Saturday, 9 August 2008

Finally, some sewing time and a Finish

The last two weekends have been spent with family and during the week I've been busy in the office, even working through my normal sewing day on Wednesday. So when I finally got time to sew today my sewing room seemed like a strange place to be. But I settled down and finished this little piece. I'm very pleased with the result too. You can't see from the photo but it is very closely quilted all over. The quilting on the black and white background is the first time I've tried the fan type of stippling. I toned down the red shadow too - does it need more deepening do you think?

We're expecting Robert and Jennifer to arrive any minute for Sunday night dinner. I'm cooking fish, dipped in egg white and rice bread crumbs and pan fried. I'm also cooking steamed broccolli with spring onions and capsicums and oven baked kumura chips made from Gluten-free Goddess' recipe. Before that we are having cheese, rice crackers and pickles with beetroot crisps. And what is for dessert after this feast? Well, I might have to let Terry blog about that on his blog, after all, he is making the dessert - and its wonderful. I know because we had a helping of the practise run for breakfast!

3 comments:

Ali Honey said...

That looks great finished. I especially like the woodgrain pattern ? you have used in the quilting at the bottom.

Wow! Having a husband who makes dessert with a blow torch......tell him it's good for getting the skin off capsicums too.
Please tell your husband ( who doesn't know who I am so I am commenting here instead ) I read his growing tips for delphiniums and took note.... I was very surprised they don't respond to hamburgers and tomato sauce! I like his humour though. Also loved the google photo of your place.

Janice said...

Thanks Ali - I think it was the blowtorch part of the whole deal that attracted him to making dessert - its a real man's dessert isn't it, when it involves power tools? Of course, its always been his favourite and he orders it whenever he sees it on a menu but the one he made was better than a lot we get in restaurants.

Helen said...

Well done, you! The quilt looks great. Dinner sounds delicious. Yumm...