Hazel

Finally back on the shelves! Come on, Green and Black's--you could do this so much better...

More writing: yesterday I had another idea for my SOC, Mike (at this rate he'll be nabbing the POC spot! Maybe that's what he's got his eyes on. Hmm... lol!) Where was I? Oh yes, writing. I got out another 1500+ words, mostly outline and dialogue but I broke out into descriptive work where the idea was 'live' in my head--well, it makes sense to me! lol

And now more picspam. Here is the 99% completed commission that I shall commit to the hands of sundry postal services tomorrow.

I call it 99% finished b/c the block with the padded hand quilted saddle requires a name, as in, X's Horses, where X is the name of the commissioner, withheld for privacy. It doesn't show but the log cabin blocks were stitched in the ditch, all the horses were hand outline quilted and other strips had feature hand quilting.

The back. Yes, those are words FM quilted on that strip. They say 'oats carrots oats'.


Oh yes. Tomorrow. Ugh, now we're on BST. So did not want to get up this morning.

Also on the 'and more' theme. More baking. Despite the Banana-and-walnut loaf cake, and Spiced Apple (and calva!) crumble I made y/day, today I made star shaped triple chocolate muffins. Want?

I made these tasty little treats from a foodie blog I follow. They're filo pastry with a layer of chocolate painted inside and a piped mousse filling comprising 'Nutella' and double cream whipped together topped with a toasted hazelnut. Mmm, nom, nom, nom.

The recipe can be found here

Sod's Law in action.
I have no sewing machine for the next week, thus I am commissioned to make a wallhanging. Ah ça!!

Also, we haz sno! A mere dusting but it has 'dusted' us off and on during the morning.

Rasberry Friands



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Not dial-up friendly
Cut for the sake of your journal pages, sanity and eyes! ;D

The first two are of 'AVF', the red/white/blue quilt I'm hand-quilting and shows some of the quilt (I had to drape it over the back of the sofa). Hopefully, you can see where I've quilted and where's only marked. The second image is of the centre block. The quilting stands out on this block the most, I think. The thread varies red/white/navy randomly, which is why it seems to disappear occasionally. And yes, I know my stitches are huge. :P I'm a learner. :) The sashing is 2" and the blocks are 10".

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These three images are of TTRWNN (The Table Runner With No Name) and show 'da prob' I'm having with the binding. There is still much puzzlement over this. I asked Exwafoo (an engineer) and he had no idea how to resolve it either! I've given it over to the subconscious and am awaiting the 'light-bulb' moment. :D

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This one is Seven Secrets using Moda 'Cowboy rose'. I love blue, paisley and hexagons so this has it all, really. :) I know exactly how I'm going to quilt this one as soon as I get it pieced... The shiny silver circle is an old Jersey coin about the size of a US quarter, to give an idea of scale.
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"And now, for something completely different..."
Bread.

I'm experimenting with different flours and this one is half wheat and half oat with oatflakes and oatbran. It made a very tasty slice of toast with (bein seux!) organic Jersey butter. :) (You knew that was coming, n'est-che pon?)
( I like toast )