Domestic Day today! Because we were away earlier in the week, I’ll use today to change the sheets & little bits & pieces, plus the sun is out, so time to catch up on my washing! I also want to try & get some baking done, as we are having visitors over the long weekend (Monday is the Queen’s Birthday holiday here). Also, being Friday, Domestic Guru tells me it’s time for a 50 item pick-up, and I still so disorganised from being away that I’m sure it won’t be a problem finding 50 things!
I will also use today to finish up some bookwork that is waiting for me, and maybe, if I’m lucky, I might be able to start quilting. The quilting should take too long, so I’m hoping to be ready to bind by Sunday. Once the quilt is finished, I then need to make a start on some curtains for our loungeroom, followed by a lap quilt I found, also in mum’s scraps pile!
Something fun we did yesterday was make playdough. The recipe I used was found on the back of a packet of Cream of Tartare. It was very simple:
“2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
4 tsp Cream of Tartare
2 tsp cooking oil
2 cups water
Combine ingredients in a saucepan, and mix over a medium heat for three to five minutes, or until mixture congeals.”
You can add food colouring at the cooking stage, but because it makes so much, I just broke off a small amount & kneaded in the colouring as it cooled, leaving me with a smallish lump of green playdough, and a huge amount of uncoloured, so I can make a different colour when we are sick of green. I did find I needed to add a touch more flour as I needs, but I think that was because I didn’t cook it long enough, as I was scared of burning it.
