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Proverbs 31Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471224966791696739noreply@blogger.comBlogger686125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-11150640442738419992013-05-17T12:13:00.001-04:002013-05-18T09:32:14.209-04:00New Blog!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-39813669235269210032013-05-13T12:08:00.000-04:002013-05-13T12:08:00.121-04:00Garden Inspiration: The Philadelphia Flower ShowWe're still working on the new blog and website! In the meantime....<br />
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Is the nice weather putting you in the mood to get outside and work in your garden? If so, I have some inspiration for you...<br />
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Waaayyyyy back in March, we visited the world famous <a href="http://theflowershow.com/">Philadelphia Flower Show</a>. Everything was so beautiful. It is amazing to think that all of the gardens and even buildings were constructed inside the convention center... you really feel like you are walking outdoors through garden after lovely garden.<br />
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This year the theme was English gardens. There were teapots, umbrellas, and Union Jacks everywhere! I loved it. <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I have to say that the <i>problem</i> with going to this show is that I come home with way more ideas than I have the time, money, and energy to implement in my own garden. There was inspiration everywhere! Oh, how I wanted to come home and start digging in the dirt immediately!</span></div>
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You can't celebrate Britain without Big Ben:</div>
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Or a tribute to the Beatles:</div>
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All kinds of English gardens were represented at the show. A formal garden:</div>
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A quaint cottage:</div>
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A royal garden gate:</div>
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Beatrix Potter's garden... perhaps she sat in a garden like this and </div>
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Jane Austen's garden:</div>
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One of my very favorite displays was this Cricket Club. (Remember- all of these displays were built inside the Convention Center building, were displayed for the 8 day show, and then had to be completely dismantled once again!)</div>
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Entrance to a "Secret Garden":</div>
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Another of my favorite displays was this simple collection of cloches, glass jars, and concrete containers holding all types of vegetation: potted flowers, cut greenery, vegetables, and succulents:<br />
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Harry Potter themed display:</div>
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So that is our tour of the Flower Show. This is just a small representation of what was shown there. Truly incredible and inspiring!</div>
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Now I must get out into my garden... While it's easy for me to have grand plans, it is usually all I can do to get my existing flower beds weeded and mulched... but it's nice to dream.</div>
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If you could have any kind of garden or outdoor feature (such as a fountain, fire pit, etc.) what would you choose? I have been telling my husband for years that I want him to build me a wood-burning pizza oven outside!! I'm still waiting!</div>
Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-49155741964286335292013-05-08T12:02:00.000-04:002013-05-08T12:02:00.045-04:00DIY Quick Broken Necklace FixWow! What an incredible response we had to <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/04/quiltmakers-100-blocks-volume-7-blog-hop.html">last week's blog hop</a>, sponsored by Quiltmaker Magazine! The winner of the free issue, chosen at random, was Lea from Indiana! Her copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 7 is on its way.<br />
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The <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/03/changes-are-coming.html">new website and blog</a> are almost done... please stick with me as we get it launched. I am hoping for next week... I'm not sure, but this may be the last post you see on this "old" blog!<br />
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In the meantime, I wanted to show you a really quick fix for costume jewelry chains. I always have fishing line in a couple of different weights in my craft cupboard. Because it's clear and very strong, I find it comes in handy for lots of stuff.... this week I found out that you can use it to fix jewelry!<br />
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My daughter had this inexpensive necklace that broke. And when I say inexpensive, I mean really <i>cheap</i>, like it cost just a few dollars at the accessory store at the mall. But she still liked it and wore it a lot.<br />
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The links were too small to try to fix with the pliers that I had at home. I removed the broken link. If you can't remove the broken link because it's too small, just leave it there. I took a piece of fine fishing line, several inches long, and threaded it into the 2 links.<br />
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I carefully tied it off, several times, being careful that the necklace chain stayed flat and didn't bunch up from pulling the fishing line too tight.<br />
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Then I threaded the fishing line up the necklace through several more of the links. You don't want to cut the fishing line off right at the knot because it may become untied later on.<br />
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After I had threaded both ends through the necklace chain, I cut off the excess fishing line.<br />
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Now obviously I don't recommend this fix for your good jewelry- but for cheap costume jewelry it really does the trick!Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-7923440526180214872013-05-02T12:07:00.000-04:002013-05-08T08:14:56.457-04:00Quilt Contest!!Recently we held a contest which benefited <a href="http://www.quiltsforkids.org/">Quilts for Kids</a>- an organization which distributes quilts, made by generous volunteers, to hospitalized and seriously ill children. They also distribute quilts to comfort children who are confronting tragedy, such recent Hurricane Sandy, the earthquake in Haiti, Tsunami in Japan, and the children of 9/11. Because I think this is such a wonderful organization, I designed a fabric line called Happy Town to benefit Quilts for Kids.<br />
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The great thing about the contest is that it helped children in 2 ways- my royalties from all of my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/HappyTownColorCardPDF.pdf">Happy Town fabric</a> sold went to Quilts for Kids, plus all of the quilts entered in the contest will be donated to children in need. <a href="http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/">Henry Glass Fabrics</a>, who manufactured the fabric, sponsored the contest and also made a donation to Quilts for Kids.<br />
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I met up recently with Linda Arye, Founding President of Quilts for Kids, and Harriet Clemens, Design Director for Henry Glass Fabrics, at the Quilts for Kids headquarters in Fairless Hills, PA. We took a tour of the offices, and got a look at all of the beautiful quilts entered in the contest!<br />
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Would you like to take a tour with me?? OK, here we go:<br />
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Linda (on the right) shows Harriet some of the many news articles and acknowledgements that the organization has received. On the left, you can see rows of tables which are used for monthly workshops. Volunteers can come and learn new techniques and make quilts to donate.</div>
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Nancy Lacey, Director of Operations, fields phone calls in her office.</div>
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Volunteers spend countless hours making quilts from the kits Cindi cuts at Headquarters.</div>
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Linda and Harriet look at some of the fabric that is donated by corporate sponsors and individuals. Quilts for Kids also uses monetary donations to purchase fabric for quilts.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Every day, Quilts for Kids receives quilts from generous quilters all around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Stacks of quilts waiting to go to their "kids"!!!</span></div>
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Linda hangs some of the quilt contest entries.</div>
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Would you like to see some of the beautiful quilts entered in the contest? Prepare to be inspired...</div>
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Dana Followwell of Texas</div>
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Sally Cottrell of North Carolina </div>
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Honorable Mention (winner of a box of Henry Glass fabrics):</div>
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Pauline Francis of Michigan</div>
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A Really Huge <b><span style="color: #e06666;">HUG</span></b> and <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>THANKS</b></span> to all who entered!!! Some very grateful children will be snuggling up in your beautiful creations soon :)<br />
