Chocolates for Quilters

Why do quilters need chocolates ? or New uses for empty boxes.

The chocolate lady bugs are trying to find a home in the empty Christmas chocolate box. They are out of luck I got there first. All quilters save useful boxes. Those that used to contain chocolates are particularly welcome if I got to eat the chockies Yumm.

This box now holds the cut strips for a fence rail blocks which are part of a Featherweight Challenge

by Natima at Notjustnat. I am using scraps from a clean out. Some pieces are just too small to keep. The cut size of each strip is 1 1/2"x 6". Anything smaller was sent to the paddock. translate bin.

The fabric scraps were saved from quilts and garment construction any cotton was hoarded in the early days. The stars are off cuts from a pair of shorts made in year 8 textiles by my DD in the 80's.

Wattle Blossoms

Wattle is a common small tree that blooms in late winter brightening roadsides and backyards alike. Acacia Balliana or Cootamundra Wattle has the strongest colour and is the most desirable as a dye.

A photo of a pot full of wattle blooms appeared in an earlier post. The liquid obtained by boiling those blooms was used to dye some raw silk for my stitched wattle.
The silk was re used from a silk skirt. The blooms are yo-yo's gathered circles attached to the background with a seed bead. The leaves are machine lace stitched on wash away and attached.
The piece was made for an exhibition in honor of May Gibbs. May was an early 20th century cartoonist with a social conscience. Wattle Wattle Happen to Australia as a result of climate change is the question posed by my 21st century work.

Thank You Cookies

Home baked goodies have traditionally been a way to say thank you.




Today was my day to say thank you to the team of nurses and physios who have been doing their bit to help me recover from a hip replacement done in late November.

A double batch of peanut butter cookies. Yumm







These are the cookies ready to be wrapped.

The recipes are standard peanut butter and chocolate chip.

I delivered them this morning after my finale session of physio.

My hip is great and that I can get up and down from the oven is proof.


















The last of the chocolate chip ones. The family requested I save them a few.

It's been a while since I've baked on this scale


Hope no one thinks it's going to happen all the time.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to EVERYONE at Minchenbury Rehab.