Teigan

Not exactly sure why the look on picture 1.  Maybe cuz I asked her to smile.  The second picture was taken first and she saw the camera and said smile picture.  She was helping to put the tree up.

Here is a recipe that some of my family enjoy yearly at Christmas time.  I have never tried them but several of them LOVE them.  I found it years ago in a Country Woman Christmas hardback and my husband has made them ever since.

Snappy Horseradish Dill Pickles
1 jar (32 oz) whole dill pickles (we buy spears usually now)
1/3 cup prepared horseradish
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup cider vinegar
Drain and discard juice from pickles.  Slice pickles into spears and return to jar.  Add the horseradish. In a saucepan bring the sugar, water and vinegar to a boil.  Remove from the heat and cool slightly.  Pour over pickles.  Cool completely.  Cover jar and shake.  Refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight.
Yield: 1 quart

The first 2 are rug mats I made for Christmas.  Teigan help ironing with her iron.  The vest I made for Teigans Halloween costume.  Sheriff Callie.  Grandpa and Teigan with a kite and then Teigan helping dig peanuts.
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Miscellaneous and 2 quilt tops

Teigan gathering an egg right after the hen left the nest. With a baby chick that was hatched this past Fri./Sat.. Also her riding a horse today at a fall festival that we went to.  The 2 tops are for great nephews in Texas for Christmas.  Have one to do for a nephew here yet.  5 tops are done at a quitlers for the great nieces/nieces.  I will do the bindings.  Hope to pick them up this week and take 3 down.

Christmas 2016

This is a quilt top for one of my great nieces.  I will back it with a dark pink.  It has to be ironed and then pinned with the batting and all yet.  If you notice I messed up the purple corner blocks---should be on the green piece but.....I cut the green off and would have to block a piece of green in and then the purple so I think I am leaving it.  4 more of the jelly roll quilts to do and then 3 others for the boys.

Gifts from a Friend that I met thru the blogging world.....

 

Several years back we I started looking at blogs and started mine I met Cindy thru hers.  We have became friends and I received these 2 lovely items in the mail.  I LOVE the tote and it will be handy to take projects to work in so I work on them at lunch.  The sewing is outstanding on it....NICE big compartments in the middle and a huge zipper area.  LOVE IT!!!  She also did a very pretty notebook cover and it will go in my sewing room to list the projects I have made.

Teigans Furniture

 

Next summer HOPING (will see) to do Teigan a playhouse.  I picked up this 3 piece wicker set and kitchen table set at a little local store near me.  So I have the front room and kitchen.