Hello Dear Reader,
I'm back to work tomorrow and not a day too soon! I've enjoyed the time off but the weather has been dreadful. Storm after storm after storm. I've made three quilt tops this holiday and I will spend tonight working on the third as I sew the blocks together.
We had friends for lunch today and I won't bore you with the Aldi Four Bird Roast we had (now reduced to £6.99 and fed six generously) or the usual Sunday lunch pictures. There were heaps or honey roast carrots and parsnips and braised red cabbage and of course Brussels Sprouts and roast potatoes. They were all very ordinary.
I had an opened jar of homemade mincemeat left over from Christmas and decided to make a Gluten free Mincemeat and apple crumble. The crumble is simply half the weight of butter (or substitute in my case) of flour. I rubbed the butter into the flour and added two heaped tablespoons of caster sugar.
I peeled, cored and sliced six Bramley apples and stirred the mincemeat through the apples. I baked this at 180 for 30 minutes and served it with custard. It was a hit!
It is a massive crumble but in tow with said friends were their lovely big sons who can eat for the Olympics and are a delight to feed. It's always a joy to share the table with children who don't fuss about food.
They are great friends who helped us in so many ways and it was lovely to be able to hand over a homemade quilt tonight as they left. Said friends are going to use it in their vintage caravan and take it away on holiday with them. I know it will get a lot of use.
This afternoon seems to have gone so quickly. Last days of holidays always pass in a blur. I have this jumper that has a collar and shirt bottom attached to it. I've always though it too fussy and decided to un-pick the 'shirt' to make it more usable.
The result is a simple slouch sweater, great for adding a layer on a cold evening.
Tonight, I'm going to assemble my Mountain Majesty quilt top and then work on my scrappy quilt where I just use up everything I have to make a completely random quilt top. Here's one of my scrappy quilts that I made in the past, this one went to my dad. He loves it and I think everyone who has visited him ever has been shown it. He has it on his bed every day and mum has to wrangle it off him to put it in the wash.
Over to you Dear Reader, what little things make you happy?
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxxxxxxxx