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Month: September 2013
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A while back I received this sweet kimono felt kit for Mother's Day. I had a play with it one evening, and made these colourful needbooks. It's nice to do something different and use materials that you wouldn't normally have on hand. The felt kits are made by Lucy Patterson from NZ, who has a…
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The small embroideries from yesterday were used to make a few pairs of reversible baby slippers. I haven't found any old linen for the past couple of years. This is partly due to not second-hand shopping as much, and living in Wellington, where the opshops are very well patronised and linen/fabric is a very rare…
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Two good things from the weekend: I found this beautiful hand-crocheted blanket in the opshop. In natural colours and with a sweet little tag in spidery handwriting: '100% handcrafted from wool'. Perfection. And some hand embroidery finished in the Sunday afternoon sunshine. I'll show you what I make with it tomorrow. Happy new week, lovely…
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When I was making this pattern I was imagining it as a wallpaper, in my imaginary, 'one-day' kitchen. Maybe for one small wall, and the other walls would be painted yellow. A tansy kitchen. Yes, that would be nice (at least, before it got splattered with pasta sauce and cake mixture.) Actually, the kitchen we…
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Some early spring pickings are making their way into the house. And I made these needlebooks the other day. I used pieces of old embroidered linen that had seen better days. The pages are wool felt of various colours, and the books tie with brown cords. I'm happy to have found a way to use…
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My friend Jenny sent me a set of vintage postcards that included these: Peasants of Corfu (above) and The Market of Corfu (below). I love the colours and the warmth. A small glimpse of another time and place.
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I was lucky enough to see a preview of this fabulous film: Gardening With Soul, which is out for general release from September 12. It focuses on the life and work of Sister Loyola, chief gardener at Wellington's Home of Compassion in Island Bay, compost expert and kindness dispenser. Gardening with Soul is a film…
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Coffee, sunshine, my favourite cup with tansy print from Helen. Broom flowers in a jar. X
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