Out Lines

I finally got around to picking a stich and embroidering the bow. Picking the color was a little more tricky, looking at every color I have and not liking a single one. Hopeless. So I closed my eye and just grabbed.

Ta Da!

It looks red in the picture but its more of a weird tomato/orange coral color. If that makes any sense.   

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Citrus Lemongrass Chicken Wraps

So after all the fun and excitement of Easter with family and friends. Trying to give away or eat all the left overs, lamb I hope. :) I'm sure some of you are wondering, where's the booze? In order to kick back and relax, a two-for of recipes is here to rescue you. 

All Knotted Up

Once again I have found something to distract me from making aprons. Friendship bracelets were super cool when I was in grade school and now they're making a come back. These bracelets are pretty easy to make using embroidery floss and some times beads. I learned how to make them from a craft book and once you know the patterns you can do it any where.

Who wants one?!

Bowed Over

I got up the nerve to free hand something to embroider on an apron. Now I need to pick some stitches and colors to make it pretty.

Free Hand on Fabric

Traced onto Paper 

   

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Lamb

For Easter weekend I decided to pick two recipes. A traditional Easter biscuit and a pot roasted leg of lamb. I like lamb and wondered, why ham for Easter? Lamb is traditional meat, served by Christians, Jews and Greeks. Due to cost of lamb and intimidation of cooking it, the U.S. masses have used ham as the Easter meat. 
Rightfully so, in the early days of America meat was slaughtered in the fall. With no refrigeration the fresh pork that wasn't consumed during the winter months before Lent was cured for spring. By the time the curing process was done Easter was coming up. Thus it is a big reason why ham is the popular choice. Other than being able to feed a large family and still have useful left overs for more meals.


I feel like getting out of the ham rut this Easter. If your feeling up to it, try this lamb recipe.

Fabric Squared

I've had this urge to just sew stuff together. It wasn't very productive or pretty, not even useful. So I decide to try my hand at quilting, again. Using all of my new found scraps I'm going to make a bedspread. I'm about 8 squares into the project. I'm sure the avide quilter might not like my style for cutting out the triangles because its just a piece of card broad. I measured a square to the required dimensions then cut it in half. Makes it easy to use every bit of fabric for lots of triangles.   

This one is a little off in the middle LOL

Only 56 more square to go! LOL

Young Dog, Old Tricks

There are lots of things that I know a little about, from fixing a car to crocheting a baby blanket. Now that I've been sewing more I wanted to broaden my knowledge of all things needlework. On a trip to the local GoodWill, I found this wonderful book. Printed in 1983, this monster 504 page hardcover gives fantastic step by step illustrations. Plus lots of beginner projects to try out your new skills.      

Its got everything!

GoodWill is a great place to find new hobby books on the cheap. This book cost me $4 :)

Diamond in the Scraps

Well looky what I found in those niffty bags of scraps! Several half apron patterns with cute motifs. 

Jackpot!

Mellow Yellow

I'm really excited about this apron!! The solid yellow is an awesome change of pace from the floral aprons. I'm also starting to think of all the button and ribbon flower motifs for the next set of white aprons. 

Sunflower Buttons :)

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Hot & Spicy Pork Ribs

I was sitting around kinda hungry, thinking about grilled cheese sandwiches. Then standing in the kitchen trying to decide between that yummy sammie or a bowl of leafy greens, it hits me! I make aprons, people use them to cook but what are they cooking? Or better yet, what isn't cooking? So I decided to pick a delicious recipe to post every Friday. Which is just the ticket for a slowed down, home cooked meal.

Buttons into Flowers

I have a big tin of buttons where the idea sprang from, I started this before my vacation. I suppose its just in time for spring, the beautiful weather and great aprons.  

Cute as a button

Love the color on this one too.

Field of Dreams?

You know there is just something about the weird floral fabric laying around my house. How it got here, who bought it, why they bought it? Who knows? All part of the fun mystery that is the floral fabric. And the hits just keep coming!

Can't wait to see this as an apron.

Mystery Fabric

So I got a few large bags of scrap from my boyfriend's mom. She got it from who knows where, but the fun part is now I tons of scraps! I've sorted through it and found some great stuff. Just need to make something out of it.

Yep, my sewing corner is a mess.

   

P is for Purple

I don't remember when this little gem was finished, some time before my vacation. Its the last of the purple floral and the sixth apron so far.

Appliances in Pistachio

This old girl is the machine I learned how sew on and how my first apron was made. I diffidently got my stripes working with this machine, now my sewing technique looks pretty good on the new machine.  

Three Months Later.....

Well I feel pretty bad about not posting the last three months. So I'll give a recap and hopefully get back to business.