1+ Peach Cobbler

I’ve seen this called “Easy Peach Cobbler.”  I don’t remember where I first found this recipe.  I think is was in one of the many “Church” Recipe books I have.  You can find a number of variations if you do a search on the Internet.

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It is really so Simple & Easy – Just remember the number 1.

Preheat oven to 375-degrees.

1 – Stick of Butter

Melt butter in a 7” x 11” or 9” x 13” pan

While the butter is melting, combine the following:

1 cup – All Purpose Flour

1 cup – Sugar

1 Tbs – Baking Powder

1 Pinch – Salt

After you pull the pan out of the oven, Add

1 cup – Milk to the dry ingredients and mix until moist

Carefully spoon/pour the batter into the pan with the melted butter – DO NOT MIX

Drain

1 large can – Sliced/Diced Peaches (or use 2 regular size cans)

Carefully add the sliced/diced Peaches to the pan.  I use a fork and individually put the peaches evenly distributed.  Again, DO NOT MIX!

Additions:

You can add 1/4 tsp of Cinnamon to the batter when mixing and/or sprinkle some Cinnamon Sugar over the top.

Bake in the 375-degree oven for 40-45 minutes.

Let cool and serve with ice cream or cool whip/whipped cream.

Enjoy!

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YUM!!

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My Version of a ‘Barn Quilt’

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Often, while driving in rural areas, you might see a Quilt Block painted on the side of a barn. Well, we don’t have a Barn and today it is suppose to be rainy. So, in honor of National/Worldwide Day of Quilting, I have hung several recent Quilt Blocks in our front window! So I’m off to do some sewing!

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Celebrate Worldwide Quilting Day – Saturday, March 16, 2013

In 1990, the National Quilting Association (NQA) inaugurated an annual day to celebrate the art of quilt making.  The third Saturday of March has been designated as National Quilting Day.  March is widely known as National Crafting/Sewing Month.

The NQA has provided a free quilt pattern to celebrate the occasion.  This year the theme is “Celebrate America.” Many guilds and local quilt shops plan events, many of them supporting charitable organizations.

This event has grown to an International Event being celebrated as Worldwide Quilting Day!

So I invite you to join me and millions of others and celebrate Quilting – Visit a quilt show or quilt shop, get together with others and make a quilt, or just work at home on a quilty project!

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It’s been a while…

It’s been a busy month and a half.  After my trip to Williamsburg, I took a fall tearing my left rotator cuff.  This made doing almost anything difficult & painful.

In addition, during the month of February, what sewing I could do was on a project that I can’t share with you yet.  I’ve been testing blocks for future publication – sometime this Spring (Release Date: May 7th).  At that time I will be able to share with you the 13 Blocks that I tested and the Quilt I made using several of the tested blocks.  More on that later.  TestedBlockQuilt-Fabric2012-10-31

This is Monkey Around Fabric by Quilting Treasures. I used this fabric to make a cute quilt that is 69” x 83”.  This quilt had a deadline and I had to have it designed-pieced-quilted-binding on-label added and hanging sleeve attached and mailed out by the end of February.

In February, we went to Hampton Roads, Virginia, and attended the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.  We got to see some great quilts, check out the many vendors, and visit with Donna & Robert, owners of Fabric Café in Tyler, Tx.

The first week of March, I got two quilt kits from Donna to make for her to display in her Booth at Quilt Shows. One is a pattern that I’ve made before – Nine-Plus-One using Pink & Brown 9-Patch blocks teamed with one 8” Block. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The second top used some really cute jungle fabric matched with a zebra print.

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This is a new pattern for Donna, and I can’t show it to you until she issues it. Surprised smile

I am slowly getting back into my ‘regular’ sewing. I’ve got some pillowcases I want to make, some baby quilts for Quilting for Good and some UFO’s (Un-Finished Objects) that I need to complete.

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A Tutorial—Pillowcase a Simple Baby Quilt

A simple method of making a quick Baby Quilt uses the “Pillowcase” process.  This does not require the usual final step of Binding, and creates a Baby Quilt about 35” x 40”.  Make it even more simple, use a “Panel” fabric – Although, caution, some Panels are narrow, so check the size of the Panel.  If it is a little narrow, you may need to add borders on the right/left sides to extend it.

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