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The Sotonettes have been at the Make Do and Mend Vintage Fair today, promoting both the Sotonettes WI but also the WI as a whole.  The Make Do and Mend theme got us thinking about what sort of things we could have on our stand and we decided to go for some wartime inspired baking. …

Today is the last day of Real Bread Maker Week, which has run from the 10th to the 16th of May 2014. I have long dreamt of being able to make a loaf or roll as good as those I get in the lovely little Hampshire bakeries, but never thought I had the time or…

A few of you have asked for the recipes for our birthday cakes – if you’re a keen baker, treat yourself and your friends with this one – everyone said it was delicious! This year’s birthday cake (above) was a Honey Chocolate Cake.  I decided to make this cake with Fairtrade ingredients as it’s Fairtrade…

Not a very exciting blog post today but an important one nevertheless! 1. Craft Night is tomorrow (Tuesday). Although we normally meet at Cafe Creme, this place is unexpectedly unavailable this week so we are changing venue – we will now be chatting and crafting at the Slug and Lettuce on Above Bar Street (in…

Our January meeting was all about scrapbooking – we really hope we’ve given you some motivation to get your favourite photos off your phone and memory cards and into frames and albums! For anyone who would like more details on scrapbooking, our speaker Nicki Reynolds runs local scrapbooking classes and crops (just think freestyle scrapping…

Jen (our Sotonettes webmistress) writes about the Sochi Olympics… I’m settling down to watch the Opening Ceremony of Sochi 2014 – it’s certainly going to be an interesting Winter Olympics!  Are you keen on watching the winter sports or would you rather be outside taking part? Even if I am Scottish, I think I prefer…