Archive for the ‘embroidery’ Category
TweetI did get it finished! And wore it! And love it! I just adore it and have worn it more days since finishing the embroidery than not. Definitely need to stitch up another. Must get that Laura Ashley smock out for a look and there’s a lovely long smock Mum gave me for Easter that’s [...]
TweetWe drove home from first an obs exam (had to be filmed taking patient’s bp, temp, resps, and pulse), than an afternoon ice skating and so many streets we drove were just like this. It’s expected if you’re in my car, you must join in and sing … “ooohhh! aaahhh!” How could you not! It’s [...]
TweetIt’s finished. There were probably a few more hours of stitching over the weekend, than studying … but … it was just so nice and there had been lots of study the previous 5 days! Keeping with the making it up on the trot, I added some very late leaves. I am pleased with what [...]
TweetIt started at 2.30am. No, to be accurate, it was 2.37am. I woke to the soft panting of Sweetpea. When I peered into the darkness I didn’t have to look far – she was peering down at me, standing on the bed at my shoulder. She wanted to go outside. We thought this was very [...]
Tweet All stops were pulled out today to start and finish Abby’s trick or treat bag. And it’s done. But no Lydia nightdress – it will be finished later this week, and as it’s sleeveless, will make a lovely summer nightdress. It would have been too cold tonight dear girl – it’s blustery, pouring rain [...]
TweetBeing a gatherer of the old, quaint and well-loved, I am especially aglow when something that makes its way home with me has its previous owner’s name on it. It all began with my Nanny Dougall’s plates. She had a love of pretty floral china plates. Living in the country, being a member of the [...]
Tweetwe have a book at work about Sunday’s Kitchen – about Sunday Reed that is, her beautiful kitchen and garden at Heide and the meals she concocted for her husband John and their artist friends. Lovely book – fascinating life – not quite as glamorous here in Bootville :-) But lovely nonetheless. The blue sky [...]
Tweet Abby thinks Little Miss Flower sounds way cooler. Too bad. Whatever she is called, she is finally finished. Well, the applique and embroidery that is. Tomorrow, I shall back her, quilt her, bind her and hang her. Oooh … that last bit sounds a wee nasty. You know what I mean :-) Today was [...]
Tweetwarning: following you will find the worst photos I have ever taken. Sorry if they hurt your eyes and make you reach for stronger glasses. Indulge me :-) They were taken with my iphone (one of the older ones, not a good camera) from illustrations in a book in which every second photo was blurry. [...]
Tweet Oh my! What a lovely two days we’ve had at home – me, my girl and my mum. We laugh so hard. It is so good to just be here together. Cloth on our laps, needles in our hands, fabric and thread strewn across every table in the house. We all have so many [...]
TweetAhhh – it’s the school holidays. My Mum is visiting, Julian’s arrived home from a week overseas, I’m on days off, and voila! After a dreary gray morning, the sun peeps through the freshly greened oak and within moments, floods the back garden with cheeriness. We dash down the street for appropriately rosy supplies and [...]
TweetSomething I love about the turning of the season at this time of year are the early sunrises. Now I know lots of folk who despair when the sun charges its way into the bedroom at 6am, 5am, 4.30am – but I adore those hours of quiet, light and warmth that build up before we [...]
