This week saw a real push on the altar frontal. We had lots of stars, a clutch of stars with embroidery and a tin full of yellow linking pieces – now they just needed joining up. I used to think this was an easy job but working with people who’ve not done much of pieced […]

I had come across a recipe for Chestnut Brownies in a magazine some weeks ago and the cutting sat in a pile of patchwork pieces getting more and more dog eared. Time to put it to the test. Casually I scanned the ingredients and made a visual note of the tin of chestnuts pictured. In […]