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For more information about how you can get involved with Quilts for Kids, <a href="http://www.quiltsforkids.org/">click here</a>.<br />
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<br />Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-60195395331566693932013-04-29T00:01:00.000-04:002013-04-29T00:01:00.071-04:00Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 7 Blog Hop!It's the very first day of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 7 Blog Hop! Yippee! Read to the end of this post to see how to win a copy of your own....<br />
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Please check out <a href="http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/">Quilty Pleasures blog</a>, by the wonderful folks at Quiltmaker Magazine, to see other features regarding this issue and blog hop.<br />
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This is the block that I designed for this issue, called Candy Stripe:<br />
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For the sample block for the magazine, I used my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/FruitfulHands.pdf">Fruitful Hands fabric line</a> (shown above). But I also tried making a block using my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/OhHolyNight.pdf">Oh Holy Night fabric line</a>:<br />
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I got the name for the block because it kind of reminded me of a wrapped candy for some reason<br />
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and also because, it is obviously striped.<br />
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You could arrange these blocks in a couple of different ways:<br />
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All blocks going in same direction.</div>
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Rotating alternating blocks 90 degrees creates a cool pattern.</div>
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Adding sashing really looks neat.</div>
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Blocks set on point.</div>
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Blocks set on point with the addition of sashing.</div>
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All of the above designs were done with the Christmas fabric. Here is one done with Fruitful Hands, which is more Spring-y/ Summer-y:<br />
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Speaking of Spring-y/ Summer-y things... what did everyone think of our latest e-magazine which went out last week? I hope you tried the cookie recipe- they were so good :)<br />
Haven't seen it yet?? <a href="http://issuu.com/jacquelynnesteves/docs/the_art_of_home_april_may_2013">Click here.</a><br />
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Good luck!Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com427tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-65196957750381991772013-04-26T13:41:00.002-04:002013-04-26T13:41:45.998-04:00Mother's Day Gift IdeasMother's Day will be upon us, very soon.... (I can't believe it's almost May- I just got used to it being April. I'm afraid that I'm going to turn around and it will be Labor Day and I will have missed the whole summer!)<br />
Anyway.... Have you seen the <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/category_7/Wool-Flower-Pins.htm">wool pins on my website</a>? Making these wool pins is actually how my whole business got started... I haven't mentioned them here on my blog in quite a while, but we just added some new pins to our online-store and I thought I'd let you know in case you are kind of new here....<br />
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I make all of the pins by hand- cut out the wool by hand, make the yo-yo's and message buttons for the center, embroider the veins on the leaves, sew them together by hand.... I have even hand-dyed much of the wool myself...<br />
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Here is what's really cool about these pins- all of the profits are donated to charity! The money goes to purchasing sheep for poor families all around the world! Families can become self-sustaining by selling wool and milk from the sheep at market. As the sheep have lambs, the lambs can also be sold. As the flock gets larger, some families are able to employ other people from their village- thereby not just helping their own family, but the whole community....<br />
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So far, we have been able to donate almost 100 sheep! We have also been able to use some of our profits to purchase sewing machines for girls and widows in the country of Benin, in Africa. I am in touch with some missionaries there who run a school for girls who have run away from abusive marriages or abusive family situations, or to avoid arranged-marriages to much older men. They also help widows who can not support themselves. The girls and women are taught sewing, business skills, and life skills. The girls receive a sewing machine when they graduate from the program, so that they can start a sewing business. The widows are able to receive micro-loans to start businesses.<br />
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Will you please consider purchasing a wool pin or two from <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/category_7/Wool-Flower-Pins.htm">our website</a>- they make wonderful Mother's Day gifts. The packaging card has a story about how the money is donated to charity. Each pin is one of a kind- so if you see one you like, buy it quickly because there will not be another like it :)<br />
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Today, a little mini-celebration of another favorite color....<br />
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Seen on a recent walk on my street, <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Yellow</span></b> is popping all around:<br />
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A <span style="color: #cc0000;">GIGANTIC</span> THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our <a href="http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/media/fabrics/projects/HappyTown_join_form.pdf">quilt contest</a> for <a href="http://quiltsforkids.org/">Quilts for Kids</a>. The contest required that the quilts be made with my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/HappyTownColorCardPDF.pdf">Happy Town fabric</a>- all of my profits from this fabric line will be donated to Quilts for Kids. I will be heading up to the Quilts for Kids headquarters in a couple of weeks to see the wonderful quilts that were submitted into the contest. The winning quilts will be displayed at International Quilt Market in May. ALL of the quilts will be distributed to seriously ill children by the Quilts for Kids organization.</div>
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Speaking of Happy Town fabric.... I also wanted to show you some<i> fabulous</i> projects that folks have been making with my Happy Town fabric.<br />
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<a href="http://aquiltandaprayer.blogspot.com/2013/04/racing-to-finish-line.html">Teresa from A Quilt and A Prayer</a><br />
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<a href="http://aquiltandaprayer.blogspot.com/2013/02/last-day-for-happy-town-giveaway.html">Teresa also made this super quick & easy preemie quilt.</a></div>
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Snoodles at <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/search/label/happy%20town">Lilypad Quilting</a> made this great quilt with the panel from the fabric line.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">I think these projects will inspire you to get into your sewing room- I know they have inspired me!!! </span><br />
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Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-12676464722725608552013-04-16T12:13:00.000-04:002013-04-16T12:13:00.177-04:00Cute Baby Animals & "Poodles" that aren't what they seem.....This is a "cheater" post, folks. That's right- just a bunch of cute and/or strange photos shamelessly parading as actual content for a blog post.<br />
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First, just to get the ball rolling, baby porcupines:<br />
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Next, a dwarf miniature pony. That's right, as if miniature ponies weren't cute enough, Koda also happened to be born as a dwarf:</div>
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Finally, this story was recently in the news: a man in Argentina was duped into paying $150 each for what he thought were poodles, but were actually ferrets pumped up on steroids and groomed to look like poodles (or not- you decide.)</div>
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Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-8716102563392284432013-04-11T12:07:00.000-04:002013-04-11T12:07:00.778-04:00April/May Newsletter Preview! New Fabric Line Preview!!Hi there! I hope everyone is doing well. The weather here has been crazy- just 2 weeks ago, my daughter was home from school due to a late-season snow storm, and today it is going all the way to 85 degrees! And while we are basking in the sun and heat here on the East Coast of the U.S., I hear that some parts of the country are having record snow and ice right now!! But I do love the warm weather, I have all the windows open and I'm enjoying the heat. I am a little disappointed that tomorrow it is going to be seasonably cooler, with highs <i><b>only</b></i> in the 60's...<br />
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My daughter, husband, and I are working feverishly to get the next issue of the newsletter done... I am *hoping* it will go out next week. Here is just some of what you will find in this issue:<br />
