season's greetings

thought i'd share one of my favorite pickle recipes: pickled eggs! my family always had these on the dinner table for thanksgiving and christmas, and i still can't live without them.

3 12 oz jars of pickled beets

1 16 oz bottle of apple cider vinegar

1 cup of sugar

1 dozen hard boiled eggs

mix everything together in a container with a lid and leave in the fridge for about a week.

delicious.

pillars is done!

just finished the pillars quilt. it was a lot of hard work, but i got it done in time to submit it for the american's quilters society jan. 4th deadline. in looking at some more space images i found one on the spitzer space telescope site. i always thought that the pillars were on top of the eagle nebula, but apparently, they are right next to it.

SOLD!

i officially sold my first quilt today! jade, from new york, is now the proud owner of "white dwarfs in the milky way galaxy" thanks jade.

i hit a corner!

i hit my first corner of the pillars quilt. i start quilting in the very middle and then kind of spiral out, so this is a benchmark of sorts. (i know, huge nerd) i'm trying to get it done before the end of the year. i recently submitted NGC2264 and M64 for entry in the american quilter's society lancaster, penn show who's deadline was dec. 1st, and i hope to have the pillars done by the deadline of the next (and biggest) show in paducah, kentucky. the deadline is jan. 1st. i'm almost half way done with the quilt, but this is gonna be a rough month.

the star field cargo blanket is done

just finished the star field cargo blanket. this is the backside which looks like a negative. it's handmade and machine quilted, and i used a variegated gray and white thread. check out the finished product on my web site: jimmymcbride.com

winter bike hats!

just made the first batch of new winter bike hats. double layered and super warm. and they keep your ears warm! available at b's bikes in greenpoint, brooklyn.

star field cargo blanket

i made, what i imagined to be, a future version of a basic cargo blanket. one that my space trucker might find in the cargo bay of his ship. i thought this would be an interesting background for a star field quilt. i'm projecting an image of ancient, white dwarf stars in the milky way onto it and machine quilting stars into it.