My Crafts:
Mostly sewing and patchwork, plus a bit of cross stitch.
My Inspirations:
Fabric fabric fabric every time. I'm addicted!
My Shows:
Will & Grace, The Culture Show, Peep Show, Kath & Kim, Spaced, South Park, Anywhere-in-the-world's Next Top Model - love to laugh
My Movies:
Amadeus, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shallow Grave, Fargo, Withnail and I, Scandal
My Books:
The Secret History (big influence), Behind the Scenes at the Museum, The Wasp Factory, Enduring Love, and for a smart laugh, anything by Carl Hiaasen or Jilly Cooper.
My Magazines:
Marie Claire, Glamour, Crafts Beautiful, Selvedge
My Music:
At the moment, Amy Winehouse is on a loop, plus any Mark Ronson project, and whatever's next on my schizophrenic ipod. Latest is The Ting Tings - they're fab!!!
I've finally managed to post latest baking adventure. I made some cookies to try out some techniques from a book I'm currently working on (more about that below), and found that I loved making them (dare I say even more than cupcakes!). Kneading the dough was a great stress buster, and I loved cutting out the shapes and watching them turn golden as they baked. But the best bit was decorating them - my skills aren't up to much, but with some simple icing and cute little silver decorations, they looked almost as good as they tasted. Check out my gallery for the evidence.
The book that inspired me to sift more flour is called Bake Me I'm Yours . . . Cookie, by one of my favourite sugarcrafting authors Lindy Smith - I didn't reaiise until I was involved that you could make and decorate gorgeous cookies for pretty much any occasion. The decorating ideas are so inspiring, and I can personally recommend the vanilla cookie recipe - yum! It's not out until October, but Bake Me I'm Yours . . . Cupcake is of available right now, and is every bit as scrummy.
I know cupcakes are really popular, but is anyone else baking cookies and biscuits, and what are your favourites? Is it possible that they're even better than cupcakes?!?!?!
Finally finished my first quilt, following a pattern called Spiral Strips in the fabulous Jelly Roll Quilts (David & Charles publications), out soon (see below)! Bear was very helpful in the final stages, as you can see, and inspired the quilt's name - Playtime for Bear.
It's a bit of a practice quilt as it's my first, and probably reads like a Top 10 of common patchwork and quilting mistakes (wonky seam allowances, innacurate cutting and hasty binding being just three).
However it still turned out better than I could ever have hoped, and having learnt from the mistakes and gained confidence from the whole experience, I'm ready to move onto a housewarming gift for my sister (the pineapple quilt from the same book). Also I love the subtle and modern Japanese Taupe quilt (will look nice with my new sofa!), Pandora's Box. I'll let you know how I get on. Jen xxx
Hi there! Thanks for the welcome. Still finding my feet round this place, and am now just trying to find the time to keep crafting; the more I'm on here the more I want to make! :-)
Thanks Jenny,
The Pic's that I posted are only a few. I have 15 llamas right now and a baby that is due next month. We really enjoy them. They are something that everyone in the family can enjoy. My daughter is 9 and shows Hallelujah!, my son is 2 and will start showing next year. He will have Sunshower. Even my husband shows. I also like to do Public Relations work with them. They visit the school where I work, attend the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, and visit handicapped children on Special Kids day at the country fair.
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Hi there! Thanks for the welcome. Still finding my feet round this place, and am now just trying to find the time to keep crafting; the more I'm on here the more I want to make! :-)
mangoe3Take care!
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