tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30564807578145060452024-02-20T02:38:40.141-08:00paisley and lacepaisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-80788473938430567292011-05-14T22:30:00.000-07:002011-05-14T22:30:47.214-07:00Paisley and Lace is Moving!As you have noticed, posts have been halted in this little bloggy corner. The grateful blame goes completely and entirely to married man and my son Siah who, both being extraordinary web developers, have decided it was time for this girl to change things up a tad. And although both change and all things computer are not my best cup of tea, I have agreed to move on. <br />
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So change your feeds and dials and settings of sorts so you can follow along, for soon, very soon, a wonderful giveaway will be revealed. I can hardly wait to tell you about it....<br />
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You can now find this girl here:<a href="http://www.paisleyandlace.com/"> Paisley and Lace</a>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-18612549949243704102011-04-27T21:26:00.000-07:002011-04-27T21:26:20.422-07:00My Friend Sally<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgri6PpjCXa5JrtEXATdb-pEeRWGLGpCUFMCZixtdoiXOiwJ9A_Lpd1CBFMYrgN9KumyOqNSlzHYBjNiCoC-ZVTfl5HjBsLk4kAywtzbbJXMnbxDJ-WYnwUpoAl57SDSW667Hgw_XIZtQ0/s1600/IMG_7753b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgri6PpjCXa5JrtEXATdb-pEeRWGLGpCUFMCZixtdoiXOiwJ9A_Lpd1CBFMYrgN9KumyOqNSlzHYBjNiCoC-ZVTfl5HjBsLk4kAywtzbbJXMnbxDJ-WYnwUpoAl57SDSW667Hgw_XIZtQ0/s1600/IMG_7753b.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember my friend Sally? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She came home with this girl quite a few seasons ago now,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but alas, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> completely ignored</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and rather neglected</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">she has sadly been.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this girl got a hankerin' for a dreamy dress</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to wear this Easter Sunday,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is rather a silly thing to hanker for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">considering Easter Sundays </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">are known to be quite chilly in this corner of the world. <br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Infact, only one or two Easters </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">out of these 29 years we have been abiding</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in our beach town so lovely,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can I remember being warm enough to dawn a springy dress to church,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but designing a dress</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I determined was a must </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for this girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A dressy dress </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">made from a sheet of course </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that can be worn with jeans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a sweater</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a wool jacket </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and boots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Although some would say that doesn't really work,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and perhaps some did,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this girl was pleasantly pleased,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUl3qpsJJDj4kqNBiYKt0neHvkYp1z4JBbm_8f7vXA53BtosqpMkB9NLbsbn8C9sK7KrH7276R5X6u2IB3ojUeTntmQHCaEuQiFs7nAy-mF25MwqigAHrrcSuBoYjw_hfH33ZX6xMIAg1D/s1600/IMG_1366b.jpg">dear one</a> via a phone picture loved it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is my favorite compliment, indeed,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-favorites-and-some-hopefuls.html">married man</a> didn't take a hit to the wallety wallet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being my dear one's first Easter away,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">making a little something for<i> her</i> was a must!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sending it sneakily in the mail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to her home far away,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">made this slightly sad momma </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feel much, much better, indeed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This girl is always amazed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at how thinking of and loving others</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">brings joy to ones heart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when it might be a wee bit weepy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And back to my friend Sally...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">she was surprisingly a help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For although her waist is designed for women of the 50's,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who it seems had itsy-bitsy waists, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found laying the pieces over her shoulders and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">around her neck</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to be much more useful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than my flat, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">curveless,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">figureless,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">kitchen table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this girl</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with her friend Sally,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">will soon embark upon </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the <a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2011/04/lovely-summer-dress-challenge.html">Lovely Summer Dress challenge</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last year I participated in the <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2011/04/its-time-for-spring-top-sewalong.html">Spring Top Week over at Made by Rae</a>.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I made these little lovelies:</div><br />
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Again this great little competition has begun. Check it out and join in on the fun if you can!<br />
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Oh, bother. This girl has two little problemy problems with entering this lovely grand yearly contest. Problem one - As can be seen from the above photos, this girl just doesn't really wear 'tops', but rather dresses that one wears with jeans or leggings. And problem two - school is not out so this girl is still busy homeschooling two home-remaining totally awesome students and teaching a few classes for other homeschoolers at CFT. <br />
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So what is one to do when one cannot join in on a creative party filled with fun and fabulous sewists? This girl decided she must try a party of her own. A dress party! A summer dress party! A celebration of creative fashion goodness!<br />
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So get those creative juices flowing! Dream. Make a pencil sketch, or begin the hunt for that perfectly dreamy dress pattern, then embark upon the search for the perfectly 'you' fabric. Then sew away, my friend! If you are anything like this girl, it all takes time, but no worries. We will have till August 31. But if you have bunches of free time on your hands, head on over to Made by Rae and join her fun contest, then come on back this way, to make a lovely summer dress.<br />
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Dresses may be entered any time between now and August 31. I will have a few of my very fashionable friends be our friendly judges. And there will be prizes of course! <br />
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1 - Put a picture of your newly made creation on the<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1631797@N25/"> Lovely Summer Dress Challenge flickr group</a>, with the link to your specific blog post where you tell your lovely dress-story. <br />
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2 - Link back to my blog in your own post. If your heart so desires, grab my Lovely Summer Dress Challenge button and add it to your blog page. <br />
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3 - Spend a goodly amount of time strolling through our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1631797@N25/">flickr group</a>. Get inspiration. Meet new friends. And leave happy little comments. We all love words of praise and encouragement. <br />
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If you would like to contribute prizes to this grand soiree, please email moi at tinaratliff@gmail.com<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Happy sewing, friends! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the ever so lovely button thanks to<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3056480757814506045&postID=2523914859489969661"> youngest boy</a>:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the html stuff to make it work - thanks to <a href="http://brainfog.com/">married man</a>.</div><br />
