Out of This World

Have you ever made the famed Turducken? I’ve cooked it a few times. Twice after purchasing it with all the work done. And twice I’ve made it as a ‘roll’.

I do have a recipe to make it myself. In fact, I’ve had the recipe for 20+ years. However, I’ve yet to get brave enough to debone all these birds on my own. You can find Paul Prudhomme’s recipe here.

Just recently, I purchased another prepared Turducken and the meat to make a roll, all for our dinner group. Our theme this month was Out of This World, and was inspired by a genealogy find: The name Picard. Just like the captain of the Enterprise on Star Trek.

To start our dinner, I set a pretty Fall table.Then it was time to cook.

I didn’t get a photo of the Turducken before it went in the oven, but did remember to take a photo of my ‘roll’.  It looked even better when it came out of the oven. Except that little pale spot? The duck skin I’d put on top stuck to the lid!And here’s the Turducken when it came out of the oven.The Duck meat created so much juice. I poured it off into a jar and almost half of it was fat! I put that in the fridge for the fat to harden up and I’ll throw the fat away. My hubby will get some nice soup with the broth that’s left over.

Here’s the Turducken browned up a little more, and ready to be carved.And my Turducken roll browned up, and carved.I wasn’t the only one to brought an out of the world dish to our dinner.

My friend, Jan, brought a dish that I’ve never seen or heard of before. Meat Fruit. It took her four days to make it!    These looked amazing. Unfortunately, I couldn’t have any, but enjoyed watching Jan’s joy as everyone else dove into them.To round out our dinner, our shepherdess friend brought Shepherd’s pie, with meat from her own flock.It was a great dinner, and there are lots of Turducken leftovers.

Happy creating!

September BMS Challenge – STRAPtember

September – STRAPtember – We often see interesting straps in ready-to-wear, but how many of us actually try those straps on our own garments? Here’s your chance! We challenge you to make interesting, innovative and inspiring straps. The straps can be for a bra, bralette, swimwear, or other intimate apparel. Our tutorials this month will feature straps from ready-to-wear you can make at home.

Ooh Straps

I don’t usually do too much with my straps, but I think it’s time to try. I’ve had a few ideas of what to do, and I have a whole folder on my computer full of images of straps. Here are just a few.I even have a couple of kits with strap lace in my stash. You know those kits that you save for someday. The strap lace is similar to what’s shown below on this gorgeous bra.   Just look at these straps from a favorite RTW bra, the Prima Donna Milady. Those little bits of heart lace are adorable. I have some similar bits in kits from Kantje Boord. In fact, I bought the kit for the strap lace.

I decided it was time to break into that kit. It’s time to use the pretty things I have and not save them for someday. Oh, it’s so pretty.

And I decided to use my Ruby pattern again.

My September BMS challenge entry

Here’s my latest Ruby bra.This is a gorgeous left & right mirrored lace. It was my first time using anything like this, and it was fun. I chose beige duoplex for my frame because there was some pretty floral detail in beige too. I tried it with brown, but that was just too dark.

Seeing as the emphasis this month was straps, here’s a nice close up of my straps, and the lovely strap lace.To reinforce them, I’ve used sheer cup lining to make narrow tubes behind this strap lace. It worked perfectly.

Here’s the side view.I’ve used the lower edge of the lace with just a little bit of the embroidery on it for the lower cup pieces.

Here you can see the back of the bra. This kit had the most adorable oval sliders. Just adding something a little different like this can be such a nice change. Lastly, I cut out a tiny floral from some of the remaining embroidered lace and used that instead of a bow on the center front.    Have you used a kit with strap lace before? I really enjoyed it and want another kit now.

Happy creating!