Hot hot hot!

Wow, the weather has been glorious here for ever.....long may it continue lol!

I haven't got a lot of sewing done, but thought I'd share what I have made.....

I needed to make up a Romance bag for the tutorial I'm doing to go with the pattern pieces I've already put up, so this is what I came up with! It's the Big Romance pattern....and a phone case I self drafted to go with it!

then, as my lovely man bought me the 'Sewing Clothes Kids Love' book, I thought I should get some more use out of it other than just the Feliz! I decided to have a go at the Imke hooded top for Jamie. I upcycled it from two of his Daddy's tshirts - the stripey one had a huge logo/pattern on it that would have been cut through and looked odd if I had left it, so I self drafted a square yoke for the shirt that eliminated the problem nicely!

Jamie likes it, and I'm pleased with how it turned out, so that's good - I'll definitely make it again.

and finally.....yes, it's been in the 80 degree range here....but sometimes, a boy just needs to make fairy cakes.

So we did.

I love to bake with Jamie - he's so enthusiastic, and gets so annoyed every time we have to actually COOK them before we can eat them - he's so funny!

Thanks for looking

Lisa

xxx

Baking with Jamie...

I promised Jamie yesterday that we would do some baking today, and he said it HAD to have chocolate in it lol!

So we made a chocolate cake, and had great fun!

Jamie decided he quite liked the cake mix though....

(excuse the photo - phone cam!)

but it turned out ok - and Jamie was so proud of himself that he'd made it lol!

And here's the recipe....

Choc Chip Cake

4oz SR flour
4oz light brown sugar
2 eggs
1oz cocoa powder
handful of choc chips

for the topping -
icing sugar
cocoa powder
water

chuck everything in a bowl and mix to a 'drop' consistency (you might need to add a little milk if it's a bit dry)
bake at 180c for 30-40mins

when cool mix a couple of tbsp of icing sugar and a teaspoon of cocoa powder together
add water to a thick but runny consistency
pour over cake
leave to set.

Very simple...but everyone seemed to like it when we had some after our tea tonight!

Thanks for looking.

xxx

Stuff Mummy Makes in 'non sewing post' shocker!!

Yes. I know. Today, I made something that wasn't sewn! *GASP*

Instead...I baked!

Chocolate.

Lots of chocolate.

Yum.

If anyone would like the recipe:

400g caster sugar
225g melted butter
60g cocoa powder
1tsp vanilla essence
4 small eggs/ 3 large
225g plain flour
half tsp baking powder
half tsp salt
60g chopped nuts (optional)

Mix ingredients together, adding in the list order above
Bake for 25-30mins at 180c

Thanks for looking!

xxx