Saturday, June 26, 2010

Dear Jane Triangles

by Karen on June 26, 2010

in Dear Jane - "Insanity Revisited"

I have all of my quilting things packed for the road – the only project that I am working on this week is hand quilting the Christmas quilt. I really do not have anything else handy to work on.  I just did not feel like quilting this afternoon and felt more like piecing.  I thought what the heck why not get started on the triangles, after all I know I will not want to quilt all week.  First I cut out the 56 needed plain triangles from the butter cream batik fabric and got done with that.  It was so hot outside and I didn’t feel like being out there so I thought why not start piecing the triangles.  I got done with two of them! (48 needed)

here are two - I believe this is the left side from the bottom of the border row. I have them just sitting on my table with the plain triangles next to them so you can see how it will look. The red batik will be the red scallops.

The triangle are 8 inches tall at the center point by 5 inches wide (with seam allowance) at the bottom and about a half inch wide at the top of them.

I would have worked on my Star Crazy quilt but I am caught up on that.  Instructions for July doesn’t come out until the 1st of the month.  We had planned to leave on the 1st but now have decided on the 2nd due to needing reservations as it will be so close to 4th of July.  Would rather have the reservations and know we will not have to look hard for a place to camp the first night.  We picked out a place in Missouri for the first night and then we have 2 nights in Southeastern Nebraska for over the weekend.

I have not decided what to do next on the Little Brown Bird quilt of which I really need to stop referring to it as that because I have decided to use only 4 blocks from that quilt and design something totally different – so right now I guess it will be “the quilt with no name” (sounds like  a Clint Eastwood western movie!).  I will let you all know when I decide what to do with it.

I am doing well with getting all my quilts towards the finished point for what I started with this year.  At the end of the year I will have to look through all and go through my list and see what I finished/started.  I do not think I will finish the Dear Jane quilt this year but you can never tell maybe I will.  It just depends on all of these other things and if I loose interest once again, but by taking the 2 months travel time off from it maybe that will renew interest in it this fall.

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No-Bake Cheesecake Pie

by Karen on June 26, 2010

in Baking/cooking

I made this pie for Father’s Day and I was going to take a photo of it to go along with the recipe and I didn’t – but sure enough if you search on google you can find anything.  I had found this recipe in a magazine about 3 years ago and have made it several times – I need to make it more often – very easy!! Anyone can make it and it will turn out.  I found a photo of it on google. (CJ this is the recipe I told you about that you wanted)

White Chocolate No Bake Cheesecake Pie

1 cup vanilla or white chocolate chips
2 packages 8 oz each cream cheese – softened and cut in cubes
1 carton – 8oz. whipped topping like Cool Whip
1 graham cracker crust – or Chocolate Oreo Crust
1/3 cup English Toffee Chips – or Butter Brickle chips

In saucepan melt the chips, stir until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the cream cheese until very smooth.    Fold in the whipped topping and stir until all mixed.  Pour into the crust – refrigerate and before serving sprinkle the chips over the top.  Serves 6-8

(If you want to make it less calories and fat use the 1/3 less fat cream cheese and low fat Cool Whip – I did and tasted the same as regular)

the no bake pie - yummy - photo from a baking web site.

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