Marg Low Designs

Easter baking

Today I popped out for milk and came home with cornflakes, choc bits and sultanas. Why, because  a few weeks ago I read a recipe for cornflake and choc chip biscuits. This got me to thinking about the ones I made as a teenager. The recipe was on the side of the cornflakes pack and it soon became the family favourite. Of course the recipe was never written down and lost when it was superseded with another on the side of the pack. I guess by that time, having made and eaten hundreds we were ready for a change too! 

But that hasn't stopped me, over the years, keeping an eye out for that elusive recipe. None have ever seemed quite right. Today I decided to try this combination. I've used Gluten Free ingredients so Bec can eat them too. 

GF Cornflake Biscuits

125 gm butter

1/3 cup caster sugar (plus just a tad more)

1 egg

1 cup GF SR flour

1/2 cup Choc bits (milk)

1/2 cup sultanas

1 cup GF cornflakes

Cream the butter and sugar together, then mix in the egg. Stir in the flour, choc bits and sultanas. Finally stir in the cornflakes (I try not to crush them).

Drop spoonfulls onto a tray covered with baking paper. Bake at 160C(fan forced) for 15 mins. Makes approx. 20

 

They taste pretty good, but are they same as the ones I made all those years ago? I can't tell, they're yummy and that's all that matters!

Easter trinket

My favourite projects are definitely the quick and achievable ones. I doubt I'll ever wake up one morning and decide to make a Baltimore quilt.  Barb's 'Love Bunnies' button is perfect for a little Easter trinket.

 
It's always nice to have something new to hang up, even if it's small and quick!

And speaking of trinkets, pop across and take a peek at the ones Jan and Elyte made.

Have a lovely Easter.

other temptations

It wasn't just the chocolate truffles I found too tempting to resist last week in Melbourne.

What else is a girl supposed to do first thing in the morning at the AQC, other than shop!

 
 
 

 

Now I promise to use a bit of something from this stash in the next two weeks. If I don't, please ask 'Why not?' 

AQC wrap-up

It's been many years since I've been inside the Royal Exhibition Building. So long in fact its best if I don't try and work it out. So I was pretty excited about the AQC as I'd have an opportunity to look at this lovely old building up close again.

The past few days have flown past, just as they would if you were on holidays. And it did feel like a holiday, being at a lovely venue, surrounded by gorgeous displays and dining out in Lygon street each night. I could get quite used to it, especially the no cooking bit!

Some of the samples I had on display.

 
 
 

A big thank you to the Blue Willow Cottage girls, Rhonda and Chrissie for making me feel so at home on their stand.

 It was wonderful finally putting so many names and faces together.  So good to finally catch up with Lorraine. The timing has never been right when I've been in Adelaide.

 There was no way I could go past this shop without taking a peek inside.

I love hot cross buns at Eastertime, but so far have managed to avoid purchasing the bakery kind. These ones were impossible to resist. 

 

These were very yum!!

not long now to the AQC

The nice thing about getting ready for a show is sorting through the samples and deciding what to take. I never pack the same collection so it's both challenging and exciting to see them displayed together.

I came across the green pot in the cupboard and with Easter not too far away one thing led to another.  Oscar & Pip are travelling with me to the show, so make sure you come along and say hello at Blue Willow Cottage, Stand 194.

march birthdays

March is a big month for girlfriend's birthdays, three in the one week. Most years I'm still stitching the night before, but for reasons I cannot explain they were started and finished in February. I was on such a roll I've even made the one for the birthday in May. This is highly unusual for me, so much so, I thought I should check my temp!

I was so ahead of myself, I forgot to take a picture of one of them.

I decided to make little quilts.

 
 It's the Nine-patch from the my favourite book Childhood Treasures by Merikay Waldvogel (page 107).

There are still two more to make. The fabrics were chosen in February and have sat on one end of the work table until the other day when I needed the space and were moved to the cupboard. 

So nice to know things are returning to normal!