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Pie Crust Cookies

November 23, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

It’s Pie Season! Whoo Hoo! Hi there! This is Kathleen from Fearlessly Creative Mammas here to entertain you again. If you can’t tell, I love pie. There are so many choices with pie and during Thanksgiving and Christmas, I make so much of it. Don’t tell, but I also eat so much of it. That’s a secret. With pie baking come leftover pie crust. What do you do with all of it? I hate throwing it out, so I came up with these Pie Crust Cookies. They are so simple, but so good. Originally shared November 2015

This is my beautiful daughter. She is a kick in the pants and absolutely one of my very favorite people. She is so entertaining, funny and smart at a whip. I know, I’m bias. However, other people say the same thing. This girl LOVES Pie Crust Cookies. They are her favorite. She actually ate every one of the cookies on that plate. So, I make her these cookies anytime I have some spare pie crust.

The last time I had pie crust, it was to make this Southern Pecan Pie, which is amazing, if I do say so myself. I like to use a silicone mat on my cookie sheets. It helps your food not stick and you don’t have to use extra oil. So nice. Plus, your food doesn’t stick to the pan. So wonderful for clean up.

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Pie Crust Cookies

Ingredients

Left Over Pie Crust
1/4 cup butter melted
1/8 cup sugar
1/8 cup cinnamon
2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

Roll the pie crust out to about 1/8 inch thickness.
Cut your cookies out the crust and place on cookie sheet, about 1/2 inch apart.
Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned.
While the cookies are cooking, combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
Brush each cookies with butter.
Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on half of the cookies and the pumpkin pie spice on the other half.
Allow to cool and serve.
Store in an airtight container.

I hope this will give you an idea for that left over pie crust. These cookies sure are tasty.

Come on over to Fearlessly Creative Mammas and see what else we are cooking up. What is something fun and unusual you make for your family? I’d love to hear about it.

Italian Parmesan Roasted Carrots

May 21, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

If you have a bounty of fresh carrots and are sick of feeling like a rabbit from eating so many, these Italian Parmesan Roasted Carrots are for you. I’m always trying to come up with new, healthier ways to eat vegetables that my husband will eat too. It’s not always an easy task. Feeding him is as hard as feeding a toddler sometimes. I made these carrots while he was gone, as a test of sorts, and really loved them. I think he will love them too. The sweet of the carrot goes well with the spice of the garlic.

Now, if you look at my site, Fearlessly Creative Mammas, you can tell that I seriously love cheese. Not all cheese, for example blue cheese will not touch my lips, but most cheeses are my friend. Parmesan is one of my favorites for sure. I decided these carrots needed some Parmesan. Good decision. It brings a nice blend of flavors.

True store here. My husband asked me once, while standing in front of the open refrigerator, if we had any cheese. I couldn’t believe he was asking. I got up and started pulling cheese out for him, then I took a picture because I couldn’t believe he asked the question.

Do you think we had any cheese? Really, it’s like asking me if we have chocolate.

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Italian Parmesan Roasted Carrots

Ingredients

10 Carrots
3 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese shredded or grated
1 tsp onion powder
2 cloves garlic minced

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix olive oil, Italian seasoning, Parmesan, onion powder and garlic in a medium bowl.
Peel, wash and cut carrots, in long pieces, with them all about the same size.
Put the carrots in the bowl with the spice mixture and mix to cover the carrots.
Place in a single layer on a well greased or covered baking sheet.
Bake 15 minutes, turn the carrots over and bake 15 minutes longer.
Allow to cool 5 minutes and serve.

These Italian Parmesan Roasted Carrots are really great and I suggest that if you grow a garden, planting a lot of carrots so you can have them often. A tip here is that if you are buying your carrots in the grocery store, buy the organic variety. Since they don’t have whatever it is that makes regular carrots huge, their size is more uniform from top to bottom. Not only that, but I personally think they are sweeter. Personal preference, I like them better. Stop over and visit me at Fearlessly Creative Mammas. I’d love to “see” you there.

