Introducing...The Marvellous, Mysterious, Magical Mr.Pigeon

This is Mr. Pigeon...

This is Mr.Pigeon's top hat...

...and this is Mr.Pigeon's magic wand...

Would you like to see a trick?

This is just an ordinary piece of linen.

BUT...with a wave of his magic wand...

Mr.Pigeon has turned it into...







Pigeon Loft screen-printed fabric!







Ta-dah!

Yes, I am pleased to announce that The Pigeon Loft is branching out into fabrics for all you people who love to sew. This is the first pattern of what I hope will be many and it will be available, printed onto a nice medium weight 100% cotton, next time I am home, which could be in a few weeks' time or could be Easter.

I know hand-printed fabrics can be expensive, but rest assured I will try and keep costs as low as possible.

I am in the process of designing a complementary fabric for 'utensils' which can be used with it. I was thinking of a wonky check or stripe. Let me know what you think. This may also be the time to suggest any other designs/colour combinations you would like to see...*wink wink, nudge nudge*

So, suggest away...

Catching Up...

I have a lot of catching up to do! January has disappeared in a blur of exam revision, essay-writing and general business. So, first off I should catch up on a long overdue 'thank you'.


A while back I won a fabric giveaway on Bernadette's blog and the other week I returned to Bristol to find a massive package waiting for me. Not only had Bernadette sent LOADS of beautiful, colourful fabrics...

...she also made a folding bag tidy and sent a selection of Australian chocolates (...of which many did not make the photo session)...

I got particularly excited by the polly waffle and the cherry ripe, which are being kept for a special occasion. Thank you, Bernadette :)

You also need updating on the recipe-a-week situation:

Week 2: Caramelised Balsamic and Red Onion Tarts with Goats' Cheese

Week 3: Thai Yellow Vegetable Curry

Week 4: Buttermilk pancakes

Tune in next time for some rather exciting news for sewers...

p.s. NOTE TO PIGEON FANCIERS- AFTER A SHORT BREAK PIGEON PRODUCTION HAS STARTED AGAIN

New Years' Resolutions

This year I have made several resolutions...

...work hard, exercise more, spend less...

...and my favourite...

...to try out at least one new recipe EVERY week so that by the end of the year I will be able to make 52 new dishes.

Mr. Pigeon's New Years' resolution is to sample all 52 recipes.

If you like the look of this Lemon Surprise Pudding (a sort of spongy souffle on top with a pool of lemon curd at the bottom), you can find the recipe here. It really is worth trying. Mmmmm...

Hennypenny's prize draw

We haven't seen Miss. Hennypenny for a while. She's been hiding over the festive season, afraid of being put in the oven. She is a ready-stuffed chicken after all.



But she decided that it would be safe to emerge now that it is 2009 and the humans in the house don't even want to look at another turkey sandwich ....

If you think she looks rather uncomfortable in her nest you'd be right. She's sitting on these...

27 names went into the nest (thank you all very much for entering by the way- I enjoyed reading your Christmas in three words entries!) and the winner (drawn at random by me as chickens can't grip very well) is...

...RUTH and MISS.T!

Congratulations to you two. Some ever-so-slightly gone wrong but still perfectly lovely pigeon goodies will be on their way to you if you could just e-mail me your address again.

And finally...I managed to take a decent-ish photo of the cotton bag...

...available now in all good Etsy stores ;)