tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66546182118349815082024-02-08T06:31:55.505+00:00Ruby's KitchenHere you will find my ramblings on cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, dressmaking, knitting, my cavalier KCS Pippa, our cat Sparky, my boyfriend and all our adventures in life! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01813432767660258139noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654618211834981508.post-18028896061663232102015-07-07T17:11:00.001+01:002015-07-07T17:11:56.590+01:00Saint Andrews<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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It was lovely. We wandered round the town, got an ice cream and went down to the harbour</div>
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Here's Pippa with the statue of their famous cat - Hamish McHamish..... if this is life size - that's a big cat!</div>
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He got to choose what I cooked him on Friday night - so he went for Scallops a la Delia</div>
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Those scallops are seriously good! Seriously. you should try them. They've incredibly rich and normally reserved for Christmas.</div>
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Followed by Spanakopita and salad</div>
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And of course cake for pud! His cake of choice - courgette cake.</div>
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For his birthday I bought us a day at the spa - so we spent all day Saturday being pampered and then got dressed up for dinner at a new restaurant in town.</div>
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Experimenting with the selfie stick here - it's hit or miss whether we take one photo or 25 at the minute - grrr bluetooth!</div>
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I always hate leaving Pippa at home when we're celebratin - look at that face - she knows we're going out without her.</div>
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I've been spending a lot of time making blankets the last few weeks..</div>
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I finally finished the quilt top for my flying geese quilt. I'm pretty happy with how it looks but I need to get some kind of border on there and quilt it up</div>
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And i finally dug out some fabrics from my last trip to the states.... I'm going to make a really quick quilt top with this bunch</div>
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So I watched some youtube tutorials and googled and I discovered the amazing melt & pour method. So easy! So a quick amazon shop later and i was set up and ready to go</div>
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The soap comes in these blocks, that you cut down, put into small chunks, stick in the microwave and pour! It really is as simple as that. I have here a goats milk block</div>
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You need quite a sharp knife to get through it and remember you can't use any of the kitchen utensils again as they'll be soap flavoured and nobody will thank you for that...</div>
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So I got to exploring - here below is a few I used from a cake mould from the supermarket and a few bath bombs</div>
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The bubbling on the hearts is unsightly but a further google brought me the knowledge of spraying with a little surgical spirits/rubbing alcohol, which stops it.</div>
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I have decided that for the favours I want just square ones.... so I have been experimenting with different essential oils and dried flowers - below are some lavender and lemon, bluebell flower and ylang ylang, germanium and lemongrass.</div>
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This year - I can't believe how quickly it's flying. <br />
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So biggest news. The boyfriend asked me to marry him on Christmas Day. <br />
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So after crying a bit and getting over the shock I said yes. So we've decided to get married quickly so this year has just flown by in a rush of wedding organising. We're getting married in November, in a barn in the highlands and I can't wait. I've got my dress, bridesmaids dresses, the suits - the accessories, the decor. Sandy did the invitations himself which look amazing and the whole thing is just rushing by. I can't believe we're into June next week. That coupled with the fact I'm on another mental production means I've had no time to do anything - no sewing, no baking, just work/wedding/sleep. <br />
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We did manage to squeeze in a trip to Dublin in March for country to country music festival which was amaaaaazing! I loved it. Lady Antebellum on night one, Luke Bryan on night two and loads of other amazing acts in-between Florida Georgia Line, Brandy Clark, Kip Moore! Total country music heaven. <br />
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A few beers at the concert. The 3 arena is a great venue - you never feel like you're too far away from the action</div>
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Lady A were sensational! As was Luke but I didn't get any good pictures of him I was too busy falling in love...</div>
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So after finishing my shirt, I wanted to get back to a nice easy quilt project. I've been wanting to do a flying goose for ages and I had some fat quarters that would do the trick.</div>
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We've been meaning to do this for AGES but you know how it is - life gets in the way.....but a couple of weekends ago we jumped on the train through to Edinburgh for the day. It's so easy from Glasgow - less than an hour.<br />
