Scenes from my week

 

From my book pile - three books I have enjoyed this week:

• Lovely recipes and profiles of interesting real-life people in The Kinfolk Table
• Ann Mah's autobiographical Mastering the Art of French Eating
• Letters from Skye - a love story told in letters by two generations during both WWI & II

From my kitchen:

• Afghan biscuit slice in the making - I think I prefer it as a slice instead of as a biscuit (cookie)
• Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam - some more for the Christmas hampers and some for us

From my sewing room

• Some Christmas ornaments

Have a fabulous weekend whatever you do.  

Ideas that Work

Don't you just love it when ideas that pop into your head while you are trying to get to sleep, actually work when you try them the next day.

• Hand stitching and beading - done - now just to figure out what I'm doing with the rest of it.
• QAYG scraps backed with fabric and turned into Christmas trees - just some ribbon, buttons and beads to add.

Linking up to Made by Hand today

Green & White

Enjoying

• the fresh verdant green of these leaves, which will lose their vibrancy as they get older
• the mass of star jasmine just coming into flower in my deck garden - in another couple of days the scent will be just divine, especially at dusk.
• these beautiful single roses found on my walk
• finding  the right colors for a little Christmas idea

Weekending

A quiet weekend with all my family home.  Everyone taking time out to do their own thing this weekend.
My thing was sewing.

• a scrappy quilt as you go (QAYG) block
• a lining cut to match
• finally sewn up into this cute dumpling  (or as Mr J says a small taco) pouch from this tutorial, small enough to keep in my bag, and stop the lipsticks from rolling around.

and when that was finished my sewing space had a big clean up and was re-organised.  Already for my next project and no doubt the mess that will follow.

What did you make this weekend?

Scenes from my week

 

 

 

 

 

From my birthday

• family tradition has presents being opened in bed before  7am when everyone is  rushing to get ready for to work and school.  Yes I did receive a hippo - made by my sister.  Lots of choccy goodies, an ornament, garden art and jewellery too.  Now I just have to bake a birthday cake for tonight.

From the kitchen

• mother-in-laws pickle from this book - made with lots of  zucchini (not from my garden yet).  Some for me and some will be part of Christmas hampers for my dad and father-in-law.  The name may have to be changed on this one.
• strawberry mousse from my new Annabel Langbein Summer Annual - pureed strawberries, jelly and plain yoghurt - deliciously refreshing and sweet without being excessively rich.

From a bedroom

•  a crochet owl cushion for Miss B, again made by my very clever sister in Australia. Pattern from here.

From my garden

• crimson canna
• lovely colours on the leaves of tropicanna.