Kipferl are one of my favourite biscuits – well almost anything with finely ground nuts is a winner for me. Traditionally this is the right time of year to eat them and like many of the best Christmas sweetmeats they have a Viennese origin. I used to buy  these delicious treats in packets with a […]

A couple of years ago, I went through my box of silk pieces and decided to make lots of patchwork stars in the jewel bright colours that stared out at me. I had it in mind to embroider the individual pieces but after I’d done this to the first star, I realised that life was […]