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<br />Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-43987171335634123422013-04-08T12:09:00.000-04:002013-04-08T12:09:00.507-04:00"Making Do" in the Kitchen: 101 Uses for Your Ice Cube Trays{Okay, so it's really more like, 8 Uses for Your Ice Cube Trays... but still... I bet you will find an idea or two here that you hadn't thought of ....}<br />
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When we moved into our house about 10 1/2 years ago, we were lucky to find that the refrigerator/freezer that came with it had an automatic ice maker, so these guys got thrown to the back of a cabinet.<br />
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Fast forward all those years later... I pulled those trays out of the cabinet, ran them through the dishwasher (yeah, all those years in the back of the cabinet had left them pretty dusty), and started of thinking of all the things I could use them for, besides making ice cubes with standard H2O.<br />
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The little "compartment" of an ice cube tray will hold about 1 tablespoon. For all of these ideas, place the food in the tray, freeze, pop them out, then store in plastic bags in your freezer.<br />
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Don't you hate it when you need just a tablespoon of <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>tomato paste</b></span>, and then the rest of the can goes to waste before you get a chance to use it? Simply put the leftovers into cube trays & freeze. Now you can use a tablespoon or 2 of tomato paste whenever you need it, without worrying about how to use up what's leftover. (I have bought the tomato paste in a tube before, and while it's convenient when you need just a small amount, it's quite a bit more expensive than buying the cans when they are on sale.)<br />
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That bunch of cilantro in the above photo was hanging out in the fridge, too, with nowhere to go. I had bought a bunch of cilantro to make salsa, but only used about half of it. A great way to use up <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>fresh herbs</b></span> is to make a "pesto" (traditionally made with basil, but it's the same idea.) Put the herbs in a blender or food processor with a little water and/or oil and make a paste. Spoon into the trays and freeze. Voila- a freezer stocked with "fresh" herbs (which taste <i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">a whole lot better</span></i> than the jars of dried herbs, anyway.)<br />
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Making a recipe which calls for <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>egg whites or egg yolks</b></span> only, and don't want to throw the rest out? Place the leftover whites or yolks in the trays and freeze. Each compartment in the ice cube tray will fit one yolk perfectly, or the white of a medium egg. I found that they didn't just pop right out of the tray, so I ran the bottom of the tray under a little warm water and used a knife to loosen the edges.<br />
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If <b><span style="color: #0c343d;">milk or cream</span></b> is about to turn, place in ice cube trays and freeze- then pop one into your morning coffee or tea. (You may want to fill the trays only about 1/3 - 1/2 full if you don't use a full tablespoon of milk or cream in your coffee.)<br />
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Here is a trick I picked up from <a href="http://traderjoes.com/">Trader Joe's</a>- I purchased their frozen <b><span style="color: #134f5c;">mashed potatoes</span></b> and found that the potatoes in the bag were frozen little squares or nuggets. Place your leftover mashed potatoes in ice cube trays to freeze, and then you can take out exactly as many portions as you need. Great for single servings!<br />
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Make<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b> juice</b></span> cubes instead of regular ice cubes for your summer iced teas and cocktails- it will flavor rather than dilute your beverage as it melts. Try the same idea with leftover <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>coffee</b></span> and make cubes for your iced coffee.<br />
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Freeze leftover <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>broth, stock, or wine</b></span> and place a cube or two in sauces and gravies or other favorite recipes as they cook.<br />
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I'm sure there are many other things to use your ice cube trays for- Please share your ideas and tips with us in the comments!<br />
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<br />Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-956544078699699262013-03-31T07:59:00.002-04:002013-03-31T07:59:22.227-04:00Happy Easter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="text Luke-24-1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 16px;"><b> </b></span><span class="text Luke-24-1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-25993B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></sup> and went to the tomb.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-2" id="en-NIV-25994" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">2 </sup>They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-3" id="en-NIV-25995" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">3 </sup>but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-25995C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)"></sup></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-4" id="en-NIV-25996" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">4 </sup>While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-25996D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)"></sup> stood beside them.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-5" id="en-NIV-25997" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">5 </sup>In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-6" id="en-NIV-25998" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">6 </sup><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>He is not here; He has risen!</i></b></span> Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee:<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-25998E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)"></sup></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-7" id="en-NIV-25999" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">7 </sup>‘The Son of Man<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-25999F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)"></sup> must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’</span> ”<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-25999G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)"></sup></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Luke-24-8" id="en-NIV-26000" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;">8 </sup>Then they remembered His words. Luke 24</span><br />
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<span class="text Luke-24-8" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I'll be taking this week off to spend a little time hanging out with my family over Spring Break, but I'll be back soon with some springtime projects, recipes, a preview of our next (<span style="color: #93c47d;">fabulous!</span>)<a href="http://tinyurl.com/cabgtrk"> newsletter.</a> Have a great week!</span><br />
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<br />Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-6219696273768437702013-03-28T12:17:00.000-04:002013-03-28T12:17:00.790-04:00In the Studio Today: Appliqued Butterfly Project & New ArtIt's been kind of a weird week here. Some of you may have seen on Facebook that I got called for jury duty on Tuesday. I arrived at the courthouse at 1 pm as instructed, and was met with a line out the door for people just trying to get <i>into</i> the courthouse. Hmmm... that seemed odd. Then they ushered us into a room in the basement which was about 100 degrees and standing room only- at least a hundred people in there and they were bringing in more chairs. <i>Curious-er and curious-er....</i> I was getting the feeling that this wasn't a breaking-and-entering sort of trial. When they announced that they were running over an hour late because the judge was still with the morning's groups of potential jurors, I knew for sure something was up.<br />
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After waiting 3 hours, we went into the courtroom. First I saw a group of people which I assumed were family members, then we met the judge, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and 3 defendants, and found out it was a murder trial. I will be honest and tell you that the whole thing made me really uncomfortable... a little too "real life," you know? The defendants were all young men, about my daughter's age, it's possible that she even went to high school with them. When they turned to address the potential jurors, I got a little choked up... I wondered if they were born into different families in a different city where they might be right now instead of here.... I was relieved to be excused during the first round (due to a scheduling conflict on my part.) I think I would make a terrible juror. I don't know how objective I could be, I think I would spend the rest of my life second-guessing my decision. I frankly don't want the responsibility of deciding whether or not these young men would spend the rest of their lives behind bars. Or what if I voted to acquit them- would that mean justice for the victim and their family??? So while I sat there I just prayed that I would be put on the jury if God had a purpose for me being there, or that I would be excused if not. So I got my answer. Then I said some prayers for the judge, lawyers, defendants, and of course all of the families involved. It will weigh on me over the next few weeks as the trial progresses......<br />
