A Busy Day

Laundry, muffins, washed kitchen floor, bed made, embroidery transfers worked on – all this before 10:30 yesterday morning! That is what happens when you wake up early for the 2nd or 3rd day in a row.  I guess by 7:30 I thought why am I sitting around at the computer in my robe instead of just getting busy for the day.

So let’s start with the muffins – Banana Chocolate Chip Walnut I like to have a muffin along with a carton of yogurt for breakfast sometimes.

6 Tablespoons butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 or 3 very ripe bananas
3 large eggs
1/2 cup almond milk (what I had use what you want)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Makes 1 1/2 dozen, set oven to 350, bake 20 minutes.  Cream butter and bananas, add eggs beat until well blended.  I pretty much just dump everything else in except the chips and nuts, beat well, stir in in the chips and nuts.

Lots of you asked more about this portable lamp I have – you can find it at several places pick the place that is best for you – Google the name “super bright portable LED Lamp” and places will pop up.  It takes several batteries and you can plug it into your computer also.

I have more of the embroidery transfers done – I do not just stand around and trace these all day, I do one or two depending on size and then go do something else then go back to it – I think I have two large ones to still do and one medium size and then I’m done.  What I really like about my DIY light box is it can all come apart quickly – the books back on the shelf, the plexiglass stands behind the cutting table with an extra cutting mat – totally out of the way – the books around the side and front give it stability so that I can lean my arm on it if I have to. For me that is easier than trying to use the window.  I am linking to A Quilting Readers Garden today and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

I am of course making them larger than needed so I can fit them in an embroidery hoop and so that I can square them up to the size needed when I am done – I am thinking of basting the edges under to keep from fraying too much – I might do them on the machine with a big stitch.

I saw some labels that Kathi at  Design Orginals had ordered from an etsy shop a month or so ago and decided to order some for myself – I just am terrible about making labels – I really like these and I got 15 of them.  Mountain Street Arts etsy shop.

Fold in half and sew into your binding area.

Room to add a little bit more info if you need to like the name of a designer or something with a fabric pen.

Blue Jays came yesterday to visit in the cold weather – I believe we have had 5 days in the 20’s to very low 30’s now and at night around 18 degrees or so – today Friday we are expecting more ice/sleet/snow before it suddenly warms up to have a thunderstorm possibly on Saturday – strange weather!

Our daughter came over for lunch yesterday and we got caught up with each other and caught up on Downton Abbey then she helped me get some firewood up to the porch before we have our rain or whatever weather today and Saturday – It was cold outside but so nice and sunny we both enjoyed the work with the sun shining on us.  Mike was working longer hours yesterday and I wanted to get the firewood up to the porch before the sun went down so didn’t wait for his help.  It would be harder to get the wood up to the porch in wet weather – the snow and ice on the ground now is getting pretty soft so it wasn’t hard walking back and forth from the wood pile.

I got all of the threads buried in Ciera’s quilt so now I need to figure out what to use for the binding – I don’t have any of the fabric left that I used in it  – although I will check the scrap box to see – I think I am just going to have to look on the shelves and see what I have that will work out.  More hexies got hand sewed last night to the Diamonds are Forever quilt but I didn’t think to take a photo and really it didn’t change all that much!