Behold the talent of my little family.

First swing

First foods

Rowan's first ball

Cooking: Root Vegetable Stew with Herbed Dumplings

Cleaned up, cleaned out, and rearranged

Make no mistake

Irish steel-cut oatmeal cannot be used as a substitute for quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats.


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1/6/10

Christmas aftermath. So much to do, returns, exchanges, mending, and prep for baby!

So much better than delivery: Homemade pizza!

Made with Cento pizza sauce, Jimmy's Spicy Italian Sausage, and Mitch's Basic Pizza Dough

Love this: Mounted Bookshelf

From 16th Workshop

Happy New Year

From the New York Times, "Brooklyn-Style" Hoppin' John

Highly recommend

Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in Lifetime's Golden Globe-nominated Georgia O'Keefe

1/1/10

Morning, new year...


Flannel-backed satin borders for Rowan's Christmas quilt...

Getting better with the camera

New use! Old thing!

Discovered today that a traditional bone folder is brilliant at parting seams as a guide during the ironing of a quilt top!

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Looking up: Muscovado Sugar

Muscovado sugar
Similar to dark brown but less refined...

Called for in a recipe from Bobby Flay for pork tenderloin with a rum molasses glaze

Pattern Design

Google

Reading about pattern design, simple continuous pattern instructions for Illustrator

Loving Spoonflower to be able to test new designs on your own fabric, and their tutorial on making designs with leaves

Post-It Note Portrait