White Cat In A Rose Garden

My newest Crazy Quilt piece features a vintage image of a white cat in a rose garden:

I haven't decided yet on how I'll finish this. I'm going to stitch a few more pieces that are the same size and then we'll see what I do with them.

Here are the embroidered seam treatments for this piece:

If you click on the photos, you can see a larger version.

If you're new to my blog, you can more of my crazy quilt seam treatments here.

More Little Cat Dolls

I like to stitch these little Crazy Quilt cat dolls in between larger projects.  Here are my 2 newest along with closeups of my embroidered seams:

It was a very windy day here yesterday so I did a lot of stitching!  The only good thing I can say about Winter is that I have a lot more stitching time than I do in the Summer!

Crazy Quilt Gatherings Volume #4 Winter 2011 Issue

If you're a crazy quilter, you don't want to miss out on ordering the latest issue of Pat Winter's Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine.

This issue is loaded with beautiful crazy quilt photos, tutorials and articles!  You won't be able to put this down!!!

Kathi's Gingerbread Muffin Recipe

After braving a trip to WalMart yesterday to pick up a few things, I decided to bake some muffins.  This is Kathi's recipe for Gingerbread Muffins.  It's the first time I made these and I must say, they are good!

Twice Ginger Gingerbread Muffins
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 19 Minutes
Makes 18

2 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground Clove
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 cup unsulfered molasses
1 cup boiling water
1/3 cup coarsely chopped crystallized ginger

1) Sift together flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves & 
nutmeg into a bowl.  Mix the butter and brown sugar together in another 
bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until well blended and 
smooth, about 3 minutes.  Add Eggs one at a time and blend after each.  
Reduce speed to low; beat in dry ingredients.  Add the molasses; beat 
several seconds until blended.  Add the water; beat a few seconds until 
blended.
2) fill two standard-size muffin tins, coated with nonstick spray, about 
3/4 full.  Bake until tops are set but mixture beneath is jiggly,  10 
minutes.  Remove pans from oven; sprinkle muffins with crystallized 
ginger.  Return to oven; bake until a tester inserted into the center 
comes out clean, 9-10 minutes.  Cool muffins in tins, 15 minutes.  Serve 
warm or at room temperature.

Calories=207

I've never been huge on Crystallized Ginger but 

it's a nice added touch and I really like this recipe! 

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

Large Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls

I finished up the large versions of my Crazy Quilt Dolls:

I love them all but as you know, I'm quite partial to pink!  Anyway, these are available at our Boutique and as well as our Etsy shop.