Nom noms ...

I've made a little progress on the appliqué block since I checked in with you last - it has been hard to find stolen moments to just sit and stitch ... perhaps tomorrow will be the day? Here's where I'm at ...

The print I've used for the diamonds was a lucky find in a box of repro scraps that I have ... not even entirely sure where it came from, but it's cute! The next steps will be to add the circles at the swag intersections, and then the stems followed by the basket. After that, it'll be working on the broderie perse ... eeek!

This morning I spent some time baking. Wednesday was my brother's birthday, and tonight we're having the family over for coffee and cake. Normally I would buy a cake for a special occasion like a birthday, but I've been on a bit of a baking bender lately and decided to challenge myself. I made him the Lemon Chiffon Cake that I pinned on Pinterest.

I'm really thrilled with how it turned out - my cake isn't quite as tall as theirs because my tins were a little larger in size than the recipe used, but apart from that, I think it has gone well. I hope it tastes as good as it looks.

And because my brother will be so surprised that I actually made this cake, I took an 'in progress' picture in case he teases me that I bought it ...

See, here it is in all it's imperfect glory. Thank heavens for icing, it covers a multitude of sins.

Well, that's it for today, I'll check back in soon - hopefully with some more appliqué content. xox