Here are pictures of the smaller projects I've been working on lately. Yes, they are all of sheep. :.) I must have "sheep on the brain" because my newest project (yet to be started) is also of sheep. Anyway, back to the pictures. The first one is a sheep make-do. It is made using upcycled felted wool on an upcycled candlestick. It stands 11" tall and is 10" at its widest point....from front leg to back leg. The stuffing is wool....of course. :.) It is adorned with a homespun bow (on sheep and candlestick) with a little gold bell in the center (sheep only....not seen in photo). What is a make-do? For those of you (like me....I looked it up) who aren't familiar with the term, a make-do is basically anything made from something that has been re-purposed. Turning something old into something new......recycling. Like using your favorite mug for a planter because it has a chip in it. The next couple of photos are of small wool applique pieces that I framed. Both pieces are done on a coffee-dyed linen background (I prefer coffee-dye over tea-dye because coffee has brown overtones whereas tea has orange overtones....plus coffee is kinder to your fabric than tea is).....using upcycled wool with embroidered embellishments. Both pieces fit very nicely into a 4" x 6" frame. I really enjoyed stitching up both of these. They were fun!! I can almost hear the question....how did you do all those tiny little flowers?? Normally, I would have cut them all out by hand (very tedious and very tricky) but I picked up a new tip from designer Sue Spargo (watched her show on The Quilt Show. Wow!!! Definitely a must-see!). Seems she utilizes these tiny circles in her quilts all the time. To make things easy she uses a 1/4" hole punch....which I did. It was wonderful!!!! I was able to produce all these tiny little circles in a very short amount of time. The "Sheep with Basket" has 18 tiny flowers. The "Sheep with Flowers" has 12 tiny flowers. Of course with the flowers aren't all the same size on "Sheep with Flowers" so some of those had to be cut out by hand. Still, the hole punch did make things so much easier. Now I'm on the look-out for a one that is a little larger. :.)
Sometimes when I imagine something, turning it into reality can be harder than expected and the results are just not what I had picture...
While it sure appears that all I've done lately is yard work and gardening, I actually made something. Out of wool even! A couple of months ago I spilled a cup of tea on the carpet at the Wool House. Yes, the white carpet. It didn't blend. A friend came over and we got the carpet cleaned and while we were working on it and the place where I always sit and my dirty pant cuffs have grundged up the floor I thought, hmmm, why don't I have a rug here? So I made a rug. The light and dark gray warp (the threads that go longways) is Lamb Camp Legacy yarn. I used a strand of each color together in every dent (space). I knew Rocky and Jared's kids could hold everything together with ease. The white weft (the threads that go back and forth) is the old Punkin yarn from the beginning of everything wool here. This was the yarn my now friend spun before I knew I even liked yarn. I'd asked her to spin it bulky without either of us knowing the bulky yarn for a sweater should be very lightly spun and lofty. While it did make a sweater and Punkin and I had our pictures taken together dressed alike, it was not a warm sweater (needs loft to trap warm air) nor was it super comfortable to wear. I ripped it all back out (my sweater frogging started early ;-) and I tried to reknit it on a larger needle, but it just wasn't to be. Rebecca was over here last week and I told her what I was doing. I was worried she might be sad that I was using her yarn for a rug, but we both looked at the yarn and she said something about how differently she spins now and I said "Yes, but look at what all this yarn started!" It made a perfect rug. Something I'll be able to use and enjoy for the rest of journey. Gratuitous picture of Pinot, napping in his favorite spot on the porch. He naps for a bit, does a little grooming, eats some snacks over in his portable cage or litter box, hops around exploring, does a little jig and some zoomies and then goes back to his spot, takes a nap... :-)
Susybee Lewes Lal the Lamb in the Meadow Cotton Quilting Fabric is designed by Sue Bleasby of Susybee. This fabric is 100% cotton and is approx 44 inches (112 cm) wide. The white sheep own its own is approx 1 1/2 inches (3.81 cms ) high. (1/2 yard = 45.7 cm)This fabric is sold in 1/2 yard increments if you would like 1 yard please select 2,1 1/2 yards select 3,2 yards select 4and so on While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the colours depicted in our images, please be aware that due to monitor resolution, lighting etc it is almost impossible to represent colour to 100% accuracy. FAQ * All Multiple Yardage orders will be sent as one piece. ( I will contact you prior to shipping if this is not possible) * If you have any questions please convo * We refund any excess shipping charges created by the Etsy System * Orders are posted next business day. * JRsFabrics is a GST registered Australian Business Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrsfabrics/ To see our complete range of fabrics please visit our website: https://jrsfabrics.com/
