Handmade Pizza Oven

My friend Michelle has a new oven.

Her hubby made this great Pizza Oven last year in their court yard.

He Googled and Youtubed and set to work.

Very clever indeed!

Still needs to put on some render,

but it has been getting lots of Pizza Action

And here it is in full swing,

cooking a sweet pizza, Nutella, Banana and Marshmallows

I think we need one too.

I'll add it to the list

I'm off to a local bloggers catch up :-)

Have a great day

Jacqueline.

Maybelle's Quilt

This is Maybelle, 11 year old daughter

of my lovely friend Bianca.

On the 31st October last year, Maybelle was diagnosed with

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Bianca belongs to our Stitch and Bitch group,

even though she does not live here anymore,

she is still considered one of the girls.

So, one night in November, while stitching and bitching

we decided to make a quilt for Maybelle, together

First we met at Michelle's,

everyone bought along pinks and greens from their stash,

Louise bought her Drunkards Path template

and we started slicing and stitching

Next session was at Louise's house.

Here's Judy stitching away

And Louise, pressing seams

And here is Bianca and her 4 chickens,

I snaped this photo when I visited them up in Darwin last year.

While stitching away at this quilt,

we were busy chatting about Bianca's family and Maybelle's journey to date

Taking Shape

Another session, at Sandra's home this time,

pinning the quilt.

Next job was Michelle's, to make the binding

Then the quilt was passed on to me to machine quilt

Then I passed it back to Michelle and Sandra,

who took the quilt on a summer holiday to South Australia

with their families and started stitching on the binding,

then completed the binding back home.

Bron, who now lives in Melboune, sent up the label that she hand stitched,

Then I stitched it on...

And finally finished!

We were all very happy with the finished product

and each of us could easily have snaffled it for ourselves.

It was delivered to Maybelle a few weeks ago,

thanks to Granny Di the courier. 

I can not even begin to imagine what Maybelle and her family are going through,

the chemo, the hospital stays, the emotions, seperation from her friends and family.

But Maybelle is one Tough Cookie, very wise and mature for her young age.

Maybelle has a long road ahead,

but she is going to kick Leaukemia's Butt!

Bianca's cousin is participating in the 

Leukaemia Foundation

Worlds Graetest Shave

you can find Skye's page here 

 Bianca's friend and children are also participating in the

Leukaemia Foundation 

Worlds Greatest Shave

you can find Nita's page here

 Jacqueline.

Roast Lamb in The Slow Cooker

A few years ago, a friend told be about cooking Roast Lamb in the slow cooker,

I am converted,

there is no mess,

in the heat of summer there is no need to have the oven on,

and it is soooo easy.

Just put your meat into the slow cooker,

place a couple of sprigs of Rosemary on top

turn on the slow cooker - thats it.

I put it on about 11:30am on high for a 6pm dinner or,

at  8am on low for a 6:00 dinner

I like to use Two Tooth (if you can find it) you may know it as Mutton

The meat is sooo tender

Everyone love's it

Happy Boy's means Happy Mum

I should really use my slow cooker for more meals.

Have you got a great slow cooker recipe to share?

Have a great weekend

Jacqueline.

Madeit Monday - Lego

Change Mat and Nappy Pouch from

 Higgihandmade

Cuff Links from

RainbowLollies

Lego Soaps from

Bubble Lane

Lego Ring from

NeatPotato

Happy Monday Everyone

Jacqueline.

Another Quilt Finished - Tick

Another finished quilt,

made from bit's and piece's from my stash

This one is for our Niece and Cousin, Jess

The quilt has been

picked up - put down - picked up - put down and picked up

for 18 months!

But is now all done and ready to hand over

(the colours are much nicer than in this shot)

Hope you're having a nice week

Jacqueline.

We Love Corn!

We love corn at our house,

you might call us

Cornnoisseur's

The First Born grew our crop this year.

It was part of his Cub program,

He grew them from seed,

and looked after them every day

Then early one January morning,

They were finally ready to harvest

By 3 little exited Pyjama clad boy's.

Perfect Corn.

It is the best corn that our veggie patch has ever produced.

So, so soooo sweet and juicy

I think the First Born will be Corn Captain every year.

Most has been blanched, and stored in the freezer,

and, some has been shared with friends.

Do you grow corn,

how did your crop go this year?

Have a nice week

Jacqueline

Who Loves Bacon!

I spotted this pic on Angela's Facebook feed,

she made this Bacon Bouquet for her hubby. 

Angela is from Canada, and way back in, I think it was 1990,

she was an exchange student with our family.

Anyway, thought I would share it,

seeing as it's Valentines Day tomorrow

If you would like to make your own,

here's a tutorial I found

you may get a chuckle from it.

See you later

Jacqueline