I finished sewing up a summer top for K using the 'queen' embroidery from the other day. I used a drapey kind of light weight cotton, good for wearing over other things, I hope. And she seems proud to have her artwork displayed like that. And I'm rather proud of the new…

    The children have been drawing a lot of kings and queens lately in their artwork. I think this is largely inspired by all the Narnia stories we read them over the past year, plus the 'myths and legends' they've been reading at school. But in any case, I like this theme a lot.…

      Last week, my friend Kirsty and I went to see the French film Coco Avant Chanel and I completely fell in love with it- the 'look and feel' of it mostly. And all the clothes! I thought it was truly beautiful. In a couple of fleeting scenes, I saw Coco using a…