It’s Day Four — our last day — of our At Home Sewing Retreat! The other days have went great and we actually accomplished a lot! In the past few days we made a couple blocks that we taught each other, my daughter almost finished her petticoat while my other daughter is getting quite good…
Our Spring At Home Sewing Retreat – Day Three
It’s Day Three of our At Home Sewing Retreat! Day Two went great and we got a lot done! Yesterday we made a Disappearing 9 Patch Block and I started my quilt top. My girls worked on their own projects – ‘H’ began working on a petticoat and ‘L’ is working on different blocks including…
Our Spring At Home Sewing Retreat – Day Two – Making a Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt Block
It’s Day Two of our At Home Sewing Retreat! Day One went great and we actually accomplished a lot! Yesterday we made a square in a square exploding quilt block and my daughter finished her lap blanket quilt top and my other daughter worked on an assortment of blocks. Today we will be working on…
Our Spring At Home Sewing Retreat – Day One – Making a Square in a Square Exploding Block
It’s Day One of our At Home Sewing Retreat! We have been watching a few ladies going to different sewing retreats over the past few months, travelling, buying an assortment of fabric, sewing different blocks, getting gifts from each other and sharing that with everyone. We can’t go anywhere to attend a retreat, so what…
Cast Iron Cornbread
We love cornbread! It’s a great accompaniment to spicy chili and a variety of other meals. It’s simple to prepare and great, especially if you’re low on flour. Settlers learned different ways to use maize (ground corn) in recipes from various Indigenous tribes. They experimented with ground corn and created cornbread which is bread-like and…
Raspberry-Blueberry White Chocolate Scones
These delicious scones are soft and flaky and filled with raspberries, blueberries and white chocolate. They make a great breakfast, snack or dessert or an accompaniment to a tea party, and go great with a cup of tea or coffee. It is thought that scones (derived from Scottish “bannock”), originated in Scotland in the early…
Sourdough Cheese Biscuits
Our sourdough starter is doing exceptionally well! This morning when I took the cloth off, the starter grew wonderfully! It was half way up the bowl, fluffy looking and oh so bubbly. I gave it a stir and you could just watch all the bubbles rising to the surface, popping, which makes this a very…
Cinnamon Raisin Sourdough English Muffins
I have a lot of sourdough starter, and we love homemade english muffins, so what better way to use up the excess starter (or discard), than to make delicious cinnamon raisin sourdough english muffins!! These cinnamon raisin sourdough english muffins have a light cinnamon flavor, crisp outside and fluffy middle, and are dotted with raisins…
