Wild textures

A few months back I read a short comment by a homeschooled child about how he found exploring and learning…

Glorious vintage patterns

News from the sewing room, a few new vintage sewing patterns. Check out the skirt flounce and cape on that…

On account of our handmade Solstice and Christmas tree, Luna has been making Christmas trees for everyone, including Austin The…

I found this skirt cut and pinned all ready to assemble in a suitcase full of someone else’s fabric stash…

Mum has had this case of broken vintage jewelry forever, it is in an old musical instrument case that belonged…

Auckland Art Deco Society Vintage Market. I dropped into Auckland Art Deco Society ‘s Decolicious Vintage Market, it was lovely to meet…

It was yesterday and it was awesome! Partly because it was the first BDO I’ve been to since having kids,…

I’m sure that Luna isn’t the only kid who transforms this: Into this: Fabulous huh? She helped me to assemble…

[source] I’m seeing clouds in my plastics, the material I’m working with at the moment… I’m a bit obsessed with…

This rough old patch of strawberries has been giving us fresh berries most days, what a delight! It’s not that fancy,…