FNSI, Labne & a swap

Friday night i took part in this months FNSI run by Heidi. First project i worked on was to repair my daughter's skirt. She came to me quite a while back asking if i could repair her favourite skirt. Only way i could hide the tear was some applique. But what sort & what fabric? I think she gave the skirt to me about the time i bought the Baby Go. I got the Baby Go out Friday & cut the flowers. That was fun. I followed the instructions to a T or so i thought. The darn thing wouldn't roll through at all. Even my daughter tried. At whit's end as to why it wouldn't work & putting the 3 pieces back together(cutter, fabric & mat) i turned the mat around only to discover( by accident) the damn Baby Go likes the printed end of the mat to go through the machine first not the blank end.

2 flowers needed to cover the tear. Luckily i had an old child's dress that was suitable for the applique colourwise. 2nd project i worked on was this

Didn't think i'd show you all of it did you? Just a sneaky peek until the recipient gets it. I also finished the stitching on this. It's drying now after rinsing the tracing pen out.

Yesterday i took the Labne from the fridge where it was draining & hoping for the best i opened up the cheesecloth

& found it soft but firm. So far so good. Gave it a taste test. As i've not tried Labne before i'm hoping it was as it should taste. I can see why my research on Labne has a few mentions of using it in place of Philly cream cheese but i doubt i would do so. I wasn't sure what i wanted to do with the cheese so i decided to do what Fast Ed did with his.

Not easy to shape soft cheese into balls. They are marinating in olive oil, peppercorns, lemon zest & fresh rosemary. The cheese must taste ok as i gave my son a taste test last night & he was trying to sneak the whole container home with him. Sorry only the pea & ham soup for you my dear.

A while ago on Facebook i entered a pincushion swap. The pincushion that was sent to me arrived last Friday.

My partner also sent me the little chooky she made.

Happy Stitching,