Stories from the past

PREP 3 hours COOK 20 minutes SERVES 8 INGREDIENTS For the shortbread case: ■ 180g all purpose flour ■ 2 tablespoon almond flour ■ 1 pinch sea salt ■ 63g icing sugar ■ 115g dairy-free butter For the al

■ Assorted cream fabrics – ½yd ■ Assorted red fabrics – ¼yd ■ Assorted aqua fabrics – ⅜yd ■ Red fabric for sashing – ⅜yd ■ Border fabric – ½yd ■ Fussy cutting (if required) – One (1) 4½in square and f

Dress it up, dress it down – you can’t go wrong with this custom waistcoat front pattern. By Emma Friedlander-Collins ■ Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 100g/295m), 1 ball of each: Yarn A Purple S

Recently I had fallen out of love with stitching due to mental health problems. However, my husband surprised me with a trip to a local petting farm, where I got to feed and hold two-day-old lambs. Th