Hello! This Saturday morning post is brought to you by strong coffee, autumnal morning light streaming in the window and a vague sense of guilt that it's been ages since I last wrote here. I hope you are very well and have found time for the things you love lately. Here are a few snaps…

Kia ora friends, I hope you're keeping well! And if you live on Te Ika-a-Maui (our North Island) you're staying warm and dry in this cyclone. Here are a few of the things I've been making and doing lately. First up: my finished Tegna top knitted over the course of the summer. I'm so glad…

So many pictures of flowers in the sun! But when I got home from my summer holiday, that was pretty much all I had on my phone, because I had tried to capture ALL the flowers. The first photo is to show you a small midsummer display I collected on the solstice. Little shells (we…

Kia ora, hello! How are you doing through these busy December days? I've been trying to wrap things up – finishing up various bits of work and other tasks, packing to visit family over the summer break, and literally wrapping things too, of course, in the form of Christmas gifts. I thought I'd share a…

Here we are in mid-December! I had good intentions to write more blog posts this year, but the months have really whizzed by this year. Something to aim for in 2023, perhaps?  I hope this finds you well and enjoying the end of the calendar year, however you celebrate it where you are. As always,…

This is a tutorial I've been meaning to share for a long while. I'm often asked for my pattern or instructions for these bags that I've made (and shared online) over the years. I'm finally doing it! This Christmas I have an idea to use some fabric scraps and make little pouches for my nieces,…

So many treasures to share with you in this post! It was my birthday recently and because I'm very spoiled I received some beautiful gifts, some of which I've shared above because I think you'd love them too.  My friend A gave me a beautiful wee bud vase by Wellington ceramicist Wundaire. The design is…

The photo directly above is a bit of a boast. I found all these wonderful books in one recent visit to an op-shop. So lucky! I've started the Lorde collection, finished both the Carol Ann Duffy poetry books (which I adored) and had a go at knitting some of the stitch patterns. The novel by…

I have a beautiful black bias-cut skirt I bought from Ingrid Starnes a while back. Keira's been borrowing it and cinching it in to fit with a safety pin. The fabric is kind of delicate, so I decided: enough was enough! I bought the Evie Skirt pattern from Tessuti and made her a couple of…

Kia ora, welcome! I haven't made as much time for creative work lately. Let's blame paid work, dark and rainy days and various other things. It doesn't really matter – sometimes down periods are needed to let new ideas come through. I made a little cardigan for my baby niece Madeline a while ago now…