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Fabric Scrap Bookmarks

May 6, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

Recently I was cleaning my craft room and was putting my fabric scraps in a basket, thinking I might be able to find something to do with them. I have a whole lot of fabric scraps, it’s crazy. For some reason I just don’t get rid of them. At about the same time, I bought some fun books for my grand-kids. I was thinking that I should get them all bookmarks and then I remembered all of those fabric scraps. I put it together and came up with these Fabric Scrap Bookmarks. I think I may have gone overboard a little bit, but I love to give books as gifts, so I think I’m set for awhile. What I really love about these is that you can customize them to match the receiver’s tastes so easily. Look at all the varieties I made with just my scraps!

These Fabric Scrap Bookmarks are so easy to make. First you cut your fabric. For each bookmark you will need 2 pieces of coordinating fabric measuring 2 1/2 inches wide by 7 inches long. For the Star Wars fabric, I made them a little wider to get the picture to completely show up.

Next, you want to cut one piece of HeatnBond from Therm o web (affiliate link) Fusible Interfacings slightly smaller than the size of your fabric. Be sure to use the extra firm variety.

Fuse the HeatnBond to one piece of your fabric with a very warm iron. To apply, ensure the rough shiny side of the interfacing is against the wrong side of the fabric, set the iron on top and then press for about 20 seconds. If you don’t get a good bond, repeat.

Lay your coordinating fabric on top, and line everything up. I just stacked the bookmarks until I was finished with all the interfacing. Look at my pile!

Next, you will sew, zig zag, all the way around the fabric. Stay very close to the edge so you are picking up the sides as well.

If you want to make the bookmarks a little fancier, add a little bit of lace or eyelet around the edge before you sew the bookmark. If you select this option, use a straight stitch or you will mess up your trim.

You will have to bunch up the trim in the corners to keep the corners neat. Pin them in place.

And there you have it. Super simple Fabric Scrap Bookmarks. A perfect addition the next time you give a book as a gift.

What do you with your fabric scraps? I still have a lot of them and I need some ideas. I think I’m all set on the bookmarks.

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Green Chile Corn Casserole

April 21, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

At Thanksgiving this past year, we were in Florida to spend the holiday with my mom, sister and my sister’s family. Oh it was heaven to be warm and so hard to come back. For Thanksgiving dinner, one of the dishes my sister brought was Corn Casserole. I have to admit that I turned my nose up to the title, but it smelled good and I didn’t want to be rude, so I tried some and then I had some more. I really loved it. However, I felt that it needed some other flavors. Usually I get to things like this faster, but this time it took me awhile. I finally decided to try my hand at jazzing up the recipe and I ended up changing it quite a bit. What I ended up with I call Green Chile Corn Casserole and I love it so much.

My version has several things that my sister’s version doesn’t. Most notably, green chiles. Here’s the thing about me and green chiles, I love them. I went to high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico and since then, I eat them, a lot. The best brand, to me, are Hatch Green Chiles, which are grown in New Mexico. They are so flavorful and in full disclosure, that is where I got the chiles for this Green Chile Corn Casserole. New Mexicans are kind of chile snobs and this is the brand of choice. Love them!

This recipe is really easy to make and it is something you can make ahead of time and then pop in the oven at dinner time. It would also be great for a barbecue. In my case, I was having guests for dinner, so I split the batter between two dishes so I had one for dinner and a smaller one for the next day so I could take pictures and enjoy it again. I had several taste testers and they all loved it, except my husband. No surprise there. His tastebuds are broken.

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Green Chile Corn Casserole

Ingredients

7 oz. package corn bread mix
15 oz whole corn
15 oz. creamed corn
6 Tbsp butter melted
1/2 cup sour cream
4 oz. cream cheese very soft
3 large 1/2 cup green chiles, seeded and finely chopped
2 cups shredded Mexican cheese divided

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix the sour cream, butter and cream cheese in a large bowl.
Add in the corn bread mix and corns and mix well.
Add the green chiles and 1 1/2 cups cheese and mix well.
Pour into a well greased 9x13 inch pan.
Bake for 40-45 minutes, until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese over the casserole and bake 5-10 minutes longer, until the cheese is melted.
Cool for 5 minutes before cutting.