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We just basically did a pub crawl round the city to all the dog friendly pubs. It was great fun! We ate nachos for lunch and had a burger for tea! No better day to be had than that, right?<br />
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I just boiled some of the apples down with sugar, lemon and a bit of water and cinnamon. And then placed that over the top of layered, sliced apple. The pastry was a sweet pastry recipe.</div>
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As you know I'd been attending an advanced dress making course and had chosen the Colette Hawthorn as my project of choice. I didn't fancy a dress because to be honest I don't wear many anymore. And I really love the style of the top. Sleeves were a must. I have to say it was really tricky to get the fit right. I'm between 3 sizes, so I had to do a fair bit of grading, a bust adjustment and take in the side seams, but I'm pretty happy with the results.</div>
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As we're not getting away this autumn we booked ourselves a wee cottage just a few miles outside of Filey.</div>
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It was a beautiful wee village.</div>
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Here we are exploring the beach on the first night - holiday selfie!</div>
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We treated ourselves to fish and chips.... I have to say these were about the best fish and chips I've ever had. </div>
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I'm not really one for fish and chips - that's the boyfriends preferred take away choice. But man these were good</div>
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We had them on a bench overlooking the beach. It was just perfect. So romantic.</div>
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Pippa's not allowed on scarborough beach during the summer - they have a no dog rule, which quite frankly SUCKS. In my opinion it's like saying 'no children'. They make a mess, they pee in the sea, they leave rubbish everywhere, they're a trip hazard running around the place, what harm do little doggies do? There should be a fine for not picking up after them and an enforced lead rule if anything but to ban all dogs is just ridiculous. Sort it out scarborough council!</div>
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Another dog friendly site!</div>
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And then we went to find the chip shop that was voted the 2014 best fish and chips in the uK</div>
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On sunday we went a walk by the cliffs. These cliffs were really cool - they were completely white like chalk. </div>
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Then we drove to another village where hogwarts was filmed which was really cute - it was the village in the last films. The ice cream was great!</div>
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For my birthday I got some lovely presents including an overlocker from the boyfriend!</div>
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It started off with a rocking party and we were lucky enough to be doing some filming down at Glasgow Green so got to soak up the atmosphere.</div>
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I recently bought these lovely fabrics.... and the Colette knit dress pattern</div>
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So anybody who follows me on <a href="https://twitter.com/Rubyskitch" target="_blank">twitter</a> or <a href="http://instagram.com/rubyscraftykitchen" target="_blank">instagram</a> you will know I have been getting really into crochet lately.<br />
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Whilst I love my sewing - I find it quite anti-social and when i'm in the sewing room I can't interact with the boyfriend... and when I'm sat watching a movie or box set with him I feel guilty I'm not sewing so I wanted something to do with my hands. I do knit but on anything more complicated than a straight stitch it's impossible for me to knit and really watch something. The boyfriend says I'm an angry knitter - not really the point, right? But if he interrupts me when i'm in the middle of a lace pattern what do you expect?! lol. So anyway crochet seems a perfect fit. I'd been wanting to learn for a while and I just started following videos on youtube and taught myself.<br />
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Let's start by admiring this amazing silk Liberty bird fabric.</div>
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It's amazing. I love it. I feel like I need more practice making blouses before I start to cut this up!</div>
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So I took advantage of a sale on <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/" target="_blank">Minerva</a></div>
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And bought this gorgeous bundle. I've started to make the Hawthorn Colette Pattern at my Advanced Dressmaking Class and I think I will use the dark green cotton. Then if I have time I think I'd like to do it in the blue satin. I've never sewn anything with satin before, so I want to get the shirt right first and then use the tough fabric.</div>
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This final bundle is an old purchase from my last trip to the States, to JoAnns. It will make up my next quit, which I think will be a Flying Geese design. </div>
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I've been meaning to make a quilt for Pippa for some time. She always loves my quilts and I hate how the dog/cat hair gets stuck to them, so I figured if I made her, her own she could stop stealing mine!</div>
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Out of each fat quarter I managed to get a rectangle piece for a triangle and a strip for binding later on</div>
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This is me trying out different designs. I finally settled on the light vs dark design, rather than a giant pinwheel.</div>
