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You might have followed some of the work I have been doing this year in starting Artists Visits in Auckland … More

Echinoderms

Sea urchins and sea stars are special creatures at our house, and complete dead specimens are exciting finds while beach … More

The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish by Linda Przybyszewski, came on my radar this year, I … More

Things have been a bit quiet here at Mermaid’s Purse. Life is usually busy and full, so sometimes there are … More

This is one of the final posts on my sewing project with Elise from Punga Road Studio. You’ve seen the … More

It’s finished, McCall’s 3326 from 1953 in a lovely vintage floral fabric from the same era, hooray! If you’re new … More

An ancient forest has recently been exposed on Auckland’s Takapuna beach, it’s really exciting, making news. There is the well known fossil … More

A couple of weeks ago the kids and I harvested leaves and their accompanying caterpillars from our kale plants, putting … More

If you have been following along with my Vintage Dressmaking Collaboration announced a couple of weeks ago, you might be excited … More

I have just signed up for The Vintage Playsuit Sew Along, over at The Girl with the Star-Spangled Heart. Yay!! … More