Taco’s for dinner last night… I went to the shops and bought what I needed and then checked the receipt when I got home. $5.99 for an iceberg lettuce and $3.87 for a single tomato!!!!! This was at our local supermarket that is normally really good with prices, it wasn’t organic food or anything, although that may have been cheaper! Far out…….
This is the work after the second class today. We’ve started the chipping on the top leaf, embroidering the tudor rose, filling in the green leaf and the Or Nue honeysuckle flowers.
Yesterday (wednesday) I did the first of three goldwork classes with Alison Cole. The project we are working on is called “Crewel Intentions” and is a goldwork sampler. Click here to see what the finished project will look like.
So after the first class, here is my work thus far. We’ve done the main stems (2 different gold threads), felt padding and gold kid leather on the leaf, and felt padding in the centre of the flower.
The classes are held in Ballarat, which is just over an hour’s drive from here. The drive yesterday took me almost two hours as we had one of the coldest nights on record and there was black ice and snow on the way! Not to mention the fact that it was really really cold!!!!
Sunday 22 July
Here’s the embroidery with the homework for the first week finished. The last of the stems done, felt padding on the honeysuckle leaves and rose leaf, and gold organza applied for the rose leaf. There is still an outline of the rest of the embroidery on the fabric, it just doesn’t show up in the pic! The gold organza will be trimmed later, when I’ve finished working on the leaf.
I was given this basic recipe from a friend and then I added the white choc and macadamias to make my own version, it makes about four dozen biscuits. I LOVE white choc and macadamia cookies, but I really can’t justify paying $3 per biscuit at the shops! These taste just as good if not better than the bought ones!
Basic Recipe
Ingredients:
500g Butter (16oz)
1 cup caster sugar
5 cups Self Raising flour
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Method:
Cream butter and sugar, add milk, then slowly add flour. Mix well. Shape mixture into balls, flatten slightly with a fork and place onto a greased tray. Bake in a moderate oven for about 10 minutes until browned.
I added about 300gm white chocolate, bought in a block and just roughly cut into chunks, and 80-100gm macadamia nuts, also roughly chopped.
You can make all kinds of variations – try adding mini M&M’s, chocolate chips, sultanas, nuts or anything you fancy. If adding coconut, omit half a cup of the flour and add one cup of coconut.
