under water)

I do this now for 2 month and I never had a bad yar at all. More information for caning food try this link. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=canning%20food%20at%20home&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDgQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnchfp.uga.edu%2Fhow%2Fcan_home.html&ei=JCczVIThBoL8sATG-4H4Dg&usg=AFQjCNHeSdJ2a7IZ_0Wefe_BKXIWHxIxxA&sig2=DNjeBDTHBUEeydyHQdVylw&bvm=bv.76943099,d.cWc


I also will post a couple recipes in the next days.

summer sun and fun

summer sun and fun at the beach

One of my favourite outfit. Like you can see my sewing machine is not staying still at the moment. How to top it, with a nice day on the beach.