Yummy donuts

I finished quilting my friend Carolyn's quilt. She had me sew the binding as well. This is a moda bakeshop pattern. It's called Flower Patch by Kathryn Ludowese.  I used an all over Paisley design. This would be great for a layer cake.

Last night our women's group ( Relief Society ) had a weeknight activity. Making Donuts was our primary goal. We had a great teacher, and she made it seem so easy. I think I could do it now. It was a great story of how she decided to learn to make them. Her son had served a two year mission in Seoul Korea. His mission President was Elder Ringwald, the son in law of Russell M. Nelson. And it was a tradition in the Nelson family, that when the men went to general conference, the women in the family would make donuts.  When the men came back they would sit and eat the donuts and talk about all they had done. So, in keeping with that tradition, all the missionaries in Korea had homemade donuts for general conference. The missionary loved it and told his Mom, and she decided to learn how to make them. And then we benefited from this tradition. I love stories that remind us how small the world really is when we are part of the family of God.

A little mixing...

A little cutting...

A little raising...

A little frying.......

A Whole lot of yummy. They were soooo yummy!

We also had a knitting class for those who are doing the Knit the sky KAL

and, we made itsy bitsy spiders for the littles. Although, in a rare moment of weakness, I might eat the sucker.

Fun fun fun

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Sauder rug hooking week

Our trip to Rug hooking week in Archbold Ohio was so interesting. I went thinking I was going to enjoy the vendors and the displays, but found learning was so much more fun. This display was a hoot. There was nothing politically correct about this rug artist.

James and Mercedes Hutchinson were husband and wife who commissioned rugs for a period of 20 years 1920s to 1950s. They designed the rugs together.

One of their rugs is for sale for 4800.00  or this one for 6875.00

I wonder if this was displayed in their home, just how lively was their  Thanksgiving family dinner.

I had occasion to want this rug for my own. enough said.
Every rug in the collection was so unique, but the colors and design were consistent.

This was an exceptionally hooked rug. The details were amazing.

 

On our way home, there was a storm and then this...

Everything should end with a rainbow..

She works with her hands

This is one of those projects that has an "are you kidding me" story. It, of course, has the usual, and not too unique, story of "I found it, I lost it, I found it again, repeat". But, oh well, when it chose to be found, I would get something done on it before it would take flight on another adventure. 
The last time I found it, it needed the (36)  sheepy legs and the grass. I wasn't too keen to do the legs, so I procrastinated for a long time. I tried a few motivational tricks, including bribery to move it to completion. After all, it was sooo close. Nothing was successful for over a year. And then, the sun came out and the angels sang, and I did the sheepy legs and grass. Oh bliss...
As I started to remove the transfereeze from the words, I noticed I had missed one of the letters, it was not stitched. What? There was no floss in the box, and it had been so long since I had worked on it, I had no memory of what I had used.  I took it everywhere with me to try and match it. It was a variegated not black not brown color. sigh.... I was in a lather.
Then, in an incredible moment of clarity, I realized that it is a primitive stitchery, not heirloom, not precise, not perfect. I purchased a close to matching floss, spent five minutes stitching it, and then, finally, it was done. A tweak of my nose, and it was framed. And I bet, in a picture, you can not see any difference. Silly me.

 I do remember the pattern called for a very expensive piece of antique linen. I found a linen shirt at goodwill and antiqued it myself.

 Luckily, the zucchinni pickles were not as challenging.

glass craft failure

I found this great glass art thing at Goodwill, and since I wanted to try the glass tinting, I had seen on the internet, I bought it. The gluing had already been done for me. After some research, I realized the common glass tinting, that involved modge podge and paint, was not waterproof. And I wanted it for my garden, rain or shine.

 I used American glass enamels paint by decoart. I used Rubbing alcohol to clean the glass, and applied the paint to dry glass.

It seemed a little bubbily ( probably not a word). I wasn't sure if I needed to smooth it all out or that it would melt itself smooth. I did a little of both to see. I let it air dry for 48 hours. I placed it in a not preheated oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
IT did not become smooth. It was good enough for me, until I had the great idea to test it in water.

Oh sadness. It was not waterproof.

So I have a wonderful splash of color in my garden, until I don't.