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Don’t forget that all those beautiful sheep, with their lovely fleeces start life as even more beautiful lambs! These little woolly bears will one day give us huge amounts of wool to be used…
Sometimes when I imagine something, turning it into reality can be harder than expected and the results are just not what I had pictured. These sheep, on the other hand, were super easy to turn into reality and looked exactly like I had imagined. Super-de-duper adorable, right? Eeeeeeeeeeeee! **Insert excited hand clapping here** I wanted to make something for Easter that would have everyone talking. These little cutie-patooties worked like a charm. And.....guess what.... you can make them too! Really. I would not lie to you about something as cute as these guys, They are not that hard (all you need is some patience) and there is no specialized tools involved (unless you count a plastic bendy straw as a specialized tool.) Plus... our cheese ball recipe is easy peasy and delicious! Sheep Cheese Balls Ingredients Cheese Ball 1 pkg (8 oz) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, room temp 1 can flaked ham 1 cup aged cheddar cheese, shredded 1/8 cup finely diced onion generous dash of Worcestershire sauce salt & pepper Sheep white cheese (I used Monterey Jack) whole, pitted olives black food coloring (or *see note) crackers (I used Wheat Thins Spinach & Roasted Garlic) Directions In a large bowl, mix together Philly cream cheese, ham, cheddar cheese, onion, Worcestershire, and salt & pepper until well combined. Using a small cookie scoop, or pinch off golf ball sized amounts, and roll into a ball. Continue until the entire mixture has been formed into balls. Finely shred the white cheese until you have about 1 cup. (Please note - it needs to be very finely shredded!) Roll each ball into the shredded cheese to coat well. (You may need to shred a little bit more white cheese - it will depend on the size of your balls.) To make the sheep head and ears - cut an olive in half lengthwise. Place, cut side down, on a cutting surface. Cut the corners off of one half (these are the ears). The other half will be the head. (See photo below for clarification.) You can discard, or eat, the large center piece from the cut half. For the legs of the sheep - cut an olive in half lengthwise. Slice each half into thin slices horizontally. For the eyes of the sheep - Cut a 1/8 inch thick (or thinner, if desired) piece of white cheese. Use a plastic straw to press into the cheese. Squish the straw to extrude the cheese. This will be the outer part of the eyes. Dip the flat end of a toothpick into black food coloring (NOTE - if you do not have black, mix 1 drop of red + 1 drop of blue + 1 drop of green to get black.) Gently press the dipped end of the toothpick onto the center of the small cheese circles for pupils. Assemble your sheep - (Step 1) Place 4 slices of olive on a cracker for legs. (Step 2) Place a cheese ball firmly on top of the cracker, making sure to cover half of the legs. (Step 3) Firmly - but without squishing the ball - press on the sheep's head and 2 ears. (Step 4) Very carefully place the eyes on the sheep's head. (You may find it helpful to dip a toothpick in a teeny bit of cream cheese and place it on the back of the eye to get it to stick to the olive.) (See photo below for clarification.) Chill until ready to serve. They each have their own personality. On a serving platter they make a pretty cute appetizer. If you find you are getting frustrated putting the eyes on then I just wanted to show you that they work without eyes too... They just lose a smidge of their cuteness factor. So.... Yes..... they are a little fidgety BUT are sooooo worth the effort. Make them with a helper and the time will be cut in half. I believe I got a total of 24 or so balls out of this recipe using a small cookie scoop. I only made a dozen sheep and then just stacked the rest of the cheese balls in the center of the plate because I didn't have a helper and was beginning to run out of patience. :) P.S. - these also work for celebrating the Year of The Sheep (Ram/Goat) on the Chinese Zodiac. Be sure to visit these fun and fabulous linky parties - Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons, Carole's Chatter, My Turn (for us), Wondermom Wannabe, Cookin' and Craftin',
August 21, 2012 My dad lives in Fearrington Village, a planned community of mostly retirees outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It’s a lovely community of 2,000, built on wooded, rolling hills, anchored by an English-style village square with a … Read More
The belly rubs that we give to our pets are fun and adorable, but there's more to it than that. When an animal presents its belly to you, it represents a sign of submissiveness or trust. Depending on your relationship with a dog, showing their tummy either means that they trust you and want a belly rub, or that they're submitting to you (in which case you should approach them in a friendly but respectful manner). Cats usually show their bellies as a defensive gesture, so most will only tolerate a brief belly rub before attacking.