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The smaller strips from earlier I just sewed together to make a binding. You could use it as a border and then use a plain colour for a binding, but I was happy with this.</div>
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She jumped straight on it. Yawned and fell asleep</div>
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Next it's time for Sparky to get his own quilt. Here he is next to my machine on his favourite perch.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01813432767660258139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654618211834981508.post-62675611336378131192014-07-27T20:18:00.000+01:002014-07-27T20:18:02.465+01:00Falling Charm Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
I started this quilt quite a few months ago. I seem to have been doing it for ages, but not because it's hard or tricky to do - just a lack of sewing time.</div>
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It's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KkpbFKBaKA" target="_blank">Missouri Star Quilt Co youtube tutorial</a>. I got 3 charm packs off ebay and used up white fabric I had leftover from a previous project.</div>
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So it's a bit like a log cabin, but without all the strips. The charm packs are a great way to save all the cutting! </div>
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I spent a little bit of time considering a layout, so that I didn't have similar or same charms too close!</div>
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Pinning! I wish I had an adjustable table as my back is always killing after this bit!</div>
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I just stitched round the ditch of each of the charm squares. It was a bit fiddly and took quite a bit of time.</div>
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The binding took forever to put on - the jelly roll was just too narrow - note to self; don't do that again!</div>
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I was also using a new wadding - <a href="http://www.createandcraft.tv/sewing/Polyester_Quilt_Batting-Queen_Size_90%40pX108%40p_FOB_MI-207851.aspx?p=1" target="_blank">Mountain Mist</a> which I bought from the <a href="http://www.createandcraft.tv/homepage.aspx" target="_blank">Create & Craft TV </a>website. I had a few problems with it. I think it took a bit more effort to get through the machine compared to <a href="http://www.warmcompany.com/wnpage.html" target="_blank">warm & Natural</a> and it kept getting stuck on my walking foot upon entry to the quilt top. I also had quite a lot of creases. Part of the reason why I was up so late last night as I had to do a lot of unpicking. So I don't think I'll use it again. I will just find the extra money and stick with the reliable quality of the <a href="http://www.warmcompany.com/wnpage.html" target="_blank">Warm & Natural </a>brand. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So aside from Rome, camping.... we've been busy just doing nothing basically. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a really good night watching Eurovision - we got lots of 'picky bits' from Tesco and did ourselves a wee platter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I put a tenner on the bearded lady and so she made me £20. Not bad. Was pretty happy with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We went for a lovely walk along the canal last Friday night after work.... and saw these beautiful swans</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When we got back from Rome it was almost instantly the first May bank holiday. We decided that it'd been years since we went camping, so we packed up the tent and went down to Brighouse Bay near Castle Douglas for a couple of nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We arrived quite late on the Friday after a lovely windy drive down. Put the tent up in near the dark, which in itself was impressive! We ended up just going for a Chinese and then having an early night</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well this was more like a bucket! But it was good. We just stopped at a wee place on the side of the street - nothing to really write home about. The wine was good tho</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We went to the Trevi fountain and really it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Long gone are the days of this being a romantic site! It was total chaos! There were 100s of folk all trying to get their pic and throw their coin in. It was like a conveyor belt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So the next day(Easter Monday) we got up early to go to the colleseum. I'd discovered you could buy this thing called a Roma Pass a few days prior online and we bought them the second we got into Rome... they were about to prove their value!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the approach to the colleseum I have NEVER seen so many people - not even after coming out of a gig at Hampden - it was m-e-n-t-a-l. I thought oh crikey - we'll never get in here... the roma pass guide said that there was a separate turnstile entrance for their ticket holders... not that we could get anywhere near it with the scrum of people - anyway we braved it and pushed our way towards this gate as nobody seemed to be queuing for it, just in front of it.... on approach a security guard tried to stop us and i just showed him the pass and he ushered us right through - skipped the 1000s of folk and right in. Amazing! But I thought there had to be a catch, another queue inside or something for security - nope.... again.... straight through! 34 euro WELL spent!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> It's really, really old and I'm right here looking at it with my own eyes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And here's another top queue jumping tip! The queues were much more orderly here but they were around the entire city..... again we heard it was a 4/6 hr queue...I'd booked and paid for our tickets online before we left home.... there wasn't a single person at the online ticket entry - straight in - yet again! Rome 0 - us 2. Hurrah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Vatican was amazing. But you know when folk say there's just too much to see - it's so true of the Vatican. Brain overload. But it was sensational. My favourite room was a room called the map room. Just incredible. </span></div>
