Fabulous Blue Flower Power - Camper an Bag

This beautiful and useful Royal Blue Shoulder bag has wonderful baby cord floral fabric pockets and dividers inside, 3 sections inside and a pocket outside with a zipped section for personal items.

Would make an ideal day bag or school bag, an ideal Christmas gift.

For more details visit my website - AndSewOn Online Store

 

More Christmas Stocking Filler Ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely Lavender Pillows

Perfect Little Stocking Fillers - Aromatic Lavender Pillows - Now available in my online store

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I'm Back online & I Have Been Very Busy

Well due to some technical difficulties (no Broadband connection) I have been away for some time but now I am back I can update you on what have been up to - lots to say the least.

 

New Today - Not for Sale, just pleasure

I have made two special commissions today for my youngest daughter Merren a furry fluffy giraffe, now named Daisy and a pretty butterfly cushion for my middle daughter Lydia ...

I like the cushion so much I am going to make some more similar one's to sell in my shop so keep you eyes peeled for the new additions.

New Sumptuous Spotty Chenille Cushion Covers

Beautiful Chenille Fabric in Cark and deep colour with Lime, 

Olive and Brown Spotson a brown background

5 Available, tuck & fold cushion cover approx 18" Square 

For Full Details - CLICK HERE 

A Tale of Three Quilts ...

Well I made the decision about 1 month ago to make my three georgious daughters, aged 13, 7(almost 8) and 5, a handmade quilt, in their favorite colours.

BUT then my old second hand sewing machine packed up, so began the quest to bid like crazy on a new (second hand) sewing machine from eBay ... 8 failed attempts later and with Christmas fast appoaching I decided to take the plunge and buy a new one.  I took ages choosing, after all if I was paying full price for a new one I might as well make sure its the one I want an it can do everything I need it to do.

  

I finally decided on - Janome DXL603, which also came with a Free Quilting Set Worth £99.  I was so excited and started planning my quilt projects.

It finally arrived and now I could get started.

So I have been gathering fabrics for some weeks now and started to cut out the fabric for my Youngest Daughter's Quilt --- I thinks I have started on the most complicated quilt - it is a jigsaw design so cutting out all the jigsaw peices is fiddley enough, I also have to make sure the fabrics do not sit next to each other.

Any how here is the fist image of the quilt.  So far I have sewn together the backing fabric and cut out and pinned on all the outer peices of the jigsaw.  Next is to cut out the inner peices and then pin them all onto the backing fabric.  2 of the jigsaw peices are to be appliqued on afterwards as if they are not placed yet.

I must say it is looking good so far, I think my daughter will be very pleased.  The fabrics have all been secretly picked my her so I know she will like them individually.

I am still waiting for the backing fabric, I am using a pale lilac fleece fabric to make is nice and cosy and filling with 9oz wadding.  

I am hoping to get this one finished by next weekend, lot of busy hours ahead - can only do whilst the girls are in school or in bed so catching time when I can.

Once this one is done will move onto the middle daughters, hers is a bit simpler, well I say that but its more appliquete than quilting, she is having a quilt with 12 blocks each with either a house or a tree inside and butterflies here and there.  My eldest is, due to being a teenager, having a simple yet elegant design with lots of 6 inch blocks in her favorite colours with a few larger appliquete flowers.

Just hope I can get them all done in time for Christmas ..... as well as all the other stuff I am making for Christmas presents for my family.   

I dont think I will be getting much sleep between now and then.

I'll keep you posted on my progress, but will not be doing much for next few days as I will be at work - work 3 nights a week so only get to do my sewing Sunday to Thursday .... need to win the lottery so I can sew all the time. 

I simply love creating beautiful things and watching people's faces light up when I give them as gifts.

Signing off now

Thanks for dropping by

Diana

Christmas Is Coming

Christmas Is Coming

Lucious Lemon Cup Cakes

Ingredients

• 3 eggs (or 2 Duck eggs - Very rich and yummy)
• 175g Self Raising Flour
• 175g Butter/Margerine (butter is richer)
• 175g Fine Caster Sugar
• Zest & Juice of 1 Lemon
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract

Method

• Whisk eggs until light & fluffy
• Add Sugar to eggs and beat until paler in colour
• Add Lemon Zest and juice and Vanilla
• Whisk butter/margerine until creamy
• Mix Butter/Margerine together with the Egg & Sugar mix
• Fold in flour

Spoon into small cupcake cases & bake in 180 degree oven for btwn 9-12 mins depending on oven, remove when just starting to turn colour

My kids eat these as a treat when they get home from school with a nice big glass of fresh ice cold milk

You can add some butter cream too if you like & decorate with sprinkles

For Butter cream:

• 175g Icing Sugar
• 75g Butter
• 1 Teaspoon Lemon juice

Mix together - use a whisk to make sure smooth and creamy

A Spicy Tart

I made this for our tea last night and it was gone in minutes - will definatly be making this on a regular basis - delicious

Ingredients

For the Topping

• 1 Portion of Spicy Tomato Sauce
• 6 peices of Sliced Chorizo
• 6 peices of Sliced Pepperoni
• 1/2 peices of wafer thin ham
• 100g Mozzorella Cheese (grated)
• 1 Finely Sliced Red Onion
• Garlic Oil - to drizzle
• 1 Packet Ready Roll Puff Pastry

For The Sauce

• 6 Juicy Ripe Tomatoes
• 1 Red Chilli
• 1 Green Chilli
• Good squeeze Concentrated Tomato Puree
• Good Squeeze Garlic/Oil paste
• 1 Small Finely Chopped Red Onion
• 3 small Finely Chopped Carrots
• 1 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
• 1 Small Pepper (red or green) finely chopped
• 2 Table spoons Olive Oil

Makes 1 Large Flan - Serves 2/4 persons (depending on how hungry you are)

METHOD

For the sauce:

Finely chop all ingredients - put in frying pan and cook for approx 10 min, or until tender, then blend with either hand blender or food processor

Press through a sieve for a really smooth sauce or leave as it is for a rustic sauce

Bring it all together

• Roll out the ready roll puff pastry onto a greased or non-stick baking tray
• Spread a generous layer of the sauce over the pastry
• evenly space out the ham, pepperoni, chorizo and onions over the base
• sprinkle with cheese
• drizzle with garlic oil, salt & pepper to taste
• Bake in oven at 200 degrees for btwn 12-18 mins depending on oven - until the cheese is bubbling and browning all over

Why not try this for yourself - change the toppings to make it interesting - like a pizza you can add what you fancy or use up whats in the fridge - let me know how you get on

And Sew On - Now on Misi

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