Sunday, May 24, 2009

Cookies and PORTUGUESE RISSOES



Peanut Butter Cookies          
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup peanut butter 
1/2tsp salt
1/2  tsp  baking    soda     1 cup all purpose flour
1/2tsp vanilla  
Cream butter .add sugar s .beating until creamy . Mix in egg. peanut butter ,salt and baking soda.Blend in flour slowly add vanilla and mix well /.Roll into small balls or drop teaspoonfuls and place on a greased cookie sheet , Press the balls flat with a floured fork . Bake in a moderate oven 350 F 10 - 12 minutes .  this recipe is from a Five Roses a Guide to Good cooking   Was my first Cook Book  on 1967  

Next the recipe for The Rissoes Of Shrimp   ( Portuguese) http://www.leitesculinaria.com/recipes/portuguese/rissois.html

Friday, May 22, 2009

My Home Made Quilts

Quilting


Quilting 

Quilting Top stitches at radon on sewing machine  is done like doing embroider on sewing machine free way  I move the work any way I want. the top picture is how going to look on back
side . Will take longer to do but slow I will get to the end.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Flowers


Just on last few days the flowers on back of my house been blossom  very fast. this are some the pictures I took today . Final Spring is here .

Monday, May 18, 2009

Old Photo

I love antiques and old photos just scan this one I took this photo one summer when all the family went on charter bus for a week end to south of Portugal for the beach some friends my mother and my sister are on this picture .

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Matt

I hope you can see the design of the pattern  .     Sister .

To my sister

I am working on this blocks for a quilt for my sister and post for her to know how the work progress and she will let me know if she  liked.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

White cotton place matts

I just finish a set of  8 place Matt's  white cotton wash and iron . Was the Swedish rose path pattern I had start many weeks ago.Final done.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009

Flowers


Flowers before .   Mothers Day. Happy Mothers Days to all my friends. To all mothers on this world.
Paul thanks for the beautiful card made me cry .

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Our Lunch

We had this Year Sewing Group End Lunch Was a potluck one we had the most good food to enjoy, every one had good time . we said our good byes until next October. 

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Aveiro

I love old photos these from the1950  on festival on city Aveiro .Portugal 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arraiolos

happy haloween