Aprons

Try as I might, I could not get the whole self-timer thing happening today.  Too dark, too light, too far away, too close.  Patience is not one of my virtues.  It was easier to revert to my bodgy-in-the-mirror shots.  Which is a shame, because they really are the loveliest aprons that I have ever worn.

I completed the patchwork for these aprons so long ago that I can't remember the designer of the fabric.  I bought one of those packs of squares and then filled it out with an Amy Butler print leftover from something-or-other.  I made up two rectangles, originally planning to make an apron for me and another as a gift.

 I bagged out the rectangle, to hide all the patchwork seams.  Then I held it around me and marked where I wanted the pleats, which you can see from the inside view below.  I added a waistband and then ties.  It fits rather well.  How very sewing-nerdy of me to be concerned with the fit of a an apron.

The second apron also fits rather nicely.  Again, I bagged out a rectangle, held it up to me, and marked pleats to fit.  I sewed the ties over the pleats to hold them in place.  The upper sides of the apron are folded under in a traditional BBQ apron shape.  The strap is the perfect length, unlike every other apron that I have.

Now because I am wearing an apron and feeling all very domesticated, I thought I would share a recipe that is a favourite around here at the moment.  It is a recipe for Rocky Road, as I remember making it when I was a child.  It is so yummy, that I keep coming up with excuses as to why my children can't eat it...no, you haven't tidied your room, you've already cleaned your teeth, it's too late, you've had enough sweet things already today...all the more for me.

Ingredients:
I pkt marshmallows
1/2 pkt jubes
A handful of almonds
1-2 handfuls of shredded coconut, toasted lightly in a dry frypan
I block of cooking chocolate, melted

 Method:  Combine ingredients in a bowl.  Stir until all ingredients are coated with chocolate.

Transfer to a container lined with baking paper.  Pop in the fridge until set.

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Cut into slices or squares.  Most delicious.

 This is my fourth batch since Easter.  Must stop soon.