Chevron Blanket

I've wanted to make a blanket for a while now and well I saw the teal and white chevron pattern and I had to have it I paired it with a grey and white chevron paired it with a grey backing of the really soft material. I also tried to make it as manly as possible since its for my brother who is 18 but to tell the truth he is probably surprised I didn't make him a pink blanket since I tend to pick out everything that is pink. 

- I used two yards of the soft backing 

- two yards of teal chevron

-two yards of grey chevron

***you have to buy four yards of the chevron since the soft material is wider than the chevron 

I took and laid my soft material on the floor first and laid the teal material in the center I measured the left and right side and cut some from the top and bottom of the teal so that my grey would be the same around the whole edge. A very important thing is to make sure you line up the pattern you want your grey and teal to line up. You can see in the picture above that one side is already sewed together and I have the other laying beside it so u can see how I lined it up. 

Make sure to sew both long sides on first then I had to take and see two pieces together to make the top and bottom. Also when u are sewing the two pieces together make sure the match up to both sides and that they meet in the middle when u sew them. 

In the picture above you can see the two pieces sewed together. 

-1 roll of twin size quilting stuffing 

The stuffing will be bigger than your blanket so u will have to trim it to the size of your blanket. I laid the soft, stuffing and chevron then I pinned the seam were the grey and teal meet all the way around. Be careful when sewing all three layers together, the soft grey material will stretch some so if you are like me you will end up with a little extra fabric on one side, I would have fixed it but it was so hard to get the stitch out of the soft material that I didn't bother with it since it was a small mistake. After the inter square is sewed them take and roll the chevron pattern over the soft grey. I trimmed the stuffing all the way around the sides less than a half inch, that way my sewing machine would have an easier time sewing. I left the bottom unsewed so I could have it monogramed with him name. After I got it back I sewed the bottom for the finished product. 

**sorry about calling it soft material I can't think of the name I'm sure it will come to me later. 

Spring Time Cake

Spring Time Cake This is my second cake that I've entered into the National Peanut Festival Cake Decorating contest and both years I've come home with nothing. Granted last years wasn't as great but still I thought for sure this would win something well maybe next year.

Chicken and Cheese Pesto Sandwich

Chicken and Cheese Pesto Sandwich 

Ingredients 

-chicken 

-provolone cheese 

-pesto

- sour dough bread 

I love Atlanta Bread's Chargrilled Chicken Pesto. I know what I made wasn't exactly like it but I still thought it was good. 

First I baked chicken in the oven I used one chicken breast for two sandwiches because it was so big. 

I used two slices of cheese but you can use more or less depending on you taste. On one side I put a thin layer of pesto to much and pesto is all you will be tasting. 

I love sourdough bread so that's the bread I picked again if you don't like sourdough you can use anything you like. 

Put it in a frying pan and heat up enough to heat everything and melt the cheese.

Enjoy 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

BaI love chocolate chip cookies but I'm the kind of person that buys the one in the package ready to pop in the oven. So I pulled out some old cook books that I found in the top of the kitchen cabinet and picked out the one with the simplest ingredients. 

Ingredients 

-1 stick real butter, softened 

-6 Tbsp sugar

-6 Tbsp dark brown sugar 

-1 egg

-1/2 tsp vanilla 

-1 cup plus 2 Tbsp unbleached flour (unsifted)

-1/2 tsp baking soda 

-1/4 tsp salt

-1/4 semi sweet chocolate chips, miniature 

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Mix the first 5 ingredients until fluffy.

Add flour, soda, and salt. Stir until smooth.

Spoon in chocolate chips I put in 1/4 cup but feel free to add more depending on your love of chocolate. Spoon out cookies onto cookie sheet. 

Bake for 10 minutes. 

Cameron's Bday cake

So for my brother turning the big 18 I had no idea what I wanted his cake to be like, and since it was a surprise party I couldn't ask him what he would like so I went simple. To some people it might be simple but for me I had never made a three tier cake so for me it was very special. I got vey lucky and found some cookie cutters that are letters and it made the letter making a breeze.

Apple Puff Pastry

Apple Puff Pastry To be honest this is the first time I've used puff pastry I usually just make a traditional apple pie, so I figured I would try it out and came out with this.

Cut up the apples and add all you ingredients in a bowl with apples and let it set for a little while to let the juices come out of the apples.


I've tried to make my own puff pastry before but it didn't turn out so well do the quickest way and buy a frozen package from the store. Let thaw and cut into squares. One sheet makes 9 squares.

Fill with apple filling, bake, then enjoy.

Ingredients
-2 tablespoons sugar
-2 small apples peeled
-2 teaspoons flour
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
-1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice


Add all ingredients in a bowl. Lay out puff pastry and cut to desired size. Fill with filling and cook at 350 degrees. For 15 to 20 minutes sprinkle a little sugar and cinnamon over the top once they are threw cooking.

Hash Brown Breakfast Cassarole

Ingredients
-30 oz grated potatoes
-shredded cheddar cheese to likening
-1 1/2 packages of bacon bits
-1/2 cup milk
-1/3 chopped onion
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/4 teaspoon pepper
-1/4 garlic powder
-1 tablespoon butter melted
-1/2 teaspoon paprika

In a bowl combine the first eight ingredients. Grease a 9x13 glass pan. Drizzle butter and sprinkle with paprika and extra cheese if you desire but who doesn't love more cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for one 45-60 minutes.