Autumn is my favourite season. The extreme of heat has passed so the mornings are pleasant and cool, and yet the days are still warm enough for swimming, walking, picnics and enjoyable sociable activities. And who says Australia doesn’t get…
Making boring black satin “snake-worthy”
So I’m working on this python print satin outfit, inspired by this gorgeousness of Prada. (At right, Prada, Spring/Summer 09) I’ve finished the top. And I really want some kind of black detailing on the skirt to offset the python…
“What a curious feeling…”
When I sat under this tree today I felt a bit like a gypsy-ish Alice in Wonderland. I had this big solid tree comfortably at my back with its branches swaying and drooping, its canopy of foliage like a whispering…
Tea Cosy, specimen 14
This is the fourteenth and final tea cosy I have to show you. This one was for J, and she keeps chooks, thus the three on top. The colouring is also slightly different from the previous chook one I made…
Orange skirt
I’ve finished a new skirt, as part of my autumn wardrobe plans! It was a little delayed in getting finished as I debated whether to go and buy matching cotton to finish the seams ; yeah, HongKong seaming is my…
Riverside situation
Little adventure this morning. Lately I’m in the habit of combining my two early morning tasks of dog-walking with taking my photo, if I’m planning to take one that day, that is. I have my camera, tripod and the shoes…
Pattern Magic, toile 1
Would you wear one of your toiles? I only ask because of this: I had some unwashed calico to use for making toiles and experimenting on, and one day I was desperate to try out a pattern even though I…
Chocolate, gold and turquoise
Above, the sky is a rich intense shade of turquoise with not a single wisp of cloud to mar its relentless plane of colour; it’s not surprising I was drawn to this vivid and gorgeous shade of nail varnish… (if…