I hope you will try my recipe for Green Chile Corn Casserole and love it like I do. I think I’m going to make it again this week. Not for my husband though. Just for me. What is something you love to eat because you grew up eating it and nothing else compares? Let me know in the comments. I’d love to know your secret. Be sure to visit me at Fearlessly Creative Mammas too. There are lots of things going on over there.

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10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with Your Children

April 6, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

Earth Day is April 22nd this year and it occurred to me that we as parents should really teach our children how to care for our earth so it takes care of them as they get older. Children learn better by doing and by having fun while doing. I really think we all learn better this way. So, I have 10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with Your Children. I hope you will do some of these activities with your children and have loads of fun doing it.

The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970, in the United States. It is credited with launching the modern environment movement which helped get the passage of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. Now, 46 years later, more than 1 billion people world wide celebrate Earth Day, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Personally, I love the idea of taking care of our planet and responsibly utilizing it’s resources. I also believe that we should teach our children to do the same. Here are my ideas.

#1: Take your kids or grand kids fishing. Be sure to check the regulations where you live first so you are fishing in open areas and for the right kinds of fish. While you’re fishing, teach your children to clean up after themselves. We always have drinks and snacks. Don’t leave your trash laying around. Either put it in the trash can or take it out with you. Teach your children to respect the fishing area, the laws and the fish themselves. If you won’t eat the fish, teach them to safely put it back in the water. Teach them not to waste the resource.

#2: Take a walk with your kids and have everyone carry a small bag and pick up trash while you’re walking. Make it a game to see who can pick up the most trash. This time of year is a great time to pick up trash because it’s just getting warm in most places and people haven’t been picking up trash in the winter. Remember safety first. If you are picking up trash in a busy area, wear bright clothing and hold your little one’s hands.

#3: Take your kids on a picnic. Go to a park so they can have a fun time enjoying the environment. When you’re finished, be sure to pick all of your trash up. If you want to go a step further, don’t bring anything you will have to throw away. Use things that can be used again, like plastic plates, regular utensils and plastic cups. Teach them that even though you are on a picnic, you don’t have to use things that fill the landfill.

#4: Plant a garden. Even if it’s not warm enough where you are, you can get your garden area ready and make a plan for your garden. Let the kids help. Give them a rake or have them pick up rocks. I know it seems like the rocks multiply every year at our house. Ask the kids what they want to grow in the garden. Take a trip to the local garden store and pick out some seeds. You can even get some peat moss pots and start the plants for planting later.

#5: Don’t have a garden are at your house? Plant a container garden. You can move that around your house or keep it on a porch. No large yard needed. You can get instructions for this container garden on my blog, Fearlessly Creative Mammas.

#6: Keeping with the gardening theme, buy a terra cotta pot for each person and paint some pots to plant flowers in for your entryway. The kids will love that they are helping decorate your yard and you will all have fun painting the pots and putting your individuality in them. When you are finished painting the pots and they are dry, spray them with a sealer so the paint doesn’t wash off.

#7: This next idea will take a little planning and money. How about planting some trees? If you plant out in a wilderness area, you can plant smaller trees. If you decide to plant in your yard, plant trees that are a little bit bigger. When we bought our house, we planted a cherry tree in our yard. It was a sapling about 18 inches tall and didn’t look like much, but our kids helped us, so they knew where it was located. About a week after we planted it, our daughter was mowing the lawn and mowed right over it. Darn her.

#8: Pick a place and go hiking. We like to hike and the place we usually go is pretty mountainous, but you should pick a place for your children’s age level. We usually see animals like deer, elk and lots of birds. Sometimes we see antelope and coyotes too. There is no one out there but us and we love it. It’s quiet, clean and beautiful. A great way to recharge. Be sure you take what you need to be safe, like enough water and some high protein snacks. We also take firearms because there are bears and wolves out there and you never know if you will run into something that wants to eat you. While you’re out there, pick up any trash you see and carry it out.