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Has anyone ever been a juror, especially on an important trial? How did you feel about it- did you find it fascinating? exhausting? confusing? All of the above?? How did you handle it? I'm just curious- I think it would have been really interesting, but the fact that there are real people involved, instead of actors in an episode of <i>Law & Order</i>, puts things in a different light.<br />
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Anyway, onto happier news.... I have actually carved out a little time for painting this week, which I haven't done in it-seems-like-forever. I started this back in the fall, and then I got busy and set it aside. I forced myself to work on it this week, and as soon as I got started, I remembered the joy that I feel when I pick up my brushes and paints and colored pencils.... ahhhhh... the world just melts away.... I really needed that this week....<br />
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I also squeezed in a little time for sewing and started to work on a project for my next newsletter. Machine applique- instant gratification, ha ha. <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/Fusible%20Machine%20App%20Tutorial.pdf">Click here for a tutorial on machine applique</a> if you'd like some tips on how I do it, or if you've never done it but would like to give it a try.<br />
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I hope you all have a good week and a Happy Easter!Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-85526917592316903202013-03-25T11:39:00.000-04:002013-03-25T11:45:44.026-04:00Snow Day!So, it's the 6th day of Spring, and this is what it looks like:<br />
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Unbelievable! We got hardly a flake of snow all winter, and on March 25, less than a week from Easter, this is what happens.... weird. I had an appointment today which I cancelled; daughter's school is actually in session today but I kept her home (she drives herself to school and I didn't want her out in the weather.) So she is baking cookies and I am drinking tea and doing all of those cozy "snow day" things that we didn't get to do all winter :) When my kids were little, I used to look forward to snow days, when we would all just stay in and read and watch movies and do crafts and drink hot chocolate and eat soup.... and then the kids would go outside to play in the snow, and you know you spent more time getting them dressed and then undressed than they actually spent playing...<br />
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Ralphie: "My kid brother Randy looked like a tick about to pop.")</div>
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So daughter is using her Snow Day to make biscotti (no complaints here...)<br />
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We've been busy working on the next newsletter which will come out mid-April. It has a late Spring/early Summer theme. There is a wonderful cookie recipe which I am including- we had a family dinner yesterday after church and everyone sampled them and thought they were delicious- so apparently we have a winner!<br />
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Last November, a lot of you gave me <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2012/11/your-suggestions-please-giveaway-too.html">suggestions for a new newsletter name</a>... we are still thinking about changing the name, it will probably reflect <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/03/changes-are-coming.html">my new tag line</a>... but I am still mulling over the possibilities. I will have to make up my mind by mid-April when the next issue comes out!<br />
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For now, I am doing 2 versions of the newsletter- an email version which you can read right in your inbox, and a magazine version which looks like a real magazine (I <i>love</i> the magazine)!<br />
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What's the weather like where you are today? What are you going to be creative?Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-77511266968859294002013-03-21T12:32:00.000-04:002013-03-21T12:32:00.958-04:00Fabric Design ProcessLast week I spoke at the <a href="http://www.berrybasketquilters.com/HOME.html">Berry Basket Quilter's Guild</a> in Medford, NJ. I met a lovely group of ladies and talked about my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/category_7/Wool-Flower-Pins.htm">wool pins</a> and my fabric design process. (Don't I have a weird look on my face in this picture??)<br />
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I also debuted my new book, <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/03/childs-play-book-is-here.html">Child's Play</a>, and showed some samples from the book:<br />
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May is rapidly approaching- that means it's almost time for International Quilt Market in Portland, Oregon. I will have a new fabric line debuting at that show. I feel like I have been working on it <i>forever</i>.... This particular line has had many revisions. Sometimes a fabric line will come about quite easily, and other times it seems it takes a million tweaks to get it right.<br />
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I wanted to show you a little glimpse into how a fabric design might come about. This is a page from the Better Homes and Gardens June 2012 issue. I liked the pattern in the wall paper, with the alternating circular and diamond shaped motifs, and I thought an idea like this would work well with the line I was working on.<br />
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The description in the magazine says that the decorator was influenced by Indian prints. Indian prints are often done with a carved wooden block, which is stamped onto fabric or other surfaces. You can see that the circular motif in the wall paper has 8 "petals" and the center is a circle. Using that for inspiration, I drew a circular design that had 8 petals, but I had a different idea for the center:<br />
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The palette for this line has a lot of blues, so I painted my motifs in a pretty turquoise color. Also, I couldn't get a close look at the details in the wall paper so my design ended up being quite a bit different from the original. The original also had some extra "fan shapes" in the circular motif which I did not include. (Even if I did have a detailed look at the original, I wouldn't copy it- I look at something to inspire me and then do my own thing.)<br />
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Then it was time to start laying things out in a repeat in PhotoShop to see what would happen....<br />
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In the end, we ended up not using the circle & diamond repeat, but we did use the border and the individual circle and square motifs that I originally painted. When we get closer to Quilt Market, I will show you some of the patterns that DID actually make it into the line!<br />
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So that is a little bit about the evolution of just one pattern in a fabric line.... And then you figure that there are anywhere from 5-8 patterns in a line... a lot of stuff that you like doesn't make the final cut because it just doesn't work with the rest of the line. It takes a lot of hours... (if I ever actually kept track of how many hours I spend putting a line together, I would probably shock myself!)<br />
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Well, it's only 3 1/2 weeks behind schedule, but it's finally done (big, big grin!)</div>
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I am excited about this book for a bunch of different reasons... The first reason is that this is the first book that I've self-published. (Actually, at first it was just going to be a quilt pattern... but then I started adding more and more ideas until it turned into a 55 page book with about 8 projects and 3 recipes... but that is just like me: I have said it before and I'll say it again, I am definitely a <span style="color: #e69138;"><i>"more is more" </i></span>kind of girl!)</div>
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For <span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Child's Play</b></span>, I designed & made all of the projects & recipes, laid out the book, provided the artwork & illustrations, did the photography... being a "control-freak," it was appealing to me to be able to have everything exactly the way I wanted it (I have a bit of a rebellious streak and sometimes don't like collaboration... I just want to do things <i>my own way...</i>)</div>
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It was <i>a lot</i> of work, and a really huge learning curve for me as far as the technical aspects... Many, many times, through tears of frustration, I wondered what I had gotten myself into and swore that I would never do it again. But then I finally got my copy and held it in my hands and it looked so great and I was so proud of it... and I immediately knew that <i>Yes, I will definitely do it again</i>.... hopefully next time I will have figured a lot of it out and it will be a much easier process!</div>
