Oregon Trip #2!

 It's been a long time since my last entry and so much has happened that I don't know where to start. The first picture is of the view on the way to visit my MIL at Oceanside Hawaii Assisted Living. She has been there for a year now.

The next two pictures are from our second trip to Oregon. to get DD#2 set up in her dorm room. This is the sunset from our room at The Grand Hotel in Salem. It was a very quick trip.

We ate at Marco Polo Global Restaurant where they have delicious gluten free food. I had the Sauteed Chicken Breast with brown rice. It was delicious!

The next two pictures are of omiyage that I made to take up to Oregon to give as gifts. Of course I have to include some sewing/crafty items in this post. :)

I got the tissue holder pattern from an internet group that I belong to. These were fast and easy to make.

I learned how to make the combination tissue holder zippered pouch from a class I took at Bernina.

CPK/Summer 2011

During the summer, I heard that CPK had gluten free items on their menu, so one day when we were at Ala Moana, I had to try the food there. This was their Waldorf Salad, a half-order, without nuts and cheese. I had the dressing on the side, of course. It tasted good, but it wasn't very filling and I got hungry a few hours after eating it. It was also pretty expensive. I would have tried the pizza, but I couldn't eat the whole pie by myself.
I recently heard that CPK removed their gluten free pizza from the menu due to cross-contamination issues. It's a good thing I didn't order the pizza. I don't think I'll be going back there anytime soon.

The next picture is of how the summer went for both DDs. It was the summer of removing wisdom teeth. Ouch!

I also discovered gluten free pizza at Down to Earth. It is the best gluten free pizza I've eaten. It soon became my weekly treat. I've had to stop this recently. I will explain about it in another post.

 I saw this quilt at the Hawaii Women's Expo. I almost ordered the kit for it, like I could make it (haha). I think my skills are not that well developed yet to make something like this...one day...one can dream right?

The last picture is of a big green lizard. It looks like it is a good six inches. I don't know what kind it is. This particular lizard lives at my voice teacher's house in Manoa. If you know what kind of lizard it is, please tell me. I would like to know.

Oregon!

 Our family went up to Oregon for Willamette's Hawaii Club's Luau. The cherry blossoms were in bloom when we went up. My picture didn't turn out very well, but they were so pretty.


The next picture is of one of the center pieces for the luau. They had these glass bowls with bath beads(?) in them with a candle and it glowed in the dark during the program.


The next picture is of the pineapple that was being served at the luau.


We were able to stop at Bob's Red Mill while we were in Oregon and ate at the restaurant there. I had the tofu scramble with gf toast. It was probably one of the best meals I had up there.


It was a good trip, unfortunately is was too short since we had to go during the school year and I could only take off for a few days.

Time to sew?

I made this bag back in February as a gift for one of MAC guests. She gave me some fabric that I forgot to take a picture of. She gave me mostly green fabric. Thank you to Kathryn Devine for all the fabric!


Now that school is done for the year, I need to get ready for dd #2's HS graduation.  Maybe I'll have time to do some sewing (sigh).

9-Patch Pot Holders and Wreaths

 I'm so far behind in my blogging, but this is what I made with those 9-patch blocks. I gave these away for Christmas gifts. I had a request to make more, but I haven't had time yet. I have been busy making other things.

Every year the City has a wreath contest. These are some of the wreaths. The first one is made from things a person found on their walks.

 This next wreath is made of balls covered with fabric. They also glued  some sequins on it. The small one below has little paper stars on it.

 This next wreath is made with bottle caps and little toys. The one below it is made from magazine pages.

 This particular wreath was made from puzzle pieces! It looks like the pieces that made up the anthuriums were painted.

 This wreath was made from scrubbers.

 This one was made from bubble wrap that was painted silver!

This one was my favorite! It is made of yoyos. 


Some people are so creative. I hope you enjoyed this.

Forgotten blocks

I know this post is really late...I'm a bit behind in my blogging. 


Last year I made these 9-patches as part of a sew-along. The sew-along was for a month...and I only made seven blocks, because I got distracted and started making the string blocks pictured below. The string blocks were so much fun!


So while people were making quilts out of all their thirty plus blocks, I had a few nine patches with about a dozen or so string blocks that I didn't quite know what to do with. I set them aside and forgot about them until Thanksgiving or Christmas, when Bonnie Hunter made, RRCB, another mystery quilt. 


As I was looking for fabrics for the mystery, I found these blocks. Well, I set them aside...again, and made some coasters for Christmas gifts.


The coasters pictured below were given to my SIL and brother for Christmas. They were a hit! I didn't know she loved Strawberry Shortcake until I gave these coasters to her. I had the hst on one side with Strawberry Shortcake on the other. I'm so glad she liked them.

Pancake Mix

 I received this mix last year and finally was able to make it. (I think I received it from my parents.) I didn't really care for it, but it did make really fluffy, thick pancakes. The reason I didn't care for it was because it was hard to cook. My first few came out a little undercooked until I figured out how to do it, because it was so thick. In my opinion, Pamela's Pancake Mix is better, but that's just my opinion. Thanks for listening.