Teacher Easter Gift

I made this quickly on Thursday night for an Easter gift for LC1's teacher. I thought everyone gave gifts at Easter, Christmas and Summer but seemingly no one else gave her a gift this time. Maybe the recession is hitting everyone. LC was very happy to give her a gift though and I was pleased with the way it turned out. I got the pattern on raverly crochet daffodil. I'm happy with it but if I was to do it again I think I would use finer cotton and hook.

Rhu-bina and Sweet Chilli Jelly

I spotted chillis reduced to 30 cent a packet in Tescos one day and thought I would make some sweet chilli jelly,  I hadn't realised it uses peppers too in it. So it took me a couple of weeks to get around to making it but when I went to make it I had forgotten to get apple cider vinegar. Google came up with mixing half and half apple juice and malt vinegar and off I went again.

 Look at all the lovely red flecks in that

While I was making that I turned my hand to some Rhubena which I had spotted over here 

I love her blog, partly I think because I am the proud owner of a quince bush myself :) which had one measley little unripe quince on it last year but is absolutely full of bloom this year.

I love the ruby pink colour, it smelled so good.

We were going to a friend's house for  dinner so I brought it to them after trying out a glass first!

Another couple of things crossed off the fun to do list.

And here is the sweet chilli jelly which I got from Nigella. It is really nice, quite chilli -y but think that's ok, I didn't use jam sugar so it is  a bit runny but sure no harm in that.

Mum and Daughter Crafting

My friend was to come up the other day and when her car broke down we found ourselves at a loose end - house tidy in visitor anticipation and decided to make something.

I scattered the pile of clothes that I have saved on the craft room floor and LC1 decided on what to make.

She did all the ripping to take the elastic out and then I sewed them together

Then she did a picture of me wearing a dress that she had seen on the internet while we were looking for inspiration.

While she was ripping I cut up an old favourite jumper and sewed it together

This is what we came up with....

Afterwards I crocheted this little edge on. With Attic 24's granny blanket edging (I adore her blog)

 

Ta Da

We had so much fun and LC1 is getting quite nifty at crafting, I must remember to do more stuff like this with her - this is what memories are made of. And we up-cycled clothes that otherwise would (eventually) be thrown out. She is delighted with her new outfit and I must say I am too because I loved that skirt so much. I bought it in a charity shop in wexford 2 summers ago for 50 cent but it quickly got too tight for her.