Baby Quilt Progress

Here's the first pieced portion of my baby quilt.  I am hand piecing this quilt and I am amazed how accurate it lines up.  Just look at this picture.  The diamonds line up perfectly in the center and it lays flat.  So far I have 5 finished stars.  I need 18 whole stars and 4 half stars.  I hope to have it pieced in a couple of weeks because it's going to take me a long time to quilt it.  If it turns out as nicely as these first few stars look I think I'm going to enter it into the country fair this fall.  (It's been a dream of mine to have a quilt worthy of entering the fair ever since I started quilting.) I don't even care if I win, I just want the pride of knowing it was displayed at the fair and people from all around my area are going to see it.

One trick I have discovered for this project is the EZ Quilting 60° diamond ruler.  I found one at Joann's for about $10, and it makes it possible to cut perfect diamonds in a matter of seconds.  It's my new best friend.

I can't wait until I can make my next post for this quilt.  I've never been more excited about a quilt.

A couple weeks ago I bought a frozen bag dinner, it was a triple cheese pasta and chicken dinner.  As I was enjoying the easy meal I was thinking that this would be so easy to make.  I gave it a whirl tonight and this is what I came up with.

Cheesy Chicken 'n' Pasta or if you prefer Adult Mac 'n' Cheese

1 Chicken Breast, diced into bite size pieces

1 C. Chopped Cauliflower (Any Color)

1 C. Chopped Broccoli

1-2 Large Carrots, sliced 

1/2 C. Frozen Corn

8 oz Noodles (I used penne, you can use any sort of macaroni noodle that your heart desires.)

1 jar Ragu Double Cheddar Sauce

Cook your Noodles according to package directions, drain.  Meanwhile combine all vegetables in steamer and steam for 5 minutes.  Next cook chicken on stove top until cooked through. Combine noodles, veggies & chicken in frying pan, add as much sauce as makes to you happy.  Heat until hot and serve. 

Baby Quilt Sneak-Peek

I'm just getting ready to start on a little quilt for my newest edition.  I've found out that I'm going to have another girl. (Poor Daddy, with three daughters he doesn't know what to do with himself.) I did take just a little bit of sympathy on my poor husband, and agreed to pick a theme for the baby's room he could tolerate with equanimity.  I've chosen:

Pink John Deere.

Daddy Loves Tractors.

If I have time before the baby is born I hope to make new curtains, a bumper and a dust ruffle for the crib, using similar fabrics.

Amazing Quilting Blog

I was just cruzing through some of the crafting blogs and I came upon a link for Green Fairy Quilts.  I love to quilt and seeing other peoples quilts makes me happy.  However, I don't think I've ever had my jaw drop to the floor like this before.  Check out this blog http://greenfairyquilts.blogspot.com/ and you will understand.  The piecing is flawless, then just look at the quilting!  I've never seen anything like it before.  Seriously amazing.