Elle's Kitchen: Cinnamon Toast

I was out of state this week and yesterday I got

home in the afternoon, played with the puppy dog,

headed down to the big city with Trishie for a lecture

 by Frank Abagnale at the IMA and then we met Kate

 for a very late dinner before heading home to an end of

 day telephone call with Mr. Wonderful and off to bed!

This morning I woke up and let's just say, the cupboard

was bare,  nothing for breakfast...  there were a few pieces

of bread so I went old school and made cinnamon toast.

This is a favorite of mine from when I was a child but I

haven't had it in years.  It is so simple and most people 

have everything they need in their kitchen.  

Toast the bread until it is light brown, spread with butter

and let it melt a bit then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon

and gently mix the butter, sugar and cinnamon together.

This is something my Mum often made for me when I was

a child.  When I was old enough to make it myself I 

remember we had a spice jar with the sugar and cinnamon 

already mixed together ~ I don't remember if this was a

commercial product or just something my Mum mixed up 

herself to make it easier for me.  

It was still delicious!

Quiltmaker's 1000 Blocks Book Mystery

A while back someone had told me I was a 

part of this book but I had not heard from

the publisher so I wasn't sure.  A few weeks

ago I visited Lolly's Fabrics in Shipshewanna,

Indiana and noticed they had the book so I

took a peek.

On one of the opening pages showing some

of the blocks, there was one of mine.  It's the

top row, second from the left.  I checked the

index and my name and two page numbers 

were listed but when I visited those pages,  my

blocks were not there.  I thought maybe it is not

the page number but the block number ~ tried

that and nope, that didn't work either.

So when I got home I contacted the publisher 

and found out I am indeed in the book but there

was an editing problem with the page numbers

which will be corrected in future issues.

Here is one of the blocks called Dutch Treat,

it says it is on page 85 but it's really on 87.

This is my other block called Felicity, it says 

it is on page 77 but it is on page 79.

This is the quilt I made using the Dutch Treat

block, I call it Going Dutch.

This is the quilt I made using the Felicity block,

I call it Felicidad.

If your guild or shop would be interested in a class

for either of these quilts, send me an email:

ellen.americanhomestead@gmail.com