Archive for December, 2009

Homemade soft pretzels

Vacation has been good to me.  I’ve had lots of time to bake cookies, cakes, and most recently, these delicious homemade soft pretzels. Some of you may know that I adore soft pretzels.  I started my affair when living in Germany, where every bakery would sell them fresh and delicious.  It’s also a welcome treat [...]

Posted by robyn on December 30th, 2009 under cooking, crafts | 8 Comments »

Finished Hope Valley Quilt

I finished the Hope Valley quilt I was working on, and it’s been successfully gifted to its recipient for Christmas!  I managed to use a bit of each of my fat quarters from the entire line, plus a bunch of stash solids and other patterns in similar colorways.  I ended up using ivory sashing and [...]

Posted by robyn on December 28th, 2009 under crafts, sewing | 19 Comments »

Quilt in Progress (or, Ode to Freezer Paper)

I mustered up the courage to cut into my new fat quarter pack!  In fact, I’ve managed to leave myself mostly with scraps left over, after working hard to create some blocks for a new quilt.  Above are a bunch of pieces that will become blocks over the next few hours… if my back holds [...]

Posted by robyn on December 22nd, 2009 under crafts | 2 Comments »

Branches Bag

I don’t know if you find this to be true, but it seems it’s nearly impossible to find cheery women’s clothing in the winter.  All sweaters (long-sleeved, of course – none of this short-sleeved sweater nonsense that goes on in stores right now) are nothing but dark and boring colors.  Ryan makes fun of me [...]

Posted by robyn on December 21st, 2009 under crafts | 7 Comments »

Banjo Snowmeter

It snowed last night.  The first real snow of the winter here. How much? The Banjo Snowmeter says:  Belly high and still snowing. Perfect day to build a fire in the wood stove, hole up in the craft room, and try my hand at the Oh, Fransson’s Map of the States block tutorial with my [...]

Posted by robyn on December 20th, 2009 under banjo, random | 1 Comment »

Hope Valley!

Well hello there!  It’s been a while since I’ve had much craftiness to share, but I’m now officially on vacation from work for a couple of weeks, and I am crossing my fingers that the desire to hunker back down in the craft room returns with a vengeance.  I’ve just not been feeling it lately [...]

Posted by robyn on December 13th, 2009 under crafts | 8 Comments »

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