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Today this girl made her family another Basic Country Loaf from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tartine-Bread-Chad-Robertson/dp/0811870413/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296196723&sr=1-1-catcorr">Tartine Bread</a> by Chad Robertson. Being the second time through, a much more easy process it happily was. The leaven was more developed and active since feedings have been daily. This family of silly boys tease that it has become our new family pet and claims that this girl talks to it. I don't. But, this girl does care for it quite particularly, and is beginning to wonder what one will do with my little lovely when a vacation is someday embarked upon.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1 tablespoon cumin: </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1/4 cup sesame seeds, ground:</div><div style="text-align: center;">If sesame seeds are lacking in the pantry, tahini or even peanut butter will do nicely.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A few dashes cayenne pepper: </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blend in food processor until smooth, adding a bit of water as needed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy with fresh bread, or even carrots and tortilla chips!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-19345870973650727702011-04-18T13:29:00.000-07:002011-04-18T13:49:11.686-07:00These are my days...<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Sometimes it seems as if joys</div><div style="text-align: center;">are covered over with the heavy cloth of life's struggles,</div><div style="text-align: center;">blinding one from seeing the goodness all around. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I forget to enjoy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to look up,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to breathe,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to smile</div><div style="text-align: center;">and enjoy this day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my awesome children,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my dear husband.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am missing it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Missing life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My wonderful, simple, sweet life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lord, help this girl to notice the many graces in this life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My wonderful, simple, sweet life:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> These two boys building a garden: </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a waterfall made with clay pots</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which this momma preferred over last week's project</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of exploding soda bottles filled with dry ice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Afternoons at the beach together:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Square one. Done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love how ginormous it is:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Neighborhood dog and square one. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This girl is determined to build this scrappy quilt no more</div><div style="text-align: center;"> until the next grand gathering of lovelies in two weeks</div><div style="text-align: center;">so if you are joining us from lands so far away,</div><div style="text-align: center;">plenty time is at hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">to gather colorful scraps and join in!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Join us in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1644823@N20/">lazy girl quilt along Flickr group</a> for sharing progress.</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-18875743236570505102011-04-13T21:52:00.000-07:002011-04-14T22:06:52.768-07:00Wednesday's Bread - Tartine Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQBGHUyZAIkdGz3aH9ZFGrrA5xZ564VV7r_RYD1nDk4F0kHjubGbpR9UwsUTyNc1wZPQFi2GM1ycKhkY6akrJj-YhYHN9yGoB8NuxVru70_CBJvlrRLvjbYE0HbeqnoXfgBs7y2CcJbY/s1600/IMG_7600b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQBGHUyZAIkdGz3aH9ZFGrrA5xZ564VV7r_RYD1nDk4F0kHjubGbpR9UwsUTyNc1wZPQFi2GM1ycKhkY6akrJj-YhYHN9yGoB8NuxVru70_CBJvlrRLvjbYE0HbeqnoXfgBs7y2CcJbY/s1600/IMG_7600b.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Tonight we listened to the song of bread together.</div><br />
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</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-24297245721568736502011-04-12T00:08:00.000-07:002011-04-16T00:15:15.866-07:00<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Improv <strike> Single</strike> Lazy-Girl Quilt Tutorial </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Yes. This girl, being up way too late</div><div style="text-align: center;">cuz<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu4eIfVBgNHCU19Aa4wVi8kQoXe4WEhyphenhyphenpLTE0eYiCSEHRik6vzuWxoq4QYn1t9pVeHM91HuDliDSGsNJlSwO5ZAXmFniQW7oPZOqP4RUui-lU96RPAQTDOOyRbQV3_Rq4IwilCVEZk97E/s1600/IMG_4234b.jpg"> Married Man and This Boy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">are in my room chatting about all things computer, </div><div style="text-align: center;">thinks Lazy Girl Quilt, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a more appropriate name,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and quite funny at this wee hour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> A dandy name for the soon to be embarked upon quilt! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2011/03/improv-single-girl-quilt.html">I promised a tutorial</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this girl keeps promises given, so here we go...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This tutorial is a rather simple improv version of a Single Girl quilt. Several lovelies will be joining this girl in my homey home every other Thursday evening to create this quilty goodness. An olde fashioned, yet quite modern, quilting circle we will be. Lots of fun, and maybe some chocolate and wine, we will have. Here are the detaily details if you would like to do the same in your own homey home. After this week, I will start a flickr group for us to show all our quilty goodness. </div><br />
I have worked 3 sizes. Again, this is my own improv version:<br />
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Each full circle is a whopping 22" square.<br />
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Queen - 88"x110"<br />
it will be 4 circles by 5 circles<br />
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Throw or Lap quilt - 66"x88"<br />
it will be 3 circles by 4 circles<br />
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Baby - approx 44"x44"<br />
it will be 2 circles by 2 circles<br />
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I highly suggest using a Kona Cotton for the solid colored fabric. They are consistent in color if more of the same hue is needed later. This girl tends to buy things in smaller increments. It seems that each complete circle takes about 2/3 of a yard. I am using 'bone' by Kona for all of the solid. Another lovely is using different colors for each circle. We will only purchase fabrics for the quilt top at this time. I usually wait until I have completed the top to choose the back, binding and batting. I do not pre-wash my fabrics.<br />
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To begin our improv version, cut the desired quarter-of-a-circle shape out of a 11" SQUARE piece of paper. Mine is not quite a true circle, The 'corners are pushed out a little, making it a square-ish circle. We will use these 3 pieces as a template, simply adding 1/2" around all edges to allow for seam allowance. You will see better as we go along. I promise. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We will begin by making our first quarter circle piece: </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And trim, leaving 1/2" for seam allowance:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u> Here is how:</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To make this curved piece, begin by arranging scraps in the order you would like:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Join the first 2 fabrics, making sure they are plenty wide:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open up and press flat with your fingers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lay the template over and see where the next shape should go: </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add on the next piece. Notice how I angle them to get them in the shape of the template:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> When your curved strip is wide enough, go to the ironing board, and press it:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pin on the template:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cut curved strip, leaving 1/2" seam allowance all around: </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now pin your other 2 templates to your solid fabric.<br />
I used a white for most of this tutorial.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cut, leaving 1/2" for seam allowances:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here are the 3 pieces so far:</div><br />
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Next I folded my pieces, marking the 1/2 way point on both edges of the curve, and on each of the curved lines of the white fabric: <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You can see my markings at the fold a little better here: </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Pin together at the center point and the 2 edges: </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now, go pin-crazy if you like, easing the curve as you go. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Stitch 1/2" from edge, easing the fabric as you go along.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open up and admire your improv goodness:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now we will sew on the remaining shape.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Match the center points and the edges as we did previously:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Press, then you can begin joining them together as they are completed:</div><br />
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(After making 2 quarter circles, this practical momma decided white pillows in a house full of fun loving boys probably would not be the best of ideas. I actually ripped out the white and switched it for grey.) Here you can see that I did each step, four at a time. I don't know why. But that is what I did. You can do them one at a time if you like.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, join all four quarter circles, right sides together. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see here how I pressed the seams in opposite directions so the center point is not too bulky.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the 4 quarters joined together: </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a bit of colorful hand-stitching, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this became a simple pillow for folks resting on our couch,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...or little ones rolling on the floor...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I will begin my Lazy-Girl<i> quilt</i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the company of some lovely ladies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-28958919747909495782011-04-05T20:36:00.000-07:002011-04-05T20:43:43.845-07:00A Corner Was Brightened<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkML7JYjzkeiZ1ZKwqp9-LhgcFsApF-svrLw_4clLVWYa5vQeuTYqPfjyUUqqEe9o1OkWEX3Yg-wgwAEBtEOmF2zyPygHM0JkLGPjX__55rPawImek5hHniRWfhffPJwecZ1kze8R9vM/s1600/IMG_6905b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This clunky door </div><div style="text-align: center;">stood all broken down and sad</div><div style="text-align: center;">quite uncomely and dejected</div><div style="text-align: center;">against a weary fence</div><div style="text-align: center;">as I drove by one day </div><div style="text-align: center;">a long while back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pass it by</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could not</div><div style="text-align: center;">for hidden beauty was seen</div><div style="text-align: center;">by this silly girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim97MXIKn104Ie5b9VaZIH5gqeUhT8kfdIYouMDczHr30NcioH_AgMlsN45mSlO1WvmiLVC-lVlrzOznx-huCfUyJ_8Arozz6zRmLRx04n9Xb8IiX88_zhfFbweEn-wJvid1detAex7_ds/s1600/IMG_4170b.jpg">Married Man </a>loves </div><div style="text-align: center;">that his girl,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with side-of-the-road treasures in hand </div><div style="text-align: center;">arrives home</div><div style="text-align: center;">as happy as if she had been treated</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the greatest of shopping sprees.