Using free software to design a quilt
In support of my desire to learn to quilt, my fiancé has requested a project of me, so I went looking for quilt design software to plan it out appropriately. Unfortunately, the leading product on the market is $200+ and there aren’t really any ready-made alternatives with the scope I…
Sewing machine lighting mod
“Quilt as you go” methods
QAYG is an alternative means of quilting that’s intended to address the problems that come with trying to use the traditional quilting process on a standard sewing machine. I’d first heard of QAYG a while back, but had dismissed it due to not having a lot of time to seriously…
Edna Staebler: Chocolate zucchini cake
This last summer I had a bit of a mania for looking for old-school cookbooks in secondhand shops. My rules were simple; I was not allowed to buy any books that: depend on name recognition to sell (i.e. no celebrity chefs or bloggers); were published to promote a product or…
A Latte Food: Easy cream cheese pie crust (adapted for food processor)
Aimée’s birthday cake: black bean chocolate cake with whipped ganache frosting
Hippie With A Minivan: Black bean chocolate cake
The first time I learned of this recipe was a few years ago, when a friend with celiac disease shared it with me, gushing all the while about how easy it is to make. When I first tried making it, I made my usual mistake of failing to follow the…