I seem to be in some sort of funk. I’m trying to get back to my drawing. And I’m trying to get back to sewing. But I just can’t seem to get going. I have a feeling it has to do with the books I borrowed from the library. I’m too busy reading.

I’ve had a pattern laid out on my sewing table now for I don’t even know how long. Weeks?

I also have pictures piling up that I’m not sharing. And everyday makes the pictures older and not worth sharing anymore. So how about some very recent pictures from this weekend? What did we do this past weekend?

Dye Easter eggs! When was Easter? You never mind that. Just look at the pictures.

Isabelle, surprisingly, made very little mess. The only mishap we had was when she pulled the table closer to herself and spilled blue dye into the bright orange dye and made brown dye.

And of course she did get some dye on her hands. You know that was unavoidable. But look, it’s barely noticeable.

Ok. Off I go to sew or draw. No I’m lying. I’m off to read.

I like dessert, any kind of dessert. Usually I prefer chocolate but sometimes I crave fruit. My usual fruit dessert is apple pie. I like the apple pie recipe I use but it takes way too long to make and to cool. So I’ve been on a search for a quicker fruit dessert.

I came across a recipe for a rustic fruit tart. It’s a “cooking without recipes” recipe from Fine Cooking. What does that mean? Well “cooking without recipes” lays out the basics and you can customize the ingredients to your liking.

So first I tried a rustic pear tart.

It was o.k. but the pears didn’t work really well. I didn’t like the way they looked, they reminded me of mushrooms. The texture of the pears also wasn’t to my liking. I think I should have peeled them. And it wasn’t exactly quick.

But I tried the recipe again because the pears were so disappointing. The second time around I had blackberries and strawberries. I had just bought some little tins so instead of one big tart I thought I’d try four individual tarts.

Originally I was planning to just bake the tarts with the fruit sitting right on top of the dough. But they looked ugly and messy. I had leftover dough so I cut some strips out and laid them on top. Much prettier.

But again it’s not a quick fruit dessert. There’s the mixing and then letting it rest in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then the rolling, making the filling, the egg wash, and it takes 50 minutes to cook! Wow I’m tired just from typing all that out much less cooking it. But if anyone wants this recipe let me know.

So…anyone have a good quick fruit dessert recipe?

Thank you everyone for the recipes!

And look! I’ve been drawing again…finally. I have another one all drawn up and ready to go for tomorrow (or whenever I get to posting again).

Yes. I know, I just went to the fabric store last week. But really, if you were me, you wouldn’t say no either.

And plus, I got to take pictures like this when we were there.

And I came home with….FABRIC! Bwa ha ha ha!

It’s linen. I had in mind to make more tops like the green top and the blue top with some alterations.

Alterations like this. No, I haven’t gotten back to sewing. I’m just playing catch up with pictures. This is the same pattern as the blue shirt from ISBN 4579111494. I just altered the hem. It has a wide band on the bottom. I don’t know if you can see that from this picture.

Yeah, so the plan was to make more of these shirts. That is until I remembered that we’ll be getting very hot weather in the summer. Then I thought maybe I should be making tank tops. No shirts. Tank tops. Shirts. Tank tops. I’m wishy washy like that.

Ok. Off I go to not sew with my new fabric or patterns, but to argue with myself on what to make. Have a good weekend and may you be more productive than me!