A Winner and Pie!

Coconut Dream pie and a winner. Up and at it this fine Saturday morning. Getting things done here before the heat index rises to another hot one, 95 today, 100 tomorrow! 

I've already put Cleo to work this morning, she chose a name for the cute Annie pillow drawing... that would be you Debbie (WoolenSails)! Please email your address Debbie so that we can send your

little pillow off to you! 

Last weekend I made this wonderful dessert for Fathers Day and have been meaning to post the recipe.

Hubby says it was my best ever dessert and I have to admit it was really very delicious!

COCONUT DREAM PIE

Crust: 1 Cup Flour, 1/2 Cup softened butter, 2 Tbs Sugar, 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans

Mix and pat into bottom of deep dish pie plate, bake 350 degrees 15-20 minutes.

2nd Layer: 8 ounces Cream Cheese softened, 1 Cup Powdered Sugar, 

1 Cup Cool Whip from 8 ounce container.

Beat together cream cheese and sugar, fold in topping. Spread on top of cooled crust.

3rd Layer: 1 small pkg Coconut Cream Instant Pudding, 1-1/2 Cup Whole Milk

Mix until thickened. Spread over cream cheese mixture. 

Top with remaining Cool Whip.

Toast 1 Cup Coconut, sprinkle on top. Refrigerate and enjoy!

Next I am heading up stairs to choose wool felt colors for my next project. There will be some felting in store for the afternoon, then the fun part begins, cutting my shapes out and sewing!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Happy Birthday Cleo!!

OMG... it's Cleo's Birthday week! How can my fur child be twelve already!

Like some people I know, I won't mention names, Cleo likes to celebrate her special day all week long.

Today she had tuna for lunch, now that is a real treat as she is on a special dry food diet. You should of heard her come galloping down the stairs when she heard the can opener lol. Now I have to top that tomorrow... such pressure!

In honor of Cleos Birthday I am giving away an "Annie" pillow stitched with love by me. Annie is stitched from the October stitchery and very cute indeed. My cute dollies are not included, they are just waving hi! If you would like a chance to win this sweet pillow leave a comment. Cleo will draw a name on Saturday after she has her cake! 

I hope you are staying nice and cool where ever you are. It is 95 degrees here in Kansas, I suppose summer is here to stay! Enjoy your week! 

Bye Bye Florida!

Hello... I'm back! Catching up on all those things that pile up while you are away. Hubby, our son Jon and I flew to Florida last week to visit Grandpa, my father in law. Grandpa is 90 years old, hard to believe that isn't it! He sure has been blessed with incredibly great genes.

You can tell your'e in Florida when you see lots of these.

And the coconut people :)

Mid week the 3 of us drove south to Saddlebrook Golf Resort to meet my sister who retired in Florida

recently. Saddlebrook was a nice half way spot just north of Tampa for us to spend a little time and catch up. Love it here! The view outside our suite, so lush with tropical vegetation.

Don't see much of this in the midwest.

Dozens of Egrets were nested in the trees. 

Hubby and I, Sissy and her hubby. The boys golfed and we girls pool sided it. 

The mens US soccer team was staying here also... hubba hubba hubba!

Me and our son Jon. 

We had a nice visit, caught up all all there was to catch up on for awhile. Played cards at night, lots of laughs, a wonderful buffet breakfast before heading back to Grandpas for the duration of our stay.
The only disappointment during our week was the weather. It rained 4 days.. and I mean poured! So
much for returning with a nice tan! I did however finish a stitchery, and the books I had on my nook. The boys played shuffleboard, pool and bowled. Dinners out and more cards at night, we kept busy.
And now I am happy and content to be home, I truly think that is what a good vacation gives you, happiness to continue on with your daily routine.

Pattern winners and Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all of you. We have been pretty low key here, just the two of us hanging out, puttering around the house catching up on chores. So today Hubby and I decided to take a little day trip and visit an Amish town in Jamesport Missouri. 

But 1st of all I wanted to announce winner names from my pattern give away! Hubby drew names a few minutes ago and they are.... Angelsister 1951 for the "Sum Sum Summertime" and "My Happy Garden" patterns AND Colleen for the "My Cute Kitty" and Christmas Tea Towel Set. Ladies if you will email your addresses to me I will get those in the mail to you. Thank you everyone for your very kind comments, I wish you all could have won! 

Back to Jamesport, a nice little drive about 90 minutes north of Kansas City. If you have visited Amish country before I know you have seen this sign.

Because they drive these! And what a pretty day it was for a drive, by car or buggy.

