Did you see how I cleverly put the word “Sewing” into the title so that anyone expecting a recipe would be warned and steer clear if they were not interested?!
If you´re still with me though, thank you!
I recently found a beautiful skirt in the charity shop for a couple of euros. It had a tiny waist (which would probably have fitted over one of my thighs) but was quite long. I loved the fabric and bought it thinking I could make a bag out of it. Once I had washed it and taken it apart, I saw that in just one half of the skirt there was enough fabric to make a half circle skirt for me.
Fabulous Fabric
I cut it from the top to the length I wanted then made a simple black cotton waistband which I fitted a piece of elastic into after I had re sewn the side together.
Stretchy waistband to allow for large lunches
And that was it – a quick re fashion into a beautiful skirt which I think Alfi has a longing to wear!
Dog Friendly Fashion
For more fantastic “Refashions”, do take a look at my blogging pal Jillian´s fantastic site here.
Me that is…I´m the Copy Cat! I´ve been picking up lots of fantastic recipes over the last few months via all the blogs that I am following, many of which I have promised myself I would cook once the temperatures started to drop and I could bear to put the oven on.
Well, yesterday the storm clouds gathered and at one point we had thunder and pouring rain. It was dark and gloomy – perfect baking weather. Added to this was my technical nightmare with WordPress, but thanks to all you lovely people out there I eventually got things sorted and am able to post again. It was lovely to have so much support – it´s a funny old thing isn´t it that people you don´t really “know” and will probably never meet face to face care enough to step in and offer help. Made me feel very warm and good, so thank you again.
Anyway, back to the kitchen. I have seen a few great recipes for dog biscuits recently and I asked myself “why the heck am I forking out for rubbishy treats for my beloved pooches, when the rest of the food they eat is healthy?”. So, recipe number one comes from Greg and Katherine over at Rufus´Food and Spirits Guide, or more precisely their faithful hounds Mingus and Coltrane, who are probably nearly as good in the kitchen as their master and mistress.
That´s a lot of doggy happiness on one tray
Mingus and Coltrane, Luna and Alfi salute you. It was hard to get pics of them eating the biscuits as they were gone too quickly and Luna, for some reason is camera shy!
Anyway, here are a few photos so that any dog lovers out there can say “aah” and chuckle again at Alfi´s new haircut.
The second Copy Cat experiment today was with scones. Well, I did have the oven on. I love scones but have never had too much luck baking them. Either they turn out really hard and I tell people that they were MEANT to be rock cakes, or they rise too much and are far too dry and crumbly.
Well, my scone woes are over thank to Cecilia at thekitchensgarden and this is the recipe that changed my scone baking forever. God I love that woman and her family recipes.
Super Size Me
The only problem is that it was a long, long afternoon.
The butter was cold, I couldn´t spread it any thinner...honestly!
And I had so many jams to try.
Cherry or apricot? Oh go on...have both!
Well, I had to just check a few of them out to make sure that the first Super Scone of my life wasn´t a fluke. It wasn´t.
PS. I did quite seriously debate with myself about not telling Big Man there were scones left and offering him a delicious “peanut butter cookie”. But I didn´t. You see, not such a greedy guts after all!
Sometimes it´s good to look at the world through another person´s eyes. Last week my (almost) 16 year old god-daughter Maddy and her mum came to stay.
Apart from sunning ourselves, eating, drinking and chatting, we took time out most evenings to take my two dogs Luna and Alfi for a walk. No need to get in a car to drive somewhere, just a step outside the front door and the footpath awaits. For any keen walkers out there, the famous GR7 footpath which starts in Tarifa (the southernmost tip of Spain) and finishes in Bulgaria, goes right past our house. We just tackle a little piece of it, but the views, even just walking a couple of kilometres are spectacular.
I thought you might like to share some of them with me, through Maddy´s eyes. Enjoy!
So in 2016 I turned 50. I was in Italy for my 21st, 30th and 40th. To keep this birthday tradition going I always knew I'd be in Italy for my 50! This blog starts with my 5 week adventure in Puglia but my love affair with Italy continues.....
Chica Andaluza 