12 posts tagged “place mats”
When I took this picture of a single dandelion yesterday, I knew the ants where there, but I couldn't see the stamens. when I was editing, and looked at it and wondered what in the world all those brown curly things were. I printed it at 6 x 8, and it is amazing. I would love to see it at 8 x 10. I may have to order one from Snapfish.
I listed these raggy knit place mats on Etsy last night. I ate too much bread yesterday; didn't feel up to doing very much. Did get a lot of computer work done.
I think I finally caught up with all my vox neighbors. Sorry if I missed you. After awhile, I couldn't remember which days I had read and which days I had missed.
I had a lot of fun with these place mats. I made them by cutting strips of fabric about 3/8 inch wide. Each new strip is just tied on to the end of the last strip. The knotted ends are an important part of the design. Each row is knitted, so the pattern is easy. I tryed to make complete rows of each color without leaving all the knots at the edges. Some of the strips were only four or five inches long, and some were long enough to go all the way across. The colors are mostly pastels, with just a few brights and darks for contrast.
Two of my fancy iris are blooming this morning. Need to go take a few pictures! Later.
No new pictures today, so I'll share a recipe instead. Don't really know what I did today, except take a nap this afternoon. I did work on my raggy knitted place mats a little bit, but I don't really have anything else to show that I was alive today! I did get some pictures sent to Snapfish and two sets of prints ordered, and some of the pictures deleted from my computer. That doesn't sound like much, but as slow as my computer is, it takes time to do that sort of thing. I did add some more pictures to my last Etsy listing, and I edited another listing. I had added a border of one of the lovies I had made, so I added a new set of pictures. I did do some work on the counted cross stitch project I have up here by the computer, and solved another Sudoku puzzle.
Here's my recipe for the day. I found it by doing a recipe search on Google, but it is from Cooks.com. I tried it several weeks ago because I wanted to make these cookies from camp this summer and I didn't have a recipe. It is for No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. They are really easy to make, and absolutely impossible to stop eating!
NO BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES
from Cook's.com
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups rolled oats
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix first four ingredients in large heavy bottom saucepan and bring to a boil.
Cook for three minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat.
Add the vanilla, peanut butter, and oats; mix well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper.
Cool until firm.
Makes about 4 dozen small cookies.
Wow! Everyone in the neighborhood has been busy! Sorry I haven't gotten around to making comments to everyone.
I finished this set of four special order place mats yesterday. I tried posting last night but I was having issues with my computer. This close-up shows the patchwork appliques and the rag quilted "border". I made another pot holder last night, but don't have pictures of it yet. It rained most of the day yesterday, so it really limited my picture taking. I would like to experiment with taking pictures in the rain, but it was windy and cold.
Today we went down to our son's house to hold babies. All three of the kids have a virus of some sort, and were happiest when someone was holding them. Hard for one person to do!
I put three appliqued patchwork hearts on this set because there are three people in the family who ordered them. I did the quilted of the strips by machine this time. I wanted to have them finished by Sunday.
I need to do a lot of paper work in the morning. I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow afternoon. Have some other errands I need to take care of, too.
I took one photograph that I can use in this week's Photo Quest. I have an idea for another one, if the weather will cooperate. I would like to walk down to the lake about dark. I want to see if I can get a picture of the moon reflected in the water. Need to check and see what time the moon rises this time of year. I know it isn't very big right now. A full moon would be cool.
I did do some more work on my camp menus yesterday. I have all the menus done, unless I make some changes. Now I have to figure out how much food to order. That is the hard part!
I must get to work on the other little dress. My daughter will be here by this time next week. I need about 10 more hours in every day!
I didn't take any pictures today, so I'll share another one from Saturday. Here's my city baby at 10 months. He can take a few steps now, by still prefers to crawl on all fours. It has been a month since I had seen him, and he had completely forgotten who I was, but I knew he wouldn't remember me, so it was okay. I was busy helping with the other kids anyway, and taking pictures.
I worked on my strip pieced place mats again today. I should be able to finish them tomorrow. I did some house cleaning today and some laundry. Also planted some wild flower seed on a bare spot down by the lake. Hope at least some of them come up. It is awfully steep and rocky. I have some ground cover growing in a wagon. I may take some of it down there. It is supposed to rain again tomorrow.
My beets and beans still haven't come up in the garden. I may have to throw in the trowel and start over. It has been rather cool at night, so maybe the ground isn't warm enough yet.
I took a lot of shots yesterday, both at home and at the party. I'm going to submit four, so you may have to kick one out!
I wanted to explore some different angles for the pictures that I use to list my Country By Design items on Etsy. This one is taken from the back of the setting. The focus on the place mats isn't very good.
I was using a bird's nest that I found as one of my props. It isn't big enough to show up in the photos of the place mats, so I took this one of it by itself with rock "eggs".
I took lots of pictures of my grandkids yesterday. This is one of my favorites. I love the lighting. Maybe not exactly Vogue material, but ...
My youngest grandson was looking out the window watching the older kids playing. I shot this looking straight down on the top of his head. Guess you could say it's an ad for the curtains or the floor vent which is bent because they have to keep a fifteen pound weight on it to keep the kids from playing with it!
