I had a lovely day today - slept in a little, visited Kate at work and collected some papers etc to design a class for next week, did a little bit of shopping and then came home to relax and get started on my sewing project. It was rainy today so that was nice too.
I made washing powder for the first time today. Not that there is anything to make as such. I just followed Rhonda's recipe and mixed together Lux flakes and soda crystals.
Following her recipe you mix together 4 cups of the soap flakes with 2 cups of the soda crystals. You can also add in 2 cups of borax but because we use the washing water on the garden she suggests not to include the borax. I have stored the laundry powder in a plastic container. I did 3 loads of washing with it today and am happy to report that it worked perfectly!Here is a link to more of Rhonda's recipes for laundry detergent.
After lunch I finally made a start on sewing a dress for E. Because I have borrowed a pattern I first had to make a copy. Mum told me to use greaseproof paper for this. I suffer from a bad back and unfortunately it played up during this. I also have to admit that I got very bored while tracing and cutting - especially while in pain. So, I procrastinated and called Mum to distract myself! She gave me a recipe for fried rice for dinner so it was not wasted time really! So, I did not get too far along with the sewing but am now ready to start cutting the material - yes, this project could take me a long time... This is a picture of the dress I am making.
And this is a photo of my fried rice - very yummy! I had an idea last week to make fried rice and freeze for E's school lunches. She was receptive to the idea so I asked her what vegies she would like in it (she doesn't particularly like meat which does not really worry me). She asked for corn, zucchini, mushroom and carrot! So, I used corn from the cupboard which I have had for ages (I used to buy a tin just about every shopping trip because I really had no idea what was in my cupboard and I really like corn!), chopped up mushrooms and grated zucchini. I added chopped onion and skipped the carrot. I used brown rice because that was what we had in the cupboard. I knew that E would ask why it wasn't white so I told her it was due to the colour of the soy sauce - kind of believable don't you think?!! She bought it and liked the dinner. Now I will freeze the rest for her lunches.
I was very excited when I logged onto Rhonda's blog this morning. She is hosting a swap! I have never participated in any kind of swap but have wanted to do something like this for ages. So, after reading some of the tutorials for how to make the items in the swap I convinced myself that I could make them and I joined in! It is for a pin cushion and a needlebook. I figure that if I get stuck there are a few ladies at work who will be able to help me as well as Mum. I have to say that all I wanted to do today was get started but I decided to stick with making the dress as planned. Tonight though I have surfed the net looking at lots of different blogs and came across these that I just loved:
After lunch I finally made a start on sewing a dress for E. Because I have borrowed a pattern I first had to make a copy. Mum told me to use greaseproof paper for this. I suffer from a bad back and unfortunately it played up during this. I also have to admit that I got very bored while tracing and cutting - especially while in pain. So, I procrastinated and called Mum to distract myself! She gave me a recipe for fried rice for dinner so it was not wasted time really! So, I did not get too far along with the sewing but am now ready to start cutting the material - yes, this project could take me a long time... This is a picture of the dress I am making.
And this is a photo of my fried rice - very yummy! I had an idea last week to make fried rice and freeze for E's school lunches. She was receptive to the idea so I asked her what vegies she would like in it (she doesn't particularly like meat which does not really worry me). She asked for corn, zucchini, mushroom and carrot! So, I used corn from the cupboard which I have had for ages (I used to buy a tin just about every shopping trip because I really had no idea what was in my cupboard and I really like corn!), chopped up mushrooms and grated zucchini. I added chopped onion and skipped the carrot. I used brown rice because that was what we had in the cupboard. I knew that E would ask why it wasn't white so I told her it was due to the colour of the soy sauce - kind of believable don't you think?!! She bought it and liked the dinner. Now I will freeze the rest for her lunches.
I was very excited when I logged onto Rhonda's blog this morning. She is hosting a swap! I have never participated in any kind of swap but have wanted to do something like this for ages. So, after reading some of the tutorials for how to make the items in the swap I convinced myself that I could make them and I joined in! It is for a pin cushion and a needlebook. I figure that if I get stuck there are a few ladies at work who will be able to help me as well as Mum. I have to say that all I wanted to do today was get started but I decided to stick with making the dress as planned. Tonight though I have surfed the net looking at lots of different blogs and came across these that I just loved:And, Nolene (one of our Design Team members from work) has loaded some gorgeous mini books onto our blog.
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