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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Summer Time Treat and Summer Quilting

Hello , Sunshine! How are you doing on this fine Sunday  in July? The weather has been fairly mild this week.  It has rained cats and dogs off an on all week. Hmm, I wonder if it will rain today? Hee! Hee! I hope so! 
 
A rainy day

Please excuse me. I failed to offer you a sweet summer treat to eat as we visit. Please do grab a plate and a slice of Oreo Dump Cake.  

Can I tempt you  with  a dollop of ice cream as well.?  One scoop or two? It is Blue Bunny's Cookies and Creme! - Quite delicious, if I do say so myself. 


Mr. Pinker visited his family last weekend and came home with a slice of this ooey gooey treat just for me! Aaah how sweet!  But alas, temptation took over, and he gobbled it down before I ever got a taste. 😋😋😂  That was ok though. 


Soooo  after digging through the pantry, and finding we did have the ingredients on hand, I made one just for us to enjoy! 


EASY OREO DUMP CAKE
INGREDIENTS:
1 package of Oreos 
1 stick of butter cut into slices /pats
1  ( 14 oz. ) can of sweetened condensed milk
1 ( 8 oz. ) container of Cool Whip
1  (15. 25 oz. ) chocolate cake mix

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Lightly grease a  9" x 13" baking dish. 
3. Arrange 20 Oreos on the bottom of the baking dish.  Reserve at least 6 Oreos for topping. 
4. Pour sweetened condensed over the Oreos. 
5. Top with whipped topping and spread evenly. 
6. Sprinkle the cake mix over sweetened condensed milk
7. Distribute the pats of butter over the cake mix evenly. 
8.  Crush the 6 reserved  Oreos and sprinkle over the top of the cake. 
9.  Bake in oven for 40-45 minutes. 
 
You must serve warm because  it is harder to scoop out of the pan as it  cools and hardens.  But you can warm it back up. 

  Optional:  Top with ice cream when serving. 


What are you going to be working on today? Do you have your Slow Sunday stitching pulled out for your stitching pleasure?

Scrapberries has been my slow stitching project all week.

 Each night I have been settling down on the couch and quilting the evenings away. 🪡🪡🧵🧵

Nine berries quilted. Time to quilt berry # 10! 

I completed  4 strawberry blocks this week for a grand total of 9 strawberry blocks quilted! WOO HOO!

I began this quilt in 2018 and finished the applique this year. 

 21 more blocks to go! But hopefuly, I can knock another block off the list today. 
Time to move the hoop!

Well, that's the buzz in the quilt room for today. Now let's sit back and enjoy that dessert shall we? 

Have a beautiful day , Sweet friends and ...


As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

"Spread happiness and sparkle with positive vibes."

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I miss and love you so much.   ❤👼

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet.

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday

Kate at Life in Pieces for  Stitching Stuff ( Sunday) 

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Carol at Quilt Schmilt  for To Do List Tuesday  


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🌞Messin and Gommin in the Kitchen -  2022 post on how I tea/ Coffee Dye my fabric. 

51 comments:

  1. Not much stitching this week. Hard work in the garden. Now little pain in my back. Resting and being a bit sporting. Watching the Tour de France :):):). The countryside of France is always beautiful. Weather at the moment very hot, have my lazy days with Limocellocake and a cup of coffee.
    Have a happy sunday, hugs
    Gabi

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    1. Good morning, Gabi . It sounds like you have had a very busy week. I bet your garden is so lovely but the work is never ending isn't it? I have been weeding myself. Oh I have missed the Tour de France. I will have to check to see if it is being aired here. I bet it is so lovely in France this time of the year though it is hot. Mmm limocellocake and cake sounds delightful. I hope you enjoy a slice for me as well. Have a blessed and relaxing day. Hugs.

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  3. How I envy those rainy days!
    It hasn't rained in Seville for more than two months and the heat is being suffocating these days, with a wave of warm African air that surrounds us.
    I enjoyed your sewing work and Mr Pinker's romantic detail of bringing you a piece of cake....even if he was tempted, the intention is what counts...mmmm I'm writing down your delicious recipe!!!
    Hugs

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    1. I wish I could send you some of the rain, Isabel. It has been so nice these last few days, but I fear the heat will return soon. Oh yes, I thought it was so sweet that hubby thought of me. His weakness is chocolate so I could not blame him for being so tempted. Hee! Hee! Have a blessed and beautiful day, sweet friend. Hugs.

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  4. The echo quilting around your strawberries is so pretty--nice work on this!!
    The dump cake sounds so delish; we had about .04" of rain overnight and we really need some more as the lawns are turning brown already here...Have a great Sunday hugs, Julierose

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    1. Oh thank you so much, Julierose. The strawberry blocks have been so relaxing to work on. At first I started out slow, but I am getting in the groove of quilting this one. We are supposed to have more rain here this week. I wish I could send you some of it . Have a blessed evening. Hugs.

