Sausage rolls...

As I always seem to have a freezer full of venison mince, venison sausage rolls was floated as an idea.
I wanted a recipe that did not need extra mince, such as pork mince as that requires purchasing things.
I found this recipe for Venison Sausage Rolls and went ahead without the juniper berries.

 This recipe uses one whole package of frozen puff pastry that has 6 sheets in it.
They are tasty and don't leave a greasy feel in your mouth like some rolls can.
I have made them about three times now.

Other baking that has been happening...

Nigella Lawson's chocolate cake from How to be a domestic goddess is a mainstay in my house, I make it fairly regularly. It gets better on the second day if allowed.

I was asked to supply a large cake for a friend and found this recipe.
I had to make another one for home as I sent it out without tasting it, and another for a the biggest morning tea held at work.
This is a large cake and took a while to be eaten at home.

This was the state of my sewing room before clean up. The desk, while amazing was very narrow and the rounded end did not fit my cutting board neatly. Everything is cramped and hard to get to.
I have since purchased a lovely dining table for $60 from the online classifieds which sits across the window. I have room to move!
The old three spool overlocker just visible in the bottom corner is at the machine shop getting serviced and threaded. This was a gift from a work friend who hadn't used it for years and I am looking forward to creating skirts in 30 minutes!
Photo of updated room to come.
I am also waiting for the big fabric sale to update the curtains in this room and the lounge room behind me in this picture.




And this is winter at my house.

Until next time,
Scotia

6 month round up.

Looking back at my pinterest post I mentioned that I wanted all of my photographs off the wall and onto shelves.
Voila!

A lovely thread holder I got for Christmas.
 
A granny square cover for my hat rack.

We have had snow and bonfires.
Amazingly this week the Aurora Australis has been able to be seen in Canberra.
Will try to get there tomorrow morning, just out of town on Mount Tennant.

Have been de-cluttering and trying to get my sewing room in order. I have slowed down on quilts I think due to no space to work. I am currently on the lookout for an old dining room table to become the sewing table. New curtains for the lounge and sewing room when the big yearly sale starts at my favourite curtain fabric shop.