Key Lime Pie

Tylor asked for this and we have fallen head over heels for it. It is simply delicious!

Key Lime Pie (amended from Kraft recipe 2011)

1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup lime juice

1 envelope Lemon-Lime Kool-aid (unsweetened)*

1 8 oz tub of Lite Cool Whip

1 lime - finely grate the peel and save the juice

Combine first three ingredients. Stir in half of grated lime peel and the fresh lime juice. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups Cool Whip (estimate this). Freeze for 6 hours. Take out of freezer 15 minutes before serving. Top with remaining Cool Whip then sprinkle on the remaining lime peel.

*If you can't find Lemon-Lime Kool-aid you can use Lemonade but then you need to add some green food coloring.

Bloomers

Sherri was teasing me a bit about making bloomers for Miriam...that's okay, I can take it.  I can also dish it out: 

These bloomers were super simple to whip up - and very practical. Very.

McCalls 5966 - Review

What do you get when you cross a tablecloth with a bedsheet?  Fabulousness, that's what.

Easy McCalls 5966

I like a pattern that is what it says it is...easy. The only tricky parts to this pattern were putting in a zipper - not that hard, just a little fiddly, and doing the set-in sleeves that were too small to go around the 'free-arm' part of my sewing machine.  Again, not hard, just a bit fiddly. The end result is pretty dang cute - and slightly Colonial.

Bloomers

Debbie was mentioning today that she was going to make bloomers for Miriam. Now she needs to stitch the above sign so she knows why...teehee!

Simplicity 2269 Review

I thought this 'easy-to-sew' pattern had great potential.  Sure enough, it turned out cute, but I have a bone to pick with whoever designated this 'easy-to-sew'.  It should have been 'everything on this pattern is easy to sew except the neckline insert which is fiddly and difficult and almost made me swear'.

At one point I nearly chucked it, but once I got the neckline in, the rest was a breeze - I was able to finish it up pretty dang quick.

Meet Cute...(Apron Skirt).

I've been seeing lots of apron skirts all over the blogosphere lately...and I love them. Well, I love many of them.  Some just don't quite work for me.  This past week Lil Blue Boo posted her version, complete with dimensions - so I was ready to go.  You can find her instructions here. She even made a great pdf instruction sheet that you can print right up.

Free Girl's Dress Pattern

Don't know how many of us still need to sew for little girls (cough*Debbie*cough) but I ran across this adorable free pattern from the brain behind Craftiness is Not Optional.  I love, love that fabric and think the button details are so sweet.