It was my niece's birthday yesterday, and I had bought her a gift, but K and A were not too impressed when I described it to them. Keira explained that her cousin would much prefer a blank book with a nice cover that she could put her recipes in. So I made her an apron from some blue linen and a recycled tablecloth from the 1970s (I love those bright cheerful flowers) and a fabric-covered journal to match. (The pattern for the apron was made up as I went along, and to cover the book I used a method similar to this one.)
My sister tells me that E (newly 9 years old) has recently found a passion for baking and has been making cakes and crackers and biscuits and all sorts- patiently perfecting her favourite recipes. She's also quite a skilled farm-hand, carer of her three little sisters, gardener and fearless unicycle-rider. I'm proud of her.
p.s. We decided that we'd get her started on the recipe book- and wrote down one of our favourite things to make- afghans. (We had to give the recipe a test-run first, of course.)
Have a happy weekend!
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