I may not have been sewing much lately, but I have been knitting:
Awesome mitts for Jupiter, my roller-derby friend
Socks for my boy
Socks for me
And also crocheting:
Play foods
Random little bits of this and that.
Sometimes I wish sewing was as portable as knitting/crocheting. Maybe if it was, I'd get more of it done?
Fightin' Words mitts pattern here.
Socks: Paul Atwell socks in Gentry Grey, Cabled Ribbon socks in Black, Emily socks in Lipstick.
Play Foods: Slider (mini cheeseburger) and Peanut from Tasty Crochet, Fortune Cookie (modified) from Lion Brand, Raspberry from here.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
long time
Recently, I was reviewing my lists of finished objects, (I've been feeling a tad unproductive lately), and started to wonder when it was I last sewed something for myself.
Something to wear.
Turns out, it was last August; the brown butterfly print top that I made right before the road trip to Seattle.
That's a long time.
I know what I thought I'd make after that.
I'd started on it, and had to replace a piece due to a hole I made when the serger took over.
But that's long since been fixed, and still the shirt hangs there, next to the sewing machine, no further along than it was then.
I don't know, exactly, why I'm not spending much time at the sewing machine. Surely, I have unfinished objects by the dozen that I could choose from? All cut out, ready to put together? Maybe, it's just that none of them appeal to me lately?
Whatever the reason, I think it's high time I got myself back in there. There has to be something in there that would tickle my fancy, get me back in production mode. Something.
Something to wear.
Turns out, it was last August; the brown butterfly print top that I made right before the road trip to Seattle.
That's a long time.
I know what I thought I'd make after that.
I'd started on it, and had to replace a piece due to a hole I made when the serger took over.
But that's long since been fixed, and still the shirt hangs there, next to the sewing machine, no further along than it was then.
I don't know, exactly, why I'm not spending much time at the sewing machine. Surely, I have unfinished objects by the dozen that I could choose from? All cut out, ready to put together? Maybe, it's just that none of them appeal to me lately?
Whatever the reason, I think it's high time I got myself back in there. There has to be something in there that would tickle my fancy, get me back in production mode. Something.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
eggs in ham cups - yum!
I finally got around to actually making these!
They don't take long, and don't actually require much effort at all. But somehow, I just didn't get to them until today. And even today, it was my son encouraging me to make them that really got it done. Well, that, and a desire to eat them. (Recipe found here.)
They are very tasty. With or without cheese.
We used some swiss cheese, which we had only in pre-wrapped slices, so instead of sprinkling on grated, I waited until the eggs were almost done and placed a 1/4 slice on top of each one, and then let them continue to bake until the cheese was melted.
I will say, however, that maybe I should have used two slices of ham. It was fairly thinly sliced stuff, and many of the pieces had holes in them, which, for obvious reasons, is not good for this dish.
You can see on the lower left there how the white leaked out. In fact, most of them leaked a bit. So I'm thinking that if you used 2 pieces of ham, separated and stacked in together, the outer one might catch most of that leakage and save you the trouble of cleaning the tin. Mine is still soaking in the sink, waiting for me to attack it later. I did actually use some crisco to grease the cups, just in case, but it didn't keep the egg from sticking.
Major sad-face.
We loved how it's breakfast, without carbs*, that you can hold in your hand.
My family will be having these again. And soon.
*cheese does have some carbs, depending on what kind, how sharp, etc. But, I'm saying, hand-held breakfast with no toast, tortilla, bun, roll, bagel, or other breakfast-type carb vehicle. A win for diabetics and the gluten intolerant out there.
They don't take long, and don't actually require much effort at all. But somehow, I just didn't get to them until today. And even today, it was my son encouraging me to make them that really got it done. Well, that, and a desire to eat them. (Recipe found here.)
They are very tasty. With or without cheese.
We used some swiss cheese, which we had only in pre-wrapped slices, so instead of sprinkling on grated, I waited until the eggs were almost done and placed a 1/4 slice on top of each one, and then let them continue to bake until the cheese was melted.
I will say, however, that maybe I should have used two slices of ham. It was fairly thinly sliced stuff, and many of the pieces had holes in them, which, for obvious reasons, is not good for this dish.
You can see on the lower left there how the white leaked out. In fact, most of them leaked a bit. So I'm thinking that if you used 2 pieces of ham, separated and stacked in together, the outer one might catch most of that leakage and save you the trouble of cleaning the tin. Mine is still soaking in the sink, waiting for me to attack it later. I did actually use some crisco to grease the cups, just in case, but it didn't keep the egg from sticking.
Major sad-face.
We loved how it's breakfast, without carbs*, that you can hold in your hand.
My family will be having these again. And soon.
*cheese does have some carbs, depending on what kind, how sharp, etc. But, I'm saying, hand-held breakfast with no toast, tortilla, bun, roll, bagel, or other breakfast-type carb vehicle. A win for diabetics and the gluten intolerant out there.
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