We stopped at the Amish Quilt/Christian Book/ furniture store. Not a huge fabric selection, but many beautiful handmade quilts were for sale. And the furniture was stunning.

They had these really cool bird houses out front, as you can see the birdies really seem to like them.

Down town Jamesport has several antique stores, gift stores, bakeries, and temptations for tourists. 

We were hungry by now and had lunch at the Gingerich Dutch Pantry. They have a buffet and I was sorely tempted to have some of that meatloaf but we opted for BLTs... and they were the best BLTs... on home made bread of course. We had room left over to share a slice of Rhubarb/strawberry pie alamode which was yum also! 

We spent quite a bit of time in the Farmhouse Collection store. Wonderful gift store jam packed with

goodies all displayed beautifully. The owner was very gracious in allowing me to take some pictures. 

I'm a sucker for roosters!

I thought this spoon rack was pretty neat, have no place for it otherwise it may have come home with me. They are also candle makers and have hundreds of jar candles. Hubby and I got giddy from sniffing them all while trying to choose our favorite to bring home. 

Before returning home I also bought fudge at the Ice cream store:) 

All in all a very nice weekend. And now I'm ready to put my feet up and watch the 

"Bachelorette" with Cleo! 

End of Market and 2 more patterns!

A few last pictures from Quilt Market. Michael Miller Fabrics always has the most spectacular booth.

Is this display not amazing showcasing their new circus line of fabric! I love elephants, when I was a little girl I had a much loved stuffed elephant named Ellie who went everywhere with me :)

These two darling ladies strolled the floor decked out in this fabric line, how cute is that!

From the back.

This fabric booth had the most adorable chair covers.

Two more patterns I presented at Market were: "My Cute Kitty". Easy piecing and fusible applique,

this quilt is fast and fun to make. All of the print fabrics used on my model are from the "Orchid Gray" collection by Michael Miller Fabrics. An assortment of other solids complete the quilt. 

And "A Christmas Sampler" Four embroidery designs to stitch up for the holidays.

Should you like to win these two patterns leave a comment and Cleo will draw a name on Monday! 

Wishing you a happy Memorial Day weekend!

And while I was away....

I just found this cute post and Market picture of my boys at http://www.bearpatchquilting.blogspot.com/2012/05/international-quilt-market-day-2.html
Scroll on down to the last picture, had to share :)

International Quilt Market Kansas City!

Wow, I can't believe Quilt Market came and went so fast! What a wonderful show and time we had.

Gather your rolling totes and bags, lots of walking and booths to see. From designers to fabric companies, notions and any and everthing sewing, it's all here at Market.

My booth was directly across from Moda United Notions. It was hard being surrounded by so much eye candy. Moda designers Minick and Simpson sat across the aisle all three days promoting their beautiful new fabric line and patterns. Laurie gave me a mini charm pack from their new line "Independence Trail", gorgeous! Beautiful and fun displays abound everywhere you turn.

Here I am in my booth chatting with two very nice shop owners.

Faces float by of bloggers and Facebook friends. I was super excited to finally meet my on line friends Kelly Ann of Kelly Ann's Quilting and her friend Melisa Morisson of Sweet Home Quilt Co. I also met Sharon and her hubby from Daisy Cottage Quilting but didn't get her picture :( such nice people, so fun!

Day 2 my Son Jon came to help for a little while. Look how happy he is

to be around all these quilters :) 

And Kelly Ann returned with a cute gifty for me, a sweet little Hello Kitty bag, purrrfect for the beach this summer. What a doll she is! 

My next door neighbor was Sandy Klop of American Jane fame. Here we are in her booth surrounded by all her beautiful new quilts showcasing her new fabric line, such a nice lady.

And here are 2 of my new patterns! "My Happy Garden", love this wall hanging. Four sweet designs that make me smile. Fusible applique and easy piecing, this pattern is fast and fun. My model used pretty border fabrics from the "Early Birds" collection by Jane Sassaman for Free Spirit Fabrics. Various solids and polka dot prints complete the quilt. I love how the black background makes those solids pop.

 "Sum Sum Summertime" is a cute little table runner for summer. Whimsical bugs have dimensional wings to flutter by with! My model uses bold and bright Kaffe Fasset prints for the border and bug wings. An assortment of other fabrics complete the runner.

Leave a comment for a chance to win both patterns. Drawing will be on SaturdayAnd now I had best get caught up on a zillion things after goofing off for so long.More Market pics to follow this weekend along with 2 more new patterns to give away.Have a great week!