Archive for the ‘sewing’ Category
Tweet Hmm … vegies could seem to be a slightly odd thing with which to embellish a nightgown :-) But these ones are very sweet – from Ikea actually. The fabric came on a roll – I think there was around 4 metres? And the pattern is printed in a panel style. Probably Ikea weren’t [...]
Tweet It’s finished! A collaboration of time, thought, creativity and perseverance. Such an absolute delight to work with my girlie. I do so adore her. I made a last second dash to the fabric store on Tuesday afternoon to ensure we had red corduroy, white velvet and a red zip with which to turn this [...]
Tweeta busy day, filled with fabric and family. Washing went out and came in and went out and came in several times – dratted Melbourne weather. The kitchen was tidied and mussied up again. Over and over :-) Now, it is Sunday evening – one of my favourite moments in the week. We’re all snuggled [...]
TweetAh … as my girl moves through her teenage years – exploring who she is and what she is interested in – I sometimes find myself completely out of my depth and wondering how it is Abby has come to be interested in THIS and how I am supposed to embrace it. Occasionally, there is [...]
Tweet There was the sudden urge for a little bit of dresden late this afternoon. I let the chickens out for a forage, gathered some favourites from the sewing shed and whilst Abby described her preference for only drawing one eye – thus, the reason many of her characters either wear their fringe over one [...]
Tweet :: at the beginning of the week, we were sitting in front of the open windows, trying to catch every breath of the passing breeze on such hot, hot days. :: whilst knitting. What? Hot, hot days don’t make you feel like knitting? huh! :: mind you, trying on the finished arm warmer was [...]
TweetSaturday’s birthday stitchfest also produced a very sweet little kindle cover – Julian’s birthday present. The cover that is, not the kindle … that came a long time ago. I used a beautifully thick, stiff, pure wool felt from Winterwood – they use it primarily for building houses and toadstools etc. It sure makes for [...]
TweetAmazed it’s taken me this many years of banner-loving to make a birthday banner. Last weekend was such a lovely slow, stitchy, at-home weekend. Abby and I set up on the dining table, stitching a birthday present for Julian and needle felting for quiet, chatty hours. In between all this, a birthday banner was perfectly [...]
Tweet Looking out the windows this morning, you’d have sworn we were holidaying deep in a valley surrounded by mountains. That’s how thick the mist was over the sea – the water had vanished and all that remained were the tips of the bay’s mirrored headlands. And it didn’t clear. We ate porridge, drank tea, [...]
Tweet This beats all. This evening, I sewed on buttons and trimmed away gathering thread – at the airport. With 25 minute to go before Sacha needed to board her plane. We cut it fine, but it was all good and cheerful and, hands down, the best way to avoid becoming sad when someone you [...]
TweetGoodness … that time simply vanished! Hoping your Christmas was merry and love-filled. Ours was chaotic – moments of great cheer and love, moments of “oh-my-god-we-will-never-forget-this-Christmas” and lots of letting go. Mmmm … it was a season of letting go … with which comes the essential reminder that nothing experienced is ever wasted. No, even [...]
TweetMeet the Doris nightie. She could be called the damask nightie, seeing as though she’s made out of damask. She could be called, less charitably, the tablecloth nightie, seeing as though she was a tablecloth in her former life. She could be called the doily nightie, seeing as though she has a doily appliqued onto [...]
