12th 12th 2012!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas every one.

This Xmas plum-pudding should of been made a week ago at least!!!!! I have it started on the bench this morning.

Grans Plumpudding

4oz of dripping or suet

2 cups of flour

2 cups of dried fruit soaked for 12hrs in brandy; I use my mince meat I have left over from last year!!!!! It has a punch to it!!!!!

1 cup brown sugar

grated peel of large lemon

1 tea sp of mixed spice

1 tea sp nutmeg

1 tea sp orange essences

pinch of salt

1/2 cup of sago pre cooked

3 eggs beatten

Mix all ingredients add a large tablesp of treacle . Dissolve 1 teasp of Baking soda in 1 1/2 cups of boiling milk or water add to dry mixture and mix well.   Boil for 3 1/2 hours and 1 1/2 hours Xmas day.

Just been out and taken this photo,

Picture perfect ball

last week there was nothing and today I have 4 perfect balls where there were none?????

Lillies that surprise me every year.

On Monday I had a big clean up in front of DS and DDL’s unit

A clean area again!!!!!

it was covered in leaves and weeds I wanted it a surprise as DS arrives on Sunday for 3 weeks to finish of the bathroom so it will be completed before they all arrive back for good in March 2013.  Now he won’t have to look at a mess when he has his coffee breaks??????

Update!!!!!

I have just finished my Mini Round Robyn

Isn’t

 it funny how you think it will be just a simple job and it turns out a long one, I loved the final fabric but it was all silver thread weaving and the silver was floating across the back so to stop it shedding I ironed on some iron on fusing then some very very fine silk. Problem solved but then I was 4 inch short of fabric, so  I need to added corner stones and they need the fusing also to make it the same weight as the other fabric. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm LOL. But it is finally finished.

on-line quilt, I added the green spacer then the outer boarder and the outer appliqué rounds It is now been wrapped to go off home and I hope it arrives before Xmas.

Another Up date LOL

Solved another problem this after noon and just have to share what it is going to look like.

I needed to make my Vienna Quilt larger but I was not sure if my idea would work, I thought about adding more bow ties but the thought of making 40 to 50 of them and then it was not the answer kept me away from doing them, any one know that feeling? LOL. Well today was D Day to try what they would look like,  by adding these bow-ties 6 1/2 ” all around the edge it will make it go from a double quilt to a  king size one!!!!! by the time it is quilted then the boarder it will be perfect. Best part is that the owner to be just loves BRIGHT colours so I have been able to keep to the same greens and reddy oranges she loves.

That’s it for today I’m running out of hours let alone days.  Hope you are all having fun. Cheers Glenda

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