#9: Take a visit to the local zoo. Our zoo isn’t huge, but the kids love it and it grows a little bit every few years. I took my kids to this zoo a lot when they were young and my grandkids love to go too. While you are touring the zoo, talk to the kids about the different animals, where they are located in the wild and their status as far as if they are endangered, protected, etc. There are usually plaques on each enclosure that will provide this information.

#10: Gather things that can be recycled and visit a recycling center. You can go to the city recycling center or a place where you can recycle things like cans for money. My friend’s daughter (with the sun glasses on her head below) recently discovered she could take cans in and get paid for them. Now she has everyone she knows collecting cans for her. She is too funny. Call around because some places have a special rate they pay on Earth Day. She is very excited about that because she gets more money!

There you have it. 10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with Your Kids. What will you do to celebrate and how will you teach your kids? Let me know in the comments. I love reading them. Happy Earth Day!

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Cheesy Baked Chicken

March 21, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

My husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy. He was raised in Idaho and that is what he grew up eating. If he had his way, he would eat some sort of beef and some sort of potatoes 6 days a week. What would he eat on the seventh day? Probably pizza. I did not grow up eating that way. My dad was in the U.S. Air Force and we moved all over the place for his job. Since we moved so much, we ate a wide variety of food. I’m pretty sure that I couldn’t eat red meat and potatoes every day. My challenge when I married my husband, almost 25 years ago, was to introduce him to variety in his diet. Veggies too, because he didn’t eat many of those either. Sometimes you find something that everyone loves. Yay! This Cheesy Baked Chicken is one of those recipes and I’m so glad because it is one of my favorite ways to eat chicken.

When you make this chicken, don’t let it scare you. It’s really easy to make. Promise. I used plain panko bread crumbs that I found in the bulk bins at our local grocery store. The reason I used panko is because they get crispier than regular bread crumbs. If you don’t want it super crispy, you can use regular dry bread crumbs. Also, if you run out of butter while your sealing in the crunch and flavor, feel free to add more. You can never have too much butter.

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Cheesy Baked Chicken

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 1/2 cups panko bread crumbs
3/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
3 Tbsp Italian seasoning
1/4 cup butter

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
In a cereal size bowl, beat the eggs and milk until well beaten.
In a larger size bow, mix bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder and Italian seasoning.
Trim fat from chicken and cut into strips.
Melt butter in a skillet.
Dip chicken in egg mixture and then bread crumb mixture.
Lightly fry chicken in butter until lightly browned on each side, turning once. About 2 minutes per side.
Place chicken on greased or covered baking sheet.
When all the chicken is browned, bake for 20 - 30 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
Remove from oven and serve.

If you like chicken as much as we do, you can make extra. It is great as a leftover and it is also great cold, so take it on a picnic, with some potato or macaroni salad, watermelon and lemonade. Our favorite things to have with this chicken are mashed potatoes and corn. It is one of my family’s favorite meals. When I made this for my grand kids, my grandson asked for thirds. He said it is really great and he is a picky eater. I hope you and your family will love this as much as we do.

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St Patrick’s Day Ribbon Wreath

March 6, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

Are you one of those people who jumps from Valentine’s Day to Easter and forgets all about the green holiday, St. Patrick’s Day? I used to be, but then several years ago, I found out I’m not German at all, but I have a lot of Irish blood in my DNA. So, since I do have have that ancestry, I now try to celebrate at least some each year. To be honest, green isn’t my favorite color, but there are a couple of times each year I break out the green. This year I decided to make an easy St Patrick’s Day Ribbon Wreath and share the instructions with you. I promise anyone can make this, even the most craft challenged.

Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green. (History.com)

Before I get to the instructions, I would like to tell you about the easiness of this wreath. Is that a word? I had knee surgery last week and have been spending a lot of time sitting on my behind. I don’t mind saying, my behind is not loving it. Anyway, between the brain fogs of prescription medications, I made the majority of this wreath. I tell you this so you can tell just exactly how easy this wreath is to make.

You will need a styrofoam wreath, yarn, various colors of yarn, four foam shamrocks, scissors and a glue gun.

