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Make It Monday 19th March 2023

20/3/2023

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This list is two weeks worth of making, baking and growing. I didn't get to the sewing, it's still waiting patiently for me, and I've kept it on my to-do list for this week.

I finished two dishcloths for the present box.
​I worked on cards for my stash and for upcoming workshops.
​I bundled up another box of cards for the nursing home and gave them to a friend to deliver.

I worked on some presentation boxes to add to the present box for Easter and a friend's birthday.
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​I made a batch of blueberry jam.


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​I made breadcrumbs while the dehydrator was running, to fill it up. No point running it with empty shelves.

I've been picking tomatoes and freezing them. When there is enough I'll make sauce and relish.

I made a boiled fruit cake.

I've been practicing making puff pastry.

I've been dehydrating zucchini almost every day.
I started seeds for the winter garden. 

What did  you make, bake, sew and grow last week?
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Make It Monday 6th March 2023

6/3/2023

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Last week I concentrated on knitting and crochet, making dishcloths with matching scrubbies. I love to give them as sets, tied together with a ribbon that I try to make a useful length. I like every part of my gift to be useful, including the wrapping, so I try to make it either a gift bag or paper that can be reused in some way, or a tea towel or a length of fabric, I've even used silk scarves I picked up at the op shop and lengths of lace.
​On Sunday we pulled out the cucumbers and zucchini. The cukes were almost finished, but I was sad to pull out the zucchini, they just keep producing. There is enough on the shelf and in the freezer for two years - I reached my goal - so pulling them out to replant winter veg doesn't make me feel so guilty.

I made some cards for the nursing home and to add to my stash.
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​I did a bulk cooking day and cooked two briskets in the slow cooker, and two legs of lamb. They were then all sliced and put in gravy and frozen. Next job is to take them out of the freezer containers and vac seal them for easy roast dinners and beef and gravy rolls. 

I'm still organising the craft room. Every time I think it's finished, I find something else that can be organised. It's getting there though. 
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​I have a stash of bookmarks started, some for Joy's school, and some for the present box. 

What did you make, bake, sew and grow last week?
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