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These are a pair of culottes.  I made them last Saturday.  Julian and Abby were out for the day.  I had a lovely new pattern and two metres of beautiful, crisp drill.  Exciting stuff for us sewists. Now, it’s been

Lily April 22, 2013April 22, 2013 chatter, clothes, healthy, sewing Read more

Hello!  I’m so glad you’ve dropped by.

I am Lily Boot – mother to Noah, wife to Julian.

As we work at building our wee farm, Wombat Hill, in the lovely Bega Valley, I do a little farming, a little nursing (paediatric), a little gardening, a little sewing, knitting,embroidery, crochet, patchwork, quilting, reading, cooking … oh I’m never ever at a loss for something to do!

Here at block-a-day I chronicle our lives in a way that I hope will delight us when we are old and grey and wobbly of memory, and perhaps it will inspire you too.

I can be contacted at lily (at) blockaday (dot) com.

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