making, baking and celebrating

I ve been pretty busy, as usual filling every spare moment i can trying to 

achieve all the things i want to do

as you all know i love mucking around in the kitchen as much as i love

sitting at my sewing machine.

well a few months ago Gadget decided he would have a go at some gardening

inspired mainly by the constant frustration

of throwing away half used fresh herbs.

unfortunately our basil keeps going to seed, is this normal?
one of the most successful plants we had was the chilli's

they just thrived .....

so what do you do with a heap of chilli's?

well 

. . . . i make chilli jam . . . .
this was truly so easy and it taste's just great.

then of course i love baking

this week i was inspired by the instagram feeds of

Jellywares and Indigo and Quince

munching away on their crumble cakes so 

i googled myself up a recipe

and tahh dahh

Apple and pomegranate crumble cake

it was really lovely i only had a small bit 

as i am continuing on with my healthy eating and moving more regime
at least until i get to Nundle

it's amazing just how many parties and celebrations pop up when you are trying to stay off the junk food and alcohol

this year has been a pretty big year for us

Miss M turned 21 in late December

and

Miss S turned 18 last week

i managed to be pretty well behaved food wise at Miss S's party
although i did have a few wines . . .  but hey you have to live

Sooo

i hear you say

have you been sewing?

Of Course

 a bit of fiddling on my MSG Quilt (really need to come up with a name for it)

but most of it has been mainly secret sewing so 

i can't show you ....... 

i ve made a little something for Nundle

and am working on a challenge project at the moment

i've had to do a bit of repair work on this as

Mr Eddie thought he would help grandma out by removing all the papers 

he did a great job and somehow amazingly didn't damage the fabric at all

i have also been into my WIP's 

and have finally done some finishing off

these socks were started sometime last year at Nundle

they are now finally all finished and ready to be gifted away

i have to say there is a lot of satisfaction in getting things finished off

so that's me caught up

"i hope your hands are working on a project that you love"

Ciao

Googy Girl