This is a short note to let you know I will be absent from blogging and the internet in entirety for a while. We are going hiking; for the next week we are walking the Cape to Cape walk up…
Month: April 2011
Red and turquoise
I spotted this image at right of a Nina Ricci look in my Vogue magazine and became kind of super inspired by the mere idea of red and turquoise together. Actually, my turquoise skirt here has had a new little…
Bluestone socks, and a new pet
Normally if one of my children brought home yet another new pet I would gently but firmly manoeuvre said pet back to where it came from. Our house already passes for a menagerie. However our new house guest is quite…
Hiking pants
I’ve finished my new hiking pants! And I likey. These feel so so comfortable, almost good enough to sleep in, and they also feel quite tough and practical, to withstand the demands of being out in the bush. And pretty…
Lacey, sort-of Duro dress; 6 different ways
Oooh, I do enjoy doing these more than is healthy. Playing about in my wardrobe, I mean. I made this dress, a modified version of Simplicity 3745 out of white dotted swiss voile and a crocheted lace for the border…
Cargo pockets, and a lovely surprise
When I went to my letterbox yesterday inside was a most delightful surprise, this wonderful pattern from Gail of My Fabrication. Pure class and elegance, no? Thank you so much Gail!! I already know exactly what I am going to…
Autumnal shades, and a dilemma
Just been enjoying those lovely fresh autumnal days lately, feeling the sunlight warm but not harsh on the skin, breathing in that fresh crisp air. When the days are just that little bit fresher like today I get to employ…
Tim’s backpack
Today; another blast from the past… When Tim was about eighteen months old and had become a brand new older brother, I made him a backpack, using a pattern from one of those wonderful TopKids magazines (very sadly discontinued). It…