Sometimes when I imagine something, turning it into reality can be harder than expected and the results are just not what I had pictured. These sheep, on the other hand, were super easy to turn into reality and looked exactly like I had imagined. Super-de-duper adorable, right? Eeeeeeeeeeeee! **Insert excited hand clapping here** I wanted to make something for Easter that would have everyone talking. These little cutie-patooties worked like a charm. And.....guess what.... you can make them too! Really. I would not lie to you about something as cute as these guys, They are not that hard (all you need is some patience) and there is no specialized tools involved (unless you count a plastic bendy straw as a specialized tool.) Plus... our cheese ball recipe is easy peasy and delicious! Sheep Cheese Balls Ingredients Cheese Ball 1 pkg (8 oz) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, room temp 1 can flaked ham 1 cup aged cheddar cheese, shredded 1/8 cup finely diced onion generous dash of Worcestershire sauce salt & pepper Sheep white cheese (I used Monterey Jack) whole, pitted olives black food coloring (or *see note) crackers (I used Wheat Thins Spinach & Roasted Garlic) Directions In a large bowl, mix together Philly cream cheese, ham, cheddar cheese, onion, Worcestershire, and salt & pepper until well combined. Using a small cookie scoop, or pinch off golf ball sized amounts, and roll into a ball. Continue until the entire mixture has been formed into balls. Finely shred the white cheese until you have about 1 cup. (Please note - it needs to be very finely shredded!) Roll each ball into the shredded cheese to coat well. (You may need to shred a little bit more white cheese - it will depend on the size of your balls.) To make the sheep head and ears - cut an olive in half lengthwise. Place, cut side down, on a cutting surface. Cut the corners off of one half (these are the ears). The other half will be the head. (See photo below for clarification.) You can discard, or eat, the large center piece from the cut half. For the legs of the sheep - cut an olive in half lengthwise. Slice each half into thin slices horizontally. For the eyes of the sheep - Cut a 1/8 inch thick (or thinner, if desired) piece of white cheese. Use a plastic straw to press into the cheese. Squish the straw to extrude the cheese. This will be the outer part of the eyes. Dip the flat end of a toothpick into black food coloring (NOTE - if you do not have black, mix 1 drop of red + 1 drop of blue + 1 drop of green to get black.) Gently press the dipped end of the toothpick onto the center of the small cheese circles for pupils. Assemble your sheep - (Step 1) Place 4 slices of olive on a cracker for legs. (Step 2) Place a cheese ball firmly on top of the cracker, making sure to cover half of the legs. (Step 3) Firmly - but without squishing the ball - press on the sheep's head and 2 ears. (Step 4) Very carefully place the eyes on the sheep's head. (You may find it helpful to dip a toothpick in a teeny bit of cream cheese and place it on the back of the eye to get it to stick to the olive.) (See photo below for clarification.) Chill until ready to serve. They each have their own personality. On a serving platter they make a pretty cute appetizer. If you find you are getting frustrated putting the eyes on then I just wanted to show you that they work without eyes too... They just lose a smidge of their cuteness factor. So.... Yes..... they are a little fidgety BUT are sooooo worth the effort. Make them with a helper and the time will be cut in half. I believe I got a total of 24 or so balls out of this recipe using a small cookie scoop. I only made a dozen sheep and then just stacked the rest of the cheese balls in the center of the plate because I didn't have a helper and was beginning to run out of patience. :) P.S. - these also work for celebrating the Year of The Sheep (Ram/Goat) on the Chinese Zodiac. Be sure to visit these fun and fabulous linky parties - Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons, Carole's Chatter, My Turn (for us), Wondermom Wannabe, Cookin' and Craftin',
So 2015 is the year of the sheep/ram/goat in the Chinese zodiac. Turns out making adorable little sheep pies worked great for Chinese...