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Loading this rather weighty find so lovely</div><div style="text-align: center;">into the car by myself </div><div style="text-align: center;">was quite a feat, </div><div style="text-align: center;">But maneuver it into the car, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this girl did. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since that day long ago,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it has been waiting in the corner,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or rather <i>glaring</i> at me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">demanding some inspiration</div><div style="text-align: center;">other than the random draping of this thing or that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A few days back</div><div style="text-align: center;">this girl decided to make <i>something</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course, make it <i>now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">when preparing dinner for delightful friends</div><div style="text-align: center;">was the more appropriate use of this girl's time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Being in such a hurry,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the room,</div><div style="text-align: center;">no, the house, </div><div style="text-align: center;">was quite strewn </div><div style="text-align: center;">with scraps of all possible goodnesses.</div><div style="text-align: center;">of yarn, fabrics, laces and more...</div><div style="text-align: center;">A few hours and a big mess later,</div><div style="text-align: center;">voila! </div><div style="text-align: center;">a curtain-ish lovely brightens the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But a meal for dear friends</div><div style="text-align: center;">must be made.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The table set.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our hearts prepared.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So set aside this curtainly creation I did.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Being the imperfectionist that I am,</div><div style="text-align: center;">tape and thumbtacks hide behind said door</div><div style="text-align: center;">where none can see.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, indeed, someday I will return,</div><div style="text-align: center;">new lovely.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This girl will in time add</div><div style="text-align: center;">a goodly amount of stitches and adornment </div><div style="text-align: center;">to our newly brightened corner.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love <a href="http://www.dsquilts.com/fabric_and_patterns.asp?PageID=83">Denise Schmidt's Single Girl Quilt</a>:</div><br />
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I love the simplicity<i> and</i> the old fashioned yet modern design. Most of the fabric is solid and the colorful circles are made with scraps, making it a budget friendly project. Being the patternless sewist that I am, I thought this might be a great pattern to embark upon actually following. With further research, and to my great disappointment, I discovered it's loveliness to not be as simple as this married girl had hoped. Each of the circles takes 32 separately cut shapes using templates. Doing the multiplication, I realistically decided such a pattern is not for moi. A smallish baby quilt alone would take nearly 200 smallish intricately cut pieces. Oh dear. A bit much for a highly non-perfectionist girl who likes to see a happily finished product sitting around the house in less than a decade. <br />
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So. What about an improvisational version? This girl, needing pillows around the house, and lots of them, alighted upon a small experiment, hoping for a simple way to create an Improv Single Girl circle. I think I did it. My own way. This one circle measuring about 22" x 22" was joyfully held up for my married man's approval in less than an hour and turned into a pillow shortly thereafter:<br />
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</div>Although married man didn't jump up and down or burst out in melodious praises at the greatist of accomplishments, this girl is now ready to begin the Improv Single Girl Quilt journey. Not being in the hunkering for a journey alone, and being somewhat enticed by the idea of an old fashioned quilting circle, I'm welcoming a few kindred dearies into my homey home for said circle of happy sewists.<br />
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For those of you kindred ones who can not make it to this homey home filled with quiltie friends, a tutorial is in the workey works. I promise. But as my homeschool week is upon me, time for reading good books and guiding my remaining two is quite at hand for this girl...<br />
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Today I'm linking up with<a href="http://kojodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/friday-fun-finds.html"> Kojodesigns</a>. They have some pretty amazing tutorials.paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-67136384320803825902011-03-28T08:00:00.000-07:002011-03-28T08:00:06.614-07:00These are my days...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Down the street:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">In my kitchen:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In process for my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUl3qpsJJDj4kqNBiYKt0neHvkYp1z4JBbm_8f7vXA53BtosqpMkB9NLbsbn8C9sK7KrH7276R5X6u2IB3ojUeTntmQHCaEuQiFs7nAy-mF25MwqigAHrrcSuBoYjw_hfH33ZX6xMIAg1D/s1600/IMG_1366b.jpg">Dear One</a>:</div><br />
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</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-59272551458813393252011-03-25T08:00:00.001-07:002011-03-25T08:00:24.739-07:00I Am a Home Schooler<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">An Early American Day - And One Man </span><br />
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I am a home schooler.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My two youngest boys go to <a href="http://covenantfamilytutorial.org/">Covenant Family Tutorial</a> one day a week,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with other<a href="http://dev.welltrainedmind.com/classical-education/"> classical Christian home schooled</a> children.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am one of the teachers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have been studying the early years of our nation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had an Early American Day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We began our day by exploring:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">noticing our surroundings,</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and taking notes</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">to inspire nature poems.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We prepared:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and ate rustic food:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We played some of the same games</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Native American children might have played:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cliff Hodges, owner, founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.adventureout.com/management.html">Adventure Out</a>, was our guest:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He showed us many things the early Americans made to survive:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He told us great stories of his own hunting adventures using <i>only</i> his handmade weapons.<br />
He is a brave man.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He chipped obsidian to make the beginnings of an arrowhead:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A finished arrowhead takes more than 20 hours to complete.<br />
It is good for only <i>one</i> shot.<br />
He is a patient man. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">He makes bows from a thick piece of special hard wood,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and even uses various parts of the animal to complete all his weapons,</div><div style="text-align: center;">just like people of earlier times would have done.<br />
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He is a hardworking man.<br />
Like the earliest of Americans.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The younger children made their own bows and arrows,<br />
using foam shapes, sticks, feathers and string,<br />
and imagined life in early America: </div> <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A great day was had!<br />
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Personally, I was inspired by One Man.<br />
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A man who is patient.<br />
A man who works hard.<br />
A man who followed his passion<br />
and built a successful business because of it.<br />
A man who inspires others.<br />
To embrace that which interests them.<br />
To work hard developing skills.<br />
And to work hard some more.<br />
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Are we always telling our children to work hard<br />
so they can go to college<br />
and get a good job<br />
and live happily ever after?<br />
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Or do we encourage<br />
our children<br />
our friends<br />
our selves<br />
to find that which naturally flows from them,<br />
their passion,<br />
their gifts, <br />
and work hard at that?<br />
To find their Place?<br />
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For I dare to think<br />
each of us finding our Place<br />
is what will bring<br />
our children<br />
our friends<br />
and ourselves<br />
the richness of this life.<br />