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I have to say the Sistine Chapel was really disappointing. We were ushered into it and told to 'sshhh' and 'keep moving' every 2 seconds whilst in there - it was dark, dimly lit, you couldn't see the paintings properly and you didn't get a chance to stand and look at anything. </div>
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The spiral staircase was fun at the end.</div>
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A really lovely day. I have to say we didn't have one bad drink the whole time we were there!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They promoted themselves on having a very extensive wine list. So we tried a couple. They really were very good. The food was good too! All in all a great day! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The final day we weren't too sure what we were going to do - the one thing we knew tho was that we were eating at La Carbonara Trattoria. I'd wanted to go here since before we arrived. It was closed the first 2 nights we tried to get in... I'd read about it on a blog before we left - and it was exactly as described. Nona was outside brushing the street when we arrived to make our booking in the morning.... her daughter (presumably) took the booking for 830 that night and it meant we could relax and enjoy our day knowing that dinner that evening was arranged!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A chance walk in off the street to a church transformed that day. oh my lord - I have never seen anything so incredible.</span><br />
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It did not disappoint!!! The service was brilliant, the food, the wine, the atmosphere! It was packed. I urge you to visit if you ever go to Rome!</div>
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So my best and oldest friend is having a baby and I wanted to give her something personal that she could hold onto for a long time, so it had to be a quilt!</div>
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I have never made a baby quilt before, I've made double, king size, lap, table runners - all of the above - but never a baby quilt. So this was going to be a fun and quick project.</div>
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I went to my local fabric store and picked out some fabrics. They don't know what they're having yet so the nursery is going to be lime green. It's actually pretty hard trying to pick out fabrics without knowing the sex of the intended recipient... if you ask me there's not enough selection out there! Anyway I found these lovely ones and thought I could do something with this little lot!</div>
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I eventually decided on the Log Cabin design. I just loved how easy it was to make up when I made my <a href="http://rubyscraftykitchen.blogspot.com/2013/08/quilt.html" target="_blank">Kingsize Quilt</a> last year, so I decided to go with that pattern</div>
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I used the pattern book '<a href="http://www.quiltinaday.com/" target="_blank">Quilt in a Day</a>' series, which is great. I'd really recommend that series of quilt pattern books. They're just super easy to follow. Really good, clear instructions.</div>
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The idea is you get 3 lights, 3 darks and a centre square. Here are mine cut and ready to go!</div>
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Then you open those up and cut into squares. Here are mine having a good press</div>
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Then you basically keep going in that vain, adding another strip, trimming</div>
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Adding another strip, trimming, pressing and so on</div>
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Until you get one complete square!</div>
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I managed to cut off the outside edge on this pic but you get the idea!</div>
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This is the tricky part! Well it is if you're like me and bad at making decisions!</div>
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See the different effects you can get just by laying out the squares differently</div>
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So then it was just a case of sewing the squares together. Your pressing becomes really important here as you want everything to sit nicely together.</div>
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I loved it so much I used it in my border. I liked the pea one too.</div>
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So then you have to pin your quilt to stop it from slipping when you put it through your machine. This is the bit I hate the absolute most! Bent over a table, sticking in pins and usually pricking my fingers! But there we go. Some folk use the spray solution but I'm yet to be entirely convinced by this.</div>
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I only have a wee machine so a baby quilt was just about right for the size of my machine! Can you imagine the struggle I had with the King Size! </div>
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I use the stitch in the ditch method of quilting, because my freehand machine quilting skills leave a lot to be desired. Something I will improve upon.</div>
