Bishop Smocked Dress

The 3 rows of pintucks are growth tucks--I put them in with a fairly loose stitch so they can easily be taken out when extra length is needed.

Cow Cake

This is the cake I made for my brother's birthday:

It's the leftover icing from the Ella cake--a bad choice to begin with. I need to find a buttercream that holds up better in the heat.

Ella Cake

This was the birthday cake for my great niece's first birthday. 

Hedgehog Food

Hedgehog cheese spread. I used a purchased cheese  ball smoosh
ed to resemble this shape, covered it with cream cheese, then stuck smoked almond spines, grape nose, and olive eyes.

We also made a hedgehog carved watermelon last summer. I didn't get a final picture, but here is the initial cut and a link to a finished one.  Ours would have looked better with a smaller nose and no whiskers. What's missing is the top layer of melon balls, each with a toothpick in it to represent a spine.

Pig Pen Cake

Two 8 inch layers of chocolate cake, cut in half with a can of cherry pie filling between the layers and chocolate ganache: 85% dark chocolate with equal amounts of cream and some glucose to make it sweeter.

Otto Bock Genium Knee

(I realize this is related to neither embroidery nor cooking, but it's a convenient place for me to organize my thoughts on it.)

*Start L LE hip exercises esp hip extension in standing leaning against the mat.
*give resistance exercises with theraband--steamboats

Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee Videos

• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Introduction
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• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Sitting Down
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• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Standing
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• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Walking with OPG
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• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Walking Down Stairs
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• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Walking Up- and Downhill
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• Training with Genium® Prosthetic Knee: Walking upstairs and crossing over obstacles
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- See more at: http://www.ottobockknees.com/for-professionals/instructional-materials/#sthash.yEFxoQBU.dpuf

Genium

• Genium: Instructions for Use (PDF | 4 MB)
• Genium: Patient Information (PDF | 3 MB)
• Genium Components List (PDF | 650 KB)
• Genium Order Form (PDF | 159 KB)

- See more at: http://www.ottobockknees.com/for-professionals/instructional-materials/#sthash.yEFxoQBU.dpuf

Winter Pillows

For Christmas I received a cute reindeer pillow.  I looked at Joann's for matching fabric but wound up buying a wool jacket at the thrift store and felting it.   I cut sweater up to create the snow. Then I created the embroidery on stabilizer and hand sewed it onto the background, adding snowflake button and blue bells in the corner.

The pillow on the right is my Christmas present; the pillow on the left is what I created to match.