Posted by sewjournal on January 31st 2011
Look at this gorgeous summer salad – doesn’t make you feel hungry? Here’s the recipe. It has lots of protein so it can be a main dish salad or you can use it as an accompaniment to a fish or meat barbecue. Ingredients 150 – 200g fat-reduced Fetta cheese Tablespoon of Macadamia nut oil squirt [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 30th 2011
On Saturday we went into Sydney city in the afternoon and had a stroll around the Rocks area where the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are. I took my trusty little Panasonic Lumix with me and had a play. Come and ride with us as we drove with sun roof open around Sydney on a glorious January day. These are all [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 29th 2011
Recently I saw some scrap bags for sale at Hawthorne Threads. At the time they only had two sorts – a warm and a cool. Now they have added “fresh” to the range. For only $11 you get 2yds of fabric. Here’s what I got in my warm scrap bag. And here’s the cool one. Given that the [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 28th 2011
A friend who recently returned from New York gave me this little fellow as a present for looking after her cat. He appears to be antique and I’m curious to find out more about him. I wondered if anyone of you knows anything about these sort of needle and thread cases. I’m sure there must be many collectors out [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 27th 2011
Yesterday I was assigned my February swap partner for the Block Swap Adventure. So, it being a public holiday, I decided to set to and get ready. My partner wanted any pattern for a 12.5″ square block in reds, whites and blues. I’m making this block with freezer paper templates. Yes, dear swap partner you are my guinea pig. [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 26th 2011
The other day I ran out of the orange thread I was using to machine quilt my Liberated Baby Quilt. I asked around as to who had the thread available but from most places the postage made it financially non-viable. Then Catherine from Catherine’s Place came to the rescue. She was about to send me some fabric I had ordered and she [...]
Posted by sewjournal on January 25th 2011
Well the auction is over and the winning bidders are Lizzy (Bag 1) and Catherine (Bag 2). Congratulations ladies and thanks for taking part. Together we raised $140 for the Appeal. For those of you who bid but weren’t successful there are many raffles that are still in progress until Wednesday. So if you’d still like to contribute you can find [...]