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And a difference in our world it will make. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Homeschool-mom hat # 342:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Help my children find their unique gifts and run with it...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-88580540682195340412011-03-23T08:00:00.000-07:002011-04-06T14:59:48.655-07:00Wednesday's Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSPsFvbWpMfePhsn4Ahse-kMEcMN_eJeJdady7BsPTf1cuSO07zFNfJdUVGGmH8M9p5m0Mna2EqYUeNkaz8ugOHwXm8yPgXrOG8d7h9j1q94g8zOOIEaJw0wvJFW8CFCyMNDAE0Ioaoc/s1600/IMG_6516b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSPsFvbWpMfePhsn4Ahse-kMEcMN_eJeJdady7BsPTf1cuSO07zFNfJdUVGGmH8M9p5m0Mna2EqYUeNkaz8ugOHwXm8yPgXrOG8d7h9j1q94g8zOOIEaJw0wvJFW8CFCyMNDAE0Ioaoc/s1600/IMG_6516b.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Today was a learning day! To begin with, I discovered that my adventure in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tartine-Bread-Chad-Robertson/dp/0811870413/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300341970&sr=1-1">Tartine Bread</a> making will take some goodly amount of patience. Not only does it take at least a week to make the starter each bread begins with, but there is alot alot alot of reading and persnickity details to familiarize ones self with. I'm up for the happy challenge, though. This book has a plenteous amount of gorgeous pictures, showing each baby step of the way, making my personal challenge seem sufficiently do-able. Can I say that I even like how the pages of the book feel to the touch? It is definitely not ordinary slick and shiny paper. It has texture. I appreciate such detaily things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Today I familiarized myself with my new, long awaited for, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FHFLQQ">scale,</a> by remaking a <a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2011/02/wednesdays-bread.html">recipe from Amy's Bread</a>. Measuring in grams using the scale was significantly different than the given cup measurements, making for a better dough, for sure. It made a grand difference. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I also tried kneeding in the bowl like shown in Tartine Bread. Fabulous. It was sooo much easier. I didn't kneed any extra flour into the dough at all, and no mess on the floor<i> or me</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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This boy and his momma made a quilt:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He made all the different shaped doggy squares.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see this boy was a tiny bit younger when this project he began: </div><br />
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I put them together:</div><br />
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I always take another quilt of the desired size and lay it on my bed. Then I arrange the squares on top. It's my small-house version of a design board. Simeon had a big say in the design process here. After arranging them, I cut and pieced in the brown negative space, or sashing. A lot of up and down from my machine to the ironing board, then to my bedroom, and back....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The back of the quilt is simple.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> A dog house on two of the corners,</div><div style="text-align: center;">One for Beau and one for Maddie, </div><div style="text-align: center;">was sweetly insisted upon by this boy </div><div style="text-align: center;">who misses his doggies so:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> for once upon a time, </div><div style="text-align: center;">buddies they were:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love my boys. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love my days with my boys.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not too long ago</div><div style="text-align: center;">this boy and I went on an adventure.<br />
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Adventures are great.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Adventures are wonderful.<br />
Adventures are memories that last forever. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This adventury day was especially delightful</div><div style="text-align: center;">because it was an adventure had together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just the two of us<br />
heading to the big city<br />
with all it's charms<br />
and the best charm of all<br />
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so greatly missed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After leaving behind<br />
our car filled with sleeping-over goods</div><div style="text-align: center;">not too far from this boy's sister's homey home,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I pulled out a well-worn piece of paper from my <span id="goog_635680884"></span><a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2010/09/bouquet-day-bag-and-class.html">bouquet bag<span id="goog_635680885"></span></a>.<br />
Reading these detailed directions</div><div style="text-align: center;">written especially for moi,</div><div style="text-align: center;">by my dear one,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who knows me oh so well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She knows I am </div><div style="text-align: center;">her silly momma who really</div><div style="text-align: center;">practically hardly ever knows<br />
how to get from this place to that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This boy and his silly mama </div><div style="text-align: center;">read each street name. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We stood at this corner...looked to the right...turned left... </div><div style="text-align: center;">passed streets...then right...</div><div style="text-align: center;">to wait for the bus here:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After reading more signs and landmarks from my listy list,<br />
getting off at the right stop.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">walking up stairs...turning left....past a little pastry shop...</div><div style="text-align: center;">we arrived at the steps of the illustrious <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/diPietro-Todd-Salons-Academy/133582325698">De Pietro Todd</a>:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being her model on this adventure filled day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">getting a fresh hair cut was a long awaited pleasure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few shared moments with my daughter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just being there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seeing her face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feeling her touch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hearing her voice again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A peek into her artsy talented world</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of accomplished instructors </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and kindly fellow stylists.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sneaking in a little mother-daughterly-ness while chair ensconced.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, not too much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shared moments for brother and sister</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">while brother spins in his fancy chair</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">along side this momma and her Dear One catching up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alas. Our time, to an end, finally comes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This boy and his momma's adventure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">goes on through Chinatown:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with its many odd sites:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">attacking birds: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and beauties:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spied a <a href="http://www.unionsquareshop.com/pages/orvis.html">shop for the serious fisherman</a>,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">later finding out this is where many hair stylists get their supplies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of pink feathers and such </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the artful up-do:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ate some rather ordinary snacks:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then met up with my Dear One's Love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at Union Square:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Journeying back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we picked up my Dear One</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when her long day was done:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then being the kind of momma that I am</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and always will be,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">upon arrival to their homey home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">put away my camera, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and with my adventured boy's help,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cooked up a tasty dish of lasagna goodness</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so my Dear One and her Love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can come home to good food</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the remaining days of their week,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for being so far away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can no longer bring</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cookies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and pies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and other such lovelies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">whenever this heart desires.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this will have to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For a while. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Till adventures to the city continue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the next boy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who already can hardly wait</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for his sister and newly brother to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-36143635365339317202011-03-11T08:00:00.000-08:002011-04-06T15:01:22.967-07:00Spinach Ricotta Cannelloni Made with Fresh Pasta<div style="text-align: center;">This boy had a birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">His 19th.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made this for his dinner:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Being pretty amazing,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-the pasta, not the boy</div><div style="text-align: center;">although the boy is a great guy indeedy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but that's another story for another day -</div><div style="text-align: center;">this pasta is also especially simple.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So...</div><div style="text-align: center;">before this recipe was forgotten forever,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and never properly repeated again,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I put it down,<br />
although not with paper and pen,<br />
for posterity's sake. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Afraid of fresh pasta making </div><div style="text-align: center;">I no longer am.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My hope of all hopes<br />
is now to relieve any fears<br />
had by my dear lovely friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I first embarked upon<br />
my adventures in fresh pasta goodness</div><div style="text-align: center;">after watching this by Jamie Oliver:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Doesn't he make it look soooo simple.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like, why <i>would</i> anyone buy pasta anyways?</div><div style="text-align: center;">He seriously makes a complete pasta dish</div><div style="text-align: center;">from scratchedy scratch</div><div style="text-align: center;">in under 7 minutes.<br />
