Archive for the ‘christmas’ Category
Tweet Well … this afternoon, Julian, Abby and Sacha headed out to the airport. I was left standing in the kitchen wondering what to do. Research for next week’s essay or studying for tomorrow’s philosophy quiz were completely out of the question. Vacuuming … could be very valuable given the amount of Fu fluff that [...]
Tweet Still reading, still note taking, still writing, still practicing. There may not be time for quilts and pottering and furniture and dolls … but there’s always time for bread. And call me corny, but watching that dough rise never ceases to delight me. Sprinkling the top of that soft, taut mass with flour then [...]
Tweet It’s amazing, isn’t it? No matter how much we love, share and savour every moment … no matter how many hours and days are devoted to preparing for it … no matter how many dreams are filled with it … Christmas comes … and then it too passes. Just like everything else. Presents were [...]
Tweet : choosing : measuring : slicing : pinning : stitching : folding : delighting : : needle-felting : blanket-stitching : embroidering : pleasing : : ruffling : appliqueing : not-overlocking : fuming : : cursing : threading : cursing : threading : cursing : crumbling : : zigzagging : ironing : delivering : giving [...]
Tweet … to the sewing shed … :: stitching & hanging :: With the last stitches made, it’s time to hang our sweet gingerbread from some pretty piping. And then … onto the piano. Oh I do so love the blue of this blanket – it shall always remind me of the beautiful blue sky [...]
Tweet I’m not sure which task was the more worthy – yet another huge tidy up of the sewing shed, which had again become atrociously cluttered (it seems that should I not visit the sewing shed on a daily basis, everytime something needs to find a new home, it is unceremoniously dumped in there … [...]
Tweet :: we puzzled :: I’m not sure if I mentioned this last year – but last year’s advent calendar was a puzzle I made from 1 inch square blocks (bought as a long stick of one inch and chopped up with the jigsaw) and pictures from a thrifted copy of “The Little Donkey” (Bootville [...]
Tweet Well – not quite. This wee crocheted and needlefelted and appliqued Mary was stitched on Sunday afternoon. But today, I have crocheted Joseph – there’s just no pictures for show and tell. So here’s a sneak preview of Mary and her wee babe. It truly feels – looking at this picture – that she [...]
Tweet One week til Christmas! I so adore this time of year – a week ahead of us, full of making and singing and reading and cooking and preparing. Eeeee! The first sound that greeted me as I threw open the front door, letting in the sparkling blue summer morning – the young gas repair [...]
Tweet Do you remember my Waldorf inspired St. Lucia from a few years back? Thanks to the lovely Carrie over at Parenting Passageway and Pinterest it seems a lot of folk do :-) However – I didn’t ever get around to making a portrait of St. Lucia for myself. The original was part of a [...]
Tweet Yes, it’s that time of the year – the giving of Christmas and thankyou gifts to Abby’s teachers. She compiles a list – teachers she LOVEs and wants to give a handmade gift. Teachers she likes and wants to give a small gift and card. And – the teachers she doesn’t like and gives [...]
Tweet When the afternoon wind picks up across the bay, we retreat from the front porch to the courtyard. A warm and golden nook, rich in whimsy, colour and fragrance. A lovely spot for wiling away an afternoon. Mum climbed chairs and draped fabric. I searched through a tattered paper bag of yarn – filled [...]