Melanie

Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

Double Irish Chain Quilt

My parents kindly photographed this double Irish chain quilt I made for my aunt whilst they were visiting her. I've only recently started to photograph my work so unfortunately I have not got many pictures of the things I've made. I'm very fond of this quilt which is made from…

Church Banners

These two banners that I made for the church I'm part of both started life as group challenges at Seven Sisters Quilt Group. For the first one everyone made a couple of little blocks which I placed around the central panel.Here is some detail from some of the small blocks.…

Fabric Care Package

Look at all the fabricy goodness! A care package, not from the Red Cross but from my very good friend who has emigrated to Wales. I can hardly wait to get my scissors in to it.Fabulous batiks too!!And some hexagons, already pieced over papers.Also there were some fantastic leaflets in…

Quailicious!

My eldest son is at camp so I have been having a bit of a treat week with my youngest son. I let him choose what we had for dinner last night and when we were walking around the supermarket some quail took his fancy. Probably because they were so…

The Seven Sisters Quilt Group

Let me tell you a little about the Seven Sisters Quilt Group. Firstly, there's not seven of us and we're not sisters. We're named after a group of cliffs that you will find on the coast near to where we live. Make of that what you will. We have been…

Oatmeal Pancake

Another winning breakfast from Kath Eats Real Food. This oatmeal pancake was fun to cook and very tasty, I topped it with mashed banana and almond nut butter. Mmmmmm........It's turned out to be another delicious day. I picked my kids up from my parents' house after work. I only worked…

Spiced Pound Cake

I am working my way through the recipes in the delectable Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. I made the spiced pound cake for my parents for the August edition of the Cake of the Month Club. I felt like baking something simple and flavoursome and this cake smelled gorgeous when it came…

Porridge

Not much baking going on here at the moment but I did make myself a very delicious breakfast of porridge topped with seeds, nuts, dried cranberries and a spoonful of almond butter. I had a huge mug of green tea to go with it. I've been inspired lately by Kath…

Summer Holiday

I'm back from Devon, typical British holiday with torrential downpours giving way to glorious sunshine. I did take a couple of photos of some guerilla art I saw when I was in Brixham.And a lovely latte from the Lemon Tree Cafe, just before my husband drank it.

And the Winner is………….

My Mum has won the Matryoshka dolls from my first blog giveaway as she left the only comment. I will pack them up and give them to her next time I see her. Talking of my Mum, here is some lovely fabric she bought me when she went to Tunbridge…

Melanie Makes Meringues