Strings for pretty things (including a tea towel made by my future sister-in-law) Then I spent a lot of time turning the ‘laundry’ into the ‘pantry’. The washing machine is the only indicator that this room, viewed from the kitchen, might be a laundry. So a whole lot of preserves, appliances and cake tins suggest [...]
Archive for December, 2011
pretty arrangements central
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Cakewalked
Posted in Yums on December 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Probably should go move house now or something…
Further musings on speculaas
Posted in Yums on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So, you may remember my earlier (and might I say, highly successful) attempts at the wonder that is speculaas. For Rata’s first birthday I followed the recipe to the T, while at her second I played around a bit with the instructions. Well, I was going to make them again for Louis’ pending 30th, mostly [...]
That dress I made a while back
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It has served me well.
Helping to choose buttons
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The other day a little brooch arrived in the post from Charlotte, who is currently studying in Charlotte, North Carolina. The little brooch gave me a jolt because about a month ago I found this lovely coaster in the opshop. (Did I mention that I quite like the primary colours at the moment? Did I? [...]
A to-do list looks more manageable through a filter
Posted in Misc on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings. Things come in threes! Over the course of eight days we will be celebrating Louis’ 30th birthday, moving house, and then marking the birth date of the Baby Jesus. Oh, and working three days between moving and Christmas, and somehow fitting in a few other things like exhibition openings and Playcentre meetings. Oh, and [...]
Butterick 5605, part two
Posted in Sewing on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After a wee bit of the kind of pinning that only comes when female relatives drop by, my step-mother and I worked out what changes needed to be made to my dear little dress. Kath put the strappy-joiny bit into place, then worked out where the zip needed to be. I carefully unpicked what I [...]
A “Broccoli” Skirt
Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Rata is cute and she quite likes broccoli. She likes to eat it while we’re pootling about in the garden. This is the one piece of fabric I haven’t packed up ready for moving house, and when I asked Rata if she’d like a skirt made out if it she said ‘This fabric has broccoli [...]