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Another thing that I am super-duper-excited about with this book is that I have ventured into the world of <span style="color: #e69138;">video</span>... talk about a learning curve! I had never made a video in my life, but after some trial and error I think the videos came out fairly decent (again, now that I know a little more I think the next ones will be easier for me to do and come out better.) I did 3 videos to go with the book, and with the digital version (which I'll talk about a little later), you can click right on the link and it will take you to the YouTube video. So, for example, if you are making the stuffed animals and would like some tips on how to turn and stuff those skinny tubes for the arms and legs, just click the link and watch my video! Really convenient, don't you think? (If you buy the printed version, you will also have access to the videos, you will just have to type the provided address into your browser instead of just clicking.)</div>
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The book is available in both a print copy and a digital copy. I love books- I have many, many in my collection. Isn't it fun to just sit and look at the pretty pictures while enjoying your cup of tea or coffee?<br />
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I wanted this book to be very affordable- at <span style="color: #38761d;">only $15.00</span> for a 55 page, full color book with 8 projects, 3 recipes, and several kid's activity pages, this is a fabulous value! </div>
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<span style="color: orange;">To order your printed version of the book, click here.</span> This will take you to an outside but fully secure website. I looked into several options for printing the book, and decided on this site for several reasons. First, I could keep the price to a minimum. Second, I do not have to warehouse and ship the books myself. This is huge because right now for my other products, I do all of the order processing and shipping myself, and I am finding it harder and harder to keep up with orders. This website ships the book directly from the printer to the customer. And as I said earlier, the quality of the printed book is beautiful.</div>
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Now, you also have an option to buy a digital copy of the book. <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/item_163/Childs-Play-Book-DIGITAL-COPY-NEW.htm"><span style="color: orange;">To buy your digital book (e-book), click here</span></a>. There are many advantages to the digital book also! </div>
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<li>First, the price- <span style="color: #38761d;">only $12.00 </span>for all of the full-color content you get in the printed book. That's a lot of content for $12.00- really a great bargain!</li>
<li>You don't have to wait for the book to be shipped- you should have your link for your book within 24 hours of your order, which means you can start creating right away!</li>
<li>Especially important to international customers: No Shipping Costs!!!</li>
<li>You can view it as a "flippable" book (like<a href="http://issuu.com/jacquelynnesteves/docs/feb_newsletter_combined"> my newsletter</a>), or you can download the PDF onto your computer or device to read at any time.</li>
<li>It looks beautiful on the iPad!</li>
<li>Links are easy to use- just click. There are links to the
videos as mentioned above, and also to my social media sites
such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.</li>
<li>Print out just the pages you need- maybe a recipe or a pattern
page or the kids' activity sheets. So much easier to have a
single recipe page in the kitchen to work with than a whole
book, right? And you don't have to worry about splatters on your
book!</li>
<li>Never trace a pattern again- just print it out onto
inexpensive computer paper and cut the pieces out.</li>
<li>For those concerned about using up a lot of expensive color ink, you can save ink when you print pages by choosing "grayscale"
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<span style="font-size: large;">To see more <a href="http://thenoblewife.com/Child'sPlay_SamplePages.pdf">sample pages, click here.</a> </span>(The quality of the sample pages is greatly decreased- the quality of the actual digital & printed books is much better.)<br />
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So, just to re-cap, here is what you get for the price of $12.00 for the digital book or $15.00 for the printed book:<br />
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<li>2 quilt patterns (2 colorways each)</li>
<li>tote bag pattern</li>
<li>patterns for 3 stuffed animals with clothes</li>
<li>2 embroidered wall art projects</li>
<li>3 kids' activity sheets and 2 crafts</li>
<li>3 kid-friendly recipes (easy for the kids to help make, fun & tasty)</li>
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It's the final day of our <i><span style="color: #38761d;">Irish Food-a-Palooza</span></i>..... </div>
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These Irish Potato Candies are really kind of addictive, and so easy! I wouldn't save them just for St. Patrick's Day- make them anytime. Kids love to make them, and there is no cooking involved. Just mix up a few ingredients and roll into balls.</div>
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They don't contain any potato, and I have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_potato_candy">discovered</a> that they aren't even actually Irish.. But we always had them in school around St. Patrick's Day when I was growing up... maybe because I live near Philadelphia where they originated.</div>
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1 lb. confectioner's sugar</div>
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I hope you will give this recipe a try! It's easy and delicious (aka the perfect recipe...)<br />
Happy Weekend :)<br />
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Day 2 of St. Patrick's Day recipes..... Did you try the <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/03/st-patricks-day-recipe-colcannon-eggs.html">Colcannon recipe from Monday</a>? Wasn't it good? My husband said that I definitely need to make it again... and we have been eating lots of leftovers (without complaint)- it made a really big batch.<br />
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The meal that I am sharing today is really good comfort food! It smelled so good while it was in the oven... I have made Shepherd's Pie before but never with red wine, so when I came across a recipe which included red wine, I thought I would give it a try. It added a delicious richness to the dish, and the family was fighting over the leftovers for lunch the next day! I used half ground beef and half lean ground turkey to lighten it up a bit- and honestly it was so rich and delicious, you would never know it was made from ground turkey.<br />
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As for the parsnips, the first time I ever had them was on a trip to England a few years ago. My husband's cousin made them for dinner and I just couldn't get enough! If you haven't tried them, you should- they are a nice change of pace from the "normal" vegetables I usually serve like peas or carrots or broccoli. They look like white carrots, but have a unique, kind of sharp flavor which is especially wonderful when you roast them. The recipe is really simple and the maple syrup adds just a tiny bit of sweetness and helps them to caramelize. Hard to believe that veggies could be so good.... I wanted to eat the whole pan by myself. My daughter and I were debating which was better- the parsnips or the Shepherd's Pie- and we couldn't decide.<br />
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1 1/2 pounds parsnips, peeled and cut into 1/4" x 3" pieces<br />
1-2 tablespoons olive oil<br />
1-2 tablespoons maple syrup<br />
salt and pepper<br />
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2 onions, finely diced (about 2 cups)<br />
1 1/4 pound ground beef<br />
1 1/4 pound lean ground turkey<br />
1 tablespoon dried thyme<br />
1/2 tsp garlic powder<br />
1 tsp salt<br />
pepper<br />
1 Tablespoon butter<br />
1- 16 oz package frozen peas and carrots mix<br />
4 Tablespoons flour<br />
1 cup red wine<br />
3 Tablespoons ketchup<br />
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce<br />
1 cup water<br />
4 -5 cups mashed potatoes (fresh or leftover; about 2 1/2 pounds)<br />
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese<br />
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Saute onion in olive oil in large skillet until translucent; remove to bowl.<br />
In same skillet, brown meat; drain. Add onions back to pan with meat. Season with thyme, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir in butter and peas and carrots.<br />
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Sprinkle with flour and stir. Add wine, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Cook over medium heat about 5-10 minutes until liquid has evaporated. Add water and cook another 10 minutes until thickened.<br />
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Place in greased 9 x 13 baking dish.<br />
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Mix together mashed potatoes and cheese. Spoon over top of meat mixture.<br />
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Bake 20 minutes, covered. Remove cover and bake another 5 minutes.<br />
Makes about 8 servings.<br />
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Next post: Irish Potato Candy (it doesn't contain potatoes, it just<i> looks</i> like cute little potatoes.)<br />
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P.S. Congratulations to the winner of <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/03/scraps-giveaway.html">last week's giveaway</a>- Amy from Amy's Crafty Shenanigans. Everyone had such good suggestions for using up fabric and batting scraps, I ended up just choosing a winner at random. Congratulations Amy, your copy of Quiltmaker magazine is on its way!Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-23703431240634580012013-03-11T11:51:00.000-04:002013-03-11T11:51:00.178-04:00St. Patrick's Day Recipe: Colcannon & Eggs<br />
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My disclaimer: I am not Irish. I have never been to Ireland.
