Susan

Welcome to my new blog website! My name is Susan. I have been blogging since 2007. On Raisin Toast I share family life, our new journey in retirement in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the building of our last and smaller home, my artwork, quilting, stories, and more. I hope you will enjoy what I have created here! Welcome! Don’t forget to Subscribe to my Newsletter!

Sewing

Sewing Tutorials

Studio

How to Make a Ruffled Pillow

Susan February 22, 2012
When it comes to your home, we all want comfort, but having elements of beauty around the home can be costly and expensive. So, when you are on a budget like we are, sometimes you have to dig into your fabric stash, rip up some…

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My Quilts

Quilting

Studio

A Quilt for Kim – The Finished Quilt

Susan January 6, 2012
I just realized that I never posted images of Kim’s finished quilt! The holidays have been a whirlwind of activity, crafts, sewing, and more, and I can’t wait to share with you all the things I’ve been up to! In the meantime, here is Kim’s…

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Quilting

Quilting Tutorials

Studio

A Quilt For Kim

Susan September 29, 2011
These last several weeks, I have been working daily on a quilt for my daughter, Kim, who remains in the hospital fighting to recover from open-heart surgery and acute respiratory distress from a lung infection. Busy hands and mind help me to stay faithful for…

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Faith

Family

My Opus

Prayers for my Daughter

Susan August 26, 2011
So much has happened in the last 2 weeks that it all seems a blur at the moment, but the most important and tragic event was concerning my daughter, Kimberly. Without going into a lot of details here, suffice it to say that Kim has…

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Home & Garden

Recipes

Fried Green Tomatoes – From Plant to Plate

Susan May 17, 2011
Have you started growing your tomatoes yet this year? We’re getting a bit of a late start, but better a little late than not at all. I can’t think of anything I enjoy more during the spring and summer months than Fried Green Tomatoes from…

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My Quilts

Quilting

Studio

A Jitterbug Quilt

Susan September 20, 2010
I’ve been busy for 2 weeks piecing together the quilt top for the Jitterbug Quilt. Lots of piecing and lots of strips. All from a Thirties Jellyroll. The thing about making this quilt is that I wasn’t a big fan of most of the fabric…

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Family

Kim & Zak & Reagan

My Opus

Reagan’s First Words in Monotone

Susan June 14, 2010
Reagan’s talking now. She does not yet say “Mama or Dada,” although she is trying, she can, however, say “I can’t do that … and I won’t!” Yes, you heard me right. You see, her mother, my daughter, Kimberly, was filming Reagan playing, and asked…

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Sewing

Studio

Donuts, Flowers, Ribbons, and Curls

Susan May 27, 2010
This past week I have been busy making a stacker toy of stuffed donuts for my granddaughter, Reagan. The sweetest little girl on earth if I may say so myself, and I finished it today. I was inspired by the stacker toys that babies love to play…

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Quilting

Sewing

Studio

Never Slip your Rotary Ruler Again

Susan May 17, 2010
Boring subject I know, but let me tell ya – when you quilt and cut fabric as much as I do, nothing can tick you off more than when the rotary ruler slips a little on the fabric while you’re cutting, and you end up…

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Susan

How to Make a Ruffled Pillow

A Quilt for Kim – The Finished Quilt

A Quilt For Kim

Prayers for my Daughter

Fried Green Tomatoes – From Plant to Plate

A Jitterbug Quilt

Reagan’s First Words in Monotone

Donuts, Flowers, Ribbons, and Curls

Never Slip your Rotary Ruler Again

How to Make a Ruffled Pillow

Validation is an Artist's Greatest Gift

Fighting the Conventional Life

The Depression Experience

Staking Out Our New Build

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