Wow where has today gone! I was intending doing a bit of sewing today however only managed about half an hour, but that's life isn't it. This was birthday week in our house so instead of birthday cake I promised I would make a cloottie dumpling for hubby who had a milestone birthday on Wednesday. So the task this morning was to make dumpling. This is a Scottish tradition, a rich fruity, treacley, spicy steamed pudding like cake, the mixture is tied in a muslin cloth and is steamed for hours and tastes quite delicious served with whipped double cream or icecream. While this was cooking I also made some pancakes which have disappeared quite quickly today even before they had cooled.
My half an hour of sewing was spent making a couple of Tula Pink blocks. Yes I am a glutton for punishment as these are once again 6 inch squares. You may remember I bought the book recently. The fabrics I am using are pinks and purple tones with a green thrown in for good measure. These fabrics are from my stash and smaller pieces they are all less than half a metre, which is ideal for this project. The blocks I have made so far have been really quick and easy and would be ideal for a beginner. I won't be making all the 100 blocks for this project but I will just keep going until I use up all the fabric.
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| Hmm - the colours are not quite right in this photo - left hand side royal blue is in fact purple |
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| The First Block |
Almost dinner time now so I am off to enjoy some of the dumpling for dessert.
P.S. The dumpling was yummy, I had it with a dollop of cream.
Have a good week.
2 comments:
the dumpling sounds delicious. Happy Tula stitching, I have completed all 100 blocks and on saturday made 24 into a small quilt with black sashing, now need to buy some wadding, this is the first quilt I have made and quite pleased with it, will p a photo on my blog later today. Have discovered small blocks are much harder to do, have the Dear Jane book too and they are only 4.5" so when I start on those will do them bigger.
Jings Margaret you're as big a glutton for punishment as Audrey. What no nice creamy custard with the dumpling! Kx
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