I have never had colcannon. In fact, before this week, I had never even heard of it! But I discovered that colcannon is a traditional Irish dish.</div>
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In searching for St. Patrick’s Day recipes, I found several
versions of colcannon. Some included parsnips, some included leeks, some
included ham or bacon. The main qualification for the dish seemed to be that
it is a base of mashed potatoes with shredded cabbage or kale mixed in.
Sometimes the cabbage or kale was boiled, sometimes sautéed. I’m sure every
Irish grandmother has her own version, just like every Italian grandmother has
her own version of Sunday meatballs and “gravy.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I decided to add cubed ham to mine. Most recipes called
for leeks or scallions, which I did not have so I used a white onion. I found
one version that used 2 sticks of butter for a 6 serving recipe (that is almost
3 tablespoons of butter per serving, if you’re doing the math!!) Since it is
such a hearty dish, I thought that it would almost make a meal all by itself. I
remember that sometimes my mom would serve leftover mashed potatoes with a
couple of fried eggs for breakfast or dinner, so that is what I have done here. I like my eggs sunny side up or over easy so the yolk can mix with the potato... yum.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is the recipe for my version:</div>
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3 pounds potatoes, peeled<o:p></o:p></div>
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9 T. (1 stick + 1 T.) butter</div>
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Small head
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1/2 lb ham,
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2 cups hot milk</div>
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3 T. finely chopped parsley</div>
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Boil potatoes in lightly salted water until tender (do not overcook.) </div>
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When potatoes are tender, drain. Return to pot. Add 4 T. butter and milk. Mash until creamy. Fold cabbage, onion, ham and parsley into potatoes. Keep warm.</div>
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This is a very easy, no-sew project. We are not Irish, so I put another family's name on it... You could also do this for Valentine's Day using a heart in place of the shamrock and using red & pink fabrics, or for Christmas with a holly leaf pattern and red & green fabrics.</div>
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<li>Wrapped artist canvas (available at craft store) 8 x 10" (You could also use a piece of board about 1/2" thick)</li>
<li>Scraps of fabric</li>
<li>Assorted buttons</li>
<li>Ribbon, 12" long piece</li>
<li>Fusible webbing (found in fabric store or sewing department)</li>
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<li>Scissors</li>
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Write your family name in block letters (or print it out from your computer.) The name should be no longer than 5 1/2", and about 1 1/4 - 2" high (the number of letters in your name will determine how big the letters need to be to fit.)</div>
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Flip the paper over and trace so that the letters are reversed.<br />
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Trace the reversed letters onto paper side of fusible webbing. For version with name, trace large shamrock <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/shamrock.pdf">(click here for pattern</a>) onto paper side of fusible webbing. For version without name, trace both the large and small shamrocks. Cut out letters and shamrock(s), leaving about 1/8-1/4" around each shape.<br />
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(I originally tried using different fabrics for the letters, but then ended up using the same fabric for all of them.)<br />
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Cut out letters and shamrock on the line. Peel off the paper backing.<br />
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Cut a piece of fabric a couple of inches larger than your canvas. Wrap edges around back of canvas like you are wrapping a present. Glue in place.<br />
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Place large shamrock on front of covered canvas, about 1/4" from top of canvas. Iron in place. Arrange letters or smaller shamrock on top of large shamrock and iron in place.</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>And now some giveaway updates:</i></span><br />
My giveaway ends tonight at midnight. <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/03/scraps-giveaway.html">Click here to enter</a>.<br />
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(Also, check out the<a href="http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/2013/03/quilts-from-quiltmakers-100-blocks-designer-links/"> Designer's Link page</a> for this issue of Quiltmaker magazine.)<br />
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Lily Pad Quilting is giving away 2 Fat Quarter Bundles of my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/HappyTownColorCardPDF.pdf">Happy Town fabric</a>. That giveaway ends on Monday. Click<a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2013/03/fat-quarter-bundles-of-happy-town-to.html"> here</a> AND <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2013/03/happy-town-tutorial.html">here</a> to enter.<br />
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Next week I will be doing some recipes to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Do you have any favorites??<br />
I don't have favorite <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Irish</span> recipes, per se, but I will say that I have never met a potato that I didn't like....<br />
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This is a
long post, so I hope you’ll stick with me! I have been talking about re-doing
my website (due to be up and running around the first week in May) and some changes to
my business. I wanted to share some details with you along the way. Some of the
changes you've already seen- like the decision to turn our <a href="http://tinyurl.com/acjfcbc">popular newsletter</a>
into an online magazine format, and the publication of our very first e-book
(coming soon, very soon!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I will
also say that the decision to make these changes wasn’t super easy. Change is
scary, especially if what you’re doing is OK. Because what if your new ideas
flop and you wish you had just stuck with what you were doing before?? <i> </i>But
if you want to be more than just OK, you have to take some risks. <i>You have to get out of the boat if you’re
going to walk on water</i>, as they say…..<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are
several reasons why I am re-doing my blog and website: I want my site to be
well-organized and easy to navigate. I want it to be easy for you to find all
of the projects and recipes that we’ve shared here. And I want it to be pretty. The blog &
website have had the same look for five years now, and it’s really time for a
change! <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you have
been following my blog for a little while, you know that I have already been sharing
not just sewing & quilting ideas, but also lots of recipes and craft and
decorating projects, too. But in getting some objective, outside opinions, I
discovered that my current blog appears to be, at first glance, a quilting blog
only. Also, it also doesn't showcase my artwork at all- and that is a really
large part of who I am and what I do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the new
blog and website will feature not just the quilting and sewing projects that
many of you expect to find here, but much more. I hope you will like it! My
goal is to reach out to a larger audience than those looking just for quilting
blogs. I believe we are all creative and I believe that we all like to express
our creativity in different ways. If you have visited this blog, chances are
you are interested in at least some of the “home arts,” such as cooking,
sewing, crafting, entertaining, gardening, decorating….. I believe that <i>home</i> is the best place to express our
