My youngest son said to me "What IS that?". Well, I think it's quite obviously a lobster transmogrified in to a ladybird/ladybug in the form of a finger puppet.Mr Pinchy - back viewLobster claw lollipop from Candy Hero (I gave it to my BFF for her birthday).Happy Easter Monday!Love Melanie…
Haven't baked for a while as most of the residents of my home have been training and watching their intake of refined carbs! I missed baking and decided to add some baked goods to my Mother's Day gifts for my Mum and Mother-in-Law this year. I made my Mother-in-Law Nigella's…
I made this quilt for my friend's special birthday and I think it's one of my favourites. It's a Moda pattern I first saw on Pinterest called 'Nough Said'. I wanted to make a quilt for this friend which celebrated her love of bushcraft and fortunately another friend gave me…
After spending a lot of my time in the last few years working with purples and greens I was ready to use some different colours. I made this St Louis 16 Patch quilt using blues and oranges. The pattern was all over Instagram and many versions of this quilt were…
I used fabric from my stash and a lot of material I got at last summer's Fat Quarterly Retreat to make this quilt. I entered some material in to an "ugly fabric swap" at the retreat, the fabric I put in was hideous but what I pulled out was beautiful.…
It's very satisfying, I've completed a whole bed quilt. As this quilt is a Christmas present I feel that I am ahead of myself. It's made of pink and blue hexagons using the English paper piecing technique. Last year I asked a fellow quiltmaker on Instagram what the acronym EPP…
Here at Melanie Makes Meringues I was eagerly awaiting the release of The Meringue Girls Cookbook. I wasn't disappointed when my copy arrived, it's a beautifully put together, bright book filled with gorgeous photos, tips and recipes. Here is my review, I tried three of the recipes.I bought myself a…
I've ramped up the kitsch and camp quotient in my tea room. The Bulbul Nest is looking quite fabulous Darling! I thought I would give you a little update. My collection of royal divorce china is, I feel, complete. That is, of course, unless I manage to acquire any commemorative…
The blank canvas of a new term! Started back at Committed to Cloth at the beginning of September and it was good to be back after a summer break. Screen printed some lobsters with the thermofax screen of my sister's lobster design. I used screen inks instead of dyes and rolled…
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