Sewing IS in session & MORE

From this....

to this...

and what is it  you ask?  It's my WIP and one of my Aug.  2013 Finish Challenges....Yes one because I have two items to finish before the end of August.....Nothing like pressure of making deadlines. You may come back on Monday and see exactly what this is going to be.... because....it is scheduled to be completed on Monday for the blog hop that stats today YIKES...Now I must get off of here and get sewing or it isn't going be be done and I don't want to meet up with the wrath of Madame Samm @ Sew We Quilt    that wouldn't be a pretty sight, or so I am told  (wink, wink)

Grab a cup of coffee and visit those in the hop today.  I guarantee you'll not be disappointed you hopped in. 

July 31

Just Let Me Quilt

Grandmama’s Stories

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Pumpkin Patch Quilter

Bumbleberry Stitches

Baas Amazing Adventures

The House on the Side of the Hill

Geta’s Quilting Studio

Felt Free Pa Asly

CLF by Nailaa

How Art You?

Rainbows. Bunnies. Cupcakes.

Busy Hands apron finish

 
I'm keeping myself busy with sewing these days...I just love my new machine that I got for Christmas.  After having this Janome I'll never again get a Singer, just saying.  My singer was a lemon for over 20 years.  I hated to sew it was that bad.

Just finished my busy hands aprons for the July challenge @ Hopeful Threads and the July 2013 Finishes challenge.  I made three of them...original plan was to make two one for my dad with dementia and for the challenge.  However, my daughter has been doing her CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) training the whole month of July and she was put on the alzheimer/dementia wing in her clinicals so I thought I'd make two to donate.  here are the final aprons ready to go in the mail.

Tomorrow starts the....

My day to post isn't til next Monday and I'm going to need every day of it.  There will be really cool items, guaranteed, on the hop so be sure to stop by and visit each hop daily.  

Sneak Peek....

Now don't that just put ya in the Christmas spirit.  get ready for some fun hopping. 

Up coming hop...

fabric Tuesday

Pizza Balls

PIZZA BALLS

Ingredients:

3 cans Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits (10 ct)
60 pepperoni slices (2 per biscuit)
Block of cheese (Colby/Monterey Jack or Chedder)
1 beaten egg
Parmesan Cheese
Italian Seasoning
Garlic Powder
1 jar pizza sauce

Directions:

Slice cheese into approx. 28 squares. Flatten each biscuit and stack pepperoni and cheese on top (Like in the picture) Gather edges of biscuit and secure on top of the roll. Line rolls in greased 9x13 pan Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Bake at 425 degrees F. for 18 to 20 mins. Serve with warm pizza sauce for dipping. ENJOY!!

Fresh-Picked Recipes

Whether you're shopping the market on Saturday morning or picking your own goodies from the garden, this is the best time of year for some of our favorite fruits and vegetables. This week, we're gathering your recipes for using the freshest ingredients you can find.

So tell us...

What are YOUR favorite FARMER'S MARKET recipes?
Share them below in our Recipe Round-Up!

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This cool and refreshing dish is part of our cookbook, Farmer's Market Favorites, and it's on SALE for half price now thru 7/30/2013!

Garden-Fresh Gazpacho
Patsy Johnson from Salem, Missouri, shared this recipe with us. She writes, "I learned how to make this when I was managing a hometown restaurant. It can be very addictive in the summer months!"

6 to 8 tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 T. fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 to 2 stalks celery, chopped
2 T. lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
4 c. tomato juice
4 drops hot pepper sauce
Optional: sour cream

Combine all ingredients except sour cream, if using, in a large lidded container or gallon-size Mason jar. Refrigerate until well chilled. Dollop servings with sour cream, if desired. Serves 12 to 15.
Click here for a printable version of this recipe.

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Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Harvest of Gold River North; New Edition edition (July 1, 2013) by Tessa Afshar
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

TESSA AFSHAR was voted "New Author of the Year" by the Family Fiction sponsored Reader's Choice Award 2011 for her novel Pearl in the Sand. She was born in Iran, and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. She moved to England where she survived boarding school for girls and fell in love with Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, before moving to the United States permanently. Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life forever. Tessa holds an MDiv from Yale University where she served as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School. She has spent the last thirteen years in full-time Christian work.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The scribe Sarah married Darius, and at times she feels as if she has married the Persian aristocracy, too. There is another point she did not count on in her marriage-Sarah has grown to love her husband. Sarah has wealth, property, honor, and power, but her husband's love still seems unattainable.

Although his mother was an Israelite, Darius remains skeptical that his Jewish wife is the right choice for him, particularly when she conspires with her cousin Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Ordered to assist in the effort, the couple begins a journey to the homeland of his mother's people. Will the road filled with danger, conflict, and surprising memories, help Darius to see the hand of God at work in his life-and even in his marriage?

A hidden message, treachery, opposition, and a God-given success, will lead to an unlikely bounty.

If you'd like to read the first chapter of Harvest of Gold, go HERE.

A sewing we did go....

a sewing we did go...high-ho the dairy-o a sewing we did go.  Here is what I got accomplished for July's FNSI....

 
worked on my busy hands apron

apron pieces cut out

ties, neck straps and pockets sown

One apron complete outer hems and neck strap and ties attached done ready to add the add-ons to keep hands busy.

Other two the attaching parts were started but not completed.  Stay tuned for finished project at end of month. Learn more about the busy hands apron challenge @ Hopeful Threads

I added a new sewing hop to my agenda yesterday too.  Be on the look out for....these sewing hops coming this fall.

midJuly link up

New BOM

Check out this new BOM going to be fun

Share Your Sweets!

Dessert is the happy ending that every meal deserves, and today, we're rounding up your very favorite treats. From chocolate to cherries, peanut butter to pound cake, gingersnaps to ganache, and tortes to trifles and truffles...share your BEST desserts in today's Recipe Round-Up!

So tell us...

What are YOUR favorite DESSERT recipes?
Share them below in our Recipe Round-Up!

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If there's one recipe that just tastes like summer, it's this cake. A must-have for picnics and potlucks, it's a slice of sunshine! You'll find it in our cookbook, 101 Homestyle Favorites.

Mandarin Orange Cake
Thanks to Nancy Likens of Wooster, Ohio, who shared this family-favorite recipe with us...it's a keeper!
18-1/2 oz. pkg. white cake mix
11-oz. can mandarin oranges,
    drained and juice reserved
3 egg whites
1/2 c. oil
2 8-oz. cans crushed pineapple
3-1/2 oz. pkg. instant vanilla
    pudding mix
8-oz. container frozen whipped
    topping, thawed
1 c. sweetened flaked coconut,
    divided
Combine cake mix, reserved juice, egg whites and oil. Blend with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, until creamy. Fold in oranges; pour into a greased and floured 13"x9" baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack to cool completely. Pour pineapple and its juice into a medium bowl; stir in pudding mix. Fold in whipped topping and 1/2 cup coconut. Mix well; chill while cake is cooling. Spread over top and sides; sprinkle with remaining coconut. Serve immediately or keep refrigerated. Serves 12.
Click here for a printable version of this recipe.

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