Dough Goodies!

I have been busy creating today :)
I pulled out an old book I had from years ago.
It is a book titled "Dough Goodies" with decorator's recipes inside.
I had so much fun today!
I plan on making more items soon..perhaps give these items as gifts for the holidays coming up.
The recipe I used made all of these items pictured here...
The recipe is as follows:

Dough Recipe:
1 Cup Hot Water
1 1/2 Cup Flour
Egg Whites, stirred
1/2 Cup Rolled Oats
1 Cup Salt

Combine hot water and salt. Let stand for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add flour and oats. Work dough with hands, adding more flour if still sticky, until it is easily pliable.
Glaze with egg white
Bake in a 325 degree oven on greased cookie sheets (I used Pam spray)
Let cool. Spray with Crystal Clear Acrylic if desired.


Bagels:
One batch of dough makes about 5 bagels
Materials needed: poppy seeds
Roll dough into 3 1/2 inch balls. Press thumb into center to make a hole. Glaze with egg whites. Sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake for 2 hours or until completely hard...(I baked mine for about an hour!)

Cinnamon rolls:
One batch of dough makes about 8 cinnamon rolls.
Materials needed: ground cinnamon

Roll dough into a 3/4 inch by 12 inch snake shape. pinch one end of snake and wrap around, forming a roll. Dust top with cinnamon. Glaze top with egg whites. Bake approximately 1 hour or until hard.


****I put coarse SEA SALT onto the cinnamon rolls after I glazed them with egg whites :)

This is such a fun craft! Makes a nice gift when put in a basket with a big bow on top...looks pretty as a display on any kitchen table :)


enjoy!
Raggedystitches,

Picnik!

I love this photo editing place on the internet!
You can do so many wonderful things....
My daughter took this picture of me and my dear Peter Rabbit today..
I played around with the photo on this site and this is what I came up with. I just love it!

You too can edit your pictures!
Just click on this link:

Picnik

So much fun!

Raggedystitches,

Veterans Day

This is a very special day for Americans, honoring all veterans of our military. Those who have served to protect us, and continue to protect us so we may enjoy our freedom here in America.
My husband was in the United States Navy , and that is when I had first met him.
I was so proud to have dated a man that was in the military. I must say, he looked so handsome in his uniform too!
For all of the wonderful veterans, I thank you, for everything you are doing for me, my family and America,

As I went driving down the road with my daughter today we saw how the front of her school was decorated. My daughters social studies teacher had asked all the students to bring in American flags to his classroom...(I thought to decorate his classroom)...
I didn't know what he had planned! As we drove past the school, I couldn't believe my eyes! Her teacher had painted the big rock in front of the school with an American flag and he had put all the American flags that the students had brought in to him on the fence! He also put a note on the fence thanking all the Veterans.
We quickly went home to get our camera...we just had to get pictures of what her wonderful teacher had done. :)

Raggedystitches,

Cute Freebie!

I was looking around some sites on the internet this morning..visiting some sites that I love to see...
I came across a new freebie that I thought I would mention..just in case you didn't know about it! :)
Plum Pudding Needleart has a new freebie out for Fall of 2009.
It is called "Lookin' Like Fall" , and just so cute!

I just may have to stitch this one up myself soon :)
The link for this freebie is here:

FREEBIE


Wishing you all a wonderful day today.
The sun is shining here in NC, it is a bit chilly, but I LOVE the crisp air!
I already went out back to visit Peter Rabbit and gave him a nice big head of lettuce to eat.

I had a dream last night of a bird... a Dove. That must mean something special!
I have heard that doves are the symbols of peace and love. I know I have a lot of that in my life :)
I guess that is something good to dream about. :)


Blessings to you!
Raggedystitches,

My girl

My daughter dressed up as a pirate this year for Halloween. It did rain on and off that evening, but she did come home with a pretty good amount of candy from trick or treating. Lots of kids went out, even with the weather conditions, my husband said back at our house he had about 50 kids come to our door!

Raggedystitches,

All Saints Day

All Saints Day is a commemoration of All Holy Martyrs and all the apostles, confessors, and all the just and perfect servants of God whose bodies rest throughout the whole world.

In the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic Church made November 1st a church holiday to honor all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year. This feast day is called "All Saints Day". As part of this day of obligation, followers are required to attend church and try not to do any servile work. Eastern churches celebrate it on the first day of Pentecost.

All Saints Day is the modern name of what was once called in older English "All Hallows Day". Hallows was a word that referred to the Saints; they were the "hallowed ones", in the same sense that we say "Hallowed be Thy name" in the Lord's prayer.

More information and wonderful reading about this very special day can be found at:
All Saints Day

Raggedystitches,

Happy Halloween!

My husband carved the pumpkin last night. I roasted the seeds in the oven.
Our daughter is so excited to go out for candy tonight!
I have always loved Halloween...looks like it might rain a little bit though. I sure hope not! Hope you all have lots of fun today :)

Raggedystitches,

Pigs!

