Day 9 of 30 days with Strawberry: Pear, lemon and Strawberry fruit salad
Enjoy a strawberry fruit salad with or without other fruits. I made this Strawberry, pear and lemon fruit salad without sugar syrup because I am […]
Projects
Day 8 of 30 days with Strawberry: Enjoy pancake with fresh Strawberries
Ingredients Maple syrup or golden syrup Milk (Liquid) 0.15litres Plain flour 100grams Strawberries Fresh egg x 1 Butter salted Equipment Frying pan Whisk Serving plate […]
Day 7 of 30 days with Strawberry: Make Strawberry Juice Drink
Strawberry juice drink is a nourishing drink. This is a no added sugar\honey Strawberry juice drink. Ingredients Strawberries Water or sparkling water Equipment Blender Sieve Jug […]
Day 6 of 30days with Strawberry: Make basic strawberry cookies
Make easy strawberry cookies using fresh diced strawberries. Ingredients Plain flour 600g (550g for baking, 50g for dusting\rolling the dough) Butter: 80g- salted , 170g- unsalted […]
Day 5 of 30days with Strawberry: Make Strawberry Puree
Strawberry puree is a lovely way to enjoy strawberry especially babies and convalescents. Puree can be frozen for use at a later date. Puree can […]
Day 4 of 30 days of Strawberry: Garnish Ice-cream with diced Strawberry
Strawberry is a good accompaniment for ice-cream. It can be used for garnishing whilst adding a fruity benefit to the ice-cream. Instructions Step 1: Wash, […]
Day 3 of 30days with Strawberry: Eat Cereal with Strawberry
Strawberries can be enjoyed with cereal. Instructions Step 1: Put cereal in a bowl. Wash and dice the strawberries. Step 2: Add the diced […]
Day 2 of 30 days with Strawberry: Infuse water with Strawberry
Water can be infused with strawberry to give a lovely flavour or colour. The pictures below show a water dispenser with water that has been infused […]
Baking: Cinnamon buns following the video tutorial by Joy of baking
I watched a video on how to make Cinnamon Buns by “Joy of baking” on Youtube. Here are my Cinnamon buns with some pictures. The […]
My work in progress-: Plaid Enterprise® peony stencil painted fabric quilt in progress
I recently posted that I am currently working on a project and it is a painted Peony stencil quilt. I have painted the Peony flower using […]
Currently working on: A painted peony quilt using Plaid Enterprise® peony stencil, Accuquilt® Go big die-cutting machine and Accuquilt strip die
I am currently working on a painted Peony quilt using Plaidcrafts (Plaid Enterprise®) peony stencil, fabric paints, Accuquilt Go big die-cutting machine and Accuquilt strip die. I […]
Project- Sewing: When the sun shines, we make lovely pleated skirts and complementary hair accessories
Lovely pleated skirts made for little girls. Headbands with bows or carnations were made to complement the gathered skirts. The fabrics were bought as fat […]
Tutorial: Make some plantain chips using Tefal Kitchen machine
Today’s tutorial, we will be making plantain chips using a vegetable slicer of the Tefal kitchen machine. Plantain(unripe) is rich in Iron minerals. Ingredients Unripe plantain Vegetable […]
Tutorial- Sewing project: Customizing T-shirts to dresses
Today, Let’s have fun customizing some T-shirts into dresses. It is easy, You don’t need to cut the T-shirt, all you need to do is […]
Tutorial: Vintage dress that I made using the Go! Square on point fabric die by Accuquilt , Dresden ruler and Vogue 2237 sewing pattern
Here is my vintage dress for the Makeittoday dressmaker competition. Below is a step by step tutorial on how I made the dress. Squares were […]
Tutorial: Just a quick lemonade
Quick lemonade for a busy day. Ingredients Lemons Sugar or honey Hot water Jug Spatula Knife Chopping board Instructions Step 1: Wash and cut the […]
Currently working on: I am using Accuquilt strip die, batik fabrics and Newlook 6421 sewing pattern to make a top
I received this pattern(Newlook ) for entering the vintage category of the Makeittoday 2016/2017 dressmaker of the year competition. I am using batik fabrics popularly called Adiré […]
Tutorial- cream cheese, coconut and chocolate pop: It’s just chocolate pops!
Enjoy cheesy and coconut chocolate pop with children in this step by step tutorial with pictures. Ingredients Plain chocolate 100gm x5 (500gm) Icing sugar x […]
Currently working on: Customizing T-shirt and fat quarters fabric into a gown
This week’s sewing project, I am customizing some T-shirts and fat quarters fabric into gowns. A pleated skirt( base of the gown) will look nice for […]
Sewing project: Be inspired Children’s tops and skirts made with the Simplicity 2356 and Butterick B4161 sewing pattern
Lovely top and skirt for a girl that I made using the Simplicity 2356 sewing pattern for the skirt and the Butterick See&sew B4161 sewing […]
Sewing project: My finished gown using the Vogue 8814 sewing pattern
To keep up with my sewing crafting resolution this year, I have been crafting more and more each week. Here is the dress that I […]
Tutorial: Delicious pancake and fruit with no sugar added, fit for Mother’s day breakfast in bed
Pamper mum with this delicious pancake on Mother’s day. No sugar needed because the sauce and fruit will supply the taste. Dad, you have no […]
Tutorial – The art of Sugarcrafting with cookie cutters and fondant Icing: Leave mums speechless with this beautiful spring blossom bouquet cake
A quick and intriguing spring blossom bouquet cake to make for mother’s day. Children can cut out the flowers and leaves using cookie cutters. Materials […]
Tutorial: Stunning jotter for mum
Mums love writing task to do, what to buy and much more. Here is a stunning jotter to make as a gift for mother’s day. […]
Tutorial- Craft of stencil cardmaking: Coloured Blue tit(Garden bird) greeting card using the PlaidCrafts (Plaid Enterprise®) bird on branch stencil
A beautiful inspiration using the PlaidCrafts( Plaid Enterprise) bird on branch stencil in colouring. You can use this bird stencil to illustrate the different type […]
Finished Yellow peplum top using Simplicity 1650 sewing pattern
I finally got the length of the zip that I wanted for my yellow peplum top. Here are pictures of the completed top. You can see the […]
Tips: Never run out of Lemons as the season changes
Wash Lemons, diced or cut and freeze them to preserve or use at a later date. Use frozen lemons, In making Lemon Tea, Infuse lemon water, Grate […]
Happy Pancake day!
It’s pancake day! Happy pancake day! How do you enjoy yours? To celebrate pancake day 2017, I mixed plain flour, powdered milk and 1 egg […]
Machine knitting- video: Interesting way to make an embossed leaf on a flat bed knitting machine and ribber by Diana Sullivan
Diana Sullivan teaches how to machine-knit an embossed leaf using a flat bed knitting machine and a ribber. Video link on Youtube: https://youtu.be/cP0jLyYheIo
Tutorial- Sugarcraft of shape cake and punch shape fondant: Valentine’s Heart shape cake decorated with punched fondants hearts
An easy cake for you and your children to make. This cake combines the technique of shape cake( using a shape baking pan) and decorating […]