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Author Archives: Iwona
What to do with surfeit
We are awash with eggs and need to do something with them other than fry with bacon for a delicious breakfast, so we decided to pickle some. It really is simple and just involves hard boiling . Cover with … Continue reading
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Claying again
Isn’t scrap clay wonderful! Struck by the similarity of the colour chart squares to the scrap clay squares. I’ve used Fimo classic on and off for years now but they’ve change the formulation and rebranded to Fimo Professional and I’m … Continue reading
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Jelly and Quilts
Hard to believe but these last few nights have been hotter than usual and I’ve been beavering away trying to finish a summer quilt I started a couple of months ago. Its a thin wadding not sure of the tog … Continue reading
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Some stuff I’ve been making
I’m developing my metalworking these days, something about making a lot of noise bashing copper sheets and wire with a hammer is very appealing. I love making beadcaps for that reason and I think they turn a bead into something … Continue reading
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Where is Summer?
What a cold, wet miserable spring we’ve had up north following one of the wettest winters since people can remember. Our solartunnel blew away in Jan this year. This is the second one we’ve had in 10 years so about … Continue reading
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Sponge cake and ‘flooer’ buttons
Neil’s Maw and Paw were coming for cake and tea last Friday pm so I baked a sponge cake with our hen’s eggs and layered it with our gooseberry jelly and fresh cream, then sprinkled with icing sugar. It went down … Continue reading
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Flowers and paint
So I’ve taken up watercolours again after several years absence – why did I ever give this up? On a cold winters day to be working with such pure colour is incredible and at this time of year when the … Continue reading
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Some new beads
These were made with foils and translucent clay which I made up into necklaces using brass spacer beads and findings. The last image is of beads threaded with leather cord and gorgeous silvered glass rondelle spacer beads. I love trying … Continue reading
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Spring has sprung!
Neil rotavating the beds ready for sowing and planting. Impossible to practice the ‘no-dig’ method on such a large scale so we’ve had to resort to tilling annually. Good to see the garlic finally coming through! Some new lambs.
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