Virtual Cookie Exchange blog hop

Hi and welcome!

First I want to thank Carol for allowing me to join the hop- I often neglect reading blog posts and then miss the sign ups, but I know the hosts and asked Carol to join this one and also Carla about the one in January

This hop snuck up on me, I thought I had more time, but it’s the holidays so LIFE happens!!

So I figured I’d make something small this time, so I looked on my computer for some Christmas-y embroidery files and found these cute bells and did some redwork embroidery on my embroidery machine 🙂

then I trimmed it to 4 1/2″ and added a 1″ strip in red batik all the way around.

It was a little too big to be an ornament to I decided to make it a small pincushion instead, so I added a piece of fabric for the backing and sewed right sides together with an opening at the bottom, trimmed the corners and pressed the opening with an iron so it’s easy to see when I turned it right side out.

Then I stuffed it with fiber fill and ladder stitched it closed and took this picture by the Christmas tree- now I wish I had added a ribbon and just kept it as an ornament, oh well.

I wasn’t going to share a recipe, but WHY not?? It’s one I’ve shown before- at least year’s cookie blog hop too actually!

It’s called a Danish Layer Cake, it’s really a birthday cake, and I always make it for hubby’s birthday- which was mid November, but then through the years other people have tasted it and love it and ask me to bring it on special occasions, which is often for holidays, so….

it’s now our Thanksgiving/Christmas/Birthday/Whenever cake!

I’ve made this cake 4 times in the last month now! 2 for birthdays and 2 for Thanksgiving!

If you want the recipe, look at the post here from last year, it’s super easy to make!

To have a little fun, you can get $2 off of any of my Layer Cake patterns (PDF or printed) just add coupon code layercake at checkout

coupon expires 12/10!

also check out the other participants in this blog post

December 5

Creatin’ in the Sticks

DesertSky Quilting

Karrin’s Crazy World

Days Filled With Joy

Just Because Quilts

That Fabric Feeling

For The Love Of Geese

Words & Stitches

 

December 6

MooseStashQuilting

Just Sew Quilter

Ms P Designs USA

Beaquilter

Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
Stitchin At Home

 

December 7

Inflorescence

Crazy’boutquilts

Patchouli Moon Studio

Texas Quilt Gal

Pinker n’ Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Needled Mom

Quilted Delights

 

December 8

Just Let Me Quilt

Quiltscapes

Songbird Designs

Patchwork Breeze

Quilt Schmilt

Homespun Hannah’s Blog

Happy Cottage Quilter

 

22 thoughts on “Virtual Cookie Exchange blog hop”

  1. Those embroidered bells are beautiful! The Danish cake looks delicious. I remember saving the recipe last year. Guess I’d better get that cherry wine at Aldi so I can get one made! Thanks for sharing.

  2. That is a really cute embroidery. You could always hand stitch a ribbon on it:)

  3. Sweet little bells and delicious cake…what says holidays better? Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.

  4. Your little bells look so nice snuggled against the Christmas tree. The cake looks delicious (happy late birthday wishes to your hubby, too)!

  5. That raspberry cake looks delicious; something easy on the calories, I’m sure!!! What a cute pincushion. I always say, there’s always room for another pincushion, I love them so.

  6. What a beautiful pincushion! I vote for hand-stitching a ribbon on it and letting it hang 😀 Thank you for sharing your special cake recipe with us.

  7. Your embroidery is so pretty. That cake looks so delish. Merry Christmas. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

  8. Your embroidery work is perfect and bright. The little pillow looks wonderful. The cake recipe sounds delicious too.

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