Polvoron de Limon

Yesterday I started a new project. I'm transforming an old bag into a new one with a little quilting touch. I am still working on that and I will post the photo later on, whenever I finish it.
Today all the "crafts" I've done have been in the kitchen. I tried to bake a new apple pie. I checked a recipe off the web and this is how it looks:



I just ate some and it's pretty good. It has cream inside..mmm...but there is another recipe that is even better. I have asked my mom to give it to me.

I started quilting a couple of years ago in a class that was offered in a local place. It was so much fun being able to make a quilt in just a few weeks and getting to know other people interested in quilting that I continued doing it all along. The class was about hand quilting. I love hand quilting, much better than with the machine. It takes more hours to make the templates, draw them in the fabric, then cut them with scissors and then piece everything together, but it's well worth it. The satisfaction you get once you're finished is huge...and also like my quilting teacher likes to say, hand quilting is very forgiving...if you make a mistake, and the corners don't quite match, probably after ironing you won't be able to tell and even so, when you see the whole thing you can't tell at all. But most importantly, it is the personal touch that says I made it and I did it all by hand. The quilting part is tricky, and it took me a while to get used to different batting materials, my favorite is just plain cotton, it makes it look flat and thin, but it is still nice and warm. Here is a picture of the quilt I made in that class, for my niece who was born back then.

This is belated Valentines kitty

I became addicted to quilting in 2004, when I attended a class of hand quilting. Since then I haven't stopped doing it, not that I have finished too many projects, but I have started plenty. The thing about hand quilting is that although it takes forever to finish anything, it's also relaxing to do. I usually sit on my chair while watching tv and put pieces of fabric together.
There is a quilting block competition at Wal Mart. You can get the info at any Wal Mart, and it's quite easy. The blocks should be 12.5" x 12.5 " and it should be submitted by March 1st. The thing I like about this competition is that the blocks that are not picked up by their owners will be pieces together to form a big quilt that will be given to charity. I wish I could see the final quilt. Also, the winners will make another quilt. I am going to submit a block, and I wish I could see it someday in a quilt somewhere.

These are some of the fabrics I want to use...it's a Southwest style block

Hello!
This is my first post in my first Blog ever. Inspired by many other women who on the side to whatever they do, they find time to talk about various exciting craft projects or cool findings around the net, I decided to start my own blog. Hopefully, I will be more diligent in finishing all these projects that I have around my house so I can show the world this productive side of me.

I have been reading Wee Wondefuls, a website by Hillary Lang that that is just so amazing! So many fun projects and so much Japanese inspiration that is contagious...



Here is the result of reading some of her blogs, gatita made out of the pointy kitty original pattern