STAR STRUCK AND QUILT HAPPY !!!

 Well  Hello !!  I am star struck these days.  it's been a long time ,but I have been busy with various things.  I haven't had enough time to post ,but today I thought I've got to post something because if I wait to long I will have to many things to show ,so a little at a time.

 I have been working on some stars ..cutting and cutting and sewing and again cutting and some ironing in between. I keep pulling out more and more solids for a mix of pretty points that go around the center blocks which are some playful country scenes .

 And the second part of the title quilt happy  is because of this quilt that I had taken photos  while making and my son's used my camera and uploaded all of my photos on there computer ,I am just not going to bother to retrieve them on too new stuff I quilted this by hand using high loft you ask why? because it was free .. you see a friend of mine down the street which owns a clothing store, had bought it to use as snow for her window display , which she never did so she gave it to me... a big roll of it ,so lucky me .

 The pink rose is from a house coat that I cut up and used ,I love it in the corners , I just love to reuse fabric, I sometimes stare at the shirts that men wear walking passed my shop when I see pretty bright  colors , I really got to stop it though,it is a bad habit.

 I had taken a course in batik and we also did some stamping with leaves and I found this little scrap and stuck it in.

 This top I had made last year and finally got it quilted again by hand I used cotton batting.

And now I am quilting this little one with high loft batting ,as also the first one ,I am not really trying to make the stitches close together as long as they are evenly spaced . Well my friends I am going to do some quilting now,have a nice day and happy crafting and quilting.

CHOCO BAR

Hello to all my friends  I hope all of you are well and busy creating something beautiful . I have been busy with various projects and one of them  is an apron and chefs hat for my little friend which I am fond of ,and her name is Lucy .  Lucy's parents Yianni and  Gill have become good friends over the years ,which started years ago  when they first stopped by our shop for frame work ,Lucy takes karate lessons just down the street from our shop.

Lucy has a little in home shop which she has named CHOCO BAR

and her shop offers cocktails to guests and also makes waffles .  Her mom had mentioned to me about her little in home shop   ,I thought oh! how cute  I thought wouldn't it be cute to make an apron and chef s hat for her in the colors of her logo that she created.  I used fusible web to cut out the letters I had a thin corduroy fabric in my stash and it was perfect.  I ended up hand stitching the letters ,my needle gummed up when I tried to zig zag the letters by machine.

And here is Lucy wearing my creation ,isn't she cute? 

Lucy served us cocktails in her kitchen and I must say she makes perfect cocktails and the service was excellent .  

I hope you enjoyed this post about my friend Lucy ,I am happy how my project came out .  I wish all of you happy crafting and sewing  and a nice day.

FLEA MARKET SUNDAY

hello Friends and welcome,I was supposed to post this shortly after I took these photos and had gone to the Flea market ,but things got in the way.

Plenty of interesting items to look at I really liked this sewing machine ,but didn't wait for the vendor to pick it up and show it to me I was curious of the make,I was really in a hurry to look around for some treasures.

 
                                    
I tried real hard to sneak between the crowds to get some photos , plenty of stuff to look at.

                                   

My eyes just skimmed over the items to see of any interest, I do look for wooden dolls that I fancy ,for which I have a small collection.  I also look for milk glass , I have a few of them,not many .

Plenty of pretty shoes unworn most of them ,but I am not a shoe gal.

This the view from a distance ,it was a nice sunny day for December.

Before taking the train home ,I stop over here  to use the ladies room and to get some juice.

And now for my  finds ,this was a large piece and I just love the period print isn't it lovely I  couldn't pass it up.

I also found some brand new vintage hankies ,who knows some shop emptied all of there merchandise that never sold ,some shops keep there stuff for years.

This is a corduroy skirt that I don't plan on wearing ,it has the tags on in and the fabric is wow ! just love it.

This little treasure was folded right sides together and had strayed from a big pile and people were stepping on it . I am so happy my eyes caught it when I picked it up and opened it I gasped what a beautiful print I washed and ironed it and will probably just keep it or frame it as is.

And I also got some little stitchery ,whats a flea market without .

Here is some more of my loot.

some more pretties .

Love the hankies can't have enough,I plan on making a wall hanging with all vintage hankies , so I need a few.

Was able to find some pretty prints ,can't ever have enough right !!

And some beautiful vintage children's hankies I love the prints  on these.

Love the children playing cowboys and Indians.

And the bear family is super sweet.

And some small cuts of fabric ,I washed and didn't iron  in case you didn't notice.

I love this print kind of like a paisley .

Well I hope you enjoyed my little tour of the flea market I wish I could go more often .  Sometimes I am afraid to go because I might finds to many goodies and I can't resist ,lucky I don't have much time and I rarely go, now one of these day my friend Madelyn will meet me there wink wink !! Madelyn is Greek American like I and she and I had planned many times to meet down there ,but things just didn't pan out ,once it was to hot,once the trains were not running,once she had an obligation and on and on let's see one of these days.   I wish all of you a nice day and I am super sorry I haven't had time to reply to your lovely comments ,not that there were tons of them, Love you all and happy crafting and quilting.

SNOW COOKIES

Good morning to all my friends and a Happy New Year to all and wish to all the best for this new year.  I woke up the after Christmas  and decided I need to make some traditional Greek Christmas cookies they all called kourabiedes ,but my younger son couldn't pronounce it ,so we called them snow cookies and he loves them ,and I can remember him saying snow cookies in his little boy voice .

I blanched the almonds first by boiling for a min. so that they can be slipped off, them roasting them till they have a bit of color .

I melted the butter in order to skim it out leaving the salt ,they don't have unsalted butter in the stores. So that was a bit of work, I used 2 cups of butter.

Then I used my vintage measuring cup that I have since I was very young , one cup of powder sugar.

Beat with the butter.

Added 3 egg yolks ,it looks like 4 because one popped.

Then a couple of tbsp. of whiskey , and a bit of vanilla.

Then we grind the almonds on an old mill that I had found at the flea market years ago, which I happen to use one just like it when I was very young when my mom made cookies.

I then mix with about 7 cups of flour or until not sticky ,but still moist, and then knead it on the counter top and flatten to about half and inch or more.,I  use a small glass and make moon shapes.

Lined up and ready to bake.

And here they are all baked  ,about 20 min. cookie temp.

And here they are with the powder sugar on then ready to eat, I started writing this post before new years day. I wish all of you a Happy New Year ,I am sorry  I haven't replied to comments yet, I will very soon I promise.