creativity. I would like this to be a place where we can inspire each other and
learn from each other in all of these creative areas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now….. my
business name. I became “The Noble Wife” sort of by accident. I had been making
wool pins to benefit charity. I thought that since the pins were made of wool,
it would be cool to donate the profits to a charity that provides sheep to poor
families so they can start a business. I was reading Proverbs 31 in the Bible
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I thought
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and just carried over the name. However, the artwork that I do is under <i>my </i>name, Jacquelynne Steves. It seemed
to be a little confusing that people had to remember not one, but two names for
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simplify things, I have decided to change my business name to Jacquelynne
Steves. It makes sense because I will probably always be Jacquelynne Steves, so
no matter what I decide to do, the name will always fit. (Like, someday if I
decide to open a car repair shop, I can just call it “Jacquelynne Steves’
Garage” and that will work! “The Noble Wife Garage” doesn’t seem to work as
well, ha ha.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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also work- it will be directed to my new website as well.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Since I am
going with Jacquelynne Steves for my business name, I wanted a tag line which
was really descriptive of my business and what I’m about. We talked about so
many! We spent days and weeks jotting down ideas (this was probably the point
which drove my family the most crazy.) I went through a stack of index cards,
writing down possibilities on each one and then looking at all of them and
trying to decide on the best one. In the end, I decided on one that I just love
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It’s perfect
because the “art” refers not only to the artwork that I do, but also the art of
being a home maker and being creative in your home and with your family.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So those are
just some of the changes I have been working on over the last several months.
(The products that I offer will change a little too, but I’ll talk about that
later.) In the next weeks and months, I’ll show you more of the changes I’m
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<i>So now…. Let me challenge you a bit. What in
your life needs a little shaking up? It doesn't have to be major- it can be as
simple as trying a new recipe or wearing red lipstick if you always wear pink.
Or maybe it’s really big- starting a new business or having a baby or walking
away from a job or relationship that is really not good for you anymore. If you
feel comfortable doing so, you can share what you’d like to “shake up” in your
comments below. If you’re not comfortable giving the details, then maybe just
tell us that you've made the decision to start shaking things up today!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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P.S. Some of my social media addresses have changed- Please <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquelynneS">click here for my new Twitter address</a>, and <a href="http://instagram.com/jacquelynnesteves">click here for my new Instagram address</a>.<br />
Facebook would not let me change my page name.... sooooo.... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jacquelynne-Steves/543549752352215">find my brand new Facebook page here</a>. (This new page will take the place of my old page.)<br />
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Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-17627768271624371412013-03-04T11:19:00.000-05:002013-03-04T15:42:54.132-05:00Scraps & GiveawayNo, I'm not giving away my scraps (although I'll bet a lot of you would like that!)<br />
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Whenever I get a quilt back from my quilter, she gives me these neatly folded bundles of leftover fabric and batting.<br />
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Usually they are about 3-4" wide, so the fabric is still useful for making quilt blocks.I hate to throw out the batting (it's so expensive)- but those pieces are too narrow for using in a quilt, and I never know what to do with them.<br />
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So here is my question: do you have a good use for the scraps, especially the batting? Or maybe you know of a charity that could use it?<br />
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The best suggestion will win a free copy of the <a href="http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/2013/03/qm-rocks-the-blocks-sneak-peek/">Spring 2013 Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks</a>. (My quilt is on page 18!)<br />
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To enter, comment here with you suggestions for using up those long skinny scraps by Friday March 8 at 11:59 pm EST.<br />
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AND.... Don't forget to <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/radio/index.html">join me and Pat Sloan on the radio</a> today at 4 pm EST!<br />
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Our oldest daughter <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2012/06/more-wedding-candid-shots.html">got married</a> back in June. Sad as we were to see her go... youngest daughter couldn't wait to get her hands on her older sister's old (bigger) room! We moved youngest daughter into that room.... what to do with the extra room which used to be youngest daughter's room? Expand the studio space, of course! (No brainer, right??)<br />
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Now, I will tell you a secret- for years now, I have kept most of the quilts I have made in big plastic containers in the basement, because there really wasn't another place to put them. I couldn't wait to have a room dedicated to storing and displaying all of my quilts! And also, I wanted more space for storing my bolts of fabric and for cutting fabric.<br />
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We decorated the room when my daughter was about 8 years old. It had yellow bead board and lilac wall paper. My daughter tried to talk me into painting, but I just didn't have the energy for that! I decided that the colors worked fine with my stuff- it's cheerful. Here is a photo of what it looked like when I was organizing all of my quilts.<br />
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In addition to the yellow bead board and lilac wall paper, the room also already had shelving all around (for displaying dolls). This, I discovered, was PRIME real estate for storing and displaying fat quarter bundles which are waiting to be purchased & go to their new homes, as well as many of my project samples:<br />
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I already had many of the furniture pieces in the room. The dresser is a vintage piece from my grandmother- great for storing all kinds of stuff. I had the rug, and the cedar chest. The cedar chest used to belong to oldest daughter, but it's not her style and she left it behind when she moved out. It is <i>perfect</i> for storing all of my wool and protecting it from moths:<br />
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The cabinet was youngest daughter's and stayed in the room when she moved across the hall to a room with a much bigger closet (making her little armoire unnecessary.) Now I have some place to store all of those quilts that used to hide in the basement:<br />
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I did buy a couple of pieces of furniture for the room from Ikea. My <i>favorite</i> is this gate-leg table. You can have one side of the table up, or both, or neither, so it's really convenient. There are drawers on both sides for more storage. Plus, I think it's just really <b><i>cute</i></b>. It works out really well when I have lots of fabric to cut (like when I'm assembling bundle after bundle of fat quarters...)<br />
