Oh! What a night...

The kids were fantastic... I had visions about 45 minutes in that it was a big ask, but they settled into the task at hand magnificently...

here are some pics....



I am so enthused about stencilling that I photoshopped a great pic of Mic to put on a bag or tee for her (and probably me...)

p.s here is the bag I made for mic after stencilling her on some calico
....yes I know... I am a dag!

The boys: Jack, Ollie, Will, Tom + Patty...

Felted scarf and bag...

Look what the lovely Donna has been up to...


Isn't she clever!

Donna attended a felting workshop on the weekend up on the Mount, and made herself this fantastic bag. She has promised to give us all a workshop soon, and has a great idea for making felted dolls for the next kids sewing night.

Shaz

Kid's Sewing Night...

Have had interest for another Kid's sewing night.... and was thinking (shudder shudder to those who get scared when i say that!) maybe we could get the older kids to stencil a picture on a t-shirt and the younger ones to use textile crayons to draw a design on a tee....

Check these tutorials out to see what I mean...

• Angry Chicken's Little Elf Shirt, a simple but effective stencil;
• Some absolutely amazing stencils here, excellent example of stencilling on fabric, then appliqueing that to a tee;
• Wise Craft's lovely cuckoo stencil;
• Another easy tutorial to follow;

There are heaps more on web... i just googled "kid's stencil freezer paper" these were the first hits...

Also found a cache of stencils at stencilry... and spray paint stencils check 'em out! Sure there are heaps more... Or just get the kids to draw their own - the more simple the better!

Here's one us gals could put on our t-shirts!


Let me know what you think...!

shaz


p.s. had a play... made myself a tartan scottie dog purse... it's lots of fun!

Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Raspberry Pudding Cake

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Mia's Memorable Bircher Muesli

The total amount of dried fruit should equal 1.5kg

Chop all dried fruit......

I use:

dates

apples

sultanas

apricots

prunes

figs

almonds

200g sunflower seeds

200g linseeds

Mix with 1kg oats.

Store in air-tight container.

Soak musuli in lagre bowl (1 cup per person) with equal amount of liquid over night. You can soak in water (what I did) apple juice or orange juice. Serve with freshly grated apple & yoghurt (if you are feeling indulgent use the King Island Honey Yoghurt).

Enjoy & think of me when eating!!

Love Mia x

Official Start of the TT Recipe Collection...

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Calling all loved recipes.... thought the blog would be a great place to compile our favourite recipes... til we get enough to publish our own book!!! Watch out CWA....! This one was taken from the Murdoch Published 'Hot Food'. I pretty much cook it as it is.... maybe with a splash more of each spice and however much lamb I have on hand... ENJOY!

S

Some snaps from our Sewing Weekend...

What a success!!!

Well done everyone!! Last Friday was a great success... we raised over $1,000 to go towards our community work.

A great big thank-you to our wonderful caterers, Lynne and Aaron for supplying the champagne, all the generous people creating or donating goods for raffle and door prizes, to the wonderful women in our community for coming along and enjoying a mug of soup, to the wonderful women who did not get the opportunity to come, but still supported us... and of course Rhonda. for being such a splendid hostess.

Having my tiara on most of the afternoon, I didn't get the opportunity to take photos... next time I'll delegate that role!

Roll on Friday!!!

Shaz