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more lavender 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
When I was in Nelson recently I bought some dried lavender from the farmer's market. These little sachets are rather relaxing to make: both the small embroidery worked on linen scraps, and filling the...
one sunday morning 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
A Sunday morning, complete with this beautiful Wilco song: Something sad keeps on moving, so I wander around, I fell in love with the burden, holding me down... A branch of yellow broom stolen from...
pattern friday 21 23 Aug 2013 | 02:33 pm
A yellow zig-zag pattern for today. This one was sketched in pencil then painted over in yellow and grey. I like the idea of the wonky geometric- something that we're used to seeing presented neatly a...
other augusts, cut and sewn 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
- I used to make quite a few of my own clothes. Haven't done so much of that lately, but it would be good to get back into it. I have fabrics waiting. I think about this simple green dress quite often...
other augusts- painted and drawn 20 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
A lot of plant-life, it would appear. Here are some painted things made in other Augusts (following on from yesterday's post.) - August garden ceramics. Made using ceramic ink and some old Crown Lyn....
other augusts- embroidered edition 19 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
I'm blatantly mining my own blog for photos, again. And I've found so many that I am having two editions this week: this first is all about embroidery. Here is some hand stitching I did in Augusts pa...
revisiting pattern 17 16 Aug 2013 | 07:51 am
For this week's pattern I'm revisiting number 17- embroidered coloured wildflowers on stripes. I've re-stitched the pattern to make this bag which is part of a very special giveaway over at Che and Fi...
a lined market bag + a pattern 15 Aug 2013 | 04:37 am
I've been making a few of these market bags lately. This design has a flat bottom and can fit lots of shopping or library books inside. This particular version is made from linen I found at a flea mar...
silver spitfire 14 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Meet my miniature silver spitfire. It's a beautiful little brooch handmade by Martin, who lives in Nelson. After I delivered my Pecha Kucha presentation last month, he emailed to say he likes to send ...
: : : : my wellington : : : : next stop earth 13 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Next Stop Earth, 76 Constable St, Newtown, Wellington : : : : : : : : : : This little green shop is around the corner from my house and I visit regularly to buy flowers, especially during winter. Ne...
