Mothers Day is a big deal in our house. My mum lives with us and with two kids 15 years apart I am spreading out this mother thing for as long as I can! We are very project oriented around here as regular readers will know... 
So my mum got two handmade gifts this year. A simple lace cotton knit scarf to go with all her lovely cardigans. Maggie B is a big walker so it's a good idea to have something to ward off the autumn chill...
I also turned my hand to a bit of embroidery. I stretched the reverse side of a floral fabric, added some stitching and painted a little yellow warbler in the corner...
It turned out ok. I had trouble picking appropriate stitches in parts and there was alot of undoing and tut tutting in the wee hours of the morning... 
The intern is encouraging me to enter Masterchef next year and we have a theory that without beautiful handmade pasta I won't have a hope in hell. So to inspire me I got quite the cooks treat...
Results of my first attempt at crab ravioli, squid ink spagettini, and pumpkin tagliatelle next week...
Results of my first attempt at crab ravioli, squid ink spagettini, and pumpkin tagliatelle next week...
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