52 Week Challenge - week by week through 2013

[veggiechicken]

My Week 20 Challenge is being rolled forward into Week 21 - I'm not even half way through Treasure Island, Me Hearties
As a substitute I offer you the Rotary line bean frame - if anyone else has made one of these I'll eat my Black Spot

[veggiechicken]

Week 21 May 20th - 26th

Last complete week of May coming up Time to list your completed May Challenges as well as do something new for this week

[Hazel at the Hill]

Week 20 Challenge

Just a cotton pickin' minute!

Make Alterations to a Garment

Most clothes that I buy, I tend to wear as they come from the shop (with the exception of maybe turning up trouser legs) - I assume that I am the size and shape that Marks and Spencer decrees that I am.

Of course our bodies are all slightly different, and I am not the same uniform size and shape as everyone else who buys the same size dress in M&S - which means that I go round in clothes which more or less fit and suit, most of the time.

This is a shame as all it would take for the standard size garment to fit and 'hang' better is likely to be an easily do-able tweak - maybe a dart, maybe move a button, maybe shorten a skirt an inch - well within my capability.

Armed with this knowledge, I have this week attempted to make an alteration to a knitted dress. The dress is fantastic in all respects with the exception of the neck. I put the dress on, and I magically grow an additional number of chins. The turtle neck transforms me into Velma from Scooby Doo - not a great look.



So after a certain amount of wrangling with a pair of scissors and darning needle, I have turned the turtle neck into a crew neck - a huge improvement.



So that's my week 20 Challenge - done!

[veggiechicken]

Looks much better Hazel!! I've never even thought about there being a standard neck length/height/width before I usually end up rolling the neck over 3 times instead of 2 so I must have been at the back of the queue when standard necks were being dished out Matches all the other reject bits though

[mothhawk]

This is English Mace, MH, a native of England where it is slightly drier than in South Wales

That's a plant I've not heard of before. Have you tasted it? Why isn't it more popular? I've looked it up and it needs full sun....shame...don't think I have anywhere suitable.

Wait - is this yarrow we're talking about? The same as the yellow flowered flat-flower-headed plant? I've got an ornamental one I bought this year for my last sunny space, don't know what colour, the label said 'mixed' - I split it into 6 plants to see if it would grow in shade too. Are they all edible, or just the one you've got?

[veggiechicken]

Here you are MH - Its Achillea Ageratum , not Millefolium . I've just had a nibble and its vaguely like nutmeg. Don't think it will be a herb to use in cooking though - its a bit strong.
Welcome to Jekka's Herb Farm | Specialising in Organic, Culinary, Aromatic, Decorative and Medicinal Herbs

[mothhawk]

Here you are MH - Its Achillea Ageratum , not Millefolium . I've just had a nibble and its vaguely like nutmeg. Don't think it will be a herb to use in cooking though - its a bit strong.
Welcome to Jekka's Herb Farm | Specialising in Organic, Culinary, Aromatic, Decorative and Medicinal Herbs

thanks for the link VC. They look more like feverfew or chamomile flowers,don't they? Quite pretty. But I need to move the anise hyssop to where it has more room, so mace will have to wait (till something dies )

[veggiechicken]

At the moment its a tiny little thing and likely to live in a pot for a while, or I'll lose track of it in the garden. Wonder whether it seeds easily If it does I'll send you some!

[bearded bloke]

This week will be to ATTEMPT to make enough room in the garage for herself's car

[mothhawk]

At the moment its a tiny little thing and likely to live in a pot for a while, or I'll lose track of it in the garden. Wonder whether it seeds easily If it does I'll send you some!

Ooh, cheers VC (the pessimist in me says bet it won't seed at all )

[veggiechicken]

The optimist in me says it will self seed like mad and become another thug

[Tripmeup]

This weeks challenge is to get my brassicas transplanted in to the ground..

Last week's challenge of sorting my chillies was completed... Tho I hadn't the heart to cull any of them...

[bramble]

Well, didn't even start the painting I was supposed to do for last weeks challenge. My daughter and I are doing the Flora ladies 10k marathon on June 3, so we have been walking every evening after she finishes work. Too tired to even think about painting until this is done.
My challenge for the coming week, walk some more and walk faster.

[Nicos]

I'm trying to catch up a bit with my 'weekly challenges'

I've had 2 hyper kitchen days

Yesterday I decided to clear part of my freezer so I made ...
apricot jam
rhubarb and ginger jam
clementine and mandarin marmalade
and cardamom apple chutney

today I've made...
clementine and pear chutney
and 2 almond and black cherry cakes

It's great to look at all the finished products...37 jars and 2 cakes...yum!

[mothhawk]

Yesterday I decided to clear part of my freezer so I made ...
apricot jam
rhubarb and ginger jam
clementine and mandarin marmalade
and cardamom apple chutney

today I've made...
clementine and pear chutney
and 2 almond and black cherry cakes

It's great to look at all the finished products...37 jars and 2 cakes...yum!

So...emptied the freezer and filled the cupboards up.....Next weeks challenge 'make more room in the cupboards'?