This good man inspires. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">So pull out the dusty pasta roller<br />
if it can be remembered<br />
which nook it was<br />
oh so many years ago<br />
put to rest on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whether it's <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001IXA0I?ie=UTF8&tag=paisandlace-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001IXA0I%22%3ECucinaPro%20150%20Imperia%20Pasta%20Machine%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=paisandlace-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0001IXA0I%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">manual</a> or a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/CucinaPro-150-Imperia-Pasta-Machine/dp/B0001IXA0I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1299561068&sr=8-2">KitchenAid pasta roller,</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">let's give homemade pasta a whirl.<br />
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Along the way,<br />
a few questions will I answer.<br />
Such as,<br />
Which kind of flour is best?<br />
Do the cut noodles need to be boiled first?<br />
Can I make it the night before?<br />
These questions I answer<br />
because these questions I had.<br />
I hunted and searched,<br />
fiddled and mussed with it all,<br />
so you can avoid such ponderings<br />
and get down to the easy peasy<br />
pasta making and eating!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Firstsies?<br />
The putting on of an apron.<br />
This is a must if like me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you are a messy goodness-maker.</div><br />
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<div style="color: #783f04;">For my marinara sauce:</div> <u>2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil</u><br />
<u>1/2 onion chopped</u><br />
<u>3 cloves garlic chopped</u><br />
<u>1/2 teaspoon dried basil</u><br />
<u>1/2 teaspoon salt</u><br />
<u>1 26 ounce jar marinara</u><br />
<u>1 28 ounce can tomatoes</u><br />
<u>pinch red pepper</u><br />
<u>pepper</u><br />
<u>1/2 cup red wine</u><br />
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To make your own marinara sauce, saute onion and garlic in olive oil a few minutes, until soft. Add basil, salt, jarred marinara, tomatoes, red pepper, pepper and wine. Turn on low and let simmer for at least 20 minutes. Set aside to cool. Or, skip it all. Use a jar. I won't tell.<br />
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<div style="color: #783f04;">My cannelloni filling:</div><u>8 ounces frozen chopped spinach </u><br />
<u>2 12 oz containers ricotta cheese</u><br />
<u>1 egg</u><br />
<u>1/2 teaspoon salt</u><br />
<u>1/2 cup parmesan cheese</u><br />
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Thaw spinach and squeeze out excess liquid. In a smallish bowl, combine spinach with ricotta, egg, salt and parmesan. Set aside.<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">For the fresh pasta dough</span>:<br />
<div style="background-color: white;"><u>4 eggs</u></div><div style="background-color: white;"><u>3 cups unbleached flour*</u></div><div style="background-color: white;"><u>1 teaspoon salt</u></div><div style="background-color: white;"><u>4 tablespoons water</u></div>*Some, including Martha Stewart, say to use <span style="color: black;">'00' flour.</span> It's an Italian finely ground flour, mostly found at specialty stores at a higher price. I tried it, too. No big deal. I really couldn't tell the difference. And if one is going to make pasta more often, it's more practical to use what is already in the pantry! Simple is best, I say.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Combine eggs, flour, salt and water in food processor:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix the dough. If too wet, add a few tablespoons flour until crumbly. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It should look something like this:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shape into a ball, and divide into 4 pieces:</div><br />
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I know. That's only 3. But I didn't think to take a picture till I had already run one through the press.<br />
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Some say to let the dough rest 30 minutes under a bowl. Some, including Jamie Oliver, don't bother. I've tried both ways. When in a hurry I don't let it rest. When I get interrupted with mommy stuff, I let it rest and come back to it when I can. The dough really doesn't seem too fussy.<br />
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Flatten dough a bit, and run it through the pasta machine on the lowest setting. Fold in half and run it through again:<br />
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Now you are ready to begin making it thinner. You will<i> no longer fold </i>it, but will make one long and longer thin sheet. Turn the dial to #2 and run it through.<br />
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Now turn the dial to #3. Continue making your pasta very thin until you have run the pasta through on the #6 setting. Your sheet will be very long and translucent.<br />
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I found that if my pasta began to get sticky, lightly dusting it with flour inbetween settings was helpful. Keep your work surface dry and sprinkled with flour, too, for moisture is the death of pasta. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cut the looooong sheet of pasta into squares:</div><br />
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If you lay them in a pile, be sure they are not too moist or they will stick to one another. Dusting liberally with flour eliminates stickiness. It also makes for dusty shoe tops. Make a note to self. Check shoes before going out of the house.<br />
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Guess what? You don't need to boil the sheets first. I have watched cooking shows and read blogs and other trusty recipes. They mostly say to boil the sheets first. Being someone who really doesn't like to be bothered with a guzillion pans to wash in the end, I tried skipping the boiling step. It works! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Place about 2 tablespoons of the ricotta mix across each square:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Roll it up:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Coat the bottom of a 9"x13" pan with half of the marinara. Place filled cannelloni on top:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Continue filling the pan, then top with remaining marinara: </div><br />
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At this point, it can be covered with plastic wrap and put in the fridge until the next day. Being one to always make things more practical and simple, I made 2 pans so I could try it. It really works. I love make ahead meals!<br />
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When ready to bake, cover with foil, and bake at 350 until bubbly and cooked through, about 30 minutes if room temperature, and about 45 minutes if it has been refrigerated. They will puff slightly. And look oh so yummy.<br />
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Remove foil and top with jack or cheddar cheese, returning to the oven for a few minutes until melted.<br />
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Let rest a few minutes before digging in. Now pour a nice glass of wine and enjoy sitting around the table with the family!paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-46803853786207958962011-03-08T08:00:00.000-08:002011-03-09T12:21:35.720-08:00Tuesday's Thrift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSIhnQ_IWi-0aVvfRtF5jDi76jVbPU4yU44A9M3j2sTSr490JqaKjBuaar8o5K8dWRvxPOmrFoKprPmAgCau0TH7EZOtMGyu39kt8BzWwnsRPMGxgd9H4IrtOTjPFcS5JAfgLlNtw4nI/s1600/IMG_6011_0317b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSIhnQ_IWi-0aVvfRtF5jDi76jVbPU4yU44A9M3j2sTSr490JqaKjBuaar8o5K8dWRvxPOmrFoKprPmAgCau0TH7EZOtMGyu39kt8BzWwnsRPMGxgd9H4IrtOTjPFcS5JAfgLlNtw4nI/s1600/IMG_6011_0317b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite a stack of vintagy fabric goodness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I gave the dress on top of the stack to my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN94NHBklGqUt59KpE8YIoJB_1mKvjdLEYk1rlwyeFjdLthEyadWc67fqpQV59yI_eou_Z1UGtms9XgM1CPwu5pVmrOvqDUs8DzMurXZjiX_duOg5W4F4oKY3VzAnVCNOHqNuaRPgZUSE/s1600/IMG_9446.JPG">Dear One</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A totally 60's dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait to see how this creative girl uses it in her wardrobe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second from the top is a sheet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure I had one just like it when I was a kid. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pass it up, I could not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What will I make?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have no idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mint polka dot sheet was spoken for at first sight by my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxLnnRaPFHTxWhc-SyygYaw6reBhZtUKB7PAxCy7T9caBUi0YGx2AwS8hr4eTIbRJ0Wzuso2WW5L9cojofsZphQiKXWIf0Ej449pga2FDouEjjnrKKcUZTZVW_1XY2sH97qHIfsfoj3g/s1600/IMG_5326b.jpg">young friend.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This new and excited sewist</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wants me to help her in the making of this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the previously loved chenille baby blanket at the bottom of the stack?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, of course I'm saving that one,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for someday...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when there are grandbabies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">needing this grandmama to sew them</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all things good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-65262685076624789212011-03-02T11:43:00.000-08:002011-04-06T15:10:17.173-07:00I Am a Homeschooler<div style="text-align: center;">I am a homeschooler. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is my passion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before my sewing, cooking, bread baking and crafting,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a homeschooler.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My world of all things crafty</div><div style="text-align: center;">flows out of my love for homeschooling,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and making my children's experience both educational and art-filled.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I believe creativity naturally flows out of a disciplined, orderly life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I don't mean orderly as in the house all tidy and clean every minute of every day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for this house is not.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I mean orderly in the sense of having a serious educational plan</div><div style="text-align: center;">that challenges and inspires us,<br />
is fit to each individual,<br />
