I am Lily - stitcher and part time bookseller. Mother to my gorgeous girl, Abigail and wife to Julian. I make time each day to let my imagination potter and add quirky prettiness and handmade comfort to our home and lives. You can email me at lily(at)blockaday(dot)com
homely
on friday
Friday, July 9th, 2010My girlie is back home in Brisbane, holidaying with her Nan and friends. The husband’s at work. And I have a new kitchen curtain. It’s been in the works for the last two weeks - two thirds done before our friends arrived, and today, with the help of Miss Marple, the last of the buttons [...]
it’s all about the gorgeous fabric
Thursday, June 24th, 2010thank you for all the lovely words you shared on my last post.
it is truly lovely to put into words something I find meaningful, and have you listen and enjoy.
I have many lovely tablecloths - some that I’ve made, some that are presents from my family, some that are thrifted and especially lovely ones [...]
the saga of the shower curtain
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010I remember Soule Mama saying back when how darn hard it was to take a photo of the humble shower curtain. She was right. At first I chuckled at my feeble efforts. I harrumphed. I cursed. I demanded Julian’s technical know-how with the camera settings. He laughed. I harrumphed. He rolled his eyes. After all, [...]
a quilted cosy
Monday, May 24th, 2010The light outside is steely and crisp. Slow and steady sheaths of rain are falling. And it’s cold. And we all have the sniffles. Especially poor old Abby - her sniffles have matured into a sinus infection. So we have antibiotics, and jam doughnuts, and pink grapefruits and lots of cups of tea, and a [...]
somewhere to sit
Monday, May 10th, 2010It’s not quite Sofa Cosy Chapter 3 … but it’s certainly in front of the sofa!
When you’re 12 and you want to chill out in the family room … reading, drawing, sewing dolly clothes, watching a film or some tellie with mumma and dada, playing a bit of Mario, or creating noisy chaos with the [...]