EB Quilters Doll Quilt Swap #3

Yes, it is that time of year again - EB quilter's doll quilt swap. I haven't taken part in many swaps this year as I have tried to be a bit more realistic about what I can achieve with my time, but I couldn't miss out on this swap with my buddies.

Eliza's quilt

My niece is almost 6 months old and I have only just finished her quilt :(
I did make her a special cuddly blanket - made from the blanket that Monique used to carry around with her when she was little, but that doesn't really count as a welcome quilt fro Eliza in my books.
A simple coin quilt, with wonky quiliting in lovely verigated thread (but not quite wonky enough - it looks like I was just a bit wobbly!) I embroidered the label using a free stitchery off the net which I thought was perfect (I'll be back with the source when I find where I saved it)
I'll have to give it a wash (with a colour catcher sheet as none of the fabrics were pre-washed) to crinkle it up and then deliver it next time we go to Sydney.

My favourite cook book

The Moosewood Cookbook is one of my very favourite cookbooks. It was in fact one of the first cookbooks that I ever owned myself. We always used Mum's Margaret Fulton book for 'regular' things like burnt butter biscuits. My Aunty Deb had a Moosewood Cookbook and the Enchanted Broccoli Forest. I remember looking through her copies of these books, dreaming about going to New York and sitting in the Moosewood restaurant!. I can't remember who I got my copy of Moosewood from, but it is a much loved book, and one that I often thumb through for inspiration.

This vegetarian book is beautiful, with gorgeous hand written text and special hand drawn illustrations (no food stylist photographs) and special recipes like "Lovely Sesame Sauce" and "montana's Mum's Dynamite chocolate cake". I love the directions such as "season it according to your nature, and stuff the shells generously and with love."


It was originally published in 1977, but I have the 'revised' edition which Mollie Katzen rewrote in the early '90s with leaner recipes. Apparently MOOSEWOOD was listed by the New York Times as one of the top ten best-selling cookbooks of all time, and no wonder!I have given this book as a gift many times, and hope that those I give it to love it just as much as I do.

Hepi Independence Day Olgeta!

Papua New Guinea (PNG) became a sovereign nation on 16 September 1975, PNG Independence Day. I have spent quite a few years in PNG and wish all of my wantoks a very Happy Independence Day. We will have to miss the independence celebrations in Canberra this Saturday as Mimi has chickenpox and we are housebound.