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So 2015 is the year of the sheep/ram/goat in the Chinese zodiac. Turns out making adorable little sheep pies worked great for Chinese New Year dessert AND they are also perfect for Easter or a farm theme party. They do not require very much effort BUT they can be a little fiddly. Having a helper to make them will definitely make things move along faster. You can use your favorite pie crust and filling or give our butter pie crust recipe a try. I decided to go with a butter crust instead of our usual Never Fail Pie Crust with lard because I wanted something almost shortbread-like. Our recipe for pie crust is very flaky so I also wanted something a little sturdier. This one worked perfectly for these little cute-y pies... Sheep Pies Ingredients Crust 1 1/4 cup flour pinch salt 2 Tbsp sugar 1/2 cup butter, chilled ice water (about 1/4 of a cup or so) Filling approx 1/4 cup Cherry Pie Filling (Canned) or favorite filling, prepared Decorations approx 8 Mini Chocolate Chips Directions Preheat oven to 425. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside. Prepare crust - In a mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Grate in the chilled butter and stir to combine. Gradually stir in ice water, a tablespoon at a time, until dough starts to come together. (You may need to add a bit more than 1/4 of a cup.) When dough sticks together, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2 to 3 hours. After chilling dough, roll out to approx 1/4 inch thickness - a little thinner is okay too. Cut into circles (I used a 4.5 inch cutter). Reroll scraps and cut out more circles. (I got 8 total.) Cut the circle vertically a little more than 1/3 of the way in. Then cut the smaller piece into 4 separate pieces - PLEASE SEE PHOTO below for how you want to cut the circles into pieces. Form the 4 cut pieces into the shapes below - the head, the 4 legs, and the horn. Place a teaspoon of pie filling onto the top half of the remaining circle piece. Gently bring up the bottom half of the semi-circle over the filling and pinch to seal. (P.S. - It helps to dip your finger in a bowl of cold water and moisten around the edge of the crust to form a better seal!) Press the head, legs and horn onto the body of the sheep - again, wetting your finger and dabbing on the dough then pressing firmly together will help form a better seal. Make 4 or 5 small cuts around the body of the sheep - being careful not to cut into the filling - to look the sheep look a bit fluffy. (FYI - the legs and horn stick fairly easily - the head is a little more tricky. It helps to pinch a flat spot on one side of the head to attach to the body.) SEE PHOTO for more details. Press a mini chocolate chip into the head for an eye. Bake at 425 for for 15 minutes. Then turn down heat to 350 and bake until crust has browned, another 10 or more minutes - keep an eye on them. When they are done, let them cool completely on the cookie sheet. You will want to move them as little as possible. The legs and head are fairly fragile. I had one decapitation and one leg amputation when I moved them trying to take photos. They are worth the little bit of extra effort it takes. They are just so darned cute. And tasty.... I mean...it's pie. Pie is always good. We're sharing at these Carole's Chatter! Pop over and say hi!
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Sometimes when I imagine something, turning it into reality can be harder than expected and the results are just not what I had pictured. These sheep, on the other hand, were super easy to turn into reality and looked exactly like I had imagined. Super-de-duper adorable, right? Eeeeeeeeeeeee! **Insert excited hand clapping here** I wanted to make something for Easter that would have everyone talking. These little cutie-patooties worked like a charm. And.....guess what.... you can make them too! Really. I would not lie to you about something as cute as these guys, They are not that hard (all you need is some patience) and there is no specialized tools involved (unless you count a plastic bendy straw as a specialized tool.) Plus... our cheese ball recipe is easy peasy and delicious! Sheep Cheese Balls Ingredients Cheese Ball 1 pkg (8 oz) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, room temp 1 can flaked ham 1 cup aged cheddar cheese, shredded 1/8 cup finely diced onion generous dash of Worcestershire sauce salt & pepper Sheep white cheese (I used Monterey Jack) whole, pitted olives black food coloring (or *see note) crackers (I used Wheat Thins Spinach & Roasted Garlic) Directions In a large bowl, mix together Philly cream cheese, ham, cheddar cheese, onion, Worcestershire, and salt & pepper until well combined. Using a small cookie scoop, or pinch off golf ball sized amounts, and roll into a ball. Continue until the