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Project Quilting Season 14
Project 14.6 Conquer a Fear I am not afraid of sea turtles, but apparently, I am afraid of following a complicated bag pattern. I saw this cute Annie’s pattern and thought it would be easy. I purchased and downloaded it … Continue reading
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Project Quilting 14.3
54-40 or Fight Block Due February 4 at noon. This is my Green Comet miniquilt. Once again, I am too close to the finish line! My goal for the next challenge is to finish sooner and use the web page … Continue reading
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Project Quilting 14.2 Pink Tint
The Prompt for Project Quilting 14/2 was Pink Tint. My first thought was to pull out all my pink fabrics and make a pink string quilt in an X and O design. Why this quilt? My Quilting Group, Ladies of … Continue reading
Project Quilting
Project Quilting is a challenge that Kim Lapacek of Persimon Dreams sponsors. I have participated in past years, often only finishing one project. This year (2023) I am excited to try again. My goals for the challenges are To finish … Continue reading
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Baked Fudge Pudding
This is another family favorite from the good ladies of St. John’s Guild in West Bend Wisconsin. This is a gooey rich baked pudding cake which makes its own chocolatey sauce. We ate this warm with vanilla ice cream. Step … Continue reading
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“Our Favorite Recipes” for German Potato Salad
One of my mother’s oldest and most favorite cookbooks is written by the Ladies of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church in West Bend Wisconsin in 1949 and is titled “Our Favorite Recipes”. This cookbook cost $1.50 and 15 cents for … Continue reading
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Pork Stew (Ragout de Porc)
This stew was a great favorite of my brother Joe. I believe my parents often substituted saurkraut for the red cabbage. The recipe comes from a cookbook my father labeled as his favorite- The Ethnic Epicure published by the Wauwatosa … Continue reading
Swedish Apricot Nut Bread
This is another great recipe from Mimi Sheraton’s great Christmas cookbook, “Visions of Sugarplums”. I have made this bread (which is more like a blonde fruit cake) almost every year for 25 years. I regularly double the recipe. The cake … Continue reading
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Bornmueller Butter Drops
Making Butter Drops are a beloved Bornmueller Christmas tradition. The original recipe comes from the Butter flavor Crisco Cookbook. These cookies taste a little like a chocolate chip cookie without the chips. Yum. The Chocolate coating provides a custom chocolate … Continue reading
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