Archive for the ‘sewing’ Category
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 I promised Abby this apron over a year ago. We saw it on the front cover of a book of aprons, Abby instantly fell in love and sweetly requested her own. There I was, working in a patchwork store, thousands of metres of trim, ribbon and ric-rac at my fingertips. Did I gather supplies [...]
Tweet I 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 [...]
Tweet I love flannel nighties. Ever since I was a wee girl, stretched out, hot and sweaty in my Nanny’s house by the beach, reading about Laura and Mary in their red flannel nighties in the Little House in the Big Woods. Good thing it was the early 1970s and my Nanny believed in the [...]
Tweet It’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 [...]
Tweet Often, whilst having a burst of tidying up, we stumble upon small collections of somethings that need a home. Somewhere they can hang out together and stay safe and neat. The solution – a little bag of cloth – a useful bag. I especially love making them for Abigail. We’ve had book bags, library [...]
Tweet It is well documented that sitting in a cosy armchair, in your flannel jammies doing some handstitching with your muma and dada sitting across from you with their books, and your puppies snoozing lazily on the sofa is the best medicine for the angst that can accompany a day at high school. Oh my [...]
Tweet This being our first real “autumn” in a long while, we are madly looking forward to watching the leaves turn orange and yellow and red and brown, the weather cooling and the nights growing longer; the coming of slippers and flannel. And on this, the second day of March, it is indeed happening. Every [...]
Tweet I pause, still my hands and my mind, and notice that Bliss has settled alongside me. She is many things. Warm and cosy, cool and fresh, spicy and fragrant. Sometimes she is busy and focussed. Other times dreamy and relaxed. She may have a needle in hand, a book on her lap, or a [...]
Tweet Meet Dolly … She’s been Abby’s constant companion over the last few months … as well as a regular source of quiet, imaginative designing, stitching and dressing. Dolly now has a better wardrobe than either Abby or I. This weekend the theme has been lime green and a dear little piece of Japanese piggy [...]
Tweet can there be more words needed than these … I don’t think so. This week, more than ever, I find myself reading and re-reading these words, absorbing them, then doing my best to imbue my words and actions with such love. Actually, I lie. I do have more words. At the risk of turning [...]
Tweet … at least that’s what it looks like when I stand back to admire the hot afternoon sun streaming through my FINALLY finished bathroom curtain. That and jelly fish – the ones in Finding Nemo – where they are so exquisitely beautiful and delicate. I started this way back when – last October? On [...]