adventure: felt eggy people and easter bunting
ingredients: felt in various colours, rick rack, duck trim, wooden egg cups, lots of fabric glue, embroidery thread, stuffing, fabric scraps, calico, string, mini pegs
inspiration: springtime, even though it snowed yesterday! The eggy people are easter gifts for my family – i just wanted an excuse to buy the [...]
Archive for March, 2008
adventure number sixteen: easter makes
Posted in making, tagged bunting, craft, easter crafts, eggs, felt toy, plush toy, softies, spring on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
adventure number fifteen: steamania!
Posted in baking, tagged baking, chinese cooking, cooking, steaming, vegetarian cooking on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
adventure: mushroom and chestnut buns and parcels of snake beans with spiced peanuts
ingredients: flour, baking powder, peanut oil, sugar, garlic, ginger, mushrooms, chestnuts, soy sauce, spring onions, coriander, green beans, roasted peanuts, lime juice, red onion
inspiration: this is another recipe from Steam it. It was fairly time consuming because of all the preparation needed but [...]
adventure number fourteen: we all want some figgy pudding!
Posted in baking, tagged baking, cake, dessert, pudding, steaming on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
adventure: sticky fig and hazelnut puddings
ingredients: toasted hazelnuts, orange juice, dried figs, ginger, cinnamon, orange zest, bicarb, butter, soft brown sugar, self raising flour, honey, marscapone to serve
inspiration: the recipe is from a book called Steam it which i got out of the library. They are assembled by putting a blob of honey (the recipe [...]
adventure number thirteen: minimalist cushion
Posted in making, tagged cushion, sewing on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
adventure: envelope back cushion cover
ingredients: calico, white thread, cushion
inspiration: when this chair gets sat on, it gets sat on for a long time and thus, the minimalist cushion was born to soften the experience. It’s made from scraps of calico from a leftover project and i think it wins the award for most used craft!
adventure number twelve: dressing up and hanging out
Posted in making, tagged alicia paulson, craft, felt, plush toy, plushy, sewing, softie on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
adventure: paper doll dress
ingredients: lilac and cream felt, scraps of vintage pillowcase, embroidery floss, buttons, rickrack, miniature pegs, string, card
inspiration: the pattern for the dress is by Alicia Paulson in the book Softies: 25 instructions for plush pals and i made it for mummer for mother’s day. I designed the washing line scene for it [...]
adventure number eleven: i just had fruit for breakfast…
Posted in baking, tagged baking, breakfast, cooking, cupcakes, muffins, raspberry on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
adventure: raspberry breakfast muffins
ingredients: self raising flour, butter, milk, sugar, frozen raspberries, eggs
inspiration: another recipe from The Big Book of Bread. Very muffiny!
