Cold Feet Quilter

We had our friends Mindy, John & their 3 girls, Lindsey, Christy & Hope, plus Kyle (Lindsey's partner) & Pete , (my orthopedic surgeon & Mindy's boss), & his girl Lilly all up for dinner tonight. Dinner was exceptionally good. I wish I'd taken food pictures, but I was too busy cooking! We had Pear Salad, Turduckin (a deboned chicken, inside a deboned duck, all inside a deboned turkey). It had a rice stuffing that I actually liked! Normally I don't like stuffing's. On the side made carrots with caramelized onions, a hint of maple syrup, & fresh Thyme & Dill, & red potatoes mashed with roast garlic, butter & sour cream. No diet food in this meal.

Dessert was something I'd never tried before & I loved it. It was so easy to make. Lilly, said it reminded her of something they have back home. Below is what was left of the 2nd pie.

I got it from a Gooseberry Patch cookbook, "Christmas Pantry" It is called Crazy Quit Pie, & was submitted by Anne Tufo from Heath, Texas. I think it is the easiest pie I've ever made.

2 c. milk 1c. sugar

4 eggs 1stick butter

1/2c. all purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt

1c. flaked coconut 1tsp. vanilla extract

Place all the ingredients into a blender (don't try a food processor it isn't tall enough, believe me!). Turn the blender on at medium speed for 10 seconds. Pour into a 9 inch deep dish pie pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes. The flour forms a cake-like crust, & the center is like a creamy custard. The coconut floated mostly to the top. It was soooo EASY! & Yummy too!

Broccoli is getting anxious for Christmas.
"When can I play with my new toys " he asks.

After dinner we did a Chinese auction, ornament exchange, & played a game. We did a lot of laughing,( I did lot of coughing triggered by laughter) & had a good time.

This was the package I put my ornament in. The holly came from my friend Kathy in Michigan.

The box was one of those tins that come in the mail from AOL. I glued brown paper on it, & painted it with white acrylic paint, & some Xpandaprint & Perl-ex for texture. Inside was this snowflake that I made with Glow-in-the-dark fabric & thread. The string is Austrian crystals, (the red ribbon is a different ornament behind).

It has Timtex inside. I started by cutting the snowflake design out of a Wash-away paper from YLI. I Fused the fabric front & back to the Timtex. I glue stick-ed the paper snowflake on top then straight stitched the design around the paper. Next I cut out the 3 layers of fabric-Timtex-fabric with an Exacto knife. then finished all the edges with a zig-zag stitch. Oh, & I did some tiny free-motion quilting all over it to get good glow-in-the-dark coverage from the thread.

Warren got this little ornament which will be perfect in his bar,

& I got this ball painted by Kyle. It was like destiny, since I have dragon-flies all over my studio.

My bronchitis is better, I don't feel sick like I did earlier in the week. Now it's just a cough, & nose nose is starting to run . Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm sure I'll be fine! Happy holidays, & happy Hanukkah Ilene & Stu! Spin a dradle for me! Love to you all!