Turnip French Fries

mmmm i really love turnips.  Mom has always made them mashed, with a bit of butter, sugar and salt to get rid of the little bit of a bite that it has.  Well she found a recipe in a magazine (sadly i can't remember which to give credit) but it was made with Parsnips, Sweet Potato and Turnips instead of fries!

Peel the outside of your turnip.

Cut it into fry size pieces, place them into a large ziplock bag as you go.

Grab whatever spices you'd like and some olive oil.  I used: 

1 tsp Olive oil

1 tsp Garlic Salt

1 tsp Onion Powder

1 tsp Paprika

1 Tsp Cajun spice mix

Zip closed, and shake your back of fries so that they are evenly coated.

Place on a baking sheet. I cover mine with parchment paper so that it's easier to clean up. 

Oven: 425F

Time: 30 min

Don't they look tasty?

just a heads up, they don't go crispy crunchy like a frenchfry but they are just as tasty!

Flower Pincushion

I was in need of a pincushion and had seen a few cute flower pincushions.  I wanted something quick and easy to make, and something that would use some of the new buttons I'd just received in the mail.

I took some of my scrap fabric that I'd sent aside for projects, and cut out a circle that was 4 inches in diameter.

I stitched the right sides together. Stitch around the circle circumference of the circle, but make sure to keep an opening so that you can turn the fabric right side out.  I did a secondary zig zag stitch around the circle to keep it from splitting/fraying open. 

Once you have the fabric stitched, turn it right side out and stuff with batting of your choice. And pick up a complimentary colour of embroidery thread to make your petals of the pincushion.  Make sure that the pincushion is stuffed nice and firm. you don't want it to be too soft. Stitch up the opening with a tiny slip stitch.

To form each petal, use your needle starting from the middle and pulling through the pin cushion.
I did the flower in quarters first and then sectioned the bloom into eighths.

Vintage Buttons

I've been doing a lot of shopping lately. I've purchased a few new items to play with.

Vintage Buttons, Metallic buttons, and White/Cream buttons

Purchased from Martijean at Etsy

Books!!

So i love Amazon.ca
you can find pretty much ANYTHING on it. I've been thinking about trying my hand at quilting and tried to find some more modern quilts. I'm not very 'country' oriented when it comes to style. But there's just something about a homemade quilt that screams comfort!

So... I found 3 quilting books and there are a few quilts that I may give my hand a go at in between all my other projects that I have planned!

and something that isn't quilting oriented because i LOVE bags and I'm currently working on sewing one for myself (yayy)

Reupholstering - Part 2

So... previously, I showed you my great grandmother's lovely chair and this suppppper pretty fabric that I picked out to reupholster it with. I'm still totally in love with it!!! 

I'm totally excited with how it turned out as well!

Dad found a great deal on a power electric stapler, because there is no way that I would have had enough pressure to squeeze the trigger on a staple gun enough times to get this chair done. 

So yayyy thank you dad for picking it up on kijiji!

-le gasp-  so pretty even in this messy state!

The back is done, as are the arms in this shot. 

Just working on the corners and making sure i get the cuts and tucks done properly.

The finished product!!!

Now i'm not a fan of the work that goes into reupholstering, I definitely couldn't do it day in and day out for a living, so kudo's to those who do as a profession!

But I am rather proud of the way this turned out.  I would definitely reupholster other furniture in the future if it's going to save me an arm and a leg in cost!

Let me know what you think!

Reupholstering

My great grandmother left me a chair of hers, and while the lines of the chair are absolutely beautiful. I've never been a huge fan of the fabric that's on it. So I decided to reupholster it. 

I headed off to Fabricland because they had a 50% off sale this weekend, and perhaps purchased a little bit too much fabric lol I seem to always second guess my decisions. 

I probably only needed 1 yard of fabric and purchased 2 so I guess I'll be making some pillows out of the excess fabric lol. 

Oma's chair.

Here is the chair stripped down to the bones.

And the fabric laid out, using the old fabric as a template. 

Once the upholstery is completed I'll show more pictures!

I still need to purchase some trim, but haven't decided on cream, light green or dark green. 

We'll see what the store has for me! Stay Tuned!

Mother & Daughter Apron

I found this really adorable pattern for a Mother/Daughter apron, and really vibrant and pretty fabric.

The apron is lined in a beautiful rich emerald green and the sash is a lemon yellow satin ribbon.  I chose to do the bottom corner apron, and i simply adore the child version!

Now I just need to find a child to model it!

Child's apron

Adult & Child Apron

Adult Apron

New Fabric

Okay... so I may have a little bit of an addiction when it comes to fabric. My mother warned me, that I shouldn't buy too much, because it will just stock pile and then you'll forget what projects you have going.. but goodness. the fabrics are just TOO adorable out there!!!

I can't wait to get started with each of these. some of them will be regular day apron's and others will be more Christmas and Valentine oriented!! aren't they gorgeous?!