The first step is to wrap the wreath in your yarn. To start the yarn, just tie the end around the wreath form. Start wrapping the yarn, ensuring you wrap it so the yarn is very close together. When you get to the end, tie the yarn off.

After your wreath is wrapped, cut your ribbon into four inch pieces. I cut six of each color. Then tie them as shown below, in little knots.

For the shamrocks, I used two different kinds, one plain green and one green glitter. I purchased them at a dollar store. Glue the shamrocks together so they are off-set some, as shown in the picture below.

Aren’t all of these ribbons fun? After you have them all tied, using your hot glue gun, glue the ribbons and shamrocks to the front side of the wreath. Tie a piece of ribbon around it and hang it up.

What are you doing for St. Patrick’s Day. If you want to have a lot of fun, after you make your ribbon wreath, you can plan a really fun St. Patrick’s Day Dinner using the instructions on my post at Fearlessly Creative Mammas. I’m always looking for fun ways to celebrate, so give me your ideas in the comments please. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

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Wall Texturing

February 21, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

I’ve talked about my house before and how we moved back into it after three years away and how we are making some updates to the house. One of the things about moving back into this house is that we are moving in with fewer family members, so we have extra rooms. I decided that I wanted to make one of the extra upstairs bedrooms my craft room, which is so awesome, but was going to take some work. It had been occupied by both my youngest child and my grandsons. One of the walls had a lot of issues, so my husband and I decided to try our hand at Wall Texturing. Actually, he already knew what he was doing, I had no clue.

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Easy DIY Draft Catcher

February 6, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

Is it still cold where you live? It’s still stinkin’ cold here and will probably be cold for another 3 months or so. Also, where I live the wind blows so bad, so many days, and it comes right in my doors. You see, I live in an older house and while this house is a work in progress, the doors are kind of drafty. Not so awesome when it’s 10 degrees outside. I put a towel at the front door and a blanket at the back door to help, but it was kind of tacky, so I made an Easy DIY Draft Catcher for each door. These babies are easy to make and really do help.

This is Louie. I’m pretty sure he liked the blanket at the back door more than he likes the draft catcher. He seems to lay a little bit away from the door now instead of right next to it. He just stares at the draft catcher. Kind of funny really. Poor mistreated cat.

This is what was at my front door before I decided to make it a little less tacky.

As I said, these are super easy to make. First, measure the doorway of where you want it to go and add 4 inches. Cut the fabric to that length and 10 inches wide. I used a metal tape measurer because I didn’t have a fabric one long enough for the back door fabric.

Fold the fabric in half, lengthwise, and sew along two sides. Trim the edges.

Cut the corner to take the point off of the fabric, as shown in the picture below. The turn the fabric right side out.

To stuff the draft catcher, you will need some fiberfill and bigger dried beans, like pinto beans.

To fill, first put about 2 cups of beans in the draft catcher. Then put some fiberfill in, to measure about a foot of fiberfill. Repeat until it is filled.

A couple of tips. First, when you’re adding your fiberfill, use a yard stick to push it down and pack it is well, a little at a time. Second, use a canning funnel to add the beans. I have beans all over the place now because I dropped some and Louie ran off with them.

You want to finish with beans and a small amount of fiberfill, as shown below. The beans on the ends help hold it in place.

Turn the edges under and sew the end closed. This will be a little tricky. Squish the filling down so you have room to sew the end closed. When you’ve got it closed, move it around a little to fill in where you squished it down.

Finally, you have a lovely draft catcher to keep the draft out of your house. This will help keep you warmer and help with your heating costs. The perfect win-win in my book. Do you have drafty doors or windows? You could use these at window openings too. Stay warm out there!

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Stenciled Tables

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Have you ever started on a project, got part of the way through it and decided that you wanted to go a completely different direction? This is that project for me. I bought these two tables for really great prices and thought I might fix them up and sell them for lots more than the price I paid. Today I am going to tell you about my Stenciled Tables, how I stencil and the outcome of said tables. They look nothing like they did when I bought them, that’s for sure.