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  5. The cake looks delicious! Glad you are getting some rain, we are doing a rain dance here hoping for a drop or two. Your scrapberries quilt is lovely, especially love the sashing and cornerstones. Enjoy your Sunday!

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    1. The dump cake was so yummy especially warmed up and with ice cream. It has been nice this past week having the rain. We are expecting more this week. I hope your rain dance produces some rain clouds soon. Hee! Hee!. Have a fabulous week. Hugs.

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  6. The cake looks yummy, Melisa. If I lived closed I would be there for a slice, some conversation and some stitching. Please eat a piece for me! I will be working on Blooms, Bee & the Bluebird later today. Happy Sunday!

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    1. It was delicious, especially with the ice cream. I sure wish I could send you a big slice. I hope you enjoy your stitching, Robin. It is so exciting to hear what you are working on. I pulled out a Christmas piece to work on . I had hoped to stitch more Christmas this month, but goodness how the month has flown by. Have a great evening. Hugs.

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  7. Oh that dessert looks absolutely scrumptious! Maybe a little cross stitching on one of your designs today but otherwise I have a bunch of odd loose ends to tie up. Send Birthday card, prepare a box to ship, blog post to write, an article to read, you get the picture, LOL.

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    1. Those little odds and end take up more time than one would think. Don't they? I hope you was able to get all of the tasks completed so you could enjoy some slow stitching time, Vicki. Thank you for the sweet Sunday visit. Hugs.

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  8. What a beautiful strawberry quilt! I love sewing and cross stitching but have never gotten into making a quilt. My daughter gave me the crib bumper that all three of her daughters used and I took it apart and cut out squares to make a quilt - I need to get busy on that one day! You inspire me. I saw a post on Pinterest and in the Needle & Thread cross stitch design it showed a fall house you were working on with a scarecrow and wagon, corn stalks, white picket fence - it was featured on Instagram June 2021 and that you were working on the design - did you ever complete that adorable house design? I have stitched up several of your saltbox designs, stamps and the seasonal chicken designs - I keep changing those out in a frame on my sewing table - cannot get enough of your adorable and creative cross stitch pattens. Thank you for the inspiration - Carrie

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    1. Hi Carrie. Thank you so much for the sweet compliment on my strawberry quilt. It holds lots of fond memories. There is scraps of fabric from my girls' clothing, and other special pieces. What a special quilt yours will be using the fabric of the baby bumper ; how clever. It is so exciting to hear that you are going to try your hand at quilting. I know you will do an amazing job. Please keep me updated on how it goes as you work on your quilt once you begin. I am so touched that you asked about that house. It is called the "Harvest House" . I had to look back to see if I had posted it and I had not. So I will work on posting it very soon- perhaps this week if I can get everything gathered up and written. It just warms my heart good to hear that you enjoy my little humble designs. I can not tell you how much that means to me. Have a wonderful week and happy stitching. Hugs

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  9. I've never tried a dump cake, that one looks wonderfully decadent. Enjoy your slow stitching today and the rain if you get any. We've had wonderfully cooler temps this week, it's been so nice.

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    1. The dump cakes are so easy and not a lot of clean up is involved as well. I did not know how this would be considering that it had to be heated up to eat, but it was oh so yummy. It is so nice to hear that you have been enjoying cooler temps as well. Have you had any rain yet? I am sure y'all are like us and need it. Have a fabulous week. Hugs.

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  10. Your Oreo cake looks yummy and your strawberry quilt is simply stinkin beautiful. Woke up to a gentle rain this morning and the last week temps have been quite bare able. Going to be stitching on Autumn Leaves from The Prairie Schooler today. Hope to finish it this month. Have a blessed day Melisa. ❤️🤗

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    1. It is so nice to hear that you awoke to the pitter patter of rain. I hope your day did not get muggy afterwards. It has been nice to have the rain each evening and has been wonderful for my gardens. Oooh Autumn Leaves is a wonderful slow stitching project. I hope that you enjoy each stitch. I stitched that one a few years ago. I do need to start a new PS. Keep me posted if you finish it by the month's end. I am cheering you on. Have a wonderful week, sweet friend. Hugs.

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  11. Ooh, the Oreo cake sounds yummy! (I love anything chocolate - if it includes Oreos, even better!) Your strawberry quilt is so pretty. Enjoy your quilting time today!

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    1. Oh it was so delicious, Diann. I am a sucker for Oreos as well. I wish I could have sent you a big slice. Thank you so much for the sweet visit. Have a fabulous week of quilting and stitching. Hugs

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  12. Your strawberry quilt is lovely, what a fun and cute slow stitching project. The echo quilting makes them vibrate, they seem to say: eat me! ;)) Thank you for sharing them, and the cake recipe!

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    1. Oh thank you so much, Frederique. This is a relaxing quilt to work on . The echo quilting is stress free. I hope to finish another row this week. Have a blessed day. Hugs.

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  13. The Oreo dump cake sounds delicious! Your strawberry quilt becomes more lovely with each completed stitch. Glad you are having a bit of rain too!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects

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    1. The Oreo cake was delicious . I do believe I will be making it again. I hope to make more progress on the strawberry quilt this week. I would love to finish it this year. LOL. Thank you so much, Terry for the sweet visit. Hugs.

