Tempation

I wish they would stop running these ads...

An entire 50% slashed!

HALF priced!

I shall NOT be tempted.

Or shall I?

Arrhhh arrrhh arrrrrrrrrrh!

Liebster Blog Award

I received the Liebster Blog Award from the talented FarahLin of Handmade by FarahLin - thank you FarahLin!!! Muah!

To be perfectly honest, I had not come across this award before, and FarahLin was very good in explaining what's it's all about in her post:

"The Liebster award (German for favourite/dearest) is to showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.  Upon accepting the award the recipient must then pass it on to five more blogs of note. A way of introducing other bloggers to the blogs they enjoy.

The Liebster Conventions says that :
1. Thank your award presenter on your blog and link back to him/her
2. Copy and paste the award to your blog
3. Present the Liebster Award to 5 blogs that you think deserve to be recognized
4. Let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
5. Have faith that your follower will spread the love too!"


Unlike her though, I must admit that I had a little bit of trouble choosing bloggers to pass this Award to, primarily because I've found that most blogs I read/follow are so popular they have more than 200 followers. Hmm, I think this is a reality check - it shows that I should really spend more time checking out the newer blogs too!


Ok, without further ado, I would like to present the Liebster Award to...

1. Mama Daniel Danish of MamaDaniel :  I love her - she's so cute!


2. Azidah of Princess Closet : She doesn't know this (yet) but I enjoy reading about her travels.


3. Sertyan of Sertyan's Sewing Corner : Another talented lady, you won't believe the outfits she makes - I'm always looking forward to the next dress!


4. Sheen of Mission Possible : The Stay at Home Mom (don't you just love that name? Mission Possible - yeah!) : This lady comes up with the yummiest looking dishes! 


And lastly...


5. FarahLin of Handmade by FarahLin : I don't know if I'm bending the rules here, but no matter,  she's so talented she should have two awards!


Enjoy! 

Bluggered. And a Finish

Is it just me or has Blogger recently changed its format for everyone else? I've been having some trouble with my posts ever since, specifically that new posts keep disappearing. What's worse is that the contents of said posts disappear too and I've had myself retype things only to have them pfoof off again. And one post was a really wordy one - arrrh arrh! Is anyone else having this problem or am I the only one being bluggered? (note : in case you're wondering this is a non-word created by self in fit of frustration).  I suppose it doesn't help that I'm completely useless with all this techie stuff either does it?

Anyway I'm hoping this post airs somewhere over the ethernet (and stays there).

Just thought I'd share my blanket finish - hip hip hurray!

It's currently being modelled on the double bed in our guest room.

I especially love the backing fabric - purchased from Nagoya. The little flower prints are so cuuuuute!

I've decided for this to be gifted to Nenek B. That's my Grandmama on Dad's side. The one with the Angry Bird(s) (from this post).  I think this will do really nicely for her. And with Mother's Day coming up soon, I'm glad I tackled this one when I did.

Now, let's see if this one gets into cyberspace...

Missing!

So I was all psyched to start quilting my 1930s Reproduction Quilt this weekend.

I found some cute pink and yellow plaid sort of print in my stash which I thought could do for the backing fabric. What do you think?

Then I started getting the normal things together, you know, batting, notions etc. And then found that I couldn't find all my basting pins. Arrgh!

I did find some, but all the others seem to have disappeared. I've looked and looked and now the only conclusion I can reach is that I may have accidently tipped the pin box into the rubbish bin. Or one of the Meows may have. Although they wouldn't have done so accidently I'm sure.

So now I have a grand total of SIX pins. I can't very well baste my quilt with 6 pins now can I?

I don't know if I should turn the sewing room inside out again to look for them. Although I suspect that I really can't be asked to. So quilt top, I suppose you'll just have to wait till I when I can get a re-stock of pins.

To everyone else - Happy Sunday!

1930's Reproduction Quilt Top

Is finished! 

Eeeheheeeeehhheeeee!

I used this tutorial - but added a border with leftover fabric.

Yum yum yummy yum!

Of Triumph and Disaster

Had a little bit of both in the past week.

Finished piecing my big UFO:

Huhu!!!

I have decided for this to be a blanket. As opposed to a quilt. Had my run over to our closest Nagoya (Malaysian textile store for those not in the know) for some backing fabric, and, fingers crossed there will be a new blanket in the house, hee!

And for something less triumphant, I present my banoffee pie.

A first time try. Induced by the overload of bananas found in the house recently. I used this recipe.

The pie base was good, the cream topping was good. But the fudge bit was a little bit of a disaster. I'm sure its supposed to taste like fudge or toffee, but mine had the taste and texture of plain ol' condensed milk - acck!
(Edited note : Condensed milk effect is probably due to lack of cooking talent on my end - and not to any fault in the recipe!)

Ah well. Where there's Up, there's down. There's Yin and there's Yang. So am not complaining.

:-)

Just Sewing

Just been sewing, tackling a long awaiting UFO.

Adding sashing and a border ...

Moving along, slowly but surely ... 

A new top to be finished soon!