Emily's Quilt...an update...

...Hmmm it's been a while since I got all excited about making a quilt for my eldest...Chapter 1 is here...In the interim period, time and life has passed us by at an astonishingly high speed, we are now 2 months down the line and all I have managed to do is wash the squares of fabric (84 of them)...

 Make a mess doing it...luckily I had the sense to bag the squares in an old pillowcase before popping them in the machine!!

However, the temporary stitches I put through them to hold the rows in their order (which I thought was a great idea) didn't work, so I now have 84 separate charm squares once more...!! At least I took a photo of the order they were in before washing!!

So my next jobs are trimming all the threads that are hanging from the squares and re-ordering the rows before starting to join them...hopefully next week will give me a few moments to crack on with it...don't give up on me...keep watching...this UFO will not get the better of me!! 

Sprouting Seeds...

...and sowing more out in the veggie patch...

"The Plan" and the seeds...spot the deliberate mistake...

Alex and I have been out in the garden today...we actually managed to get out there in between the rain showers...so armed with "The Plan" we set about marking the rows, sowing 6 lots of seeds and watering them in...of course this is only one half of the veggie patch, and there are gaps on this side waiting for seedlings to get bigger and stronger before being planted out...but for now we have Spring Onions (already out there and growing), Rhubarb (coming along nicely thank you), rocket, two types of radish (globe and French Breakfast), Little Gem Lettuce, Rainbow Chard and Beetroot...

Easter Eats...and Treats...

So what did you and yours enjoy this past Easter Week?

We had a great selection of meals, treats and puds...check these out...

The spicy, rice'y' Gumbo...

...'Sunny' Spanish Paella...

...a lovely 'Fishy Dishy'

...my first 'Proper' Quiche...

Spicy Pork with Jewelled Couscous...

...'Tear n' Share' Hot Cross Buns...

Yummy Carroty Cake Muffins...

...Delicious Chocolate Whirls...

 ...The Classic, Easter Nests...

 ...My Marbled Easter Bundt...

...Rhubarb Creams with Orange Shortbreads...

I feel I should end with "...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree..."!! But maybe "...and an Easter Egg after my Tea!!" would be more apt!!

I hope you all had a great holiday, I know we did, busy as it was with cooking, guests, DIY'ing'...and the smallish people to entertain...

Rhubarb Creams with Orange Shortbreads...

...another mix of old with new...old recipe for Shortbread (tweaked to become Orange Shortbread) matched to a new recipe for Rhubarb Creams from April's Delicious Magazine...

Spiced Pork...with Jewelled Couscous...

...This was a bit of old and new mixed together...I'd done the couscous before, or at least a very similar version of it before...but the pork was a whole new taste experience...

Easter Treats #4....

...An Easter Bundt...after all, isn't there a Bundt for pretty much all seasons, celebrations or days of the week!?!?

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Trying my own pastry...

...wish me luck...


I decided that with all the food over holidays it is nice sometimes to just stop and have something fairly plain and simple...a bit like the steak and salad issue back here...so another salad was decided upon...but to go with it I decided to make a quiche...