Waste not want not

Yesterday I noticed that we had five oranges languishing in the fruit rack. It's not that we don't like them but they just seemed to be sitting there starting to go a bit soft. Seeing as how we had a new box of fruit I realized that the oranges would probably just go to waste so I set to and turned them into marmalade. I love chunky, slightly bitter marmalade and this is absolutely gorgeous and will last for ages in the fridge. I used to make jam and marmalade in huge quantities years ago but ended up giving most of it away as we just couldn't get through it quickly enough. I now only make enough to last a few weeks at a time. If ever we should decide to move then I want a proper pantry. I would love to see shelves filled with glistening jars of preserves. I haven't had a pickled egg in years and they used to be a nice addition to a salad back in the days when I had a pantry filled with pickles, chutneys, jams and marmalades

I set to and finished the binding on the quilt last night . I love to hand sew the binding as it gives it such a lovely finish. I've folded it up now and put it on the end of the spare bed and now I want to change the colour scheme of the room. The quilt looks so fresh and nautical that I think a blue and white them would look really nice.  Maybe when the lock down is finished I will consider it.