Yummym scrummy sunny things.

Last week we had a brief moment of summer where the sun came out and we started with really seasonal food. It was wonderful! Can you tell I'm mourning this moment on another wet and gloomy Monday morning. So I thought I would share with you my joy of last week.

The wonders of strawberry picking! We have this pudding once a year it is amazing!

Elderflower cordial. This is super easy. Pick about 30 heads of elder flower put them in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to cool then strain, add sugar 900g to every liter of liquid. Heat up strain again put in container. I keep one in the frige and the others in the freezer to stay fresh until needed.

Strawberry jam, is just great with butter and bread Mmmm. have equal weight of fruit to sugar. Put sugar over te strawberries and leave over night until tey have soaked in. Then boil up and put in jars.

A new favourite for us from the Hugh Boo Veg. Pea and parsley soup. Frozen peas aloud, yay. Heat onion with thyme. Then add 500g of peas with handfuls of parsley. Add stock, heat and whizz.

 

Finally and summer veg and goats cheese fritta, I could eat this every single day. Any mix of summer veg and a few potatoes. we love broccoli and asparagus and peas. The goats cheese to. cover in egg and pop in a hot over until firm.

Can you tell our lives seem to be arranged around what we are eating?

Pin cushion Swap Parade.

Rachel & I are so impressed with all creative and fun pincushions that holding one pincushion parade won't be enough.

We are so glad you made it today and are joining on the fun!

We will host a selection of the handmade pincushions and needle cases made every Saturday until we have shared them all.After we will share our reflections and your thoughts so please feel free to comment!

We had a small issue with the 1st link part (it was free and they closed because they wanted to charge us, so if you don't mind we have opened a new one here and at Charlotte's blog.

This week the categories are showcasing are:

Animals:

1.Brandi{Blog} Made a turtle and she used this free pattern.
2.Amanda{Blog} Made a peacock inspired by this tutorial.
3.Georgina{Blog} Made a cat.
4.Harinder{Blog} Made a lady bug.

5.Hayley{Blog}Made a turtle and octopus.
6.Louise{Blog}Made a peacock from Liberty Sewing Book.

7.Karen{Blog}Made a bear.
8.Jess. Made a bunny.

Rosemary. Made a swan.

Food:

11.Vimi. Made a cupcake
12..Jenny{Blog}Made a watermelon

13.Lisa{Blog}Made a strawberry
14.Katie{Blog}Made a strawberry

Don't miss next posts as we have a lot more pincushions to show you! We will have food, jubilee, patchwork, utilitarian, kits, squares, houses and more...

If your 'theme' is gone before you sent us a picture, don't worry, send us a photo!

Journal of a novice cyclist.

Just a little post about our lovely cycle route last week. This is the top end of the Tarka trail. The route takes you up the Torridge Estuary, passing Bideford and Great Torrington before finishing at Meeth. The Devon Coast to Coast route branches off at Petrockstowe to follow quiet lanes to Okehampton and beyond. On the lovely sunny day we stayed along the estuary which was cool with a lovely area for pic nics or afternoon tea at a old station converted into a tea shop. On the whole it's flat and stunning. I love it here.

 

And what did I wear ?  My first ever top/ dress. I have no problem wearing older stuff even though my skills have improved, I still love it!

Pin Cushion Swap Update.

Well well well, the pin cushion swap in just flying by, with most of us having received our swap goodies we are no nearly at the end of this great adventure. The finale will be the pin cushion swap parade which will start this Saturday on both mine and Rachel's blogs as a linky party which will be open for one week. So in the meantime we will allow the rest of the week to let the postman deliver the last few goodies and enjoy the week! See you on Saturday!

My Pin Cushion Arrives !

It has been so exciting running the pin cushion swap (although a lot of organizing and hard work too). The best bit of course is the actual swap and making new friends. I was lucky enough to make a new friend Colleen in Canada. She has made me a beautiful pin cushion in some of my favorite colours.

Thank you Colleen it is a wonderful pin cushion and already in constant use! And here is a little peek at what I sent to Colleen.

                                       Isn't swapping the best fun!

How many buttons game.

Good morning,


If you missed the game of guess the buttons, we would like to offer you another chance, another prize. This is open to pin cushion swappers only.

Simply guess how many buttons in the cupcake case, easy really!

This time the prize is a handmade hessian bag, with cotton trim and a book fabric flowers.

Eligibility:

Open internationally

Only members of pincushion swap

Closing date is 28 June GMT London 8pm.

The winner must contact us directly to claim the prize within one week. 

The winner will be announced on July 29 2012.

Not obliged to follow my blog but It would make me really happy if you did.

To enter :
Write a comment guessing how many buttons is displayed on the photo, inside this cupcake case.

Winner:The person that achieves the closed guess up or down. If more than one person, those names will be put into a bow and HRH will draw the winner at random. I may even declare both winners and send you some prizes. 

Extra entries:

Go to Rachel's blog and comment your answer there too.

Last weeks winners and Cutelulu give away.

The winner for the IPAD cover is: Gillie that said " I love the colours of these fabrics on this tech cover as it reminds me of cath kidston." 

&

The winner for the pincushion ring is: KAY that said "My favourite is the green one on her thumb which has a aqua button"

Congratulations and please contact us!

What to meet our lovely sponsor this week {Cutelulu}

I learn to sew long time ago, when I was child with my mother, and then I took some courses.

When I was living in Spain I discover the Patchwork and this is one of my favorite things to do at the moment, I also work with felt I like to make dolls and animals in plush. When I have time I do knitting and crochet.

I take some ideas from the Japanese stile and also I follow some North American patchwork blogs.

On my and my sister Etsy shop, you will find some of the thing I do.

What's for grabs? 

Felt Needle Case Book - Needle Crochet Case - Floral Embroidery

Eligibility:

Open internationally

Open to all

Closing date is Sunday 24 June GMT London 8pm.

The winner must contact us directly to claim the prize within one week. 

The winner will be announced on June 26th 2012.

Not obliged to follow my blog but It would make me really happy if you did.

To enter :

Post us a comment on your favorite colour.

Extra entries:

Go to Rachel's blog and comment your answer there too.

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