Archive for the ‘embroidery’ Category
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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
TweetI 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 [...]
TweetThe 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 [...]
