What not to Do!

This  is what not to do when cooking roast pork.When I

pulled my roast out of the oven to turn the potatoes, I placed it on the cutting board

then placed it back in the oven, only to soon discover a plasticky smell eminating from the oven.

That's right the board had stuck to the roasting dish and was melting away.

So I call it my green cutting board slice, I certainly did a good job. Don't ya think??

Now its hubby's job to clean up the mess!

I think I will give up on cooking pork as last time I did a roast pork the glass

dish shattered all over the oven, so takeaway it was.

Happy Cooking!

Mandy

Worry Dolls

Look what arrived in the mail today, the latest pattern Worry Dolls from Kellie of

Dont Look Now  . I love Kellie's patterns, they are so bright and cheerful,

great for any child. Kellie has better photos on her site its definitely worth a look.

And what a nice surprise, a bonus cushion pattern as well. I guess I'm 

not going to be bored in the near future.

You must go and have a look at her website, be prepared

to lose a few hours though.

Happy Quilting!!

Mandy

Bits and Pieces

Well its been so long since I last blogged, life has been busy and unfortunately there hasn't been much time for quilting. I think I have over committed myself with different projects but hey!! I'm having fun so who cares right!

My 7th and 8th Block in the Jelly Roll Quilt-a-Long

This one is quite bright, I can't wait to see this quilt put together.

My house stitchery is completed finally, this one was a biggen, now onto

the next two to complete the block.

Promise it won't be so long until the next post.

Happy Quilting!!

Mandy

A Gardeners Journal

 

Block A Completed for the Stitch-a-long, and on time

I might add, which is amazing for me as I'm always behind, lets hope

it stays that way.

 

 

 

Block 6 Finished in the Jelly Roll Quilt A-Long

I think that's about half way. Yay!!

Happy Quilting!!

Mandy

Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival organized by Amy from Amy's Creative Side, from May 21st to the 25th, 2010. The quilt I have chosen is designed by Sharon Wilkinson and is called Flower Power.

My Girlfriend Lillian asked me to make this for her friend getting married in London.

It has raw edge applique flowers with a checkerboard border and a plain border.

I have machine quilted feathers in the plain border and quilted line dancing

in the checkerboard with an all over meandering in the body of the quilt.

Lillian choose the fabrics, and I really love the bright colours set against the white,

I really enjoyed machine quilting this quilt and I hope that Lillian's friend

enjoys her Wedding Present.

Stitch-a-long

I have complete my stitchery's for Block A, now to cut all

the fabric for this block. So far I'm ahead but not sure if that will stay that way.

Happy Stitching!!

Mandy

Butterfly Ballet

Butterfly Ballet is what I'm working on at the moment for my daughter, who has been waiting

patiently for me to complete this. Simone wants to paint some of  the butterflies in a diagonal

direction across the quilt and then embellish them with crystals.

Will post later when she has finished.

Hermione Agee of Lorien Quilting did this a while ago and it looks

fantastic.

Doesn't this look gorgeous??

Happy Quilting!!

Mandy