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Holiday Hexies

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Do you have a long term project you just pick up a few times a year? Something that’s purely therapeutic, mindless and there’s no end game?
I do! It’s purely for fun and has no deadline whatsoever. I’m calling it Blissful Abandon. Sounds a bit Mills & Boon doesn’t it?

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I’ve been working on these 1″ fussy cut hexagons for over a year. I’m not in a rush as I’ve now worked out the longer it takes the more fabric I can include.

Fussy cutting is a pretty slow process, choosing the motif and then painstakingly cutting six identical shapes before stitching them over paper by hand.

Did I mention that it’s very relaxing? Highly recommend you give it a go 🙂

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Just keep stitching

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Passed a pretty important milestone today. Finished piecing my Red & White Chuck Nohara quilt.
So many hours go into selecting the fabric, prepping the blocks and painstakingly appliquéing or piecing each one.
By the time I get to joining the whole lot together I am truly over it.
Happy to send it off to Michele Turner for her to work her magic.
Familiarity breeds contempt and I’ve spent way too much time staring at this jumble of red & white!

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Things I want to do at QuiltCon -Austin

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I want to:
Meet all the people!
Visit WholeFoods and Trader Joes
Swap pins
Check out some real Tex Mex, the veggie kind if such a thing exists!
Visit a JoAnn’s just to see what they are like. It’s probably just like Spotlight but I just need to know!
And some bricks and mortar quilt shops and the vendors at the show.
Ride an eBike and eat from food trucks…
But mostly I want to meet all the people.
When I first started quilting I never dreamed I’d be travelling so far to be inspired, to hone my skills.
So excited.

GF Caramel Brownies

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gluten free caramel brownies

an easy gluten free recipe for caramel brownies

 

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GF Caramel Brownies
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Recipe type: Gluten Free
Cuisine: Sweet
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 16
 
Easy and quick gluten free recipe, perfect for taking to parties and quilt guild meetings!
Ingredients
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup caramel buttons (or lindt chocolate with caramel chips!)
Instructions
  1. Melt butter and cocoa in a saucepan, stir
  2. Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl
  3. add in the coconut flour and mix till there are no lumps.
  4. mix into the cooled chocolate mix
  5. stir through caramel.
  6. bake 160C 30-35 mins

 

Rainbow Reverb at Canberra

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Rainbow Reverb 60" x 60"

Rainbow Reverb 60″ x 60″

What a wonderful foundation paper piecing workshop we had at Addicted 2 Fabric in Canberra last weekend! Canberra turned on its most splendid Spring weather two weekends in a row for me. And everyone at the shop was most lovely and accommodating.

I incorporated two commercially available foundation paper piecing patterns to make Rainbow Reverb; the centre is Janice Ryan’s New York Beauty Circle of Flying Geese and the four Poinsettia Star corner blocks are from Beth Maddocks of Piece by Number.

Both these patterns are fabulous and a great way to conquer your fear of foundation paper piecing. All the glorious, sharp points came to life in a wide range of fabrics. I love seeing how students put their own stamp on a project. Can’t wait to see them finished!

Fun and games at A2F

Fun and games at A2F

Addicted 2 Fabric have an extensive selection of solids and an interesting range of patchwork and dressmaking fabrics. I picked up some gorgeous Echino and a Tessuti pattern to make the Eva Dress. I’ll let you know how that goes 😉

 

Pastries

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Lorena-Uriarte-pastries

Toffee candy canes biscuit. Pie bonbon jujubes I love chocolate cake bear claw. Jelly-o icing I love muffin. Gingerbread cheesecake donut brownie sesame snaps chocolate. Bonbon jelly-o I love cupcake I love. Brownie biscuit marshmallow wafer sugar plum ice cream biscuit macaroon. Icing icing gummies marzipan jelly beans I love. Danish oat cake sugar plum. I love I love I love sweet roll. Cotton candy applicake I love chocolate cake.

Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.

Pastry Appetiser

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Lorena Uriarte vegetarian appetiser

Toffee candy canes biscuit. Pie bonbon jujubes I love chocolate cake bear claw. Jelly-o icing I love muffin. Gingerbread cheesecake donut brownie sesame snaps chocolate. Bonbon jelly-o I love cupcake I love. Brownie biscuit marshmallow wafer sugar plum ice cream biscuit macaroon. Icing icing gummies marzipan jelly beans I love. Danish oat cake sugar plum. I love I love I love sweet roll. Cotton candy applicake I love chocolate cake.

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Pastry Appetiser
 

Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.

Starters and appetisers

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Lorena Uriarte hummous and beetroot salad

Toffee candy canes biscuit. Pie bonbon jujubes I love chocolate cake bear claw. Jelly-o icing I love muffin. Gingerbread cheesecake donut brownie sesame snaps chocolate. Bonbon jelly-o I love cupcake I love. Brownie biscuit marshmallow wafer sugar plum ice cream biscuit macaroon. Icing icing gummies marzipan jelly beans I love. Danish oat cake sugar plum. I love I love I love sweet roll. Cotton candy applicake I love chocolate cake.

Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.

 

 

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Starters and appetisers
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Recipe type: Vegetarian starters
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Prep time: 
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Serves: serves 4
 
Toffee candy canes biscuit. Pie bonbon jujubes I love chocolate cake bear claw. Jelly-o icing I love muffin. Gingerbread cheesecake donut brownie sesame snaps chocolate. Bonbon jelly-o I love cupcake I love. Brownie biscuit marshmallow wafer sugar plum ice cream biscuit macaroon. Icing icing gummies marzipan jelly beans I love. Danish oat cake sugar plum. I love I love I love sweet roll. Cotton candy applicake I love chocolate cake. Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.
Ingredients
  • One
  • ingredient
  • per
  • line
Instructions
  1. Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.

Baklava and biscuits

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Lorena Uriarte vegetarian cookery baklava

Toffee candy canes biscuit. Pie bonbon jujubes I love chocolate cake bear claw. Jelly-o icing I love muffin. Gingerbread cheesecake donut brownie sesame snaps chocolate. Bonbon jelly-o I love cupcake I love. Brownie biscuit marshmallow wafer sugar plum ice cream biscuit macaroon. Icing icing gummies marzipan jelly beans I love. Danish oat cake sugar plum. I love I love I love sweet roll. Cotton candy applicake I love chocolate cake.

Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.

 

Gado gado

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Lorena Uriarte gado gado

Toffee candy canes biscuit. Pie bonbon jujubes I love chocolate cake bear claw. Jelly-o icing I love muffin. Gingerbread cheesecake donut brownie sesame snaps chocolate. Bonbon jelly-o I love cupcake I love. Brownie biscuit marshmallow wafer sugar plum ice cream biscuit macaroon. Icing icing gummies marzipan jelly beans I love. Danish oat cake sugar plum. I love I love I love sweet roll. Cotton candy applicake I love chocolate cake.

Croissant lemon drops cotton candy. Bear claw lemon drops gingerbread halvah toffee chocolate bar toffee chupa chups dragée. I love donut cake croissant pudding.

c. 2015 Lorena Uriarte