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A bonus of this room, which I didn't even realize until we got it all done, is that with 3 east and south facing windows, the light is great! So it makes a perfect little photography studio. And since I have managed to keep it pretty neat and clean so far, it also means that I don't find myself spending half an hour to find a clear surface so I can set up a photo.<br />
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Did I mention that I love my new space? I spend as much time in there as I can, because it is so bright and cheerful and <i>uncluttered</i> (my "main" studio space tends to get pretty messy....) Also, since my main studio is downstairs and the "annex" is upstairs, it has really increased the amount of exercise I get each day :)<br />
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To go on a "tour" of my downstairs studio, <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/pages/TheStudio.htm">click here</a>.<br />
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When it comes to a sewing room, studio, or other "hobby" area, what is the most important feature to you? Lighting? Storage space? Your surroundings- colorful & energizing or peaceful & inspirational? Being as close to (or as far away...) from the family as possible??<br />
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Thanks for "visiting" my new studio!<br />
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<br />Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-23259473018238208202013-02-26T11:43:00.000-05:002013-02-26T11:43:19.915-05:00Bits & PiecesHi there, everyone! Sorry, the blog is not getting much <i>luv</i> this week.... there is a lot going on, but I fear that it's nothing you'd be interested in seeing or hearing about! My husband and I have taken apart the guest room upstairs and we're getting ready to paint. There are boxes of Ikea furniture waiting to be assembled. It's not worth showing you the "before" photos without the "after" photos!<br />
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I have mentioned a couple of times that I am re-doing my website and blog. It is fun and exciting and nerve-wracking! I think it's going to look really great, but there's so much to do and it's a little overwhelming. Plus, I always have a fear that the minute I get something done, I will think of something I should have done differently. (Remember I mentioned that when I was talking about the <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2013/02/pressure.html">pressure I was putting on myself regarding my book</a>? Yeah....) Anyway, the new website will be up around the first week in May. And the book is nearing the finish line- I just have some technical stuff to do now.<br />
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There are some major changes coming to my business! There is a lot of stuff I have been thinking about since last fall.... I have talked to a couple of "smarties" in the creative and professional worlds, plus I have been driving my family <i><b><span style="color: orange;">crazy</span></b></i> with questions.... Should I do this? Should I do that? Do you think this would work? Why do you think that isn't working???? And of course praying and meditating on it. I think I'm headed in the right direction.... but I guess I won't know for sure until I jump in, right? In a few days, I'll share some of my thoughts and new ideas with you...<br />
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Now for some fun news- I will once again be on Pat Sloan's American Patchwork & Quilting Radio Show. Tune in at 4 pm EST on <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Monday March 4 </b></span>by<a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/radio/index.html"> clicking here</a>.<br />
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If you've never listened to the show, you really should give it a try. The guests are always so interesting and come from so many different sides of the quilting and creative worlds- I think that even if you're not necessarily a quilter, but a person who enjoys creativity, you will get something out of it.<br />
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On March 4, I will be on the show with Quilts for Kids Founding President Linda Arye. Below is a picture of me and Linda taken at Quilt Market.<br />
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Finally, Mary on Lake Pulaski is<i> giving away</i> my <a href="http://www.thenoblewife.com/images/HappyTownColorCardPDF.pdf">Happy Town fabric</a>- so <a href="http://maryonlakepulaski.blogspot.com/2013/02/happy-town-by-jacquelynne-steves-fabric.html">click here to enter</a>!<br />
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By the way, have you picked up your FREE pattern for the Happy Town fabric line? You can get the PDF by <a href="http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/media/fabrics/projects/happy_town_web.pdf">clicking here</a>.<br />
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<br />Jacquelynne Steveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046338555730518988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927878944763950710.post-4517544386920396072013-02-22T09:36:00.000-05:002013-02-22T09:36:00.037-05:00Settler's Pride Wool BOM & Quiltmaker's 100 BlocksI finally finished the main portion of the Settler's Pride wool quilt that I have been working on since 2009! (Last December I talked about "re-booting" this project- <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2012/12/settlers-pride-re-boot-time.html">click here for that post</a> and to see the individual blocks.)<br />
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(This is the same photo from when I had prepped the quilt- it looks exactly the same now that it's stitched, minus the pins.)<br />
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I spent last weekend prepping the top and bottom borders (cut out all the pieces and pinned them to the background). I really dislike the prepping part, but now that is ALL done! All that is left is stitching the borders (the fun part). I told my husband that after working on this quilt for over 3 years, I am limping toward the finish line! (One of the borders has the date on it- and I couldn't decide if I should use the year I started- 2009- or the year that I finished it. I ended up using 2013- so I <i>definitely </i>have to get it done this year ha ha. I'm committed!)<br />
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What keeps you from finishing a project? Do you lose interest? Do you have so many things going on at the same time that you forget about them? Do you have a certain part of the process where you get "stuck" and have a hard time moving forward? And what do you do to get yourself to finish up those UFO's (UnFinished Objects)??<br />
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Moving on.... Look what I got in the mail the other day- the Spring 2013 issue of <span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. </i></span><br />
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I have a quilt featured in this issue, called Tutti-Frutti. It was adapted from my <a href="http://thenoblewife.blogspot.com/2011/11/quiltmakers-100-blocks-woohoo.html">Neapolitan block</a>, which appeared in <a href="http://www.quiltmaker.com/index.html">Volume 4 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks</a>. For the Neapolitan block, I used pinks, browns, and creams.<br />
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For the Tutti-Frutti quilt, I used "juicy" fabrics from my Fruitful Hands fabric line (available at <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/store/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?T=1&Store_id=499&page_id=17">Fat Quarter shop</a>.)<br />
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Look for this issue on newsstands in the beginning of March! It's a really great issue- lots of pretty, colorful, cheerful springtime quilt ideas! The nice folks at Quiltmaker magazine sent me a couple of extra copies, so stop back soon for a giveaway :)<br />
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Daughter & I are starting to talk about the next issue of the <a href="http://issuu.com/thenoblewife/docs/feb_newsletter_combined">newsletter</a>. It will have a spring theme. I have a cute idea for a cookie recipe- do you have any ideas for craft or decorating projects? What would you like to see in the next issue?? Let us know!<br />
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