I was just away from Bindu blogs. I want to show the cushion cover I made. Also want to share a tip about freezing potatoes.Remember the article about money saving freezer? I needed to mention that if you got a big bag of potatoes and want to freeze them you can do it. Just boil the potatoes. Remember to start with cold water. If you put the potatoes in boiling water the inside is not going to get cooked well. After that, cool them, peel them cube them and freeze them. Good to make mashed potatoes and soups!!!.

Here is a granny square I made in pale blue. It is used to made a crochet cushion front . 

Everybody want to know how to save money and make more money. I don't have any money tree to have more money. Also, if you know me I am not great in making money either. Then what is Bindu blogs going to say about money is your question.
Well, I just came to know about some ideas to use the freezer to save the food items longer. Will it save money? Giving these tips a try won't hurt. that is all I will say.
I wasn't sure to keep my strawberries in the freezer before. Two summers before, we went for ''pick your own'' and had a lot of strawberries. We ate them fresh. Kept in the fridge...Then I searched in the internet to find a way to keep them longer. I got the tip to freeze them. I placed the washed and wiped strawberries in a cookie sheet and kept in the freezer to get frozen. Then I kept the frozen berries in a zip lock bag and kept there. They were good to make smoothies. So I decided to try the bananas in the summer. They were good to make creamy smoothies.I kept the peeled bananas though. The frozen and thawed bananas were good to make the banana bread also.

Another item I tried is bread. Sometimes I buy the bread from Costco. It is a good way to save money if you use a lot of bread.But it is a big quantity for my small family. So I freeze them. By trial and error, I learned to freeze enough slices to make sandwich for a day separately. I use two covers to keep them. All the resealable plastic bags are good to keep food in the freezer.you know the kind you get with processed frozen foods.

I read in a womens' magazine that we can actually freeze the butter for about 6 months in the freezer. I used to get mold on my big block of cheese. Once it get the mold, I cannot use it. So I cut half of the cheese block and pack it with plastic wrap and keep it in the fridge. When the half of the block in the fridge is getting finished, I have the other half getting thawed and ready to use.

The left over wine can frozen in ice cube trays and kept to be used in cooking. The fresh herbs can be put in the ice trays and our water on them and freeze. These ice cubes can be kept in air tight containers or zip lock bags in the freezer to use in cooking.I still have to try this method.

Keeping the ginger in the freezer will make it easier to grate. That way ginger can last longer too.

Hope you like the Money Saving Freezer ideas!!.

Valentines Day is getting closer. It is all about romance and hearts and flowers...I am not ready yet. About crochet and hearts...Remember the Crochet Heart I made? It is so adorable. But it demands a lot of time and attention. So I searched for some crochet hearts and found this one. http://foothillhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2010/02/crochet-heart-pattern.html. It's author is Molly and she makes a lot of stuff. The tried the heart and made one. 

There is another pattern for crochet hearts in Bella Dia. I like to make them in red yarn. 

I still knew that I had a pattern in one of notebooks. Only if I can find my book...I have stuff placed all over. Usually I will find everything other than what I am looking for. 

I remember, a couple of years ago I made that pattern and it was good.  Lucky me... After a little looking I found the book with pattern.The crochet hearts in the picture above were made using that pattern. Want to have a peek of the pattern I used? Here it is.  

What should I do using these hearts? I am going to think of it. Come back to have a peek later this week.

I was surfing the net for some reasons. Came to the Bittersweet Blog to check some recipes. There is the delicious Cheesy Broccoli soup. It is worth to check it out. i promise!!. I am thinking about making that for the weekend. 

I was so taken by the the crocheted rainbow colored balls in Etsy by Bethanyactually. I was able to make some crocheted balls. Actually I was experimenting with different yarns to create some balls with stripe in the middle. That works pretty well.Look on the one made with self patterning cotton yarn!

Remember the crochet flowers in Bindu Blogs the other day? I made three of them with crochet cotton. Now the three crochet pink flowers are embellishing my plain old black T-shirt. You know, I love this  one. But it is old. Now it looks pretty with few flowers. I used the pink embroidery floss to stitch them. It was done carefully, by stitching through the back of the petals. 

Remember the crochet flower I made and promised to give the pattern? I promised to post the pattern. I was working on it. Now it is all written down.It is like this:-

Make chain 4 and join with a slip stitch.

Round 1:-Make 5 chains to cound as 1 dc and 2 chains. Make [1dc and 2 chains] 4 times on the ring. Join with slip stitch to the 3rd chain of the chain 5.

Round 2: [1sc, 1chain, 2dc,1chain, 1sc} in to each of the 2 chain spaces.

Round 3: Working behind the petals, make a bpsc(back post single crochet) on the dc made on round 1. Make chain 3 and 1dc on each of the dc on round 1. Make sure to create 5 chain 3 spaces.Slip stich on the first fpsc to join

Round 4: Make [1trc,1dc,1ch,1sc,1ch,1dc,1tr] in each of the chain spaces.

If you need more petals, go for rounds 5 and 6.

Round 5: As in round 3, working on the back side, make 1 bpdc around the stem of the dc on round 1.chain 3 and make dc on the next dc of round 1.Make 5 chain 3 spaces and join with a slip stitch to bpdc.

Round 6: {1sc,1chain,1dc,3trc,1dc,1ch and 1sc in each of the chain spaces. Join with slip stitch to the first sc. Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Hope you enjoy crocheting the flower from Bindu blogs.

I wanted some quick and easy crocheting projects for Bindu Blogs today to get the instant satisfaction. So I thought about crocheting flowers. I used to make flowers to stitch on the cushions and towels. 

Today I was thinking of making a greetings card with crocheted flower and leaves. Made a flower using size 10 crochet cotton and 2 leaves. I stitch them together to form a single piece. Since the center shows a small round, I added a sequin and a small bead. Look at this!!!

The pattern is found on you tube.After making the leaves, I want to make some leaves in light green also.

After working with that one I got the idea to create another flower with Bernat cool Crochet yarn. I will write the pattern in some time later. Because, I haven't write it down properly yet.Here is the picture for you to view.