This blog post is about fabric dyeing with ivy (using mordant). I live in the UK there is lots of ivy everywhere. They can be invasive. Therefore I decided to obtain some dye out of them. However, ivy is not the easiest plant of all to obtain dye from. I am also not sure if […]
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I have recently made myself a tweed skirt. Now I would to share on how to wear tweed. Tweed is basically a wool. It is very English type of fabric. It hails from Scotland and the north of England. In Scotland there are so many factory making tweed. As due to the cold weather in
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How to make chicken curry noddle soup a malaysian classic street food dish. I love making at this time of the year as it’s cold outside and this dish a warm you up dish. This recipe is about making the elements of the chocken curry noodle soup from scratch. From the egg noodle in which
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This is a blog post on how to sew buttonholes by machine. Recently I have made a blouse using silk organza fabric. Bias cut At home I have got a Toyota sewing machine for many years (it’s nearly 10 years old ?!!). I must admit I never quite know how to sew buttonholes properly by machine
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Here is a post on growing and harvesting chinese artichoke. Chinese artichoke also know as stachys affinis or crosnes. it originates from China. It is another quite hard to find tuber or vegetable plant as it’s not availalbe in supermarkets. It is just not commercial viable. Growing I got the tubers last from ebay as
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Here is a recipes on cooking water spinach stir fry. I love cooking this recipe as it makes a great side dish to accompany a meat dish. As it is a South asian dish it serve with boiled rice. water spinach is very common vegetable in south east asia. It is cheap to buy as
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Skirret is a forgotten rooted vegetable. It was grown in Victorian and Tudor times. However over the years it became a forgotten vegetable as it’s not available in supermarkets at all. This post is about growing and harvesting skirret. Also known as Sium sisarium. They love damp soil so sometimes one might come across them
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