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One complete quilt! Oh and don't forget to label it! I had a slight problem with my zig zag stitch so don't look too closely. At this point I couldn't be bothered unpinning and starting again - I just wanted it finished! But the label looks OK from a distance!\</div>
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Got it out in the post today. Baby's due to arrive with us tomorrow. Fingers crossed he/she likes it!</div>
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So as we approach another weekend (hurrah) I finally have a moment to update you on last weekend.</div>
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Saturday was one of those days where you have a long lie and then manage to put something in the slow cooker before heading out for the day. I had a joint of pork, so I put a spice rub on it, braised it...</div>
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And then stuck it in the slow cooker with some lager</div>
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And then left it to do its work. I sometimes find Pork just a bit too fatty so I made sure to remove all the fat before I put it in.</div>
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We then took the dog for a walk along Glasgow Green</div>
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You can just feel Spring time in the air now. Here's the pup and the boyfriend outside the People's Palace.</div>
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I then nipped off to the hairdressers and to Mandors to add to my fabric stash </div>
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before heading home to check on that pork.</div>
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I whipped up a quick coleslaw and then had this yummy mess to munch on. Pulled pork tacos, with corn, avocado, sour cream, cheese, salsa and that coleslaw!</div>
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So then we had a snuggle on the sofa and watched Saturday night TV</div>
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Sunday was spent in the sewing room. After the success of finishing my first Tilly Mathilde blouse I set about making another one.</div>
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So I used the spotty fabric I bought yesterday.</div>
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I love these cute pins! They came free on a magazine</div>
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I got a full day at it. and whipped it all up to the point of the sleeves but then disaster! I tried it on and it's too small! I'd forgot that the adjustment I'd made on the last one was to let it out a bit, not in. Oh well - all the more reason to go on a diet. I'm going to finish it anyway and then see if I can add a section to it to make it larger. </div>
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This weekend I'm going to tackle a baby quilt for my best friend who is due her first next month</div>
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So it's been a long time coming but finally I have managed to complete my <a href="http://shop.tillyandthebuttons.com/collections/all/products/mathilde" target="_blank">Mathilde Blouse</a> as designed by <a href="http://shop.tillyandthebuttons.com/" target="_blank">Tilly</a></div>
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As soon as I saw this shirt on Tilly's blog I knew I had to make it. My staple wardrobe is made up of blouses and jeans. I'd already made the colette peony dress at my class and so I thought I might be able to tackle this on my own.</div>
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One of the things I really struggled with was fabric choice - not which pattern, but which type of fabric. I'm new to dressmaking fabrics and so didn't know anything about drape, different types etc. So I bought the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fabric-Fashion-The-Swatch-Book/dp/1856696693" target="_blank">Fabric for Fashion Swatch Book</a> and read posts on other peoples blogs about how to pick the right fabric for a particular pattern. I'd read some good reviews about Liberty Lawn but knew it was expensive. It was a risk given this would be my first unassisted project but I took my time, followed the amazingly clear <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/p/how-to-make-mathilde-blouse.html" target="_blank">instructions </a>on Tilly's blog and I got my blouse!</div>
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I went with the light blue as it was summer when I started making this! (ssshhhh!)</div>
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So fast fwd to the new year. Picked it up again early January and really struggled with my buttons. I use a Janome CXL301 and I just couldn't get the automatic button hole to work. So I took it into the lady I did my course with and I'd not been waiting for it to beep once it had put the first button hole in! Hurrah. Easily fixed.</div>
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don't look too closely as there are a few errors there from the aforementioned buttonhole fiasco!</div>
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I also think my neckline is a little high, so I'd maybe make that adjustment next time</div>
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And it's slightly tighter than I wanted - but that's my fault.... I cut a bit of the back off as it seemed too big. So I'll just leave it alone next time.... and there will be a next time.</div>
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All in all I'm really chuffed with it. I want to do a polka dot one next time!</div>
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We got dressed up, drank champagne and saw our good friends get wed!<br />
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She was technically born on the 29th of February, but her KC certificate says the 1st of March so Saturday is her nominated birthday. Love this dog. She's got really long hair just now and is a fluffy ball of sweetness!</div>
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