Sunday 6 January 2013

Quilting and Mincemeat

The last two days of our holiday have been a bit of a mix. We spent most of yesterday working on our quilt: we started cutting the calico squares for snowballs, adding the corners, and then applique-ing the leaves onto them. We're hoping to have at least some time next weekend getting a bit further, but this at least has made it possible to get a sense of how it will all look once finished.

We also undecorated the house, and swept up lots of holly leaves and berries; I put up a new coat hook in the utility room; and we made mincemeat.

Yes, mincemeat, for Christmas 2013. It improves with keeping! Same recipe as last year, a nominally 6lb batch, though it seems a bit less than that.

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