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Pennant Banner

January 6, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

Are you a lover of sports or even just a good party? I love setting up decorations for whatever the thing is I’m celebrating. Since it’s football season, I thought it would be fun to make a Pennant Banner in honor of my favorite team, the Pittsburg Steelers. Now, if you aren’t a Steelers fan, don’t leave because you can use these same instructions for another team or even a theme birthday party.

You may be wondering why I am a Steelers fan, since I live in Southeast Idaho. Well, let me tell you, it all started way back in 1979, during Super Bowl XIII. Yes, I know I am seriously dating myself. That’s okay. I’ve earned every one of my years. in 1979 we lived in Hawaii and my parents decided to have a big Super Bowl party. The teams playing were the Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys and my younger brother decided he was going to root for the Cowboys. Well, I couldn’t really root for the Cowboys, so I picked the Steelers. It stuck with me and all of these years later, I am still a fan. My brother is a fickle man though and he says if he likes any team at all, it’s probably the Denver Broncos now. So now you know why I like the Steelers. I have been to their stadium once, but alas, they weren’t there. So sad.

To make a banner this exact size, you will need:

1 piece of stiff card board measuring 6 inches by 9 inches
1/2 yard of the main fabric
1/2 a yard of border fabric
1/2 yard of medium weight fuseable interfacing
matching thread
pins

First, make your pattern with the card board, as shown in the picture above. If you want bigger pennants, then use a bigger piece of card board and buy more fabric.

Trace the card board on your fabric. You will need 12 pieces of fabric. If you have a patterned fabric, be sure you get at least 6 pieces that are upside right. I used the same fabric for the back and front, but you could use a different fabric for the back if you want.

Now trace 6 pieces of the interface. If you do it just right, you will be using the negative space for part of them, thus not wasting the interface.

Next, cut your fabric binding. If you don’t want to make your own binding, you can buy it ready made at the fabric store. I cut 12 pieces of 9 1/2 inches by 2 inch for the sides of the pennants and then one that is 6 feet by 2 inches for the top binding.

Now you need to adhere the interfacing to the front side of each pennant piece, as shown below. If you don’t know how to adhere fusible interface, you can read this post for instructions. Do this for all 6 pennants.

Next, make your binding. The instructions are the same for the short pieces and the long pieces.

Fold the pieces in half long ways and iron the seam in.
Fold both sides in towards the center and iron.
At the end that will be the bottom binding, fold fabric in a quarter inch and iron.
Fold in the ends at an angle, to form a point and iron.
Iron the whole piece again.

Attach your side bindings to your pennant. Be sure when you do this, you get the pennant all the way into the center so you catch all of the fabric when you sew it. Also, be sure to cover one point with the other so it is covered completely.

If there is any binding over the edge of the pennant, cut it flush with the pennant fabric. Then sew the side binding in place.

Each one takes about 2 minutes to attach. I did 6 of them.

Next, attach the pennants to the top binding, spacing them evenly apart. For my spacing, I left 5 inches between pennants. Sew it all in place.

Now your pennant banner is done. I really love it! It isn’t difficult to make, but the whole cutting out and ironing part takes a little bit of time.

I used two different kinds of Steelers cotton fabric for my pennant. I think my husband wants a Seahawks banner too.

Are you a football fan? I have to admit that I started making this before the Steelers won this past weekend. I was a little worried that they wouldn’t make it into the playoffs. I’m so glad they did. What kind of banner would you make?

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15 Tips for a Healthy Active Life

December 29, 2015 by Kathleen Clegg

With the new year comes new goals for a lot of people. Some people call them resolutions, but for me, resolutions are things people stop doing and goals are things people tend to work towards. Each year I set goals for myself for the coming year. Sometimes I make them, sometimes I decide they aren’t really things I want to pursue and sometimes they get carried on to the next year. Being healthy and active is something that has become more and more important to me as I have gotten older. As I am considering my goals for the next year, I thought I would bring you 15 Tips for a Healthy Active Life. Some of my tips might seem really basic to you, but hopefully they will all help someone. I think we all want to live healthy lives and being active is a huge step toward that goal.

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