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  14. I just love your strawberry quilt! The dump cake looks yummy too but since hubby no longer is able to eat (he has a Gtube) I don't make many desserts anymore for myself. Maybe that's a good thing?? I am losing a little weight and eat fresh fruits instead if I want a sweet treat.

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    1. I don't blame you for not making the desserts anymore since your dear hubby can not enjoy them with you. To be honest I would rather eat fresh fruit too. We have been enjoying fresh blackberries and blueberries , but the heat is starting to get to them. Thank you so much, Cathy for the sweet Sunday visit. Hugs.

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  15. That strawberry quilt is a great project to work on during strawberry season. I love strawberries and I love your quilt too . Have a good week. Gail at the cozy quilter

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    1. I am so excited to move this quilt along, Gail. It has been sitting in the wings for way too long. LOL. I hope you had a great day and thank you for the sweet visit. Hugs.

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  16. We went so long without rain, I really can't complain we are getting it daily now! We need like 12 inches to catch up! I do love a rainy day as long as I don't have to get out! That dump cakes sounds awesome!! Have fun quilting today.

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    1. It has been nice these last few days to get the rain hasn't it? I have really enjoyed not having to water the garden, but I have had to pull more weeds . LOL. But that is ok. Thank you so much for the sweet Sunday visit. I hope you had a great day. Hugs.

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  17. What a delicious dessert! Adding it to my “to
    make” list! 😋

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    1. Aaah thank you so much, I hope you enjoy it. We will be making it again in the near future. Have a blessed day. Hugs.

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  18. That cake looks very delicious. Anything chocolate is at the top of my list. I love all the strawberry goodness. They are all cute, Melisa! DarleneJ

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    1. It was sooo sooo yummy, Darlene. Can you believe I used to not be a chocolate lover and now I adore it? It is interesting how tastes change. LOL. Hope you had a great weekend and was able to escape the heat. Hugs.

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  19. 'Tis raining down here, too. Scrapberries is looking beautiful, Melisa. Love all those sweet, scrappy strawberries.

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    1. I hope the rain is a welcome sight in your area, Kim. We needed it so much. It has been a very hot summer thus far. Thank you so much for the kind words on Scrapberries . I am loving every stitch. Hugs and Blessings.

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  20. another sweet quilt and hand quilting seems so hard.

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    1. Oh thank you so much, Maggie. The last quilt I hand quilted was like stitching through butter, but this one is a little different . I am slowly getting in the groove but the quilting is a little harder. I guess it is the fabrics. LOL. Have a wonderful day . Hugs.

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  21. Your hand quilting is just beautiful, Melisa. I love that strawberry quilt. The dump cakes sounds delish!

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    1. Oh thank you so much, Jeanna. I hope to make more progress on the quilt this week. I feel as I am very behind on my quilting. I wish you a lovely day . Stay cool. Hugs.

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  22. Rain off and on all week sounds heavenly. It's still so hot and so dry here. Your flag pic shows so much happy green in your world. Just lovely! OMGoodness, that cake looks like a person could have a chocolate overdose! I am going to share it with my daughter who is a big time lover of all things chocolate. The Scrap Berries quilt is looking fantastic!

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    1. We had a hard rain last night, Ginny. It filled up my rain barrel which was running low . I was thrilled . I have already pulled out another because of the low rumbles of thunder. It has been cloudy and in the 80's today. But I fear we will pay for it and have a hot hot August. Oh yes the cake was very decadent- chocolate overload indeed but yummy. I bet your daughter would like it. I hope you are staying as cool as possible. I wish I could send some of the rain you way. Hugs.

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  23. The strawberry quilt is coming along nicely, and is really cute. The cake sounds luscious!

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    1. Oh thank you so much, Sara. I hope to quilt a block a day and perhaps have it finished by September but that is a lofty goal. Have a blessed day.

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  24. I don't know which I like more! The strawberry quilt or the oreo cake? Amazing creations as always, Melisa!

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    1. LOL. The cake was awful yummy! Hee! Hee! But I am having a great time working on the quilt. Thank you so much for the giggles, Ann and the sweet visit . You brought a smile to my day. Hugs.

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  25. I like your strawberry quilt and the cake sounds yummy!

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    1. Aaah thank you so much, Pat. I have moved to the 3rd row on the strawberries. So I am making progress. The cake was delish! LOL. Have a fabulous week.Hugs.

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  26. Oooh -- the dump cake sounds drool worthy. I'm going to try to avoid it! Your strawberry quilt is darling. Slow but steady gets the quilt quilted.

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    1. LOL, it is one of those desserts that gets gobbled up quickly so that is a great idea, Bonnie. Hee! Hee! I have had a good week working on the strawberry quilt. I have now moved on to the 3rd row of berries. Thank you so much for the sweet visit and giggles. Have a great rest of the week. Hugs.

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