Cotton Strudel

1. Progress update

   • Martes, 16 de Junio de 2009 - 9:38 hs.
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   I have to admit that my mum finished our cross stitch challenge before me. I like to claim that it is because I was working on other projects too at the time but I guess I should come to terms with the fact that she’s a lot more experienced than me :-)

   Silliness aside, working with mum was a lot of fun and I think we’re planning our next move. We’re not sure yet if we’ll work on the same pattern but we’ll definitely start our projects together and get to gossip and craft together through the magic of Skype.

   I did finish my cross stitch last Friday and I’m quite pleased with the results. I used to love Sarah Kay when I was a kid. I never wanted to grow up to be like Barbie but I did have dreams of looking like one of those Sarah Kay girls. They always had the coolest clothes. Holly Hobbie was around too and she was fun, but I think I preferred Sarah Kay. I couldn’t find a pattern for her drawings and so Holly came home with me.

   I’m looking forward to framing her and proudly display her on my wall. Just as I did when I was a kid.

   

   In other news, I finally finished crocheting my 216 squares! I actually ended up making 217 because I didn’t realise I had an extra one of one colour combination. The next step is to go get enough yarn to edge them all and then the big job is to decide how to stitch them together. Do I make a spiral? A few repeating blocks? Hopefully inspiration will enlighten me when the time comes.

   How are your projects coming along?

   Filed under Crafts, Knits | Tags :: crossstitch, family, grannysquares, projects

2. Trifle + parfait

   • Martes, 26 de Mayo de 2009 - 10:34 hs.
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   Remember the fake trifle I told you about a couple of years ago? Well, the idea has been revised for 2009.

   We were planning a menu for last Saturday and thought it would be a perfect time for making the first fake trifles of the season. Of course, the season being spring with summer not so far around the corner, extra calories can become an issue so I decided to give the recipe a twist…

   Use yoghurt instead of cream!

   They’re still very delicious and you can eat them without guilt because, apart from the little bits of cake, they’re very healthy.

   I’m trying to come up with a name for them and since they’re a cross between a (fake) trifle and a parfait, should they be called “triffait”? Or perhaps “parffle”?

   Whatever the name, I can see a few more of these in the upcoming months.

   Filed under Food, Photography | Tags :: Food, trifle

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