provides a biblical worldview,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and makes life-long learning-loving people out of us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am still in the process of actively homeschooling my 2 youngest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love my days with them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the greatest moments in my life have been while teaching my children.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will tell you just one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My youngest had what I called situational dyslexia.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is no such thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He doesn't have dyslexia at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But when he was a little guy he got everything mixed up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I mean everything.</div><div style="text-align: center;">White was black.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Up was down. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Big was small. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday was tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: center;">More was less.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Forwards was backwards.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could go on. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When he was around 5 years old,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my oldest, sweet Hannah, and I were sitting on my bed trying to teach him some early math.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep. Homeschooling is a whole-family affair around here. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, try teaching someone to add </div><div style="text-align: center;">that can't comprehend more and less!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We tried and tried.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We used every possible way we could think to get it across</div><div style="text-align: center;">to my boy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">her adorable brother.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Throwing up our arms,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which had already been flying in hopes of some gesture that would bring light</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the mystery of teaching such things </div><div style="text-align: center;">to such a boy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we fell backwards on the bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">laughing hysterically at the impossibility</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the pure cuteness of our predicament.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was laughing, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He still laughs at<i> his</i> story,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for it is often told. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We put math aside for another day,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> when this boy was ready.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He wasn't labeled as a slow learner that day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or put in a special class.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was ... enjoyed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He gave us memories that day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Memories that will always be with us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Memories rather than fear and frustration because</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a homeschooler.<br />
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</div>On a typical homeschool day,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here is what my ever so lovely centerpiece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of freshly picked lemons can become:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-65684133257028447702011-02-26T16:02:00.000-08:002011-02-26T16:02:27.305-08:00Simeon's Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember this boy and his quilt?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Recently finishing all the not-so-very-square squares</div><div style="text-align: center;">quite by his happy little self, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and arranging them like so,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the precious pieces were entrusted to his mama.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Being the <i><b>im</b></i>perfectionist that I continue to be,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I left his free form square-ish squares quite alone</div><div style="text-align: center;">only pressing them a very tiny little bit:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> The brown in betweeny stuff,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the negative space,</div><div style="text-align: center;">is pieced,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which was no easy task, this mama might add.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Modern quilts,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or those made without the use of perfectly detailed patterns,<br />
with measurements and rules, </div><div style="text-align: center;">can be a tad trickedy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but is still most definitely preferred by this silly girl.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A little quilty sandwich making,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a lot of squiggly free motion quilting:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and waits some more.... </div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-28922284511495930592011-02-23T20:42:00.000-08:002011-04-06T15:09:59.536-07:00Wednesday's Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzPWCFD5uNXF63DPXWsU9WVSpmn2saxIM4U6fZ7c2RSR6sjBEuNkiOlyekty7UEID6Onvyn8i7NpFV9KyQymEla_fySbgvh8anna0fHeMGI9Xw79J77TSgUm0GmtSOXCuSmhq3O8UmnE/s1600/IMG_5974_0117b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzPWCFD5uNXF63DPXWsU9WVSpmn2saxIM4U6fZ7c2RSR6sjBEuNkiOlyekty7UEID6Onvyn8i7NpFV9KyQymEla_fySbgvh8anna0fHeMGI9Xw79J77TSgUm0GmtSOXCuSmhq3O8UmnE/s1600/IMG_5974_0117b.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEI__6Cg2zSZwAp2uzvUvqpnD_QFfb4c21gghXimdeEOnaoTYhiJ0ZqC472axk1tLPfq7cnVsFG2y_LSuGkEysZOsI00YcUcy7WNwlIbRoCkYXgQYSDc7jzDfTFAdGxFclJinB04qg10/s1600/IMG_7765b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEI__6Cg2zSZwAp2uzvUvqpnD_QFfb4c21gghXimdeEOnaoTYhiJ0ZqC472axk1tLPfq7cnVsFG2y_LSuGkEysZOsI00YcUcy7WNwlIbRoCkYXgQYSDc7jzDfTFAdGxFclJinB04qg10/s1600/IMG_7765b.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first of the year has become the distant past</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the traditional season of </div><div style="text-align: center;">happy new-year-making resolutions</div><div style="text-align: center;">and grandiouse-goal setting</div><div style="text-align: center;">has ceased. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We like setting goals.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We like setting our eyes on the high and exciting</div><div style="text-align: center;">and dreaming,</div><div style="text-align: center;">of a better ... everything, </div><div style="text-align: center;">for this is how the great rise to their potential,</div><div style="text-align: center;">right? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Usually, yes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, a rather good Lead Man </div><div style="text-align: center;">and his wifey wife - that's me</div><div style="text-align: center;">were <i>going</i> to set aside some timedy time </div><div style="text-align: center;">for grand list making of our own</div><div style="text-align: center;">in hopes of making it a grand year, indeed. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Alas, we have given up. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, a bad thing it is not, I think. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This couple of 28 goal-setting seasons</div><div style="text-align: center;">resigned to 'going with the flow' this year, </div><div style="text-align: center;">which in all honesty of honesties, </div><div style="text-align: center;">is what really happens each and every year in spite of our nicely enumerated high-hopes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This man and his wife remember the life dreamed of</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting on a grassy hill.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Teenagers in love.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hand in hand.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There we knew the names of our first 2 children,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and knew we would spend our lives as one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We knew an adventure lied ahead.</div><div style="text-align: center;">An adventure </div><div style="text-align: center;">from beginning to end</div><div style="text-align: center;">lead by our God.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our goals set on that grassy hill</div><div style="text-align: center;">though simple, occasionally have been lost sight of,</div><div style="text-align: center;">due to things that matter not</div><div style="text-align: center;">to this wife and her man. </div><div style="text-align: center;">However urgent thingy things appeared for a while,</div><div style="text-align: center;">urgent they were not,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for insignificant they were.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Back to the simple,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or for us, the foundational, </div><div style="text-align: center;">again we return.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On that grassy hill...</div><div style="text-align: center;">we decide to grow old together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be the grandparents </div><div style="text-align: center;">who tell stories of God's faithfulness,</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the wonders of God's grace in their lives.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We choose to make it to the end</div><div style="text-align: center;">together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On that grassy hill...</div><div style="text-align: center;">we decide our family is our center.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our primary purpose.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It will always be.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only thingy things that </div><div style="text-align: center;">are for the good of our family</div><div style="text-align: center;">will be paths we take.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is it a distraction?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or will it encourage our children?</div><div style="text-align: center;">To love?</div><div style="text-align: center;">To grow in their gifts and build character?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will it show them more of who their God is?