Finished Story-Time Stars

A Finish for February!

Story-Time Stars:

 A Bonnie Hunter pattern.

Quilted with a star and loop pantograph

on my Nolting Longarm machine.

I bought a backing that I thought was just perfect for a baby -

Black stars on white!

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While taking advantage of the rare sunshine

and our new view for a photograph,

 our new neighbour came to investigate....

Such a friendly pony...

And a curious cat....

 They eyed each other up,

 but they're not ready to be friends yet!

Hopefully sometime soon ;o)

A Belated January Finish - Double 4 Patch-ish

I pieced this quilt about 4 or 5 years ago.

It was supposed to be a Double 4 Patch,

but the pattern went a bit wrong ;o)

 It was going to be for my mother

as we'd bought the fabric together 

at the Harrogate Quilt show,

 but somehow the one I gave her instead seemed more suitable

so this one just lay around for a while,

even getting lost at one point!

But now it's quilted with a very cute panto 

that my friend Sio generously sent me.

This is the back which I pieced.

I bound it in the fabric that I had originally intended to back it with,

because somehow that large piece got used for another quilt! (Funny that lol)

I finished it last month,

but the weather as been too drab for a photo. 

Today however there was a ray of sun, 

so I ran out and took a photo!

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And these are a variation of my Coconut & Oat cookies.

Almonds or cherries stuck on top of the cookies 

just before going in the oven.

Love them with the cherries on top! Nom nom nom!

50 Blocks of Mystery

I've made 50 of the first block

of Bonnie's Celtic Solstice Mystery..

The good thing about being this behind on the mystery

is that I can make the parts as blocks and not just units :o)

 I find it's been coming together in fits and starts

as I don't always get time to sew...

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My furry friend likes to guard my quilts in progress...

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 This special baby quilt is only a few stitches away from being finished:

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My machine used for bag making

and was very poorly ;(

DH and I have learned so much from owning a longarm

and now repairing small sewing machines is a perk of the job ;o)

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My tree on a day that we had some sunshine.

In front of the tree you can see how wet the land is around here...

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 And Miss-Kalico with her plaster cast!

She fell of a chair and refused to walk on it

so we had to get her checked out .

Long story, but thankfully she's ok

and must have just sprained her ankle.

But when they couldn't find anything wrong they put a cast on.

24hours in a cast and she was desperate to walk lol

Wordless Wednesday - Banana Bread

Coconut Oat Cookies

COCONUT & OAT COOKIES

I make these with Gluten-Free Flour

and Gluten-Free Oats 

(and a teaspoon Xantham Gum!)

INGREDIENTS

315 g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp bicarb

1 teaspoon salt

200 g caster sugar

220 g soft brown sugar

225 g unsalted butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

160 g porridge oats

150 g dessicated coconut

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180 degrees centigrade (Gas 4)

Lightly grease baking trays or use parchment paper

Sieve flour, bicarb, baking powder and salt together and set aside.

In another bowl cream butter and sugars together. 

Beat in egg and vanilla. 

Add flour mixture and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. 

Stir in oats and coconut.

Shape dough into balls and place on prepared baking trays.

Bake at 180 c/ gas 4 for 12-15 minutes.

ENJOY!

The recipe was from allrecipes.com

I found the recipe on my tablet, 

but when I tried to find it on the desktop computer

the ingredients were different so I wrote them out 

and am posting them here to refer to again as these biscuits are fabulous!!!