The new and almost improved Snaggle Tooth

phew!

I finally gave Luke his quilt this weekend. It would have been Thursday but that was the day he picked up his BMW wagon so I decided that he couldn't have the quilt until he could be properly excited about it. That may have been more for me than him. So without further delay I present to you the fruit of 6 months hard labor and stress...





Since I have had to keep this project in the dark, here are a few in progress photos.

Here is the quilt top finished and ironed out.



Spreading out the back to make the sandwich.



The sandwich about half way hand basted. Notice the exotic creature in the top left. Mmmm.



The zigs and zags being marked and quilted.



So that is all. My mom is giving me less than a year to start my next quilt. We'll see, it sure was a lot of work. Maybe next winter.

05 april 2006 or i hate coming up with titles

Sick again. Ah the woe that is my shitty set of lungs, every season change they betray me. Ah well, could be much worse, I did get a bit of relaxing in the past 4 days. On Monday I decided the only thing that would cure me is leek and veggie soup so of course I was compelled to make it, even though what I needed was to lay down. I bought this giant bunch of veggies at Jewel (home of crap produce), chopped them up, boiled them in a pot, then ate them up. Here is a before and after photo.

I finished up hand hemming my skirt and now it is ready for some warm weather. I have to say I wish I could erase those butterflies on the fabric. I was hoping they wouldn't be very noticible but I think they are.

Finally I am finally finished with my phildar no.20 pieces. It's about time, I thought I was never going to finish. Now I just need to block those suckers and sew them together and hope it's not as long as some other people's I've seen. The measurements say this should fit, but the visuals are telling me otherwise.

Up next is my bag. The pieces are cut out and waiting. We'll see how long they have to wait.

space-case wins. or looses.

My output may have seemed a bit low for someone so crafty as I and this is why. Ug that rhymes, nast. The "something else" was revealed to Luke in a desperate attempt to stop him from buying a cute duvet cover at Jonathan Adler, so a photo of it crumpled up on a chair while my fingers take a break from sewing the binding on should be permissible. Today I had to take pain killers to ease the shoulder and wrist tendonitis as well as the fact that I can't touch anything with my middle finger from forcing that needle through layers of fabric.

I also picked up some sweet Vogue patterns at 75% off today. Here is my favorite with it's fabric waiting to be turned into either a) a shirt dress that is uber-cool or b) a shirt dress that gives people migranes to look at.

Hoping to attend Ladytron on 4-21 and Yeah Yeah Yeahs on 4-14 but we'll see if I space on that like I spaced on Belle & Sebastion + the New Pornographers. Wow that was lame of me.

busy busy busy

It has been a very busy past two weeks filling in at work for the sickies and being all around super tired from my NYC trip and working so much extra. First off we have the pattern and fabric for my Sew? I Knit along skirt that I still have not taken a finished picture of. I will have a finished photo tomorrow.

After making the marzipan carrots for the tops of the cupcakes I have more marzipan left over than I think one person could eat in 5 years so I made some marzipan peaches. Why? Good question, but they sure are cute.

In other cooking news I made some delicious chicken chilaquiles for dinner wednesday night for Luke, Jon, their friend Justin, and Emily. I thought it was quite delicious and can’t wait to make it again.

Boring-est of all is the snails pace phildar pullover sleeve. Here it is. It is actually about 3" longer after tonights knitting but I swear this is the sweater that just won’t finish.

cup cakes cup cakes cup cakes yum.

Tonight I made Carrot-Ginger Cupcakes with orange-ginger cream cheese frosting and marzipan carrots. They are so tasty I love them. I never imagined in a million years that I would make marzipan, in fact I always wondered who on earth makes that stuff. Well the answer is now me.

Here are the marzipan carrots being made. It was touch and go for a while as we dumped obscene amounts of confectionars sugar into the mix but we made it in the end.

And here is the most beautiful carrot on the most beautiful cupcake. Did I mention they are delicious? Yum.

change of address

I am moving my snaggle tooth to a new address and it should be a wonderful thing once I get the other site looking beautiful. And by I, I mean 10% me and probably 90% my friend Jeff who is super good at this type of thing. We (once again 10/90) are working on the background but the posting has begun over there. The new address is:

http://snaggletooth.b-e-e.net

Now I just have to get people to change my links...cabin blog...hmmm think that's it.

First up on the new and soon to be improved snaggle tooth is Carrot-Ginger Cupcakes with Orange-Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting and Marzipan Carrots. Yum.

finally time for some rest

Two weekends ago I was in Wisconsin. Last weekend I was in New York City. I am ready for a break. I felt like I was walking on razorblades but had an excellent time and yet again my celebrity sighting was a celebrity I didn't know. That's what happens when you grow up not watching tv. It was a weekend of art and friends who have moved to NYC. Sweet.

Here we are across the street from Magnolia after we ate our cupcakes (not sure why we didn't photograph them, 3 of us have degrees in photography (well two but Jeff counts).



I have also started a fruit based purchasing trend. Granny smith apple canisters from Island Antiques in Minoqua, WI.



And a beautiful bright apple and pear print overnight tote from Brooklyn Industries.



By the way, the celebrity sighting was Dougie Howser.

could it be...?

Indeed it is. I have finally finished my Heirloom Cardigan without the frilly crochet flower things. I've not completely ruled them out, but I think they aren't quite my style.



And over here we have a shot of the teeny tiny stitches and beautiful buttons. They are uber-pretty little pearl fellows.



Anyway this is the Heirloom Cardigan from Rowan 37 without the frilly crochet. It is knit in Rowan 4ply Soft, color Goblin, on US2 needles. No pattern modifications, found the pattern easy to follow and I like the finished fit. Yum.

phew!

What a busy weekend I had. Honky tonk bars on Friday night, shopping with my mom on Saturday, The Ultimate Garage Sale art auction on Saturday night, and Paige all day on Sunday. That's more than I usually do in a month.

A shot from the bar after 2 rounds of dancing...



The main purpose of my outing on Saturday morning was to pick up these buttons from Tender Buttons for my cardigan so I can finally finish that sucker up.



Not much further along on my Phildar pullover though, just finished the front and I have the 1st sleeve cast on.

thrift score!

I finally came across a perfect 4 piece Pyrex set with the teal chickens and corn. I had secretly been searching ebay and every thrift/antique store I went in for these so when I spotted them today at the Thrift Connection, my mom was a bit confused by my excitement. But really who can resist these beauties?



I also picked up some fabric for my future Denise Schmidt oven mits pictured underneath my Pyrex set. I don't quite know why I made the purchase of the dotted and citrus prints, but the plaid was for this...



I have been looking for the perfect hot mug since forever because every hot mug I see has Starbucks written all over it or glitter or fake leather sewn on or something like that is not my taste, so I bought the "Make Your Own Photo Hot Mug" at Starbucks and some fabric. A little fusible interfacing and ironing later and Voilà! My perfect mug. Yum.