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a stitched book cover

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Moving into the teen years, I do find that coming up with a handmade present gets a bit trickier.  Especially if you have left it to the last moment :-)  Abby’s school friend Neve, turned 13 on the weekend and hosted a sleepover and we wanted something handmade but something that also reflected Neve’s interests. [...]

shining sun + day off + needles & thread = fish

Monday, July 26th, 2010

What to do when the sky is a clear blue and the toffee warmth of the sun has lit every corner of our garden?

Hang out the washing … mmm! Sunshine fresh is so much nicer than torpid hallway.

Swoon over the frantically flowering camellias and fill yet more jam jars for the kitchen table.

Drive the girlie [...]

come in! it’s cold outside

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

This winter Sunday put on quite a show this morning … blue sky, no wind, a touch of warmth to the winter sun.  My goodness!  What a lovely day to be outside.  We visited the Camberwell Trash and Treasure Market - I haven’t been for 8 years and it was such a thrill to be [...]

little farm girlies

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I completely forgot about …

I made this for Abigail for Christmas.  It was her handmade from mumma present.  Abby loves Hillary Lang’s style so I stitched up these wee farm girls and then turned them into a small quilt.  Contrary to my usual contrariness, I zealously stuck to the recommended colours, and these dear little [...]

stitch and mend

Monday, March 29th, 2010

The cardie is in the suitcase, awaiting my mum’s clever stitchin-up needle.  Has been for a few days.  And next on the make do and mend schedule - a little cross stitch.  Whenever I cross stitch, I am oh-so-reminded how much I LOVE this.  Cross stitch was my first crafty enterprise, post childhood experimentation.  Our [...]

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