HYPERBOLIC CROCHET LAPEL PINS / REEF CORALS BROOCHES

All  these lovelies are made with the amazing Noro Sekku yarns.

Red Coral Reefs / Crochet Hyperbolic Planes

Green Coral Reefs

Hyperbolic Lapel Pin / Coral Reefs Brooch

Please Enjoy!!!

KUMQUAT COMPOTE - recipe adapted from Stephanie Alexander's The Cook’s Companion




1 kg kumquat, washed and quarter, pips removed
sugar
water

Collect pips and place in a muslin bag.  Add quartered kumquat in a saucepan, cover with water.  Leave them overnight.

Next day, measure the cut kumquat and water (use the equal amount of sugar, ie 3 cups of Kumquat, add 3 cups of sugar).  In a non aluminium saucepan, bring kumquat, water and sugar to boil.  Reduce heat, simmer and keep on stirring the kumquat mixture for about 30 - 40 mins until it has thickened to a jam liked consistency.  

Leave the compote to cool and store in sterilised bottle.  

I eat my compote with toast, bircher muesli, greek yoghurt,  ice cream, roast pork and most recently I serve my Kumquat Compote with a Chocolate Cake.  

ENJOY!

Chocolate Cake recipe - http://www.food.com/recipe/kittencals-moist-one-bowl-dark-chocolate-bundt-cake-71876, THANK YOU Kittencal for sharing your Moist One Bowl Choc Cake recipe!

My cake is baked in a Heart shaped Nordic Ware pan (grease pan with butter and then coat generously with cocoa powder.  Cool in the pan for 10 - 15 mins before unmoulding).

Fiery Red Rose Lapel

Fiery Red Rose Lapel

Made from Habu Stainless Steel yarn + vintage Coats Supersheen thread

LEATHER BOW LAPELS

Mint Green Leather Bow Lapel

Italian Leather Bow Lapels 

Ivory Leather Bow Lapels

My new range of men lapel accessories - adorable mini leather bow lapels.  They are all hand cut, hand stitched and then hand tied with my favorite yarn, Noro.

Mini Wire Bow Tie Lapels for Kenboutonniere - Men Lapel Accessories

Hi all

Just showing off some of the mini wire bow tie lapels that I have created for my Etsy shop, KenBoutonniere ; ).  All these bows are tied with my favorite yarn, Noro.

Rose Gold, Gold & Silver Mini Wire Bow Lapels

Copper Wire Mini Bow Tie Lapels

Blue Wire Bow Lapel

Purple Wire Bow Lapel

Red Wire Bow Lapel

Green Wire Bow Lapel

Thanks for looking!

ORIGAMI BUTTERFLY LAPEL

Made these two Origami Butterfly Lapels over the weekend from hem cut-off from my Monkee Genes.

Vintage - Origami Butterfly Lapels

Made from Vintage Laura Ashley upholstery fabric -  on its selvage, it was printed 'MCMLXXXIV' = 1984 - 31 year old fabric ! 

Enjoy & Thanks for looking!

Origami Fabric Butterfly - Origami Fabric Papillon - Hello Spring !

After a few practices using the newspapers .....

Here are some of my Silk Origami Butterflies

 Turquoise Silk Butterfly

Merlot/Olive Green Silk Papillon

Hello Spring !!!

Vintage Butterfly

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