gardnergal970

OKSewGlad...did I understand correctly that you will have a house full of kids beginning this next weekend? If so you have my vote for Grandma of the Year. That to me is more challenging than the beautiful table topper that you've created, even if it is PP! Sounds like you'll be doing a lot of cooking to keep their hollow leg's full if they are typical teenagers.

QuiltingNinaSue

Oh, what fun you are having with 'death by chocolate' and having all your kids and grandkids there this weekend!! Lovely pp top you have designed and the colors are wonderful. I miss all the family get togethers' we had as kids; most was Grandmother's family and all of them lay into their eternal resting places. Younger generation hardly knows one another. I could not recognize or name cousins. Even brother kept his children, grandchildren away from us, never wanted us to know them, which is sad. His reason was: we were not religious enough for him. Love hearing how QB families do get together and have fun. Blessed are thee.

oksewglad

Yup the kids are coming, the kids are coming. We have 9 GK under the age of 11; granted 5 of them live 1/2 mile and a hill away, but when the others are here they are all here. With 4 kids, 3 of them married it makes for a full house. One of my favorite times, but so glad to see them go home. And everybody chips in; they are at home, not our guests. DH is pleased as it's Father's Day weekend. The girl friend comes in toward the end of next week to check out Iowa. And with Fair next week---aaaggghhhhh. I will survive.

QuiltingNinaSue

(Buffalo chips) Cow Patty


1 pound of butter, 2 c brown sugar, 2 c. white sugar, 4 eggs, well beaten, 2 teaspoons of vanilla....cream together. Dry ingredients: 4 c flour, 2 c Quaker oats, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons of baking soda, 1 c pecans, 3 c post toasties (or corn ) 1 c coconut flakes, 1 package each of butterscotch, chocolate and white chips. Mix chips into the flour then combine all together and chill in the refrigerator for a couple of hours before baking at 360 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Beware, they will spread and rise, so stay well away from the edge of the cookie sheet and do not crowd the cookies on the sheet. Make even balls equally spaced apart. If you use less butter (1 c or 2 sticks, not 4), the cookies will retain their shape better. I have served them at school, to the neighbors, and to friends and family. I refer to them as "cow piles". If you use the whole pound of butter, take the cookies off of the cookie sheet while they are still hot, lightly brown on top ot medium brown on top, even though it acts like unbaked cookie dough...the cookies will not be uniform in shape. I always "land" my cookies on wax paper on the counter 'cause it saves on clean up time. Personally, I like to add golden raisins and cranberry dry fruit to the batter for more color and texture. Warning: yields many cookies...for a TEXAS crowd...I baked my last ones in two different sessions, but they freeze well. The nuts can be omitted or substituted. This is not word for word what the recipe says, so its not copied per se.

Ok, now you can adapt, change it to suit you all just like the quilt blocks. ..just remember its what a cow eats that shows up in the patty.... have fun.

janRN

Thank you, QNS for the recipe. How am I going to explain that I gained weight while making a quilt?? Between the cookie recipe and the Ice Cream Bowl block all I've done is eat sweets this week. I'm blaming all of you!!!

QuiltingNinaSue

JanRN, when you gain weight, it give people more to hug & love...until they give you hugs on the installment plan. That's when they hug and mark their place, then go on around to hug again and again. lol!!

dublb

OMGoodness, how did I forget ta go & find these 2 threads? This means that I'm behind by 14 blocks now. Well I nearly have Does & Darts done. I'm still workin' on my Neice & Nephew's quilts. I sewed the border on her's taday, but it is on wrong, so I put it aside & am takin' a break right now. I'll frog stitch it tamarrow.

JeanieG

Well, I am behind now too! Just got back from our monthly camping trip and have one block cut out, and the 2nd I'm PP. Probably won't get to work on it until the weekend!

mirabelle

QNS you make me laugh with your wonderful stories, love the instalment plan for hugs I am out of sorts at the moment, I took a tumble in my sewing room, got my leg caught up in the sewing machine cord. Well I hit the floor and the machine followed me It has to go to the technician to be checked out but unfortunately that won't happend for another week. So I thought I would set up my embroidery machine as a straigh sewer but the feed dogs have seized so no straight sewing there. In desperation (I am not kidding) I dragged out my Janome 6000 which was puchased in January 1986, dusted it off, oiled it, told I I still loved it and started sewing, but it is just not he same as my newer machine. My sewing room looks like a Pfaff graveyard at the moment and I'm not a happy camper. Maybe this is someone telling me that I need to sit and finish my Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt

carriem

Karen--sorry to hear of your tumble in the sewing room! I hope you can find something to work on until your machine is fixed. What a bummer that nothing was working right! Some days are like that unfortunately.

I didn't get any sewing in today. Maybe tomorrow afternoon...

Carrie