Today I set my sights on making a tutu for my daughter. I had bought some 6" wide netting off ebay, 1" wide ribbon & 1cm wide elastic in preparation so had everything ready.
1. I measured my daughters waist & cut the elastic to length & stitched the 2 ends together.
2. I measured the length of the tutu against my daughter & doubled it to get the length of the strips of netting I would need. To cut the lengths in bulk I used a tupperware lid (measuring the same as the required length of tutu) to wrap the 6" wide netting around. Then wrapped the netting and cut along one edge leaving lots of strips ready to tie.
3. I folded the 1st piece of netting in half length-ways and pulled both ends through the loop tying the netting around the elastic. I then Continue with each piece of netting until the elastic was covered.
4. I finished with a ribbon tied in a bow at the front or side.
Here are the results...
So easy I made 5 today
I think this is the last baking post for a while as I'm a little 'baked out' but to go out with a bang I have made millionaires shortbread. This is another recipe I found in an old Elle Decor magazine. It is simple but takes time between layers letting the base & caramel cool & set. The outcome is yummy, but I have far too many and need to deliver some to friends ...
So my bestie asked me to make her little girl's 3rd birthday cake. Her request being very pink, fairies, flowers, generally anything girly. So here is the result, I hope little Miss G likes it ...
Little Miss Violet loves to bake with me but being only 3 can cause problems (messy ones!), so I often get her to help with simple tasks such as decorating cakes & cookies etc. Today we melted chocolate in the microwave and poured small amounts onto greaseproof paper then topped them with cake sprinkles. Set them in the fridge then popped them into a jar - making her own jazzies...
So easy for kiddies, give it a try.
This week I made fudge. It was very easy and tastes great, although loaded with sugar and terrible for my post baby diet! The recipe comes from the Carnation milk website. I topped some of our fudge chunks with chocolate just to add to the sugar rush ...
http://www.carnation.co.uk/recipes/67/Ultimate-Fudge
After being MIA for over a week I am back with a bang.
I found an old recipe that I had held onto to ages from a Elle Decor magazine for chocolate brownies with a cheesecake swirl. I thought I would give it a go today.
The results were impressive. Gooey and very very chocolaty. Yummy!
Sorry for the delay in posting anything new. We have been decorating and DIY'ing over the past couple of weeks. Pics to follow. Bear with me I will be back by the weekend. x
