Fabrics are white Stella and spotty Stenzo from the Crafty Mamas shop. I used freezer paper and textile medium with Jo Sonja paint to stencil on the little squirrel. The stencil came from here and there are heaps of fantastic stencil potential there!
Slowly but surely I’m working on what will be my final piece for my stumpwork course assessment.
Although it’s a lot of work I am getting so much out of this project.
I never really imagined using so many varied techniques and materials in one piece before and am feeling like I have just received my embroidery licence and can do what I want for the first time!
Although it’s primarily a stumpwork project I’m incorporating silk ribbon embroidery, beading and surface embroidery. Although I drew a detailed design I find myself deviating from that by experimenting and just “winging it”. I can’t wait to see the end product, it’s really exciting.
I’m not so great at maintaining what I start but if some of you join in perhaps I will be motivated.
You can post as many or as little thank you’s as you like, with or without photos. Then simply link up your blog post with Mr Linky so we can read your thank you’s!
Homeschool.com has podcasts mostly relating to homeschooling but also to organisation, motivation and family issues.
The Fly Lady website has links to regular blog talk radio programs about organising your home, nutrition, fashion, body image, self esteem etc.
Live 365 gives you access to so many free online radio stations – I could describe some genres but there are just so many! For the children I play nursery rhymes, piano solos and Christian music and for me I love celtic, sacred hymns and whatever I feel like listening to at the time! Good music can really help to lift the mood in your home, I find it so helpful and inspiring.
I’m having camera issues – I have so much to show but it will have to wait until I sort out the camera 🙂
Cinnamon, brown sugar and chocolate scrolls.
First, the dough recipe:
5 cups good plain flour
1 tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sunflower oil
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 cups nice warm water
Mix all ingredients (I use my mixmaster with the dough attachments but you can also mix by hand). Leave in kneader for 5 minutes or knead for 5 mins by hand. The dough should be really soft and stretchy. Take dough out, oil the bowl and cover with oiled glad wrap. Leave until doubled (usually an hour or so).
Cut the dough in half if you want to mix up your rolls or scrolls.
Cheese and bacon scrolls:
Roll out your half piece of dough into a rectangle on a well floured bench. Melt 1 tspn butter and spread on. Sprinkle with 2 – 3 rashers chopped bacon and grated cheese. Use whatever cheese you like, obviously a stronger cheese gives a stronger flavour. Roll carefully into a log shape and cut slices. Place on a greased or baking papered tray and bake at 190 degrees celscius until golden on top. Cool on a rack.
Cinnamon and chocolate scrolls:
Once again, roll out your half piece of dough into a rectangle and spread with melted butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon (to your taste) and grate cooking chocolate over. Roll into log and slice pieces. Place on tray (greased or papered) and bake as for the cheese and bacon.
If you want to get fancy you could drizzle icing, caramel, or sugar glaze on top.
Other applications for this dough:
Roll into little buns for dinner or soup rolls.
Roll into crescents with parsley, chutney, chives, feta, olives…. you see where I’m going with this – you can top it with whatever you like!
Other scroll ingredients could be sultanas, apples, walnut, dried fruits, jam, chocolate……..
Enjoy!
She is 22cm tall and I suspect will be very well loved!
I haven’t been the most dedicated blogger of late – having your page constantly hijacked so that you can’t access it sort of quells the motivation!
I’ve been using every spare moment to work on my final piece for my stumpwork course and also so handmade goodies for one of my girls who is turning 6 next week. I hope to be able to update and share before too long.
God bless!
I’m going to try to post my thanksgiving here every Friday and would love for you to join in. My purpose in doing this is to remind myself of all the good in my life and to acknowledge that I owe all of this goodness to our Creator. I notice a lot of people say “Thank God it’s Friday”, so Friday it is!
I’m not so great at maintaining what I start but if some of you join in perhaps I will be motivated.
You can post as many or as little thank you’s as you like, with or without photos. Then simply link up your blog post with Mr Linky so we can read your thank you’s!
Thank you God for…..
– A wonderfully long and uplifting conversation with my husband lastnight.
– An excellent local library with great resources and lots of free activities for the children.
– The feeling of spring in the air and the joy it brings.
– Recovery from the awful stomach bug I had at the start of the week.
Today I need to pray for something extra. Lord, I pray that pitbulls be completely banned in Australia. This is just too tragic. RIP little darling Ayen.