Paper Bag Swap, Angels,"Ric Rac & Blooms" and a Orange Cake Recipe.

Hello,

Anita has dropped of the items she made for me in our Paper bag Swap. I received "Lucy" the doll who now resides on a pile of Homespun magazines in my sewing room. I also received a cup bag with a new cup. I also got a cute little "lolly" purse. Now Anita knows I love my cup of tea but she doesn't know that I have a problem with cups. I can't resist buying them. I have a cupboard full. So Anita you have fueled my passion once again. I was really good a few weeks ago at a closing down of a "House" store. There were some beautiful Maxwell and Williams cups. Lucy and I saw them at the same time. She said "No Mum" I obeyed her. Thank you for the lovely items you made Anita. Anita wants to do another one this month so I will have to look out for some material.

I finished my row of Angels in the Row-Block-of-the-month Anita and I are doing. This months theme is going to be Crazy Patchwork. We are using what we have on hand in this project. I have lots of little scraps so will be using these up.

I finished this little bag called "Ric Rac & Blooms" today. This is a Sally Giblin design.I had the main part of the stitchery done except for the bees. This was finished last night. Then I joined the pieces together and today I had a great time working out how to embellish it.
I should really call this bag a "Blogger Bag" because I won the pattern from Darlene a few years ago. I got the little heart buttons I placed amongst the stitchery from Lyn who is Darlene's Mum. Lyn was my swap partner in a Christmas Ornament Swap a few years ago. The little suffolk puff heart that I added to the heart applique came from Bobbie-Lynn. She sent it to me covering a bead on one of her special handmade cards. The button and the pink cotton lace came from Barbara. I won these in one of her giveaways.

To top it all off the pink material which is second from the top and bottom is a piece of material left over from Ainsley and Julian's Wedding Quilt. So lots of memories in this "Ric Rac & Blooms" bag.

Yesterday I made a delicious Orange Cake using fresh oranges from the garden and eggs from our lone chook. I thought I would share it with you. It is so quick and easy.

Quick Orange Cake.

1 orange

1 1/2 cups castor sugar

3 eggs

1 1/4 cups oil

2 cups self-raising flour

Preheat oven to 180c and grease a loaf tin. Place the whole orange,sugar,eggs and oil in a food processor and blend well. Add sifted flour. Bake for 45 minutes or until cooked.

I let my cake cool down then used the juice of a Blood Orange to add to some icing to drizzle over the cake.

I used Rice-Bran Oil for the oil. This oil has no cholesterol.

Happy Days.

Bev C