I almost didn’t make a tablecloth this month. The eventual fat quarters I ordered a set of yellow fat quarters, hoping they’d arrive in time for an Easter tablecloth (but they didn’t), only for some of them to be orange. Not just dark yellow, but definitely orange. And, naturally, all a different size to the… Continue reading Fat Quarter Sewing: The Yellow Tablecloth
On Writer’s Block and Inspiration
For the first time since I restarted my blogging in Summer 2019, with all my Good Intentions for planning posts well in advance, I failed for today. Naturally, therefore, I shall take my inspiration from this, and write on Writer’s Block, that common or garden excuse for not writing. I use a bullet journal, of… Continue reading On Writer’s Block and Inspiration
This Week in Crafts: Seahorses
It’s been quite grey and dreary for the last few weeks, after the early promise of spring sunshine. Very disappointing. But never mind: dreary outside weather means more time trying to lift spirits by playing with all the colours and glitter of my craft room, for the last cards of the Birthday Season. I’m still… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Seahorses
Cooking with Mrs Crocombe: Queen Drop Biscuits
Of all the things to bake, biscuits are often the quickest and easiest. Simple to put together, maybe ten minutes in the oven. The best thing to bake when in need of a sweet treat. Fresh from the oven Mrs Crocombe’s Queen Drop Biscuits are no different. Perhaps a bit cakey for modern biscuit tastes… Continue reading Cooking with Mrs Crocombe: Queen Drop Biscuits
Life in Lockdown: Relaxing Restrictions
Life is beginning to open up again. From today, non-essential shops and leisure activities can reopen. Hair dressers and zoos, pubs and clothes shops. The weather, too, after last week’s arctic blast, might start to cheer up again. There’s talk of the Return to the Office. It might even happen this time, since the Roadmap… Continue reading Life in Lockdown: Relaxing Restrictions
This Week in Crafts: Mouseloft Hummingbird
One of the reasons I took up cross-stitching as a hobby again was because of Mouseloft. If you haven’t come across Mouseloft cross-stitch kits, you’re missing out. They’re the sort of kits which can be completed really quickly, by beginner and advanced stitchers alike. They fit on cards, in scrapbooks, or as patches on pockets.… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Mouseloft Hummingbird
Beginning Christmas Cards
Now that Easter is out of the way, and with it my main birthday season, I’m turning my attention towards Christmas. I know. Early. We’ve barely got over the last one; we’ve only just started with the longer, warmer days; it’s the midsummer End of Lockdown parties first. But given that what I think of… Continue reading Beginning Christmas Cards
Recently Read: Tears and Laughter
I tripped up a bit during March, with the whole no-buying-more-books thing. First there was a dragon book – The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson – then there was The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell (but I’m only counting it as one book because it’s an all-in-one copy). M and I tried ITV’s The… Continue reading Recently Read: Tears and Laughter
This Week in Crafts: Easter Cards
Last year, with lockdown still such a novelty, I decided the thing to do, to help keep people’s spirits up, was to make Easter cards. I found a Celtic cross die and had a play. I got as far as making one demonstration idea for my scrapbook. This year, my die, stamp and embossing-folder collection… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Easter Cards
Cooking with Mrs Crocombe: Saffron Buns
My favourite meal of the year is Good Friday Tea. Homemade, fresh from the oven, hot cross buns. Dripping with butter, or layered with homemade jam (usually damson). There is nothing tastier. I don’t often make hot cross buns because of M and not liking curranty things (also because they’re a once-a-year sort of thing… Continue reading Cooking with Mrs Crocombe: Saffron Buns
