no guilt muffins - I had an urge for a snack...

Healthy Apple Carrot Muffins

2 cups raisin bran cereal
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup finely chopped peeled tart apple
3/4 cup grated carrots
1/4 cup Grapenuts cereal
1/4 cup ground flax seed
Directions:
In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a small bowl, beat the egg, buttermilk and oil.
Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apple, carrots, Grapenuts and flax seed.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups or cups coated with nonstick cooking spray three-fourths full. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.  Bake at 375 degrees F for 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.  Makes 12 muffins.

machine covers for the sewing room

I have taken my sewing room back.  It spent 24 years housing my beautiful daughter.  That is why it is the color that it is.  Iris white with smoky plum trim.  She has been away to college and now grad school for awhile, but I couldn't get up the gumption to empty it of all of her "stuff".  All that "stuff" is boxed up and waiting for her to get a place big enough to put it.  I still miss her.

my sewing/embroidery machine

My machine (Babylock Essante-my pride & joy!) came with a hard cover with a built in book holder.  It is just too much of a pain to put on and take off.  I dug through my scraps and made this quilted throw on cover.  It is easy to use, so I'm more likely to actually cover it up when I'm not using it.  This was my first attempt at crazy quilting.  It's not as easy as it looks!  I used a piece of an old sheet as a base fabric.  All the fabric scraps remind me of different things I have made.  I smile when I look at it.  Lace & ribbon ends complete the trim.  I tried to keep the blue & lavender color scheme. It was fun.

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my serger

I stuck with the blue & lavender colors in this one, too.  But I just did a simple quilt pattern in strips.  After piecing it together I attached fusible interfacing to stiffen the front and back pieces up.  I had to customize the shape at the bottom to fit the step on my serger table.  I've had my serger for 20 years and have never had a cover, so this is nice, and pretty, too.