More pictures of my compostions of my place mats. This is a new set that I finished last night. I've never tried to take a picture from the back side before. I need more focus on the place mats instead of the candle.
The place mats show up better in this shot. Each one is strip pieced by machine and has three rag quilted appliqued hearts. This set has a dark blue "border".
I had to take a few more shots of the bird's nest. This one is more straight down from the top. Turning off the camera flash makes the colors brighter and not so washed out.
I started taking these pictures today to get one of the place mat that I knit with fabric strips, but I ended up just taking pictures of the bird's nest. I found it this morning on my way to the mail box. I had blown out of my of our trees. It must be from last year, because, if you look closely, you can see a piece of purple Easter grass has been carefully woven into the creation. All my Easter grass this year was green.
I haven't washed the place mat yet, so the ends will look a bit more raggy when I do that. I still have to make another one to finish the set.
I worked on my menus again this morning, too. I have the menus and order for breakfast for the week finished already.
My hubby went mushroom hunting yesterday. I didn't weigh or measure them, but I worked on them steadily from 5:00 til 9:00. He brought one batch in for me to get started on, then went back out. I cooked some, frozen some, ate some, and finally just washed and cleaned some and put them in plastic bags in the frig. I had them spread all over my kitchen table getting dried off a little bit. I took a picture, but you really can't even tell what they are! Bet you can guess what we are having for supper tonight!
Here's the picture of the bird's nest. I added the rock "eggs". The purple Easter grass goes all the way around the nest. I finally figured out how to turn the flash on my camera off. It is really easy; I just had never read how to do it in my book.
Tomorrow we are off the help three of our grandkids celebrate their birthdays. The youngest set of twins were one on April 26th and their big brother will turn three on May 10th. They are still young enough that mom and dad can get by with one party.
I'm working on another set of place mats with the homespun strips. I would like to get one set of two finished tonight. More pictures later, I promise! Have a great weekend, everyone!!
I'm trying to work on my compositions for my photographs for my Country By Design items on Etsy. The lighting wasn't very good. I may have to try moving the antique wash stand to a different wall. I do like the dark red background. The off-white paper is a print from a picture that my cousin made. Don't know if it should be in the picture or not.
I think I like this one with the candle better.
I had a busy day yesterday. Had a dentist appointment in the morning. Will have to go back to get a huge filling. I really need a crown, but can't afford it.
We spent the rest of the day at our son's house working on his fence. He is making a white picket fence with short wide boards. I didn't have to paint, but I wish I had a nickel for every board I moved yesterday. I had to line them up and get them ready to be painted, then move them out of the way after they got dry. When I got caught up, I helped entertain the kids. After Stephen got home from work, I started moving boards out to the fence so he could nail and screw them in place. We got the long straight stretch behind his house finished about dark last night. It was almost 9:00 when we got home. I checked my email and fell into bed. I'll take a picture on Saturday. It really looks nice.
Here's the place mats that I started on last week. I was in the kitchen most of yesterday afternoon. I made blueberry muffins, no bake chocolate cookies, and stir-fry. Then I finished these place mats. The homespun strips are pieced to a piece of Warm and Natural batting. Then I added a muslin backing before rag quilted the quilted patchwork hearts. Then I hand quilted the strips before adding the rag quilted "border". The reverse side looks nice, too. Take a look on Etsy.
I spent most of today trying to get my computer running again. My hard drive was so full that it wouldn't run any programs or let me load pictures, or anything. I did finish one of the little dresses I was making for the twins. I'll post a picture tomorrow. I also got out my menus that I am planning for camp. Last year I volunteered to spend a week helping in the kitchen at a camp for kids with cancer. I will need to get the food ordered in a couple of weeks. Camp is the first week of June.
We are supposed to get frost tonight. I moved most of my plants back inside already. Still have one planter to go. I have little radishes in the garden, but a little frost won't hurt them.
It was cool this morning, and a bit windy, but not bad. We lucked out again yesterday - no bad storms. We did get some more rain, and the biggest hail I've seen in a long time, but it didn't last long. The strangest thing was the two barn swallows who came up during the hail and were hanging onto the screens on our porch. My camera was too far away for me to get a picture.
Went to do some shopping this morning. Stopped by our sons house to wish his twins a happy first birthday, but they were taking a nap, so we took his almost 3 year old shopping with us. He was very good; we had to stop six different places. At Wal-Mart, he sat on the bench at the front of the store with "pa-pa". I wanted to buy some more flannel and batting a Wal-Mart, but the fabric department lady wasn't there the first time I went by, and by the time I came back, the sub lady was swamped and upset about the whole deal, so I just put my stuff back on the shelf.
I started working on a set of place mats yesterday that are multi-media, but I think they are going to be nice. I strip pieced homespun onto a batting base, stitched on a backing around the edges, machine appliqued patchwork hearts, then hand quilted along the strips. The final touch is a rag quilted "border". I have one finished, and about half of the strips sewn down on the second one.
I've started another project. I like to have something up here by my computer because it is so slow. I was cleaning off my sewing table one day and found a couple of counted cross stitch projects from who knows when, so I'm working on one of them. I know they aren't very creative, but I like the fact that they are square and perfect!
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