Album Cover

This is another cross stitch project that I finished a while ago while watching a movie. It is an album cover.

The design was a chart in "Attractive Cross Stitch Designs" published by Ondori. Here is the chart and colors:

You will need:

- 45cm by 95cm beige java cloth (10cm of fabric = 35 square meshes)

- DMC 6-strand embroidery floss as follows:

1.5 skeins of 326-778

1 skein of 818

1/2 skein of 783-602-800

small amounts of 433-436-975-743-904-3347-991-3688-3689-604-415-820- 996-799-310

* You might notice that I did not use the same colors. The truth is I wanted to finish the piece and had many remaining colors from previous projects. So I used the!

* The book is a bit old, so if the floss numbers have changed, do not worry. You can use the new ones.

Enjoy!

Quilled Lantern

Fanoos Ramadan, or the lantern, is one of the most famous aspects in our community. Initially, it was used to light the streets during the night for people to easily go out to visit their families and friends. It is said that the Fatimid Caliph used to go out at night to sight the crescent of Ramadan and the Egyptian children went out with their candle-lit lanterns to light his path, singing joyfully for the holy month. Later the idea of the lantern spread in most of the Arab countries.

My sister Olive Oil made this colorful lantern in celebration of the tradition, for Ramadan is just days away.

You will need some colorful strips of paper and a glue.

Start by rolling five strips to form the teardrop shape and one strip into a tight coil.

Glue three teardrops together, joining them from the bottom with your fingers.

Then glue the remaining two, one at the top and one at the bottom to form the base of the lantern. Finally attach the tight coil above. Now you have your Fanoos Ramadan.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Biscuit Rolls

This is our favorite dessert ever. It is easy, it is delicious, it needs no baking, and it is made with chocolate :)

You will need:

- Some biscuits

- chocolate sauce

- a deep rectangle tray or a plastic bag

Start by breaking biscuits into moderately large pieces in a bowl.

Then we need to prepare a chocolate sauce, either from scratch or by using a ready-made sauce.

Now mix the two together. Make sure to add biscuits gradually to the sauce, until you are satisfied with the result.

Put the mix in a deep rectangular tray or in a plastic sheet and wrap it well, leaving no air bubbles inside.

Throw it in the freezer for a while until it is firm. Slice it and dive in.

Bon Appetit!

Round Crochet Doily

This doily is about 35 cm wide.

This is its pattern (moje robotki (5/2006)

Enjoy!

Framed Floral Picture

This is the first cross stitch project I ever made. I have been trying many simple designs but when I saw this one, I decided to do it. I hope you like it!

The design was a chart in "Attractive Cross Stitch Designs" published by Ondori. Here is the chart and colors (click on the image for a higher resolution version):

You will need:

- 45cm by 52cm cream java cloth (10cm of fabric = 35 square meshes)

- DMC 6-strand embroidery floss as follows:

3 skeins of 3689

2 skeins of 911-350-352

1.5 skeins of 761

1 skein of 471-321-349

1/2 skein of 815-304-948-347-937-469-470-472

- A frame
* The book is a bit old, so if the floss numbers have changed, do not worry. You can use the new ones.

Here is how it looked in the book:

Enjoy!

Savory Mille-Feuille

We have never tried making a savory cake before and finally we decided to try it out with mille-feuille in my last birthday party. It was so delicious, it took no time, and everyone liked it. Hope you like it too!

احنا مجربناش قبل كدة نعمل تورتة حادقة مع إننا سمعنا إنها بتبقى حلوة قوي ولذيذة، وأخيرًا قررنا نجرب برقائق الملفيه

وفعلًا كانت لذيذة جدًا ومخدتش وقت خالص في التحضير وكل اللي داقها عجبته، يارب تعجبكم انتو كمان

Bring anything you can get your hands on :) We grated some carrots and used  bell peppers, olives, and sausage.

هي ملهاش مكونات بالذات، أي حاجة موجودة تنفع :) بالنسبة لنا بشرنا شوية جزر وقطعنا فلفل أخضر شرائح وممكن أي فلفل ملون

We also used smoked Turkey slices with mayonnaise since we believe they are inseparable.

كمان استخدمنا شرائح الديك الرومي المدخنة مع المايونيز عشان الاتنين مع بعض بيبقى طعمهم خطير

Start by spreading mayonnaise generously over the first layer.

نبدأ أول خطوة بوضع المايونيز على أول طبقة ملفيه ومش هوصيكم بقى على كمية المايونيز، مش كل يوم الواحد بيعمل تورتة حادقة

Then lay the turkey slices on top. We cut them into small bites to be easier for us to cut the torte at the end.

وبعدين نرصص شرائح الديك الرومي المدخن فوقها، واحنا قطعنا الشرائح لقطع صغيرة عشان تبقى أسهل في تقطيع التورتة النهائية

Now put the second layer and spread any cream cheese over it. You can use a third layer with other fillings but we preferred to keep it a two-layered torte.

وبعدين نحط الطبقة الثانية من الملفيه ونفرد عليها أي جبنة كريمية حسب النوع اللي بتفضلوه، الطبيعي إننا نحط طبقة ثالثة من الملفيه ونحشيها ونزوقها هي كمان بس احنا المرة ده قررنا نكتفي بطبقتين

Now you can decorate the top as you like. In this one, we used sausages to draw simple flowers and green bell pepper for the leaves.

دلوقت مش باقي غير تزويق السطح، وهنا احنا استخدمنا الفرانكفورتر بعد ما قطعناه دواير ورسمنا بيه شكل ورد وحطينا حواليه فلفل أخضر قطعناه على شكل ورق الشجر

In this one, we drew circles of green olives, grated carrots, and sausages.

وفي التورتة ده رسمنا دواير بالزيتون الأخضر والجزر المبشور والفلفل الأخضر

Here we used the same ingredients in another formation.

وفي التورتة ده استخدمنا نفس المكونات السابقة بس بشكل مختلف

Tips:

- You can use three layers instead of two and you can even use one layer and decorate it as you may.

- Tuna and mayonnaise make a great filling too.

- It is better to keep your torte in the fridge for two hours before serving to allow the layers to tenderize and avoid unnecessary breaks when cutting it.

نصايح

ممكن تستخدموا ثلاث طبقات ملفيه أو حتى طبقة واحدة وتزوقوها زي ما تحبوا

لو جربتوا خلطة التونة والمايونيز مع لوازمهم هتدعولي

لو حطيتوا التورتة في الثلاجة ساعتين بس قبل التقديم يكون أفضل عشان تلحق الطبقات تطرى ويسهل تقطيعها عشان متتكسرش أثناء التقطيع

وبالهنا والشفا

Bon Appetit!

Origami Hopping Frog

Today I want to share with you an origami frog. I especially love this pattern because it provides more details and it is easy. I hope you like it.

We will start with a white or colored paper. Today, my sister Olive Oil draw some circles on a white paper with crayons. You can use a colored paper too.

Fold the paper in half and fold each half in half diagonally to make two triangles, then cut the remaining part.

The aim is to have a rectangle composed of two equal squares. Make two diagonal creases in each square.

With the help of the fold lines, make a triangle from each square.

It will look like this. Now bring this end to the upper tip and fold.

Then fold it again by half.

This is the first leg of our frog.

Do the same with the other legs and you are done working on that side.

Turn it around and bring the two free ends to the middle.

Fold the lower part.

Tuck the two sides inside it.

Now you have your frog.

Enjoy!