For several years I have had a new tradition: for breakfast on December 13th, St Lucia’s day, I make these Swedish saffron buns called lussekatter. They are really delicious. And the most delightful yellow colour!…
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I have been making these…protest appliqués over the past few months. I have ideas for many more. Living in Tory Britain leaves us with plenty to protest against… I am not sure what to do…
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It is time for the next instalment in the 2023 Wheel of The Year stitchalong. I have really been looking forward to stitching this on because I had planned on using the battlement filling stitch.…
View PostIt is time for the next instalment in the 2023 Wheel of The Year stitchalong. I have really been looking forward to stitching this on because I had planned on using the battlement filling stitch.…
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I started working on a hexagon quilt, using only Denyse Schmidt fabrics, in 2013. Twenty Thirteen! The picture above shows pretty much the sum total of how far I got with that project. Since then,…
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Something a bit different from my usual posts… I baked a panis quadratus! Bread in the style of Ancient Rome! I don’t know why it has never occurred to me that you could do that.…
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I have finally (!) finished turning the files from the 2022 Wheel of The Year stitchalong into a pattern. I didn’t expect it to take this long, almost a year! But it’s finally done. Buy…
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This cushion cover is a present I made for one of my friends in Denmark. She was born in Lebanon but spent a good chunk of her childhood and her teenage years in Denmark. We…
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A couple of weeks ago it really did not feel like any kind of autumn was near at all. For about a week we hit 29-32°C every day. Too hot for England, too hot for…
View PostA couple of weeks ago it really did not feel like any kind of autumn was near at all. For about a week we hit 29-32°C every day. Too hot for England, too hot for…
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