MICKEY MOUSE CUPCAKE WRAPPER

My little boy is going to be two this month

His birthday is on 24th n I’m planning his birthday party for the weekend

I’m planning cupcakes with one cake as some of my friends r vegetarian and my son can’t eat gluten or diary I want there to be a variety for guests to choose from

I have a mini cupcake maker and I found cupcake wrappers online for regular sizes and large sizes

So i made mini wrappers by myself

And here is a blank one 

If anyone wants u can print it out on colored paper and paste a sticker of ur favorite character I mean ur kids favorite character and u r good to go

Also here is the cupcake wrapper I made Mickey Mouse theme
you can use the blank cupcakes wrappers as u want but pls use the ones with the mickey mouse and friends for personal use 
if you ope the pages in new windows u can download as pdf
happy cupcaking

How to sew a kurutha

How to sew a kurutha

In my previous tutorials I have shown how to make the pattern
http://laucreates.blogspot.in/2013/09/making-pattern-for-kurutha.html 

And how to do the neck

http://laucreates.blogspot.in/2013/09/stitching-kurutha-neck-tutorial.html

So this is how to do the stitching of the kurtha

When u start first thing u need to do is get all the pieces together

back piece on left one front piece on the right

Preferably near an iron

An iron can make an armatures work look professional

For started take the two front pieces fold twice n stich the front opening

Next fold twice and do the arm holes. You could try free arm sewing but with children’s clothes the arm holes r too small so I usually do it first 

Now take the back piece

With the right side facing in stitch shoulders zig zag or sager the stitches depending on what you have

Your piece looks like this

U can do a stitch around the neck but with such a small garment I don’t usually bother

Now follow the neck tutorial and do the neck

http://laucreates.blogspot.in/2013/09/stitching-kurutha-neck-tutorial.html

Your piece looks like this

This is where I have gone and done some decoration

This is one of the few times I wished I had those fancy machines which made all those stiches like flowers n swarms n bunny rabbits. Well I don’t know about bunny rabbits I have seen machines which can do flowers n swans hmm buy hey I love my machine

So first I used the stich I used to do button holes started at the end of the right flap of the shirt all around the neck to the end of the other flap

Then I used one of the stiches I use for patchwork just next to it I used a contrasting color just for fun

Now attach the arms

It’s easier if you start in the middle n go

With all the curves in the arm this is what I usually do

Now zigzag 

Then do the side stitch n zigzag

Then u can do both the side openings

Carefully start at one edge until u come to where the garment is joins put a horizontal stitch here

Now work ur way down

Do both opening on the sides

Now fold twice n iron the hem n stitch ur kurutha is done 

Mark two inch intervals

Do button holes

Open them

Put the buttons 

N ur kurutha is done yayyy

Stitching a kurutha neck TUTORIAL

Stitching a kurutha neck

This can be a very useful technique

I used to do front and back separately for my other tops

But if the neck is open at front or back this is the best

First you need to cut a strip of cloth like this. DONT TAKE A STRAIGHT PIECE. cut diagonally

If u have two strips join them like this

put two strips together

 

stitch as shown

cut off the excess

should make a straight line when opened

Open and iron

Now this is the neck we r trying to do

Now the strip should be longer than the neck

To start take the edge leave half cm n align with the edge fold this half cm down u should b working on the right side of fabric 

pin down stitch all around till u come to the end cut until half n inch remains at end fold this under n stich

The ends should look like this

Make little nips all along the inside be careful not to cut the thread

Fold this twice under im sorry its a bad pic oops as shown and stitch along the line of folding

The neck is done now it should be like this

 

Gluten free chapattis, roti

Gluten free chapattis

As soon as we started weaning my son showed wheat intolerance, even the first day.

I know in the states wheat isn’t given till later but in India this is one of the things that weaning is started on.

They have so many varieties here.

Like dhaliya (pressed wheat), and sooji (semolina) and well wheat flour.

The first time I gave him wheat in two hrs. He was crying, his tummy was bloated and he had diarrhea for 3 days. Suffice to say he wasn’t given wheat at all.

And when he was a baby it wasn’t an issue. Baby foods were easy apple sauce, mashed fruits veggies and then more solid stuff like kichdhi (Indian dish made with dhal and rice to which I added many veggies n sometimes even cooked in chicken stock), and for dessert I made flavored custards with soy milk and corn flour n usually with mangoes or apple puree

He never liked if his food was put in the blender. He liked some roughness to it he preferred if I mashed the food with hand. So by the time he had gotten one year old he could eat cut pieces of fruits n then rice by 18 months without it being crushed

He also started being more interested what we ate. And chapatti was a staple part of our diet. He wanted to eat it so bad. And I wanted to give it to him.

By 18months his autism n hyperactivity had been diagnosed his psychiatrist had mentioned that I put him on a gluten free diet.

So I found this gluten free flour

It’s from bewell. I think it’s the only local brand of flour available in Delhi

I had also tried making chapatti with organ all-purpose flour which didn’t turn out so well. The end product was hard n Nooh wouldn’t touch it. So I left the organ flour for cakes n other bakes. It’s very white so with cakes n stuff u can’t tell that its gluten free.

This is so called soft chapatti Atta

I figured it should live up to the name

It did take a bit of meddling in flour to make it the ideal way meaning the way I like

If you are cooking for someone with gluten sensitivity keep all utensils separate. including cook ware to the scrubbing brush

Makes 5 chapattis

Time 15 mins

Ingredients

1 cup gluten free bewell flour

3/4 cup hot water

1/t tsp. salt

2 tsp. oil

Excess flour for dusting

Take flour

Make a well in the middle

Add oil in it

Sprinkle salt over it

Add water mixing with spoon. Add water as needed. I needed about 3/4 of a cup u might need more or less if u want to make it harder. But I found that it was more difficult to roll that way and this flour requires way more water than normal flour.

When mixture resembles chunks, knead with hands

Make a ball n flatten as shown dust some flour all around it

Dust your board n pin with flour

This will stick more than normal chapatti so be generous

Now roll in to shape

The edges tend to crack n that’s because its gluten free

On a hot pan bake both sides. when bubbles form u know its done.

If u like you can add a little amount of clarified butter aka ghee at the end on top of the chapatti

This would make it smoke a little

I added a half teaspoon of sunflower oil my kid is also lactose intolerant 

Remove from heat

N serve hot

Chapatti will get hard if u make it ahead of time so make as needed.