Making cheese by hand at home is not as difficult as you might imagine. You need time, and dedication to the process. Try it with this online tutorial.
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May 2007
Making your own tofu is a simple process that requires time and patience. Give it a go with this online tutorial.
More resources:
another method here, here and here.
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Am loving the crazy and marvelous monsters over at cotton monster. Jennifer is a puppet, quilt and monster maker from Balimore, she has an online shop, selling her creatures (way too cheaply I think!) – they are currently all sold out.
All cotton monsters are made of old recycled sheets, blankets and p.j.’s. Bringing new life to discarded linens of comfort. Each one is hand made with love by Jennifer, without a pattern, so no two are exactly alike. Reach your hand deep into your monster’s mouth to hide treasures, protect secrets, or to amuse your buddies. Its bulging eyes and long arms await a new home.
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If you’re keen to match the colours within your quilts, equilter has for a long time given you fairly specific colour names with each fabric, so you can search on turquoise or aquamarine, rose or blossom pink, not just blue or pink, and there is a design board view. A number of other online retailers have variations on these possibilities.
A new site offering colour and design possibilities is fabricmatcher.com. You can pick a colour from a generous grid of colour options (with hex colour codes given as well) and see which fabrics match (the fabric partner is Hancocks of Paducah). You can upload a picture and see which fabrics resemble its patterning. The site also offers patterns and more.
If you can suggest other sites with colour guidance for quilters, by all means add them in the comments.
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