These little baby slippers were made on the weekend, finally utilising an old piece of hand-appliqued cotton I'd been hoarding for a long time. I think in the end it is better to use these fabric pieces, rather than keep them safe in a box. Letting them fly out into the world. Also on the…

I made this for a new baby in the family- a poppy red crib-sized quilt or blanket. My sister gave me a beautiful Indian woodblack stamp for my birthday this year, so I used it (and another, smaller Indian stamp I already had) to print all over a piece of natural cotton in red ink.…

I first wrote about this great site- They Draw and Cook, sometime last year. This week I recieved an advance copy of the fabulous cookbook put together from the artwork submitted to the blog. They Draw and Cook, by Nate Padavick and Salli Swindell will be out in a few days and features 107 recipes illustrated…

A handful of recently rained-on spring flowers in yellow and purple. Like miniature sun-faces. I've been doing more wool embroidery and this time was inspired by that bright and buttery yellow. I embroidered enough wool pieces to make a set of cases for today's shop update. I've been thinking about gift-giving a bit lately, and…

We have peas. Lots of them, growing and growing in the vege patch. There are peas at every meal, enough for the neighbours, even going to school in the lunchbox. And the podding job keeps the kids out of trouble for half an hour before dinnertime. The little green pearls inspired an embroidered print on…

Here are some photos from a great little country fair I visited this weekend in a rural valley near our town. I do love the old-school NZ-style fairs with their abundance of ice-cream, crafts, strange games and bbqs. Not to mention searing sunshine and bare feet, folk music and all my nieces and nephews in…

The kids and I are heading up to our capital city for a little adventure. I'll be having a blog break until the end of this week. I made the children some new notebooks to take with us- they can happily pass a lot of time with some paper and a pencil. These are so…

Thanks for all the birthday love. I had a really fabulous weekend which involved many family members, friends, new books (Tom bought me this craft-related one- it's a beauty), broad beans, lemon tart and live music. We went to see Bacherlorette at our local arts festival- she was wonderful.  Thank you for all the great…

Hello! Hope you are well today. I thought I might have a little giveaway here because I haven't had one in a while, and it's fun. Also, I turn another year older tomorrow and I always like to give stuff away on my birthday. I have made up two packages to send (to anywhere in…

The holidays are pretty great but I do feel as though an awful lot of food has been made and consumed… growing kids and their friends tend to do that, don't they?  A favourite new thing we have been making and eating these holidays are these savoury pinwheel pastries. They are super-easy and quick to…