</div><div style="text-align: center;">If not, we say "fare thee well",</div><div style="text-align: center;">great pathy path of things not for us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On that grassy hill...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decide to be an encouraging wife.</div><div style="text-align: center;">College for me a goal was not.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A good friend and support </div><div style="text-align: center;">to my Lead Man in his endeavors</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is what I want to be.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This rather imperfect wifey wife</div><div style="text-align: center;">thinks a college degree would have been a simpler feat,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but moment by moment </div><div style="text-align: center;">an encouraging wife I still aim to be.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On that grassy hill...</div><div style="text-align: center;">he chose to provide </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I could be a home school mom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A good provider he has always been</div><div style="text-align: center;">though some of our days have been lean,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this man puts his head down in determination,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and patiently presses forward out of love.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So for all these things I choose to pray.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That God's blessing would be</div><div style="text-align: center;">on this simple family</div><div style="text-align: center;">and our days</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the year ahead</div><div style="text-align: center;">as we pursue His purposes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #b45f06; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what about 2010? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some of my favorite things past:</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Favorite quilt - <a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2010/11/side-tracked.html">Levi's</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Favorite quilt, ever. </div><div style="text-align: center;">For many reasons. </div><div style="text-align: center;">God answered prayer. My friend is well. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Favorite scary thing conquered:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Driving to SF and taking the transit to Hannah's work. I have become very thankful for smart phones when I am not. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A favorite realization: </div><br />
I've learned that I really don't enjoy making things with the purpose to sell, but truly enjoy making things for those I love. I'm comfortable with not having a cottage business. My goal for this blog is to just put myself out there in hopes that from time to time it might encourage others in some meaningful way. I'm thankful for a husband who makes my comfy sweet life possible.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A favorite event:</div><br />
Nerf gun war with the whole family Christmas evening.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A few favorite additions:</div><br />
A real camera, a real sewing machine, and a tent trailer. When one doesn't have babies any more these become considered as 'additions'.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A favorite read-aloud: </div><br />
Heidi. I read it to my oldest two quite a while back, and now to my youngest two. Being boys, they thought they could not possibly enjoy a book with a girl's name as the title. Within a few paragraphs, their mind's were changed. We loved every page of it. Even the parts where mom teared up. Last time through, I remember handing Hannah the book to let her continue the reading when I would get weepy. This time I just kept reading, weepy or not. Sometimes they snickered at me. Sometimes they smiled at me. Somewhere near the end of the book, they said they would always fondly remember mom tearing up during story-time. <br />
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I'm not sure if this qualifies for a hopeful, but my neighbors and sons are threatening to teach me to surf. Eee gads. I find I'm just sitting on the beach a lot with no babies to chase anymore, which basically boils down to...no more excuses.<br />
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Grow in artisan bread baking skills - <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaVzJdBCagTc8wZlGIrwfPfmtBe5ucFk6bqok4CBkYS-sdmJ75YtERo-6aii6UZIUfN7Aq3jySIwRRdjb8Ir2Oz-u5zHcHG67vSObKvJqEdRSuNXYKcR6D6oOVr8RRODBjOnBXYmDUKf8/s1600/IMG_9454.JPG">My oldest</a> son just gave me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tartine-Bread-Chad-Robertson/dp/0811870413/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296196723&sr=1-1-catcorr">Tartine's book</a>.<br />
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Amazing. I'm determined. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSgpGZ65Ezy1hH8Dgl4SvHtwbK3Op7YKCe8aBScdH2Jn51R4pBSZY_1GWZOzNn67dV-w8XDFK4dcfFGLuxGKz4ouWRFN-ODDrwU4IKMfidL3uAszMfMNZWyYLeO_KLNriayFuwfLkgHIo/s1600/IMG_2642b.jpg">My youngest</a> son is joining me in my journey. We read the book together and are awaiting the purchase of a<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FHFLQQ/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER"> food scale</a> so we can begin. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpJN-YYewKbXsJA0677iVC2k2en8LSISKP2UTSRFKKi2WBgK72Rz60B_Vfxc2HSb5uetviT1XQp8MlZBuvGv30U_D0u4gJ4DzvW0kQmFAdHIsFITU6gL6yoQ70JTlsIjnHj8psZhpj0g/s1600/IMG_3435b.jpg">My middlest</a> son thinks it's pretty cool that the author loves to surf and has persued his passion for bread. All this leads to another hopeful:<br />
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Walk to Tartine with my Dear One to buy a loaf of <a href="http://www.tartinebakery.com/">bread fresh from their ovens in the city</a>. <br />
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Improve camera skills, if only slightly - It's pretty far down the priority list, after family, fun, teaching, trips to SF, being involved in the lives of those around me. But, my camera and I pretty much do all these together, so it would be a great advantage to spend time reading up on the how-to's. And maybe even a little Photoshop or Lightroom. Here is a group of pictures that I captured while doing some second shooting at a wedding with <a href="http://www.juliecahillphotography.com/blog/">my friend Julie.</a> <br />
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Being a professional photographer, she touched up my pictures making them look amazing. This shows me there is soooo much I can learn about such things. I don't make a good wedding photographer, either. I prefer capturing the unusual or personal, rather than wedding party people. <br />
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A practical hopeful, be more affectionate. I didn't grow up around touchy people so it doesn't come naturally. But I'm so far from those growing up days, that there are really no more good excuses for that one either. Time to show a bit more of what's inside.<br />
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See how many miles we can bike with the kids in a year. What I am really really really hoping for, is to try some new trails. Lead Man and I are such creatures of habit. So far...about 6 miles, one iced tea, a latte, and 2 frappes.<br />
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Take the privilege of praying for my husband and kids more seriously. I've been focusing on this a bit more lately, and plan to continue throughout the year. <br />
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My hopefuls are pretty simple and coincide with our original on-the-grassy-hill goals. I'm pretty happy with my uncomplicated life. If any big stuff needs to change, I'm sure we'll figure that out along the way. Life has a way of leading forward.<br />
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I would love to hear some of your favorites and hopefuls, too! We are all different, with unique gifts, personalities and purposes. May <i>your </i>families and lives be blessed this year as you walk in your own adventure ahead.paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-69499480707371817282011-02-16T13:09:00.000-08:002011-02-16T13:09:44.343-08:00These are my days...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxLnnRaPFHTxWhc-SyygYaw6reBhZtUKB7PAxCy7T9caBUi0YGx2AwS8hr4eTIbRJ0Wzuso2WW5L9cojofsZphQiKXWIf0Ej449pga2FDouEjjnrKKcUZTZVW_1XY2sH97qHIfsfoj3g/s1600/IMG_5326b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxLnnRaPFHTxWhc-SyygYaw6reBhZtUKB7PAxCy7T9caBUi0YGx2AwS8hr4eTIbRJ0Wzuso2WW5L9cojofsZphQiKXWIf0Ej449pga2FDouEjjnrKKcUZTZVW_1XY2sH97qHIfsfoj3g/s1600/IMG_5326b.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Wednesdays are bread days in this homey home. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2010/10/amys-bread-book-review.html">After some messy, confusing attempts at making this complex bread</a>, I am getting better at it, and thought I would share what I have learned so others might attempt artisan bread baking. Although I am not a professional, either in the photographer or baker category, I thought some might like to see my process. It's the next best thing to rolling up ones sleeves and hanging out for a day and a half. Not that baking a loaf of artisan bread takes all that time, it's just snippets of time here and there, making for a great homey day. It is my hope that seeing the process in pictures, will encourage some to give it a try. <br />
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This recipe is adapted from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amys-Bread-Revised-Updated-Artisan-style/dp/0470170751/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297328751&sr=8-1">Amy's Bread by Amy Scherber and Toy Kim Bupree. </a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here we go. A crazy long post mostly in pictures.</div><br />
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The night before, make the biga starter by doing the following:<br />
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In a large bowl combine <span style="color: #e69138;">3/4 cups very warm water</span> with <span style="color: #e69138;">1/8 teaspoon active dry yeast</span>. What is very warm water? About 105 degrees...or very hot to the touch, but not so hot you want to move your hand away.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stir in <span style="color: #e69138;">1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">If it is too thick like this:</span> </span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">add in warm water a tablespoon at a time: </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">until it looks more like this: </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon for a few minutes until it becomes an elasticy batter: </div><br />
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Cover your biga starter with saran wrap and a towel. Set on your counter over night. In the morning your biga should have risen, and be 'alive'. It will look a little bubbly:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Set it aside for a while longer.</div><br />
