In-law preparation

The in-laws are coming for the weekend and I am now officially baked out - well, nearly! The scofa bread and ciabatta rolls are made, Welsh cake dough ready for the griddle (ALWAYS better warm!), so just the garlic and parsley flatbread to prepare. I should sleep tonight after my hard work - although to a degree this depends on a rather nocturnal unborn child!

Cupcakes for Cath

My lovely friend Cath celebrates her birthday on the 30th of October. This year her husband, Mr Geography (as he is known amongst ourselves, as he is a Geography teacher!) is on a half-term school trip to Canada so she has decided to celebrate without him! Last weekend she had a bit of a 'girly night' as an early celebration and these were the understated, yet elegant cupcakes I made her for the affair!

Happy Campers

I finished this Happy Campers quilt a couple of weeks ago but completely neglected to post some pictures. Nothing exciting here really but I do like a charm quilt! I cut up a layer cake into 5" squares and sewed into strips. I especially love the vintage camping scenes! The quilting is very uninteresting to be honest - straight lines parallel to the seams. I must confess that, when I'm not having tension issues, I do prefer stippling as a general rule - but it is so time consuming! This quilt was meant to acconpany us on family camping trips and picnics during the Summer months. Alas, the British 'Summer' put paid to that!

Secret Project

I've started knitting a secret project - a striped baby blanket from 'Blankets, Bears and Bootees' by Debbie Bliss. The pattern is not a secret - just the colourway, as we already know what variety a certain baby is!!

Ryder Cup Breakfast

Saturday 02/10/2010 8:55 am
European coffee and American pancakes!