BlogHide Resteemsflowertron (74)in sewing • 18 hours agoSewing Strap Retainers : 20 July 2025There was another addition required to finish the dresses I did the hem for. All of the dresses were silky and the collar line was wide so they kept on slipping off the shoulder. We decided the…flowertron (74)in sewing • 6 days agoRethreading and Maintenance - 15 July 2025For this project I needed to narrow the sides of a top. I measured and tried to draw a dashed line with pen as you can see in the photo above - it was hard to draw on this very soft fabric. I also…flowertron (74)in sewing • 8 days agoSewing and Knitting Update - 12 July 2025This week I’ve been very busy making lots of sewing alterations to friends’ dresses. I’ve also even considered the idea of starting a business doing just alterations. Everything I do is on a ‘best…flowertron (74)in knitting • 18 days agoSock Making : 3 July 2025I was really pleased to get this yarn again for sock making; it's not cheap at around £6 per ball (or about 60 Steem), but it's good quality. I was able to find the link for the whole process I…flowertron (74)in eatingout • 21 days agoCheese and Tomato Panini - 30 June 2025I went to a cafe with a friend the other day and just to keep the cost down I only asked for a cheese and tomato panini and a decaff latte. They added the crisps but it didn't look very…flowertron (74)in crochet • 25 days agoMini Starfish Crochet Coaster - 26 June 2025I found this cute starfish crochet doily on Ravelry totally by chance. The pattern was published this month so I assume it’s new. The designer is called Sara Spring and it seems to be her first…flowertron (74)in cooking • 27 days agoBaking Cottage Cheese Cake - 24 June 2025The other day I had another go at making a cake using cottage cheese. I have tried this sort of recipe before here but this recipe uses 100g butter. The photo below shows you what half of…flowertron (74)in sewing • last monthSewing Alteration - 19 June 2025Firstly I need to apologise because there are no full before or after photos for this project. The quality of the progress photos is also a bit low because a) the fabric was very dark, and…flowertron (74)in knitting • last monthThinking of Yarn Leftovers and Knitting - 16 June 2025You may recognise the colour of the above balls of yarn. Ages ago I made a pair of socks with the blueish yarn and had 49g left of it. With the second brownish yarn ball I also made a pair…flowertron (74)in knitting • last monthSock Making Again - 12 June 2025This second sock has taken much longer than anticipated. The knitting started back in March and has been interrupted along the way by a number of more pressing activities , but I’m glad to…flowertron (74)in crafts • 3 months agoScheepjes Yarn - 9 April 2025For a while now I’ve been collecting this ecru colour yarn to make myself either a cardigan or a sweater. I was extremely pleased when on a recent visit to a charity shop I came across this 55g…flowertron (74)in cooking • 3 months agoCrustless Quiche #2 - 7 April 2025A week ago I wrote a post about a new recipe I’d found that uses cottage cheese to make a quiche without a crust. You can read about my crustless quiche here . In my view the recipe was…flowertron (74)in cooking • 4 months agoCrustless Quiche - 1 April 2025I recently tried another recipe that uses cottage cheese. This crustless quiche did not use that many ingredients so I was able to make it quite easily without having to spend extra money.…flowertron (74)in knitting • 4 months agoSweater Project #6 - 25 March 2025Back in February I wrote a knitting update post about the sweater I’ve been making. After a lot of unravelling, knitting and re-knitting the sleeves and cuffs, they’re much more comfortable…flowertron (74)in steem-atlas • 4 months agoAberystwyth Arts Centre Cafe - 20 March 2025The photo below shows you the foyer of the Aberystwyth Arts Centre which is part of the University of Aberystwyth in mid Wales. I was very impressed by this changing lighting in…flowertron (74)in cooking • 5 months agoPancake Making - 4 March 2025Yesterday there was a post by @jen0revision about pancake making here . It was a review of a ready made pancake mixture bought at Marks and Spencer’s (M&S) really cheaply. The post tempted…flowertron (74)in cooking • 5 months agoCottage Cheese Cake with Raisins - 26 February 2025I truly loved the taste of this Cottage Cheese and Raisin Cake . I'm not normally a fan of the taste of cottage cheese but keep seeing that it's good for you because it's rich in protein.…flowertron (74)in knitting • 5 months agoSweater Project #5 - 25 February 2025Here's a new update to my sweater knitting project . It looks finished, but alas, I still need to count it as a WIP, or Work in Progress because it has two main ‘details’ : I'm…flowertron (74)in sewing • 5 months agoDrafting a Pattern : Underwear - 22 February 2025This turned out to be a bigger challenge than expected; I tried drafting a sewing pattern shared by @beautiful12 as part of the textile club. You can find her post here: : I don’t fulfill…flowertron (74)in cooking • 5 months agoMicrowave Poached Egg - 21 February 2025That's the result of a quick and easy experiment I carried out recently. I saw on a You Tube short that you could poach an egg in the microwave in a minute. As I’m not that confident when…
