Blueberry Muffins

Since Pincusion Creations is not JUST sewing, but other crafty things and recipes, I figured I should share one of my favorites---The classic Blueberry Muffins!  My Grandma, who lives about 5 minutes away from us, has a big blueberry patch with the biggest and best blueberries! During the summer we gather as many blueberries as we can!  We eat them by the handfuls, in our cereal, in our waffles, and we freeze them so we can enjoy those sweet berries all year long!  This is one of my favorite blueberry muffin recipes because it's so easy and tastes great!

BlueBerry Muffins

1/2 cup margarine/butter                      2 1/4 cups flour

1 1/2 cup sugar                                            2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup milk                                                 1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs                                                              2 1/2 cups blueberries

Combine all ingredients. Pour batter into paper shells.  Be sure to fill paper shells.  Sprinkle tops with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon.  Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.  Makes about 1 dozen muffins.

Enjoy & have a wonderful weekend!

Infinity Scarf

I love scarfs, but to be honest, I don't have very many of them. I tend to never buy anything for myself when it comes to clothes...honest! Ask my Mom or sisters. They don't come to me asking to borrow clothes. When I found this material on clearance I decided it's about time I sew something for myself, and being able to make this for $2.50 was even more exciting!  Scarfs can really make a whole outfit come together, and the

best part is that it doesn't have to be winter for them to be fashionable---unless of course you are wearing a knitted one in the middle of the summer :)

Materials:

1/2 yard of Fabric

Hot Iron

Sewing Machine

**Depending on what kind of fabric you use, you might also need:

Wax paper

Starch

My fabric was a sheer somewhat silky material which slid all over the place.

If you are battling a slippery piece of fabric, just lay some wax paper on your ironing board (to keep it clean) and spray some starch on your fabric.  Iron your fabric till it's dry. You should notice a difference in the stiffness. If you don't, you might not have sprayed enough starch.

Fold your 1/2 yard piece of fabric in half lengthwise and pin edges together.

This will also help your fabric from sliding around.

Place your fabric at the edge of your presser foot and sew down the length of your material.

When finished you should have a long tube.

Because of the nature of this material, it will shift slightly while you are sewing.

You can see how my edges aren't exactly equal once I sewed the pieces together.

That's okay, just go to your table and use either your rotary cutter or a pair of scissors and make it even...no harm done!

Straightened edge

Turn your tube right side out.

Once you turn your tube right side out you will be turning it again.
Check out my tutorial (HERE) for the last step by step instructions. 
I did include some pictures below of the next steps but if you follow this tutorial it will help.

Be sure to you match up your seams.

Sew around the top edge. Leave about a 2 inch opening to pull your scarf through.

Pinch your opening closed and sew.

Enjoy your new scarf and happy crafting!

{Blog Award}

One of my newest followers and fellow bloggers awarded me with The Versatile Blogger Award.

Funny thing is, I didn't even know there were awards...that is just how new I am to this blogging world! 

After reading Pitter and Glinks post I found out when you receive this award, you are supposed to link it back to the person who gave it to you, tell seven things about yourself that your followers don't know, and then pass along the award to seven other fellow bloggers.

Here are seven things most of you don't know about me:

*I'm a Christian

*I'm afraid of clowns.  There is just something about painted faces and red noses...

* I would much rather eat salty food than sweet food.

* I graduated highschool in a class of 7

* I love to cook, but not a huge fan of baking ( things never seem to turn out right)

* I got married at age 19 to the most wonderful man :)

* I still watch Disney Movies.  I can never get enough of the Classic Princess movies! :)

I'm passing along the Versatile Blogger Award to some of my new favorites:

Ashley at The Latest Find

Stephanie at Toastie Studio

Laura at Cupcakes and Lemonade

Laura at DigiArt Cafe

Christie at Portobello Road

Danielle at Delightfully Lovely

Crafting in the Rain

I hope you will all check out these ladies blogs and become their newest followers.

Thanks Beth for the Award and your support!!