{"id":9672,"date":"2010-11-07T00:14:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T04:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2014-07-03T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T02:22:07","slug":"quilt-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/07\/quilt-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilt Label"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Laurel did not finish her quilt before she and her brother went home today. But she did manage to stitch out this quilt label.<\/p>\n

While\u00c2\u00a0their parents\u00c2\u00a0enjoyed a mini vacation to celebrate their 15th anniversary,\u00c2\u00a0our grandchildren gave us four\u00c2\u00a0 fabulous, fun filled,\u00c2\u00a0hectic\u00c2\u00a0days.<\/p>\n

Aside from\u00c2\u00a0doing their regular homeschool work, Laurel quilted with me and\u00c2\u00a0Robert worked on a woodworking project with his grandfather.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0They\u00c2\u00a0roasted marshmallows over a roaring bonfire, made 5-minute artisan bread (recipe below), spent an afternoon at the library….and more.<\/p>\n

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Grandchildren are such fun.\u00c2\u00a0 They make us feel so young when we are with them, and so old–and tired–after they have gone home.\u00c2\u00a0 Now Bob and I need a mini vacation.<\/p>\n

Today,\u00c2\u00a0in a flurry of activity before our time ran out,\u00c2\u00a0 Laurel managed to stitch out her quilt label.\u00c2\u00a0 Because her sweet little Brother PE 300S machine has only a 4×4 embroidery field, she\u00c2\u00a0stitched the label on my ULT2003D, using the largest hoop.\u00c2\u00a0 She loved the upgrade but confided that she is more comfortable with her own<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0machine.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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showing off their s’mores<\/p><\/div>\n

I explained that it’s best to document certain information\u00c2\u00a0about the quilt so that’s what she did.\u00c2\u00a0 It includes everything but her birthday, which you could probably figure out,\u00c2\u00a0and social security number, which you probably could not.<\/p>\n

We worked together with BuzzXplore and BuzzEdit2 to design the label.\u00c2\u00a0 The text alone was just too boring for Laurel’s taste, so we added designs from the Annie Lang Quilts 3<\/em> collection from Amazing Designs.<\/p>\n

Now for some Nana Fun.\u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday’s bread making activity was so successful, fun and educational.\u00c2\u00a0 While learning “America the Beautiful,” they were curious about the “amber waves of grain” phrase.\u00c2\u00a0 So we discussed wheat and\u00c2\u00a0grains and that, of course, led into bread making.\u00c2\u00a0 I had tried this recipe some time ago and thought it was just the thing to do with the children.<\/p>\n

It really does take about 5 minutes to mix this up.\u00c2\u00a0 It sits for a few hours and then in a matter of minutes, you pop it in the oven.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no kneading.<\/p>\n

We made two loaves and had enough dough left over to make up a third loaf this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 The children\u00c2\u00a0were so proud when they gave \u00c2\u00a0the hot-out-of-the-oven\u00c2\u00a0loaf\u00c2\u00a0to their parents.<\/p>\n

This bread is fabulous.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out the Youtube \u00c2\u00a0video link and give it a try.\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HSOoH686_b8<\/a><\/p>\n

Adapted from “<\/em>Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day,<\/span><\/em><\/a>” \u00c2\u00a0by Jeff Hertzberg and Zo\u00c3\u00ab Fran\u00c3\u00a7ois <\/em><\/p>\n