Odette's Obsessions

  I started a new pick up pattern.   Actually, I started one before this, but cut it off the loom.  I'd used 2/8 cotton for the backgrou...

 I've done a little bit of pickup pattern weaving on the Inkle Loom, but using Monk's Belt threading.  I found it pretty straightfor...

Westfield's theme last weekend was Cookies.  Apparently many other historical villages bake cookies as demo items, because they are pret...

 There have been combines and harvesters about the area in the past few days.   On one day, all the surrounding bean fields had been harvest...

 The very hot and dry weather this summer has made for a difficult growing season for my garden, since I'm using both deep raised beds a...

More trees are changing colour.  The fields of beans are drying out, as are the fields of corn.  Today I saw squash and pie pumpkins in the ...

 This cake was definitely sunny.  It's a sponge cake and was only a little fussy to make.  It was well worth the effort and the eggs tho...