Thursday, July 30, 2015

Red Day

Little doll has recently started pre-school. It's a darling place, they play and paint and get messy a lot! Recently in a bid to teach all about colours to these little one's they celebrated a red day. Everyone had to wear a red dress and get something red for a snack, ergo I sewed her a red dress and baked a beetroot red velvet cake!

A few months ago I got really tempted and bought the Oliver+S Ice cream Dress pattern because of a darling version I saw on the flickr group. 

Here is my rendition -




And here is my model -


My doll with her doll - Heidi

Kisses to Heidi!


Ma, do you want a side profile pose!?




I have had enough! Meltdown!


Thanks to nani for the beautiful red chikan eyelet fabric!

Enjoy!



Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Dark Chocolate Pannacotta

This is the first time I am trying a pannacotta recipe at home, its a beautiful silky dessert. I loved the texture, it was exactly like it should be - wobbly and creamy! This recipe is completely vegetarian and uses china grass or agar agar instead of gelatin.





Below recipe makes 4 large portions of pannacotta.

Ingredients -

500ml full cream milk
1 cup of water
2gm of china grass strands
1 tbspn cornflour
2 tbspn cocoa powder
6 tbspn sugar
50gm of dark chocolate
1 tspn vanilla extract

Procedure -

Wash and then soak the china grass strands in 1 cup of water for 10 to 15 mins.
Mix cornflour and cocoa powder in a bit of luke warm milk and make a smooth paste.
Bring the remaining milk to a boil. Add sugar and chopped dark chocolate. Simmer till chocolate melts. Stir in the cornflour-cocoa slurry. Stir continuously.
On the side, heat the china grass mixture on a low to medium heat until it is fully dissolved in the water. This may take about 5 mins or so.
Add the china grass mixture to the milk mixture. Stir continously. The mixture would not thicken immediately so let it simmer for about 5 mins and take it off the heat. Add the vanilla extract. Keep stirring while the mixture cools down considerably. The constant stirring would prevent a layer of cream forming on top.
Once down to room temperature, pour into moulds and set in the freezer for about 25 mins. Remove from freezer and keep in the refrigerator. Prettify it as you wish!

Enjoy!

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Sunny Day Shorts

Alright alright I have been slacking off quite a bit! In the whirlwind of events happening everyday I have been pushing updating the blog on the back burner for a while.
I made two pairs of the sunny day shorts from Oliver+S for this summer. They have been worn to death! As always the pattern was a breeze to sew up. It was really easy with great instructions.




I have shortened the hem by an additional inch and used french seams on the sides. The crotch seam has been bound.



Here is the other pair in red gingham. I have added ruffles to the hem.



Enjoy!