The camellia craze continues around here- the trees outside are still producing many, many flowers which are dropping all over the road and garden and making me slightly crazy. I made a skirt in their honour, from some camellia-print vintage fabric I found at the second-hand shop a while ago. It's got some…

      It was a good weekend. Everything is warming up and coming alive.

      I worked some small embroideries on natural linen yesterday evening- one was inspired by those bold and beautiful camellias growing outside the front door. It's pretty hard to properly capture their flamboyance though- I'll have to keep trying. I sewed some of the embroideries into pincushions to give to friends- backing the…

      I had fun this week making some cushion/pillow covers from vintage linen fabrics I'd been hoarding. I love the way they look all stacked up- so colourful. They're part of my shop update today. The oldest child has also contracted the chicken pox… two weeks later so he's spending some time at…

    I spent a bit of time in the garden over the weekend, digging and pruning and planting. When I came inside in the evening, I made these garden-inspired coffee cups. I found some spring-green ceramic ink and it was too hard to resist using it. I think my favourite thing about early spring…

    There's a small but wide window above our bed for which I'd hoped to buy a roman blind. I looked all over town and couldn't find a ready-made blind to fit. But then I remembered that last year, my self-sufficient sister decked out her entire house in blinds that she had made herself.…

    I sewed a new green dress, to brighten up the end of winter-time. And it really has, because it's a warm and comfy one to wear with the old merino top, cardigan, tights and boots combo. I used a medium-weight cotton denim fabric with a little stretch in it. It was a lucky…

    A bit of serious spring-divining is going on here, I think that's how i can best explain all the flowers I'm documenting on the blog. The amazing furry ones in the top picture are a kind of flannel flower from a friend's garden. They originate from Australia, I think. And the jasmine is from…

  Tom's Mum brought me these tiny violets from her garden on the weekend. For something so small, the scent of a violet is amazing! I love them.

    A new top was made (well, bought) for K one day when she was home from school last week. I got her to make a design that we could print onto the front, and she drew some hearts, hugs and kisses. As five year old girls are liable to do. I traced the…