Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesdays Tips #1
I havnt got any pictures of this one, so hopefully I can describe it accuratly.
When you are sewing a tube- like for a belt of a dress. Sew some ribbon secured at the top on the right side of the fabric. So that the ribbon is on the inside of the tube when you sew the right sides together. then instead of having to poke around trying to get the tube around the right way you can just pull the ribbon.
And then unpick it.
There are tools that can help you achieve this, but this was a quick and easy way with no tool.
More tips over here

Posted by Carolyn at 11:37 PM 2 comments
Labels: Tuesdays tips
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Rainbow Mama!
Posted by Carolyn at 11:46 PM 2 comments
Labels: Fluffy mail, Kids, new outfits
Friday, October 16, 2009
Cinderella Zwergen Mode TULIP
I won THIS pattern over at CRAFT MAMAS. And I am in love with it. I am going to have to try this in many different fabrics. Its as hard or as easy as you like, depending on what you use to decorate it. It does need either a rolled hem or a bias hem, and loads of top stitching, but apart from that- and if you follow the instructions, its rather easy. If you are like me and dont follow the instructions, you may end up ripping it by accident and having to redo the top part- like me.
Posted by Carolyn at 11:53 PM 7 comments
Labels: sewing
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Week of slow cooking day 3
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Labels: food
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Week of slow cooking day 2
So was planning on having left over beef goulash for dinner tonight, but had already started to thaw out some chicken so decided to have chicken curry instead. Similar to yesterday, used a packet mix (artificial free of course) and it was so very very yummy! I used chicken steaks with the bone and skin removed.
Normally when I make a cury I use cardomen, chilli, cinnamon, corriander and garlic. Fry it up with some onion, and then add chicken, potato and other veggies. Pop in some chicken stock and a few hours later there is a georgeous curry!
Im sorry about the spelling errors, but the new blogger seems to be missing the spell check!

Posted by Carolyn at 8:37 PM 0 comments
Labels: food
Monday, October 12, 2009
week of slow cooking
Inspired by this blog I decided that I would attempt to do a full week of crock pot cooking. I bought myself a new slow cooker/ crock pot that takes up to 5l (a big one) and am on the move. Of course a crock pot that holds 5l is used for more than 1 meal, so I may not get to cook 7 meals in this slow cooker this week, but at least 3.
So tonights recipie was Beef Goulash.
I cheated and bought a packet mix (that was atificial free and MSG free) but this also looks like a good recipie.
Posted by Carolyn at 7:47 PM 1 comments
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