Monday, 14 December 2015


PATCHWORK BUILDING

Do you see what I see?

 Half-square triangle patchwork on the façade!

This building made me smile the whole day.

It looks so cheerful.

Inside are doctors' offices and all things medical.
 
~Ema N~
 
 
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Sunday, 13 December 2015


 
NOODLES  IN SPICY COCONUT BROTH
 
On a cold, rainy day, the perfect lunch is noodles like this.
 
Only the green beans are real.
 
Everything else came out of a packet:
the noodles, flavouring oil, powdered seasoning & coconut.
 
This was the lunch of my secondary school years.
 
I succumbed this afternoon because I recently watched
something on telly about instant noodles.
 
Also because today is M's birthday.

We were classmates
and she loves instant noodles as much I do.

She always adds an egg to her noodles.

She went on to Cambridge.

I didn't.

It must be the egg.
 
~Ema N~
 

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Tuesday, 8 December 2015


QUILTY365

I'm making flowers for Quilty365.
 
I'll pick fabrics based on what made me happy or what I'm thankful for each day.
 
Each flower will represent a week.
 
 The centre was originally to be a circle applique
but I wanted to have some variety, ie not all fabric.
 
I tried a tatted* motif and like the way it brought the petals together.
 
So all flowers will have tatted centres.
 
It doesn't take long to tat these, so I think it's do-able.

(*Tatting is a method of making lace by hand using a shuttle and thread.)
 
I started on December 1 and here's my week:

 
I'm using a whole piece of cloth as the base fabric.
 
This saves me from having to cut background squares
so I can concentrate on needle-turn applique for the flowers.
 
 
There is two-and-a-half yards of this men's shirting fabric.
 
I had intended to make a shirt dress out of this but never got around to it.

Can't wait to fill it up with happy flowers!
 
~Ema N~

Linking up with QuiltyFolk, host of Quilty365.


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