I will grant you a glimpse under our Christmas tree
one bauble chose to fall down...
but was cleaned away.
I made the cable chain stitches and variations - as taught by
Sharon in TAST stitch 23 on Pintangle
As I wanted to try chicken scratch I made the stitches on gingham
I like the effect of some of the stitches - what they make
with the gingham
For Christmas I thought it was good to stitch a tree -
à la Mary Corbet. (go to her site Needle n'Thread
and you will find more trees)
Finally, dear readers, I wish you a very happy Christmas
and a good and healthy New Year.
Apple bread
Receipe:
750 g apples peeled and cleaned and roughly ground or cut and mix together with 200 g sugar.
Leave this standing for several hours or over night
Then mix together with
500 g flour + 2 sachets of soda bicarbonat - Backpulver (2 x 15 g)
250 g raisins
150 g walnuts roughly cut into not to small pieces
Spices: 1 teasp. cinnamon, 1 teasp. pure cocoa, 1 tip of knife ground clover, a pinch of salt
and -- ca. 200 ml apple juice to make a manageable mixture.
Fill into a oblong greased cake tin and bake 1 hour in a 180° preheated oven.
Let it cool down for some time before taking out of the capsule.
Merry Christmas Anneliese and family! I especially love your Mary Corbet tree. Your baking looks great, I can almost smell the spices through my screen.
ReplyDeleteSweet trees and treats! Merry Christmas to you too!
ReplyDeletelove your chicken scratch. wishing you a happy holiday and a healthy new year.
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas Anneliese and all the best for 2016, your stitching on gingham works so well, have you seen Queenie`s chicken scratch cushion she has just finished? Tree looks good as does the baking
ReplyDeleteYour stitching on gingham is very effective, Anneliese. I love the little Christmas tree and your cable stitching is very inventive. I want to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2016. All the very best. It has been wonderful communicating with you once again over this past year
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