Anyone fancy a challenge?

winniepooh

Glad its going well fm.

Ive made my cushion and cheesecake so far still need to make curry puffs, do some reading and an hour of pampering

winniepooh

Update on this week's challenges.

Cushion - made it and really pleased. Was made from scrap material and doesn't match anything in the house tho.

Hour of pampering - finding time has been hard. So I split the time up. But have achieved it :j

Malteezer cheesecake- was made on Saturday ready for Sunday.

Curry puffs - have just come out of the oven smelling divine.

One hour for reading - ive only just managed 45 minutes.

Will post new challenges tomorrow.

How's everyone getting on.

karren

winniepooh wrote: »

Ok my challenge for the next week starting tomorrow are

1- still got to make that bloody cheesecake
2- make curry puffs from leftover chicken
3- make a cushion cover. Im a complete novice so this isn't going to be easy.
4- an hour of reading. I have a few books on my kindle and ive not picked it up for months so need to start reading to get my money's worth.
5 - most important! All us ladies should have this as a challenge. Im going to pamper myself for one hour. I plan to epilate, tea tree toner, paint nails and a strong conditioner treatment for my hair

please can i ask whats a curry puff??
thanks x

winniepooh

Is leftover chicken and some curry powder and loads of other things and then made into parcels using puff pastry

dannie

Hi, since my last challenge ended I've been thinking of what next. It seems everyday life offers a challenge in itself! Anyhow, after reviewing January's "events", I'm going to turn my attention to budgeting skills; grocery expenditure and savings accounts.

winniepooh

Ok I'll post today but I'm not going to start til tomorrow.

One hour for cross stitch - I'm determined to finish this by the end of February

Sausage rolls- still trying to find a good recipe.

Organising my fabric and sewing box - should only take a couple of hours.

Make Cookies - using kenwood Chef recipe

Sunday dessert - gooey chocolate pots

Make two pin cushions - one for me and one for mum. Following a tutorial on YouTube.

And last of all go to the gym three times this week with step mum.

I know there's loads there and I very much doubt that I'll get it all finished but Im going to give it my best

thrifty-gal26

Finally unpicked my cross stitch and been back at this week. Feel a bit more motivated now the unpicking is over!

winniepooh

Oh no did you have much to unpick?

dannie

Hi, my budgeting challenge that ended yesterday went fairly well. I have applied for a better savings account. Also, I read about stockpiling, so in view of January's spends, will now become more reliant on my existing stockpile as much as very possible.

winniepooh

im so proud of myself i have completed all of my challenges this week.

Cross stitch - ive done about 3 hours
Sausage rolls- i have finally found a recipe everyone likes so this challenge is completed for the year :j
Organise sewing box - ive used old sweet tins for my cotton and bobbins and 2 washing baskets to store my fabric

Cookies - they were on the large side but tasty
Chocolate pots - i made them and they looked fab and then i over cooked them:mad:
Gym - Im going again tonight and that will make it three times this week.

Make pin cushions - i made two, one for me and one for mum. They looked great and was very pleased.

Starting from friday my challenges this week are

Oil my sewing machine
Make some candles
Practice quilting on fabric scraps
some more cross stitch
Sew a button on my work trousers
Start making cushsions - i have 8 to make but i wont have time to make them all
Bake a new york cheesecake.