Thursday, February 3, 2022

Hello February

 Welcome February!  How did we get here already?

In my attempt to do a better job of blogging this year, I have several new projects to share.  The first is a small quilt for Project Quilting hosted by Persimon Dreams.  Each season I think that I will participate and end up getting sidetracked.  This week's challenge is Kitchen Influence.  I come from a long line of fabulous cooks.  I remember many days of helping my grandmother cook as well as my mom.  I fondly remember those warm cinnamon rolls coming out of the oven as we arrived home from school.  As a tribute to all of their wonderful recipes and fond memories, I created a small wallhanging for the kitchen.  In the center is a four generation photo of my grandmother, my mom, myself and my daughter.  Surrounding the photo are recipes passed down through the years.  



To create it I made a collage of photo and treasured recipes.  I then copied it onto a piece of treated fabric backed with butcher paper.  Cut to legal size measurements, it easily ran through my printer.  After heat setting it, I used it as my center block and framed it with simple borders.  They look wonky in the photo, but they really aren't. 

Even with all the technology of digital recipes, there is nothing quite like the old recipe box filled with the handwritten recipes.  The additional stains from the years of using them add to the charm and the memories.  I could never move these to the digital format.  

A wee bit more sewing happened as well.  My eldest granddaughter is moving to Kansas City with her husband and grandbaby.  She had started to make burp cloths several months ago and came over to sew a few of them to completion.  I will really miss my sewing companion.  We have spent so many hours over the years stitching together, but I know it is a good move for them.  



While cleaning things out at my mom's house, we noticed her hummingbird nest in the potted plant on her front porch had two eggs in it.  Watching it each day, we were rewarded with the hatchling.  I cannot begin to tell you just how tiny this little nest (and the baby) is.  I am always amazed at the shape of the beak when newly hatched.  It's fun to watch it grow into the sword shape as the baby bird grows.  I guess it would be really hard to feed the bird if it also had the long skinny beak.  ;-)  I wonder if it is the same mother coming to the nest year after year.  Life goes on...........






17 comments:

  1. Your wallhanging is amazing and so creative!

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  2. Love your little wall hanging, so personal and nostalgic. A sweet reminder of your heritage.

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  3. I love seeing how everyone translates Project Quilting challenges into quilty goodies. Everyone's is so unique! Someday I'll join in also. Love your family recipe / picture quilt.

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  4. You have created something special!!!!! What a great idea!

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  5. I agree about the old recipe cards. I still have a wooden recipe box with the cards from 65 years of baking.

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  6. What fun projects. You have definitely inspired me to make some baby bibs and burp cloths to go with a baby quilt I'm making (baby is due late March). What fun to find the Hummer's nest and watch the wee ones hatch and grow. I never thought about their beaks inside of the egg. Interesting thought.

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  7. how meaningful! Good job you! I'm still working on mine
    LeeAnna

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  8. Love your recipe block. What a wonderful way to save a memory.

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  9. Wow that is an amazing quilt for project quilting. Well I guess you will be heading to Kansas City to visit often. Cute bibs. Oh that tiny nest how amazing.

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  10. Your wall hanging is a beautiful memory of your family. Love the wooden spoon you used as a hanger.
    Gorgeous pile of bibs with great sayings.
    How nice to watch the baby Humming birds hatch and grow.

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  11. Treasured memories in that little quilt! Pictures of baby bird are coming g?

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  12. Awe, a sweet egg in a nest photo - love it!

    The four generation photo project with recipe cards is WONDERFUL and so inspiring. We owe so much to our heritage. Cooking is a great way to pass down memories.

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  13. Your gorgeous wall hanging is precious, Mary; filled with beautiful memories of fun times in the kitchen with your grandmother, mother....daughters. Such a clever idea to display it with a wooden spoon. Your recollection of baking smells wafting through the door as you arrive home from school must seem like only yesterday. How sweet.....a hummingbird's nest with tiny babies. I am a bit sad that we in Australia are not able to witness the miracle of hummingbirds. They are fascinating little birds.

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  14. love your hanging for the kitchen. my grands are all grounds are all working now and Jessie changed jobs so she could be her on holidays . love my sweet grands

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  15. well not only have I slipped at posting to my blog but now I am even getting bad at reading my favorite blogger's posts.....Love the kitchen wall hanging....such a sweet reminder of your roots.....you are so right about those old recipe cards....I still have some favorites......

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  16. My posting isn't what it used to be and I'm not so good with catching up on blog posts either. Better late than never, I guess. I love that hanging for your kitchen. What a great idea! With my grandsons planned move in a few months, I totally get how hard it is. Good for them, not so good for us. I love when I see hummingbirds and even better to see a nest like that. Here's to more posting this year!

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