My daughter is reading a book for school by Robert Peck, "A day no pigs would die".
Her teacher is having the class do many projects that would go along with this book.
Posters, power point presentations, oral reports...(the list never ends!)
And also, a model was to be made of a pig.
A brochure is due on Monday about the life of a Butcher, she managed to get that done tonight. She finished the Powerpoint project tonight also, that will be due on Wednesday next week. I am glad, was worried she wouldn't have fun on Halloween tomorrow.
I was impressed how my daughter knew so much about powerpoint!
The pig is adorable. We will package him up in a tidy little box to be shipped off to school on Monday.
I never knew that American Yorkshire Pigs were actually white in color, not pink!
But, they do have a pink hue to them....
The movie "Babe" Featured an American Yorkshire pig.
They are quite cute :)

Raggedystitches,

Memories of Halloween Past

When my children were little, I always made sure they had a wonderful Halloween costume to wear for that special day of trick-or-treating.
They were always excited about something new each year, may it have been a particular television show, or perhaps a certain doll they loved.
I would venture out to the closest fabric store each year in search of that perfect pattern to sew up..
I would always get so excited doing this! This was one of the great joys in my life of being a Mom, doing all these wonderful things for my children.
Two costumes that remain vividly in my mind that I do remember my children wearing were My Son's Power Ranger Costume, and my Daughter's Raggedy Ann costume (Raggedy Ann of course!) :)
I know I could have chosen to purchase a store bought costume, but I wanted to put love into making costumes for them!
They looked so cute in their outfits...oh how I wish that I could turn time back and go back for just one more day of them being little again.
I miss those days so much!
My daughter still would like to dress up this year..but she wanted a store bought outfit this year...
I am happy for all the years I was able to sew for my children while they were little!
I love Halloween, one of my favorite times..I guess because I love candy so much..I waited this year to buy the candy till this week..thinking it would last, was I wrong!
Looks like I will be going back to the store for some more..
One of my favorites are Mary Janes!

I remember living in NY and the neighbors would get together and have fun chasing each other with shaving cream. We used to have so much fun! We would be covered with shaving cream and we didn't even recognize each other.
Lots of memories and fun times.


Wishing you all many happy memories this Halloween!
Raggedystitches,

Church Picnic Today

Although it is raining, the church picnic is still on for today.
My daughter and I volunteered to help set up last night in
the hall of the church. I made my homemade picnic pasta salad, as everyone is bringing a side dish...there will be a wonderful BBQ'd lunch. Games for the kids too.
Our daughter will be volunteering at the pumpkin patch.
Although it is raining, I am sure it will still turn out to be a nice day!
My pasta salad is a pretty simple recipe...
just click on the link for our recipe blog if interested. It will bring you right over to our recipe blog..perhaps there might be something else there that might intrigue you while visiting!:)
2 stitching sisters recipe blog


Raggedystitches,

King and Queen!

Found this funny little place on the internet where you can yearbook yourself!
You can also make funny little pictures by adding yourself into the photos..

this is one of them I came up with..used me and my husbands photo, and placed our son as the driver of the car!

too funny!

here is the site if you want to make your own

Yearbookyourself!

Raggedystitches,

Baking Today :)

I spent the day baking today. It was so chilly outside, so it was the perfect day to stay inside and bake! Oh, the smells were wonderful filling up the house.
I made five small loaves of pumpkin bread, and I made a wonderful recipe of Raspberry Streusel Muffins! This was the first time I have ever made such a wonderful treat from scratch. They came out delicious! I did get the recipe from Allrecipes.com, but I had to change it a little bit..added more milk to the recipe to make the batter more smooth.
This recipe is a keeper for sure. :)
If you would like the recipe, pop on over to me and my sister's blog for the details!
click on the link:
2stitchinsistersrecipeblog

*** I have already edited the recipe with my changes on our recipe blog to reflect the way I baked these muffins, no need to change it! :)

Happy Baking and Raggedystitches,

Lap Quilt Finished!

I am so happy, my lap quilt is finally finished!
I am looking forward to the weekend. Need to go pick out a pumpkin with our daughter, and then do volunteer work with our church at a nursing home.
It is going to be a great weekend ahead!

Raggedystitches,

Floss Bobbins

I had such a nice day today. I spent the whole day with my wonderful husband.
We went out to a lovely lunch at an Italian cafe. It was so nice to spend the time just the two of us!
The weather is so beautiful outside now. I just love the chill in the air! The leaves are already starting to fall from some of the trees. I wonder if we will get enough snow this winter to build a snowman. I so love building them with my daughter.

I have seen some pretty bobbins on other blogs and wanted to try making some myself.
I have done so, and am quite pleased with the results. I have used fabric scraps and adhered the fabric onto cardboard bobbins with Steam -A- Seam and ironing.
It worked out well. After adhering the fabric to the bobbins, I then trimmed around the bobbins and then used a hole punch to punch the hole, then laced with ribbon.
So pretty!