entire mixture has been formed into balls. Finely shred the white cheese until you have about 1 cup. (Please note - it needs to be very finely shredded!) Roll each ball into the shredded cheese to coat well. (You may need to shred a little bit more white cheese - it will depend on the size of your balls.) To make the sheep head and ears - cut an olive in half lengthwise. Place, cut side down, on a cutting surface. Cut the corners off of one half (these are the ears). The other half will be the head. (See photo below for clarification.) You can discard, or eat, the large center piece from the cut half. For the legs of the sheep - cut an olive in half lengthwise. Slice each half into thin slices horizontally. For the eyes of the sheep - Cut a 1/8 inch thick (or thinner, if desired) piece of white cheese. Use a plastic straw to press into the cheese. Squish the straw to extrude the cheese. This will be the outer part of the eyes. Dip the flat end of a toothpick into black food coloring (NOTE - if you do not have black, mix 1 drop of red + 1 drop of blue + 1 drop of green to get black.) Gently press the dipped end of the toothpick onto the center of the small cheese circles for pupils. Assemble your sheep - (Step 1) Place 4 slices of olive on a cracker for legs. (Step 2) Place a cheese ball firmly on top of the cracker, making sure to cover half of the legs. (Step 3) Firmly - but without squishing the ball - press on the sheep's head and 2 ears. (Step 4) Very carefully place the eyes on the sheep's head. (You may find it helpful to dip a toothpick in a teeny bit of cream cheese and place it on the back of the eye to get it to stick to the olive.) (See photo below for clarification.) Chill until ready to serve. They each have their own personality. On a serving platter they make a pretty cute appetizer. If you find you are getting frustrated putting the eyes on then I just wanted to show you that they work without eyes too... They just lose a smidge of their cuteness factor. So.... Yes..... they are a little fidgety BUT are sooooo worth the effort. Make them with a helper and the time will be cut in half. I believe I got a total of 24 or so balls out of this recipe using a small cookie scoop. I only made a dozen sheep and then just stacked the rest of the cheese balls in the center of the plate because I didn't have a helper and was beginning to run out of patience. :) P.S. - these also work for celebrating the Year of The Sheep (Ram/Goat) on the Chinese Zodiac. Be sure to visit these fun and fabulous linky parties - Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons, Carole's Chatter, My Turn (for us), Wondermom Wannabe, Cookin' and Craftin',
Here are pictures of the smaller projects I've been working on lately. Yes, they are all of sheep. :.) I must have "sheep on the brain" because my newest project (yet to be started) is also of sheep. Anyway, back to the pictures. The first one is a sheep make-do. It is made using upcycled felted wool on an upcycled candlestick. It stands 11" tall and is 10" at its widest point....from front leg to back leg. The stuffing is wool....of course. :.) It is adorned with a homespun bow (on sheep and candlestick) with a little gold bell in the center (sheep only....not seen in photo). What is a make-do? For those of you (like me....I looked it up) who aren't familiar with the term, a make-do is basically anything made from something that has been re-purposed. Turning something old into something new......recycling. Like using your favorite mug for a planter because it has a chip in it. The next couple of photos are of small wool applique pieces that I framed. Both pieces are done on a coffee-dyed linen background (I prefer coffee-dye over tea-dye because coffee has brown overtones whereas tea has orange overtones....plus coffee is kinder to your fabric than tea is).....using upcycled wool with embroidered embellishments. Both pieces fit very nicely into a 4" x 6" frame. I really enjoyed stitching up both of these. They were fun!! I can almost hear the question....how did you do all those tiny little flowers?? Normally, I would have cut them all out by hand (very tedious and very tricky) but I picked up a new tip from designer Sue Spargo (watched her show on The Quilt Show. Wow!!! Definitely a must-see!). Seems she utilizes these tiny circles in her quilts all the time. To make things easy she uses a 1/4" hole punch....which I did. It was wonderful!!!! I was able to produce all these tiny little circles in a very short amount of time. The "Sheep with Basket" has 18 tiny flowers. The "Sheep with Flowers" has 12 tiny flowers. Of course with the flowers aren't all the same size on "Sheep with Flowers" so some of those had to be cut out by hand. Still, the hole punch did make things so much easier. Now I'm on the look-out for a one that is a little larger. :.)
