Tag: nature

Honeysuckle Sweet Tea

This has nothing to do with quilting, but it’s too good not to share. I figured out how to make honeysuckle sweet tea, and it’s amazing! Thought I’d share with you all. I am NOT a food blogger or a recipe website, so forgive me if this looks amateur.

It started because I ordered a large bag of loose leaf honeysuckle tea online accidentally. I meant to order plain honeysuckle blossoms in the hope of making honeysuckle jelly out of season. Oh well.

Here is the link to the honeysuckle tea on Amazon.

I cheated when it comes to brewing tea; I used a coffee maker because I like to avoid a mess. Also, it’s summer in Georgia, so that means it’s hot. I’d rather leave my stovetop of out this if I can help it.

Be sure to use a coffee filter and ensure it isn’t twisted or folded. You don’t want residue from the loose leaf tea getting into your batch.

Use a 1/2 cup of loose leaf tea.

Brew a whole 12 cup pot.

In a gallon container, pour 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup lemon juice, and 1/2 cup honey.
The honeysuckle tea can have a very earthy scent and taste, so the lemon juice is important for balancing out the earthy taste and bringing back the honeysuckle flavor up front.

Pour in the hot brewed tea and mix until the sugar and honey are dissolved.

Fill up the rest of the gallon container and mix. Chill in the fridge.

All ready to enjoy!

Online Market Quilt Showcase 5 – twin size quilts

The Yellow Daisy Festival Online Market begins on Tuesday, Sept 8th. In celebration of this, I’m making some posts about the quilts I have ready to go. Each day I’ll feature two or three quilts and tell about their process and what I like most about them. These and other quilts can be found in the Quest Quilts shop on this website or in my Etsy shop.

I have two twin size quilts that are ready to go. One is a gorgeous pattern that features a rainbow-colored medallion with nature images inside. I couldn’t decide which color I wanted to bring out in the medallion, so I went for all of them. The color variations give this a neat, whimsical look. I imagine it on the bed or draped on the couch of a lady who loves to garden and spend her days outdoors. It could also be perfect for a little girl who is obsessed with rainbows and outdoors. I decided to finish this off with a leaf quilting pattern.

The train quilt was originally meant to be a lap quilt, but it was so long that I realized I could make it a twin size very easily. I really love the 3-D shadowbox effect and decided that the train panels needed to be shown off through that style. The back is blue flannel, so it’s especially warm for those cold nights. I like the train pictures on this one because they aren’t overly cartoonish. I feel like if this were purchased for a child, the child would like it for a good, long time. But I also feel like it would do well for an adult, too. It would make an awesome quilt for an easy char.