stocking up

NSM foods in Victoria st Brunswick has to be the best smelling store around! You can smell the aromatic spices before you even step in the door. This is the best place to stock up on herbs, nuts and dried fruit (I love the semi dried cranberries!). A quick detour around the corner to The Royal Nut Company for a bag of Dutch Cocoa ( much darker and richer flavour) and my baking supplies are sorted!

Hmm - except I forgot to get pine nuts so might just have to go back again...

backyard bounty

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Equals

I haven't made lemon butter for years, but it is so easy and so delicious! Might have to get the breadmaker going to have some home made bread to go with the lemon butter!

vintage op shop treasure

Did you know that the Don Bosco op shop on Sydney Rd Brunswick  ( near Albert st, next to Volaris music) has a room of furniture out the back? ( I say room, but it really a verandah and car port!)

Here are some vintage beauties I spotted there yesterday- 1940's kitchen cabinet, vintage baby bed, crystal cabinet, and the most amazing leadlight windows!

spring colour

My in-laws have an amazing garden- flowers, fruit trees and a very productive veggie garden! When we visited on the weekend I just had to take a few photos ( and I didn't even get to the front flower garden!). 

anyone need some knitting inspiration ?

So many lovely books at Glenroy Salvos yesterday afternoon!

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Another birthday quilt for a lovely work mate- we have  had a couple of " special" birthdays in the last 12 months! 

I love all the shades of blue in this, I was a bit tempted to keep it actually! The back is a gorgeous indigo cotton weave from Spotlight, but it is a heavy fabric and I broke a couple of needles before swapping to a leather needle to quilt the layers together!

quick quilt catch up

Posting some recent- ish projects, I am soooo far behind with posts! (And yes Vicki I still need to finish the Cosplay post!)

First up - Quilt for our manager who retired recently, in her favourite red/ purple colour combo ( yes, same as the bunting, it was made for her send off party!).

I used 2 calico bag panels on the back for people to sign - written in fabric marker.