Now she is three and has a shamrock skirt from Mummy-whose-sewing-is-definitely-improving. I made one for her doll from the leftovers as well. Okay peak oil recession, I'm a bit more ready than I was...
Black never photographs that well, but it's pretty useful otherwise. I need to wear the jacket a few more times, but at the moment, it clearly needs a narrow shoulder adjustment, and that will also bring the armscye upwards. It's a little too big from the waist down as well. So the cuddly jacket is working for this one, but I might make the shorter version. I had been thinking of the pleated back again, but maybe I will go classic, after seeing some beautiful online versions. I didn't get the button placement right for the collar to sit flat, and now that I've lost my jacket-sewing virginity, I decided I was ready for Jackets for Real People to teach me how. Book Depository really is like a late night addiction for nerds, and just to make things efficient, I ordered Elsa Morante's History as well. The trousers are my first foray into sewing pleather. The walking foot handled it beautifully. I started with Style Arc Barb pants and kept on trying them o
I love them. Just bought and planted another punnet's worth. Those psychedelic pink ones are particularly appealing. The very cool picture is, of course, not mine, but one I found on a google search. I am making progress on my camera layby though. Also planted out what I think are marigolds from the Italian stall in the Wood (Nelson). I mounded my maori potatoes and weeded out lots of unwanted yams. Also planted out more lettuce from the garden shop plus repotted some of my own lettuces which I grew from seed. They are not quite ready for the big wide world of the open garden where the blackbirds and slugs love to feast, so they can get a little bigger in bigger pots first. I repotted six sungold tomatoes and planted out another cucurbit. Is that the correct generic name? I sowed zucchini, squash and pumpkin seeds in the same tray and now they are indistinguishable. I would like to be able to know the zucchinis from the pumpkins and next year I will do a little more careful label
Turmeric. It relieves inflammation and it chelates iron and there are plenty of high quality scientific studies showing this. As a magical substance, it sure beats rain dancing, and is more useful. This afternoon I was in whipping up a storm in the kitchen in preparation for term time (storms in my kitchen often look more like mess than completed food items). I'd made some chocolate brownie and was contemplating pumpkin muffins. Then it occurred to me that I could slip some turmeric in. This, with approximate measures for the spices as I simply tipped them from the packet, is what I made: 2 C self raising flour 3/4 C sugar 75g butter, melted 3/4 C milk 1 egg 3 small-medium pieces of roast pumpkin (which I didn't think to weigh) 1 Tablespoon cream cheese 1 teaspoon each of powdered ginger, cumin, turmeric & cinnamon black pepper Mix flour, spices and sugar into a bowl. Melt butter. Beat egg. Mix egg, butter and milk. Mix cream cheese and pumpkin and blac
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