Instant February Calendar

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Blueberry pie

• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cinnamon, and sprinkle over blueberries.
3. Line pie dish with one pie crust. Pour berry mixture into the crust, and dot with butter. Cut remaining pastry into 1/2 - 3/4 inch wide strips, and make lattice top. Crimp and flute edges.
4. Bake pie on lower shelf of oven for about 50 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.

Gold fish

Cutest tank for gold fish!

I need a little green in it. Too modern for my gold fish.

I'm keeping ideas of my gold fish design for a long time.

Then I found this link.

I got feeding fish gadget too. Click and drop foods, they eat!

Hope my Gold Fish design is successful!

I jointed and started pinterest, check it out.

Instant January Calendar

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Caramel Apple Jam

• 6 cups diced peeled apples (1/8 inch cubes)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon butter
• 1 (1.75 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

1. In a large kettle, combine the apples, water and butter. Cook and stir over low heat until apples are soft. Stir in pectin and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Add the sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg and return to a rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
2. Remove from the heat and skim off any foam. Ladle hot jam into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath.

A Happy New Year!

Japanese people celebrate the new year for three days. Called "Sanganichi". We used to prepare meals for the upcoming 3 days in advance. We would put good luck foods in box like shaped containers stacked into three layers. We would eat the same foods for the three days. It sounds pretty boring, doesn't it!!! haha, It sure was!

Today is the last day of celebration for the new year! Sorry I couldn't post the card on actual new years day, at least I got it up a few days later! (in "Sanganichi")

We came back from Vermont last night.
We already miss Vermont in many ways.

A Merry Christmas!

I used to hide Santa's presents from my son. It was a little hard.
I was wrapped different paper from my presents to him.
Put a glass of milk and chocolate cookies in front of the chimney.
A cookie had one bite on it.
It was my Christmas Eve's work.
I know no more Santa presents between us, but I'm expecting my Santa is coming.

We don't do Santa's presents anymore, but we do little surprise in our stockings.

Tomorrow night - Family party. I need to wrap all of them.
25th --- we are going to Skiing.

Exquisite Journey. Grafton Quilt Retreat!

Michele, Victoria and Hoodie's journey to Grafton.

Lunch at Brattleboro.

Jan's (Delectable Mountain Cloth) Christmas window display.

Look their faces, so realistic!
We could not meet with Jan. She was in NYC at the day! Sad!
Click here to my other post of Delectable Mountain Cloth.

More Christmas window display in Brattleboro.
Adam and Eve (They were naked - looks cold! ha) - Lamb as a star

I want to keep CAMPBELL SOUP ROBOT as my Santa Present!Frances and her doggies were waiting us to come!

First night at Frances's after dinner. We were at Frances work-shop house.
Starter was ice dyeing ! Girls prepared for dye powder!!!

What color is this?

Wait until tomorrow morning!

Second day's starter was checking ice dyeing fabrics.
"Look at this, Georges."We put all colors, Avocado, Indigo, Scarlet, Pink, Lemon,,,,,
But most of the fabrics were very greenish! We did not see Scarlet, Pink, Lemon,,,
But all ties got Scarlet, Pink, Lemon and blues.
Huuuum,,, we don't know why???

Then we moved upstairs and started The Executive's Journey projects.

Oops, I forgot to take pictures since I started the project.
It was not easy to decide my theme of Journey and technic for sawing.
Please go to Victoria's Blog! She posted most of the pictures from our second day.

These pictures are the last day of our retreat.
Three girls are broad member of The Alliance for American Quilts.
Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Michele Muska, Frances Holliday Alford. We were working on our own projects until the time was up!
Actually Frances was making something else in this picture.

Frances's Journey was on the wall.
She spent three weeks in Korea in October.
Can you see what was in her mind?
Korean pink was HOT. So we all use the HOT PINK into our journey.
Many Korean language were on her quilt.

Victoria rolled her work up, but she got ideas and went back to sewing again!Michele was working until the last minute!I worked in my favorite room!
I have a lot of homework. The models of our ice dyeing project.
Two Hoodies.
DaphnieDaisy

They slept with me one night, cuddle!
I forgot putting one more friend, Delilah.

P.S. Frances will invite two members to join our Exquisite Journey. It will be 6 panels for one. I can't wait our finish work!

Felting class by Michele Muska @ the ETSY Labs on DEC 5th.

We came early for setting and interview.

Michele and Brett had the meeting before shooting.
Michele showed all samples and how to use the machine.

• Bottom - Michele's felting quilt. The picture is on the box of Needlefelting Machines.
• Top - Felting on soft felt.Cut it stripe that can be a bracelet.
  

• Top - Dogie cloth was using Simplicity pattern.
• Middle - Felting on Silk Chiffon, Gorgeous!
  
• Bottom - Felting on the black felt and cut the based felt. It was cool looking.

Felting a large felt and cut it the shape like socks, ornaments, tree.
Any shape you want!
For Christmas ornaments. Even you can use it for a Christmas card.

Simplicity donated 6 Machines.
12 needle felting machine is powerful. Truly, I love this machine.
You can enjoy felting @ Etsy now.
Michele was a great teacher.

The needles were easy to break. It is not necessary 12 needles on the machine.
It can use any number of needles.
Santa Ornament, is this great?I couldn't do my projects much because I was dealing with broken needles.
Then needles were run out.
Hope I can make something from here!This camera was watching our fun time @ Etsy Labs. My friend Jennifer who are living in the same town where I live.
She is a writer and craftster.
Finally, she could make the night with me.
We can come here often to get fun!Check it out, The ETSY Blog

Three of us went to Eataly for our dinner. Well, well, well, We were so happy at there!!!!
We were "LA PIAZZA" Check it out!!!!!