Lavender Fields

I made soap yesterday and today.  Yesterday's was a goat milk that went well.  It had no issues.  I didn't make any pictures since it wasn't anything fantastic.  It was fragranced with "melon" so I colored it two shades of green.  I might take a picture and add it later.

Today's soap was Catherine's tallow recipe which I love.  I added kaolin clay and normally I add it to the oils before adding the lye solution but for some reason I didn't do that today and so I had a hard time getting it mixed into the batter.  And you know what happens then....you blend, blend and blend while your batter thickens and you're not able to do anything with it but slap in into the mold.  I had added a bit of td to the batter and I really wanted to swirl pink into the white but couldn't do that because of my stick blending.  I piped the pink on top, added rose buds and candy pearls and glitter and was pleased....until I checked on it about 6 hours later.  It had overheated and I had a big crack all along the side of my decorations. 

You can't see the colors very well in this photo but the soap is cream-colored and the piping on top is a pretty pink.  I cut it with the krinkle cutter to divert the eye away from the crack.  Well....that was the plan.  :)

 Now the cracks are turned to the back and it doesn't look so bad.  

Just had to add this pic of a dishtowel I made yesterday to hang over the handle of my stove.  Cute!  Or as Ommi would say "Super Cute!"

The dishtowel has a sprig of lavender on it and the word lavender is embroidered in case you can't see it in the photo.  It ties with ribbons on the side.  You cut your dishtowel in half, gather it and sew it to the little dress top cut from a cotton print.