pumpkin pound cake....

yesterday was baking day, thought i would give this pumpkin pound cake a try.....very simple recipe the hardest part was finding the canned pumpkin, bought several love pumpkin desserts....
in a large bowl mix 2-1/2 cups sugar & 1 cup oil
add 3 eggs, beating well after each one
combine 3 cups flour, 2 tsps baking soda, 1 tsps each cinnamon & nutmeg, 1/2tsps salt, 1/4 tsps ground cloves
add this to sugar mixture alternating with a 15oz can of solid-pack pumpkin
pour into a well-greased tube pan
bake at 350' for 1 hr., mine needed about 5 extra minutes
cool, remove from pan & dust with powdered sugar
love the spice aroma now filling my home, very autumn....
enjoy your slice of cake....

made some changes....

made a few changes to the quilt from saturday's class, not sure now looking at the layout from post below, but this is how the blocks talked to me today and it's together so it's not coming apart....
i never know exactly how my quilts end till i'm done....enjoy your creative changes....

my day's work....

made these blocks today at Country Loft, quilt design Spirit by Country Sampler...block looks alot more difficult than it really is, quite simple that is if you can remember to cut the right size strips, which i did have difficulty with today so i have quite a few patched together nine patches "oh well" i love how it's turning out....have you noticed how square my blocks are, not my doing of course, our sweet talented instructor Catherine did these all for me, now if she would just move into my sewing room who knows what perfection i could achieve....

haPPy FaLL

today is the first day of fall, enjoying it.....

Pintrest....

put a new gadget on my sidebar, well i didn't exactly my hubby did it for me, ThaNKs SWeeTiE!
the new gadget is for you all to check out my latest obsession&addiction Pintrest Oh My GoSH what a concept and it's got me hooked line & sinker...
you name it you can see it there food, drinks, art, decorating, fashion,the cutest little animals you've ever seen, DIY ideas, etc., etc....
you can view without an account but you'll want one with lots of boards & oodles of pins....so go click on mine and check out the WonDerlaND of Pintrest....
enjoy and don't get so involved that you forget about me....but i'll understand totally....
cheri

new patterns....

new fall designs have been posted on http://www.quiltsbycheri.com and are available now just in case you want to stitch up some for fall decorating....enjoy cheri

Wool Pumpkins, November, Black Lovage and Acorn Quilts

baking day....

chocolate & peanut butter chip pretzel cookies recipe link in post below....

chocolate & peanut butter chip pretzel cookies find thie

find this yummy to your tummy recipe at http://sugarcooking.blogspot.com/2010/07/pretzel-cookies-with-chocolate-peanut.html
i'm sure there's lots of other delicious treats too....
enjoy cheri

knit along....

finished instuctions for four new fall quilt patterns yesterday, sending pictures to my website gal tonite should be posted in a few days so i decided last night to start knitting a cowl, someday the temperature will drop below 90' here....
making this up as i go, if you'd like to follow along i'm using size 13 needles and chunky yarn, plan on striping it and using different stitch patterns....
i cast on 37 stitches and am using the seed stitch for i'm not sure how many rows yet....
seed stitch is k1, p1 till last stitch k1....
next row p1, k1 till last stitch p1 continue repeating row 1 and 2....it's that easy....
enjoy your day cheri

decorating fo fall...

check out post below on how to...

pumpkins....

took a trip to Country Loft today saw these fabric pumpkins, would you believe it they're toliet paper rolls...went right home and made some up in like two seconds....
and now they're decorating my home...
wrap and tuck a fat quarter around a toliet paper roll, then roll up a fat eight and tuck in the top, i did add some berries to mine...if you want a tall one do i guess a half yard with a paper towel roll, didn't have an extra laying around...
fun & easy i like that...

Starbucks Lemon Loaf

my mistake i have a copy of the recipe and did not put down the correct site for the recipe (it's located at the bottom of the page, cheri, DUH!)

correct site for recipe http://recipecircus.com
not sure what's on www.topsecretrecipes.com but it's probably delicious....

Starbucks Lemon Loaf

tomorrow is thursday's quilt class so today is baking day, doesn't this look too luscious....my daughter got the recipe from topsecretrecipes now i want to check out what other great top secret recipes they have....took a nibble of this and trust me it's delicious....

quilting day....

although i may stink a little, not from lack of showering, it's the Aspercreme smell coming from my aching shoulders, but i did perservere and got these three new designs quilted today....now on to binding, washing, tea dyeing and they'll be done....
don't you just love the colors for autumn, so warm and homey....

new designs....

finally finished stitching this one last night, have a few more needing a stitch here & there....after morning errands hope to get some borders on so they're ready for quilting....
enjoy your monday, cheri

9.11.2001

a day of heroism, bravery and tragic loss....

september's primitive giveaway....

september's little cheddar quilt will now reside with Cat Haven Crafts...
enjoy both the quilt & Cheezits...
cheri
p.s. need your address when you get a chance...

now feeding the food....

my neighbor, who also has chickens, has gotten me started on raising meal worms to feed the chickens....all greg has to say is "now we're feeding the feed"....
all you need is bran, a few beetles, carrots, apples & paper, they do all the rest themselves....beetles lay eggs (caught a couple snuggling this morning, too cute!), eggs hatch into worms, then pupas and back into meal worms....
gave the girls a cup full this morning so ExCitEd! for this treat....
i do enjoy my little farm....
have a wonderful day....

what do you do....

when it's 100 degrees & no power....
sit in a lawn chair with your feet in the pool, stitch & hope the power comes back on before dark!
just a little life inconvience....

Fokart Gathering....

quilt top finished, instructions done for Block 7 available here http://www.quiltsbycheri.com
approximate finished size is 72" x 93".....
two pictures, one each for top and lower portion of quilt....

enjoy....

sweet and salty.....

my sweet hubby came back home yesterday and it was his birthday....we barbequed, went swimming and had ice cream sundaes for dessert, one of his favorites....made this fun pretzel treats for sundae toppers....
got the idea from http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/holiday-pretzel-treats
so easy to make and taste delicious...i staged this ice cream sundae photo the night before, things just get to crazy during the actual party time, so i had to eat it after photo shoot YuMMy!

september's primitive giveaway....

who wants a little cheddar....

september's quilt....

this is the little primitive quilt i put together for september...
enjoy

september's quilt sharing....

these are cutting sizes for block....
for half square triangles cut 2&3/8" squares, cut in half diagonally once....
squares are cut 2"....
center square is 1&1/2" and sashes are 1&1/2" x 3&1/2"....
i made four squares put them together with 2&1&2" sashing and a little nine patch....

what am i going to do now....

this big crumpled pile on my couch is the just finished, well the top anyway, Folkart Gathering....taking pictures tomorrow and drawing up pattern....
won't be quilted yet still deciding between doing it myself (as i only use monofilament thread when quilting) or sending it out to be done (as it is large and i'll keep putting it on the back burner) which to choose?
did a happy dance, i am quite the dancer, when i stitched that last & final stitch....
now what to do, relax, stitch on other projects?
hubby will be home in just two days....oh my gosh!!!! still much to accomplish, stitch, stitch, stitch cheri