a few things

Making Brianna a wrap skirt;

I was gifted one of the small clocks...and the kid got made a big one!

and someone's liking learning to knit!

Finally some craft camp pics....

Well, I had to sort through the pics so I didn't double up and you wouldn't want to go here and read Brianna's awesome post! (Don't rush over there, though, there is a great animation of a terrible me being greedy!) As the other 2 pals are a bit behind in their blogging, we have to give them a memento too!

Essentials were packed (Coffee machine not in pic!). However, awesome meals were

also consumed.

Brownies kept us full of energy (and a chance to use my vintage Bessemer plate!)

My driver and sewing 'sister'

The beautiful sun on Saturday was a bit of a pest.....it only seemed to hit my machine!

And for anyone else that goes to or wants to go to Sewjourn, this is THE best bed.

Mel finished a quilt.....

and Brianna brought along her finished Sherbert Pips quilt

Brianna started and finished this quilt top....

And I finally got into my 'It's a Hoot' quilt 

Liesel struggled with a badly written pattern most of the time, but on the first night dressed the dressmaker's dummy, and introduced us to baked doughnuts.......mmmmmm, doughnuts!

And then 'visual merchandiser" Brianna styled us up and we all went 'awwwwww'.

Thanks for an awesome weekend girls, I loved every minute!



Exhausting stuff this sewing....

Phew, what a weekend at craft camp! While I sort through my pics and think about the post, check out my 'sewing sister's' post over here.

But already there are a few new projects I want to get onto! A bevy of beauties has arrived.....

No rest for the wicked!

Bon Voyage!

My lil' sis Jess and her new hubby are off on their adventure.

 The girl and I headed over for dinner the other night. (Don't they look similar? Both have blue eyes!)

And I took a loaf of bread! Went great with Jamie's chicken carbonara!

I took dessert, of course!

and we discovered Little Miss's fondness for 'bunny ears'!

(I love the cat's face in that last pic)

So even though we'll be in touch via the web, we'll miss them!!

Have fun guys! And remember the kid's request- "send me lots of presents" haha

My Creative Space

A follow up tonight.....of this post.

 She agreed to pose in it- but that's it! (Doesn't she look impressed?)

 It's View B of this pattern, which I found in Daylesford, of all places, after searching forever online!

She said she'd 'out' me on my own blog, but I told her I told her I was proud to show off my

buttons...er, snaps and buttons sewn on top. Shh!

 So this may be up for sale if you're interested....Size 8. Send me an email!

A new baby

I finished this little pinwheel quilt this week, and have already posted it to it's new owner (a worlds record posting for me!). I did have a little pile of clothes etc as well, so I knew I'd better post soon or she'll be too big!

I used a vintage sheet on the back, so cute and easy.

A 'slightly scrappy' binding, 2 colours to blend the front and back together.

Straight line quilting (except this photo is of the wonkiest bit, but hey, wonk is fine!)

And again, yummy corners. I surprise myself every time they work, believe me.

Oh, and I have to show off my 'non gardening'. Most of the back and front look like this at the

moment....(weeds pretending to be grassy lawn)

 But in a little neglected corner, a bit of beauty.

Give me bread and i'll write you a blog post!

 A little while ago I received an email asking me if I'd like to receive some bread. This was in the middle of some controversy around blog land at the time, with a huge 'cash for comment' dilemma. So do I or don't I? It came down to the fact that I, as a single parent with no other financial support but me, can't usually afford yummy, Artisan style breads, so I signed myself up!

Actually, it was this first line that sucked me in " Hope you’re well! Big fan of your lovely blog (always makes me chuckle!) and was wondering if you’d like to take part in the following campaign…" Yep, sucked me in haha

The Authentic Sourdough arrived this afternoon. I actually have a lot of meals planned to make with this, but I decided on easy. quick. and yummy. Of course! And also to see if the kid and I will get sick of it after a full weekend of meals. I'll keep you posted on that one......

And I'll do something I haven't done before- share a recipe! In true Masterchef style, here is what I call my "quick and easy lemon squeezy" Cheesy Eggs.

Gather ingredients as below- Feta (we only eat Bulgarian Feta), cream, eggs, butter and oregano.

Melt the butter, and cook a small piece of feta in it, breaking it up with the spoon.

 Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of cream (I lurve Philadelphia Cream for Cooking, it doesn't separate like thickened cream, and less fat!). Mix together for a few seconds.

Then break the eggs into the pan. I let them sit for a little bit, until the white has cooked, then gently stir to mix it all together. Once the white has set, I turn the heat off, and let the yolk cook in the residual heat. Season with oregano, salt and pepper. That's just how I like it!

Then our favourite ingredient- olives! Specifically black olive paste and whole black olives.

So the first plate- toasted sourdough, a tblspn of the olive oil from the olive tub (marinated in herbs and lemon and oil, so a really yummy mix) spread over the toast, then eggs on top. A few black olives on the side.

The other version was olive paste spread on the toast, then the eggs on top.

We split it in half and had one of each. We both eat them differently, too; I'm a biter, she's a scraper!

She scraped both pieces clan, and all the juices had soaked into the bread; so then made a sandwich of that! Yum!

This recipe is loosely based on a Turkish dish my daughter's dad used to cook. The other good thing he left me (besides the child, of course). there could be many variations; bacon, chorizo, Turkish sausage 'sucuk' is the best.

I have 5 vouchers from Bakers delight to give away. Comment on this post, or wait until my 2nd recipe, and tell me which one you'll be trying! Thanks for joining in a bit of fun with me!