In another very large bowl combine <span style="color: #e69138;">1/4 cup very warm water</span> and<span style="color: #e69138;"> 1 teaspoon active dry yeast</span>. Let stand for a few minutes:<br />
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Meanwhile, in another bowl, combine <span style="color: #e69138;">3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, 2 1/3 cups unbleached bread flour, 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, 2 tablespoons kosher salt, </span><span style="color: #e69138;">2 tablespoons sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons poppy seeds, 1/4 cup sunflower seeds, and 2 tablespoons flax seeds.<span style="color: black;"> The seeds are really up to you. If you don't have them, don't use them, or put in what you like.</span></span> Set aside: <br />
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Back in the bowl with the yeast and water setting, add<span style="color: #e69138;"> 2 3/4 cups more cool water</span> (75 degree-ish), <span style="color: #e69138;">2 tablespoons molasses, 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil, 2 1/2 tablespoons honey:<span style="color: black;"></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">1 1/2 cups of your biga starter:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix with your fingers for a few minutes until it is pretty well combined.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">like this:</div><br />
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Now add the mixture of flours. I used a hard plastic spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl and pull the wet ingredients into the dry, but a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S13FVW/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER">dough scraper</a> is recommended.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it is all combined, turn it out on to a very lightly floured board:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I use my<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winware-Stainless-Steel-Scraper-Handle/dp/B0017RNIQ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1297888956&sr=1-2"> metal dough scraper</a> to gather the dough into a ball:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a good time for a hug or an itchy nose:</div><br />
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I was pretty accustomed to using bunches and bunches of flour in my kneeding, but artisan breads are more wet, and require the use of as little additional flour as possible. There are 2 things I rotated between in order to help knead such a sticky dough.<br />
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One. From time to time, I simply pat my hands in a small pile of flour to flour my fingertips:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then gently touch the dough and continue kneading:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two. I would use the dough scraper to lift the dough when it becomes too sticky again:</div><br />
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After a good amount of kneading, the texture changes to a nice stretchy dough. Here is my basic kneading technique. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I lift the edge of the dough either with the scraper:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">or as it becomes less sticky, with my hands:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I fold it towards me and press the heals of my hands down:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">then away from me:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I turn the dough a quarter turn then fold it in half towards myself again:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">press down and away again:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My camera man took a turn:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After 8-10 minutes or so of working the dough, put the nicely kneaded ball in a large bowl:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cover with oiled saran wrap. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Cover with a towel. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Set aside to rest for 20 minutes or so: </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now the dough stretches easily: </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Press 1 cup toasted (and cooled) pecans into your dough in the bowl:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Knead it together in the bowl, pulling sides into the middle: </div><br />
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After kneading it on my board again for a few minutes, the dough goes into my large, lightly oiled bowl. Cover with oiled saran wrap and let rise 2 hours.<br />
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My second batch can be seen in the back. This recipe makes 2 loaves. I doubled it making 4 loaves and divided it into 2 bowls at this stage. It was beneficial for me to make this recipe several times to learn the techniques before doubling it to make 4 loaves rather than 2. But after you get the hang of it, it really takes hardly any extra time to make a double batch. I find I am much more eager to give away a loaf when I have an abundance.<br />
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The dough is fully risen when an indentation made by pressing your finger into the dough does not spring back: <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Place seam side down in a lightly greased 5x7 bread pan. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sprinkle with oats or sesame seeds if desired. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cover again with oiled saran wrap and let rise in a warmish place for 2 to 2 1/2 hours till doubled. </div><br />
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Here are my 2 other loaves. I didn't have enough bread pans, so I placed them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. It works. I cut a few slits in the top with a sharp knife. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">20 minutes before baking place a cast-iron skillet and a mini loaf pan or foil pie plate on the floor of the oven. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Place the oven rack to be used for the bread in the middle of the oven. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When the loaves are ready, place them in the oven. Pour 1 cup or so of water into the cast-iron skillet and quickly close the door. It's all about the steam! The recipe recommends a quick spray with water after a minute, but I can't find a spray container that is not filled with some weird science project concoction, so I haven't tried it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After 20 minutes reduce heat to 400 degrees and bake for another 20-25 minutes. This recipe says to bake till an instant read thermometer reaches 210 degrees. That seems a little over cooked to me. I like to take it out of the oven at about 190 degrees. Remove from pans as soon as cool enough to handle. Let it continue to cool on a rack. If at all possible, try to refrain from slicing and eating for at least 15 minutes, making it easier to slice. But if your home is like my home, that is quite a feat. </div><br />
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A few tips:<br />
Get familiar with how 'very hot' and 'warm' water feel to the touch. Using a thermometer, get one bowl of water to 190 degrees and feel it. Then try 75-80 degrees. I can pretty much tell both my water temperatures by just touching tap water. I don't get out my thermometer any more.<br />
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Makes great toast with peanut butter and honey.<br />
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I do so hope this has been helpful. I hope it whets a desire in you to learn more about the art of baking bread. In days when everything is so fast paced and purchased, it can be quite fulfilling to slow down and create beautiful and healthy artisan breads.paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-5025028195190494852011-01-31T20:45:00.000-08:002011-02-01T21:38:36.640-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This messy mess I could bear no longer </div><div style="text-align: center;">though I quite think </div><div style="text-align: center;">this photo makes it seem so lovely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> In truth it was<i> not</i> so lovely.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Being the first thing to be seen </div><div style="text-align: center;">upon entry to our homey home</div><div style="text-align: center;">today it greeted fair guests no more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gathering another canvas from <a href="http://rayaphotography.com/clientshows/hannahkyle_wedding/">Our Dear One and Her Love's wedding</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(only three more lovelies awaiting their fate remain) </div><div style="text-align: center;">some cotton batting,</div><div style="text-align: center;">an ample piece of vintagy wool blanket </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://paisleyandlace.blogspot.com/2010/07/woolen-hanging-introducing-vickie.html">leftover from projects past</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> one rather handy staple gun,</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and a few minutes stolen </div><div style="text-align: center;">from time that really should be spent</div><div style="text-align: center;">reading and preparing </div><div style="text-align: center;">for a logic and literature class</div><div style="text-align: center;">that a handful of homeschoolers</div><div style="text-align: center;">await for me to teach</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the day next,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And voila!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Surely <i>Now </i>I can think</div><div style="text-align: center;">heady thoughts</div><div style="text-align: center;">of symbolism and plots,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for one little eensy piece</div><div style="text-align: center;">of my homey home</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">has a little touch of order</div><div style="text-align: center;">mingled with beauty,</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy reminders of days past,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and friends so dear.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now off to the smarty books I go...</div>paisley and lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519295471541111857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056480757814506045.post-3819059948928884722011-01-27T23:10:00.000-08:002011-01-27T23:10:43.406-08:00These are my days...<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">No snow here.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Just sunny warm days </div><div style="text-align: center;">filled with good surf,</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and winter tide-pools</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> for exploring,</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> then showing to mom.</div><br />
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