Cookie Dough Truffles- YUM!

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My Momma played Cupid this year, by making and delivering homemade goodies to friends and family! She made these Cookie Dough Truffles (she found the recipe in our local newspaper), and they are way TOO yummy, not to share the recipe with you! :)

Corinne Le's Cookie Dough Truffles

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Butter, softened
3/4 cup packed Brown Sugar
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 (14-ounce) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts (optional)
Candy Coating/Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour, milk and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.

Shape into 60 1-inch balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Loosely cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until firm.

In a bowl, melt candy coating, stirring often until smooth. Dip balls in coating; place on baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, at least 15 minutes. If desired, re-melt remaining coating and drizzle over candies.

Store in the refrigerator.

Makes 5 dozen (60)

Valentine's Day Reversible Table Runner Tutorial

Just in case anyone missed the Valentine's Day Reversible Table Runner Tutoria,l when my guest post debuted on CraftyTammie's blog... Enjoy!

Materials:

• Main Focus Fabric (Front and Back Border): 1/2 yard
• Coordinating Fabric (Front Border and Back): 1/2 yard
• Binding: 2.25" x +/- 113"
• Quilt Batting: 13.5" x 40"
• Heat n' Bond (optional)
• Sewing Machine

1. From the Main Focus Fabric, cut one 9.5" x 36" piece for the Front of the table runner, and two 2.5" x 13.5" and two 2.5" x 36" pieces for the Border on the back side.

2. From the Coordinating Fabric, cut two 2.5" x 13.5" and two 2.5" x 36" pieces for the Border on the front side, and cut one 9.5" x 36" piece for the Back of the table runner.

3. With right sides together, and using a 1/4" seam allowance, sew the 2.5" x 36" Border pieces to the Main Focus Fabric (9.5" x 36"). Press seams toward the darker fabric.

4. Repeat Step #3, sewing the 2.5" x 13.5" Border pieces to the Main Focus Fabric (9.5" x 36"). Press seams toward the darker fabric.

5. The back of the table runner will be the inverse of the front, so with right sides together, sew the 2.5" x 36" Border pieces to the 9.5" x 36" Coordinating Fabric. Press seams toward the darker fabric.

6. Repeat Step #5, sewing the 2.5" x 13.5" Border pieces to the Coordinating Fabric. Press seams toward the darker fabric.

7. Sandwich the quilt batting between the wrong sides of the Front and Back of the table runner and quilt as desired. (Note- I quilted diagonal lines, spaced at about 2.25" which mimicked the fabric pattern.)

8. For the Binding, cut 2.25" strips and piece together for a total of +/- 113".(Note- I used various coordinating fabrics for the Binding, but you don't have to.Feel free to piece together the same fabric for a uniform Binding).To piece the strips, place the fabric right sides together, perpendicular to each other, and sew across the two strips at a 45 degree angle.Trim excess fabric at 1/4" and press seam open.

9. With wrong sides together, press the Binding in half.The table runner Binding will be sewn on just like quilt binding, so with a 1/4" seam allowance, sew the raw edge of the Binding to the back side of the table runner (leaving a +/- 6" tail from the start of the Binding).When approaching the corners, make sure to stop 1/4” from the corner, lift your needle and presser foot and fold the binding up onto itself. Fold the Binding down again, aligning the raw edges and resume stitching.

10. When approaching the start of the Binding, with right sides together, stitch the end of the Binding to the tail of the Binding (from Step #9).Finish sewing the raw edge of the Binding to the back side of the table runner.

11. Fold over the Binding to the front and hand or machine stitch the Binding in place, making sure to neatly miter the corners.

12. The reversible table runner is now complete, however should you want to add any additional elements feel free to!I chose to add 'love' to both ends of the table runner (which I cut out with Cricut), and backed with Heat n' Bond, which keeps the reversible functionality of the table runner.

13. Enjoy!

CraftyTammie's Sew Full of Love Week!

Looking for a sweet Valentine's Day tutorial? If so, hop on over to CraftyTammie's blog tomorrow to check out my Reversible Valentine's Day Table Runner Tutorial, along with giveaways and other guests posts! :)

A big thank you to Tammie for letting me be a part of her Sew Full of Love Week!

Here are a couple snapshots of the finished table runner (just to make sure you come back for the tutorial!). :o)

Front

Back

Upcoming Tutorials!

Sunday my Momma and I went to the Road to California Quilt Show in Ontario, to just 'look around'. Let's just say that I walked out with 8 yards of fabric! :) We browsed the featured elaborate quilts, which really blow my mind, but also turn me off at the same time as I like to start and finish a project within a reasonable amount of time. :) All in all, I think the Quilt Show was exactly what I needed to get back in my studio!

Remember this post about The Quilted Fish's fabric and goodies? Well, the Quilt Show was stocked full of Sweet Divinity fabric and The Quilted Fish's patterns, which really inspired me to create! Sunday night I started sewing, Monday I worked on the tutorial, and today I finished my project and tutorial- woo hoo! I know you're dying for a sneak peek, so here is a little one...


If you like what you see (which I hope you do!) you'll have to head over to The Quilted Fish's blog for my upcoming guest post (in March). :)

Also, if you're in need of a Valentine's Table Runner tutorial, make sure to check out my friend Tammie's blog for her Sew Full of Love Week (February 6-12th), as I'll be posting my (soon to be written) tutorial! I ordered some of Moda's Giddy fabric, which should arrive today, so perhaps I can cross that tutorial off of my list this week as well! :)