Thank you for all those messages yesterday! It's pretty amazing to have my very own support team, I appreciate it.  Some new fabric arrived in my letterbox on the weekend, it's the 'climbing trees' print in a linen/cotton canvas that I ordered from Spoonflower, along with some of my other prints. I love this fabric- it's…

I'm honoured to be featured in the latest issue of the NZ magazine Your Home and Garden. My copy just arrived in the post and it was a bit of a thrill to see the pictures of our house that were taken by this clever lady in the summertime. I used 'nearly at home' for the…

Over the weekend I managed to squeeze in a bit of embroidery time, which always makes for a good couple of days, in my opinion anyway. At the moment I'm studying photos and writings about native New Zealand plants and flowers, and hope to work some of them on linen this week. I love the…

A bit more recyling of old linen- this time a grey rose-print tablecloth that had seen better days. I think it is happy with its reincarnation. The hardenbergia is in flower and the sun is out. Wishing you a very happy weekend ahead.

I've had fun this week playing with some old linens that wanted to be made into new things for my weekly shop update. Some of these linen pieces were given to me and some I found at the local recycling centre. All of them were damaged and had done their dash as tablecloths but of…

It's starting to get properly frosty here in the mornings now. K has been asking for a scarf for a while, and I must admit I was feeling slightly reluctant about knitting one, because of her tendency to lose them shortly after their departure from the needles. But then I came across an idea on…

I adore this pair of cookbooks, 'Ladies a Plate', by Alexa Johnston. You can learn more about the books and sign up for recipe-emails at the website. The title is taken from an old-fashioned New Zealand custom of women bringing plates of baking to social events such as dances and meetings. I heard a great…

(this last photo is by Louana of nzgreenbuttons) I've been using a few of my own fabrics to make some things for friends, family, and my little shop. It's a bit of a thrill to use your own fabric, actually. It's fun. The 'Climbing Trees' print seems to be just the right scale for baby…