June Mtg 2014-Bowtie Pasta

Our mtg last month was hosted by Maurene. After exchanging pizza boxes, we had show and tell:

Jeanie showed this tumbler quilt she made using the AccuQuilt.

Lenette made these onesies!

Back of the boy's onesie.

Cindy made this quilt for the young women at girl's camp to tie.

Lenette made these knitted booties from an online pattern called "MaryJanes"

Lenette found the pattern for this wool/felt coin purse in McCall 

Cindy's husband's mother's aunt made this beautiful quilt. Cindy quilted it. The dogwoods are all hand appliqued.

Corrie made this picnic quilt. She used denim for the center and the sashing.

Diane embroidered these kitchen towels for wedding gifts. She used a stabilizer on the back.

Diane's daughter, Nancy made this bag using fabric and duct tape. She used a tutorial on Youtube.

Nancy made this quilt called "Spin Cycle".  After sewing the binding on, she used the method of gluing it in place, then machine sewed it down. 

Susan made this star table topper.

Susan made this scrappy Christmas quilt.

Susan made this quilt from a quilt kit from Quilt Expressions.

Susan made this wool embroidery wall hanging.

Sherry S. made this scrappy tie quilt.

Robin made this daisy quilt for her granddaughter. There's also a matching pillow sham below.

Maurene made this scrappy Christmas quilt from a pattern and kit at Quilt Expressions. Rachel machine quilted it.

Sherry S. made this armrest sewing caddy.

Beautiful quilt made by Maurene.

                   

Nancy made this "Tinker Tote" bag from craftsy.com. She said there are lots of classes and be sure to watch for 1/2 off deals for the classes.

LUNCH

Bowtie Pasta Salad

1 lb. broccoli

1/2 c. mayo

1/2 c. plain Greek yogurt

3 packets Stevia

1/3 c. red onion, diced

1/3 c. red wine vinegar

1 tsp. sea salt

2 c. seedless red grapes

6 bacon strips, cooked

1/4 c. chopped pecans

    Preheat oven to 350˚. Bake pecans for about 6 min, stirring. Cut broccoli florets from stems and separate into small pieces. Whick together mayo, yogurt, stevia, red onion, vinegar, salt and toss with broccoli, hot cooked pasta and grapes. Stir to coat. Add bacon and pecans just before serving.

Maurene explained a method for finishing off binding, to have the two ends join in a very nice manner. She also provided a hand out containing the instructions for this method.

Thank you, Maurene. The luncheon was wonderful and eating outside was so enjoyable.

See you all in July. Our meeting will be held at Jeanie's.

April 2014 Quiche/ Green Salad/ Fresh Chive Butter Baguette/ Parfaits

Our meeting last month was at Nancy's. Thank you for hosting and providing a wonderful lunch, too. We started with a guest speaker, Anna Hasting from Stitch N Snip in Garden Valley, Idaho. She spoke about using minky and cuddle fabrics. She showed these pillow cases and taggy blankets. She also brought a great handout for the care of minky, cutting and sewing with minky.

Several of us were able to purchase a Taggy Blanket kit to get experience working with Minky.

Anna showed several examples of quilt top and blankets using minky. Minky can be mixed with cottons and flannels. To manage the minky, she strongly advised the use of clips or pins.

Show and Tell

Corrie's camping quilt. She used Seaside fabric line.

Corrie made these vinyl bags

Jeanie made this table quilt using a baby quilt pattern.

Jeanie also made this quilt top called "Books on a Shelf". She found the pattern in a magazine and used all scraps.

Maurene made this from a layer cake, a gift from her son for Mother's Day. There is purple minky on the back.

Maurene's quilt

Monica made this Christmas quilt. Her mother found the squares at a garage sale. They were old and yellowed. Monica cleaned the blocks and stabilized the embroidery with interfacing.

Sherry brought a blast from the past. This is her snowman quilt which several members of the group also made some years back.

Back of snowman quilt.

Caren made these applique wall hangings and submitted them in the fair.

Darla made some more flannel quilts to donate to Good Sam. She used the Serpentine stitch to quilt the whole cloth baby quilts.

Darla also made these cute hats to donate. These are made with the round hoops and soft yarn.

Jeri made this tied quilt (her husband likes tied quilts best) She also made the matching pillow cases.

Nancy showed this completed quilt, which was started a long time ago. She made the blocks 12 years ago and added sashing to make a table topper.

This is Nancy's daughter's wedding quilt using 30's reproduction fabrics. It's the Churn Dash block.

Emily's mom, Julia Farmer, made this baby quilt for a new granddaughter.

Julia also made this quilt as a thank you gift for cousins when she attended a funeral in Florida and stayed at their house.

LUNCH

Southwestern Quiche

3 partially baked 9 inch pie crusts

1 onion, chopped, sautéed till golden

Two 4 oz cans diced green chiles

3 C diced ham

8 oz. shredded sharp cheddar

8 oz shredded pepper jack

4 C  milk

2 C cream

6 eggs

3 egg yolks

1 ½ tsp salt

1 ½  tsp chili powder

Spread onions and chiles in baked pie shell.  Layer on diced ham and shredded cheeses.   Combine milk, cream, eggs, yolks, salt, and chili powder.  Set shells in preheated 375 degree oven.  Pour liquid mixture equally in pie shells, stopping ½ inch before top of crust. 

Bake 32-38 minutes, until middle is soft, but set.  Serve quiche at room temperature.

Trifle Parfaits

Layer berries, angel food (or pound) cake, custard.  Repeat.  Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of toasted almonds.

Homemade Custard

2 cups whole milk

2 cups heavy cream 

1 vanilla pod, split lengthwise and scraped 

6 egg yolks 

6 ounces granulated sugar (by weight, almost a cup by volume) 

2 tablespoons cornstarch 

Directions: 

Place milk, cream and vanilla pod/seeds into a saucepan and bring to a boil. 

In a large bowl, whisk the yolks with the sugar and cornstarch until smooth and pale. 

Pour the boiled cream/milk/vanilla mixture over the egg yolks, trickling at first, whisking all the time to temper the eggs. 

Return the mix to the saucepan (some people think you should rinse it first), then cook over a gentle heat, whisking or stirring with a wooden spoon until it thickens sufficiently to coat the back of a spoon. Do not boil your custard – it will split. If it looks suspiciously curdle-y, lift it off the heat and whisk firmly. 

Pass through a fine sieve and cool thoroughly in the fridge. Make sure to cover with wax paper or plastic wrap right on top of custard.

THANK YOU, NANCY.