Hoping you had a beautiful Sunday today,
Blessings to you my friends!
Raggedystitches,

Lap Quilt

I have taken out my unfinished lap quilt. I added the two borders to it today. I have actually begun the quilting process too.
I have decided to machine quilt (although I love hand quilting also), with simple stitching inside the squares.
There is still plenty more to do, piecing the strips for the binding ..etc...
The colors are so pretty, soft greens, and rose colors.
A little at a time, looking forward to the end result :)

Raggedystitches,

Alphabet With Hare!

A REAL "HARE" that is! :)
I just finished this design up today.
This is a design by La D Da called "Alphabet with Hare"
It is stitched on 25 count cream Lugana with DMC threads.
I seem to enjoy stitching charts with alphabets and houses..didn't really notice this till my daughter brought it to my attention!
Of course, I always love charts with little bunnies in them too..if I can find a chart with a combination, that's a plus for me :)

Mr. Peter Rabbit was quite the handsome fellow and posed for us with my finished needlework..he really didn't seem to mind..
we rewarded him with some crunchy carrots.

Now I must go through my stash and see what I will plan on for my next project!
:)

Raggedystitches,

Surprises for me!

The mailman just rang the doorbell....
I received a box from my friend Jackie!
She sent me some special gifts while she was traveling.
She knows I like to collect thimbles, and she picked up the sweetest thimble and little bell for me. The thimble is from Slovenija.
...then, peeking out of the box was the cutest ladybug. I just love ladybugs too!
The ladybug is also from Slovenija and is a little bank. Now I can save my money in this sweet little lady for my future stash ;)

Thank you so much Jackie!

Comfort Caps

I have been busy sewing.
I have been making comfort caps for a friend of a friend.
Another person who has found out she has breast cancer :(
I wanted to do something special for her, and thought this might help just a little bit.
I like to sew and thought I would put my machine to some use again.
I have found a great pattern here
Comfort Cap and Instructions

If you click on that link, the instructions and download are at the bottom of that page.

They really are quite simple, and the caps can be made up really fast too.

I decided to make three of them.
You should use a knit type fabric. I used Tshirts from Michaels craft store.
(psst!, they are going on sale this weekend, starting Sunday October 4th - Two Tshirts for Five Dollars!)


I cut one part of the pattern out of the front of the Tshirt, and the other part of the pattern out of the back of the Tshirt.
I purchased an Xtra Large Tshirt for an adult sized comfort cap.

I found the breast cancer ribbon pin at the register while I was checking out.


I do hope someday, someone will find a cure for cancer and that eventually no one will ever have to endure this terrible illness. It takes away too many loved ones, many of them much too young.

Raggedystitches,

Out and About

Went on a picture hunt today in my yard...
found some neat opportunities!
Thought I would share :) (Click on photos for larger pictures)











Raggedystitches,

Quaker

This is a design by Carriage House Samplings.It is called Quaker House Samplers.
I have changed it up quite a bit. I wanted a more colorful design, and now that it is!
I added some teeny heart buttons, and have decided to make each seperate motif monochrome in color. No particular pattern of colors, just looked in my stash and picked out some bright pretty colors that I liked. :)
I added my families initials to this piece. I really wished that the chart had come with a graph for the initials that are supposed to be over 1, but it did not. So I just backstitched initials.


I have been "junkin" again! I took a trip over to my local Goodwill. I just LOVE that place! I could spend hours upon hours there. You meet the nicest people, and you can find the neatest treasures. As I look at the many items there, I often wonder why people get rid of certain items. I came across a book titled "Grandmother's book"..it is I believe a book that is supposed to be handed down to a Granddaughter. There were generations of names written in it, and little notes or memories written in it also.As I looked through it, It was hard to believe someone might send this onto goodwill..to me, it would be such a treasure.

I moved onto probably my favorite spot at goodwill, my treasure trove I call it! lol
The area where all the dishes and pots are....I am always on the hunt for corningware! Don't ask me why, I barely use the stuff, and I don't have any room left in my kitchen cabinets!. LOL!!
I just love it, I have a passion for owning it, collecting it. I don't have much of it, I just love the older pieces. It is fun to hunt for it too. :)
Lo and behold! To my surprise, I found a piece yesterday. A very small piece, but still there was one piece of corningware. Probably the size you can use for a dip for chips. The design is one that I have some of at home. It has vegetables on the side of it. It was in perfect shape, and only 2 dollars!
Then, I found a set of three mixing bowls that were so pretty also, they aren't corningware, but I just had to get them. I was surprised someone had also left them there. They look like my good dishes called Blue Danube. I also have a thing for anything Blue and White!
They are in perfect condition.
So pretty!
I also picked up a pretty glass bowl.

I can't wait till my next trip back to Goodwill!, But, this time I will also be bringing my own bag to drop off of things I don't need anymore. :)



Raggedystitches,