This well built old table has served well for half a century and deserved a face lift. It's made of massive spruce so it was easy to renew the surface just by sanding and giving it a new finishing coat. * Maalla puoli vuosisataa hyvin palvelleen pöydän kansi oli kulunut aika hurjan näköiseksi. Artekista aikanaan… Continue reading Renewing an old table, vanhan pöydän muodonmuutos
A graduation party in the family and the garden got dressed up for afternoon coffee 🙂 We bought one bouquet of pink roses and a couple of Aster flowers. Then added some white peegee hydrangeas, hydrangea paniculata `grandiflora` (a beautiful, hardy plant very popular here in my native Finland) with blueberry shrubs and heather from my… Continue reading Flower arrangements, kukkia juhlapöytään
Blueberry season! At this time of the year I always reminisce about my grandmother's wonderful blueberry pie. Unfortunately I never had the chance to ask her for the recipe but still in search of that perfect pie I've developed mine to quite a palatable one. In English at the end of the post... ' Metsät… Continue reading Blueberry pie, mustikkapiirakka
This is a remake of a ready made dress. I bought this flowery fabric with my daughter in mind a couple of years ago and ever since we've been wondering what to make of it. Problem solved when a friend arrived with her pretty babydoll dress, here on the right. The new dress turned out… Continue reading Dress pattern, kaavat mekkoon
The sleeves of my bathrobe ended up too short so I lengthened them by sewing on some lace. Being one of my favourite colours I had some linen yarn of the same green in my stash that I could use to crochet the lace edgings. I undid the cuff, turned a narrow hem onto the right… Continue reading Sauna gear, saunavarusteet
This has fast become one of my favourite tatting motifs. It's a pattern by Mary Konior, apparently a household name in the tatting world. I find it very pretty, with its round of four-leaves in the middle and the two corner rings forming a circle when the squares are joined together. I'm using a mercerized… Continue reading Tatted square, frivolitee-ruutu
I had to replace the curtains in the changing room of our country sauna after ruining the old ones in the wash. I was going to sew some of my lace edgings onto the old ones, but had to buy some new linen instead. * Saunan pukuhuoneen verhot oli pakko uusia sen jälkeen kun olin… Continue reading New curtains, verhojen ompelua
A dear friend gave me her summery silk dress to renew. The decoltée had sort of enlargened and she asked if I could do something to remedy this. I opened the middle seam and adjusted the front and back a little and then added a tiny bit of lace in the front to keep the… Continue reading In the pink, vaaleanpunaista
A classic cheesecake recipe flavoured with rhubarb. This should be made preferably a day in advance and chilled in the fridge. You can leave out the rhubarb altogether or use a substitute eg. cherries, but adjust the amount of sugar if you use a sweeter filling. Vanhanajan uunissa paistettu juustokakku raparperilla maustettuna. Raparperin voi hyvin… Continue reading Rhubarb cheesecake, raparperijuustokakku
Ilmoittauduin kakunvalmistajaksi nuorten neitien syntymäpäiville testatakseni uusia silikonimuotteja. Tällä kertaa siis kesäinen meriaihe: vaaleansininen vaahtokarkkikuorrutus ja sokerimassasta tehtyjä koristeita. Ensin suunnittelin tekeväni päälle kaksi merenneitoa, mutta sitten kekkasin että pelkät pyrstöthän riittää. * This is a cake I offered to make to try out some silicone molds. It's a birthday cake for nine year old… Continue reading Mermaid cake, merenneitokkakakku
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