Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) takes practice and that’s what I’ve been up to lately. I bought panels and practiced using my free motion quilting option on my machine. It’s been slow goi...
My BFF and I spent the weekend enjoying the holiday fun in Manistee during the Sleighbell Weekend. We checked out the huge craft fair at the high school that wound around all the halls and into the ...
Halloween is over and time to smash some pumpkins to make pumpkin puree for Thanksgiving’s pumpkin pie. I’ll take you through the steps on how to make your own pumpkin puree for pies, br...
Ghost and goblins are waiting to come out for Halloween, but in Frankfort everyone comes to see the great pumpkins. Ed Moody has been carving giant pumpkins for 25 years and is a local celebrity thi...
Can you imagine 40 pounds of organic, pitted, frozen cherries? Think you’ve died and gone to heaven? Well, maybe you wouldn’t think that if you had to make room for a quarter side of beef...
The Cherry Festival is in full swing in Traverse City, Michigan and I celebrated the 4th of July with my favorite neice. We enjoyed the afternoon and evening at her home drinking in the beautiful...
What a day of adventure I had this week when our spinning group gathered for our annual trek up to Thoreson Farm in the Port Oneida area of northern Michigan. The day was filled with fiber, friends an...
Holy cow…what happened to summer? Can you believe a patchy frost advisory was issued for June 1st? What’s up in northern Michigan? We purchased another addition for our fruit orchard this ...