Archibald the draft snake November 10, 2009
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Leopold the draft snake November 9, 2009
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I’ve just listed this very sweet draft snake in my etsy store.
His name is Leopold.
He likes: croquet, croquettes and croque monsieurs
He disklies: crocodiles, croquembouche, and crocs
He’s keeping Harriet company at the moment, Archibald will be joining them shortly!
Bedside October 26, 2009
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Playing along with Pip from Meet me at Mikes. This weeks theme is bedside and was chosen by Pottymouthmama.
The shelf that holds all kinds of fun things:
The Narwhal toy I bought for Joh in San Francisco
The French kitty my beautiful friend Josephine made for my birthday this year
Assorted Plush Microbes, and a zombie kitty
The enormous blanket that took almost an entire year to knit
Assorted warm things, hand made and vintage
My collection of PJ’s and nighties
My friend Rosa-may drew this incredible picture of me, wearing the crochet scarf she made for me. I love it so much!
The set of drawers that my grandfather made for my mother, that I repainted blue as a teenager. I had been holding on to the lamp stand for years without a shade waiting for the perfect thing, then one day I found this at the Surry Hills Markets. It’s perfect in so many ways. I’m so glad I waited until I found something I really liked.
On the wall is the gorgeous print entitled ‘making friends’ from the artists APAK. I purchased it from the lovely Outre Gallery. A little gift for Joh a few years back. Just because I love him so.
Wisdom Tooth softie October 20, 2009
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I made this little wisdom tooth softie April this year for my friend Lydia, who was having her wisdom teeth removed. Ouch!
I used light blue embroidery floss to make the eyes and mouth, complete with a set of healthy looking teeth.
Of course if you’re going to have a wisdom tooth you need to make him look wise. I looked around on the internet for photos of graduation caps, then made one for my tooth out of wool felt.
And I added a piece of wool to imitate the look of the tassel.
I found the idea in this lovely inspiring book. Yay!!
Frocktober day 9 October 9, 2009
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My friend Maree came over a couple of weeks back with a pair of woolen pants that she no longer wanted. They were really nice quality Veronika Maine wool crepe wide legged pants. They were worn in a few spots, but otherwise were still in pretty good condition. I popped them onto my fabric pile and left them alone. This morning I woke up wishing I had another woolen dress to wear for Frocktober, because most of my dresses are pretty summer cotton numbers, and it’s been so cold here in the last week. I remembered the woolen pants this morning while I was deciding what to wear. I sliced up the centre seam in the leg, and removed the pockets, waist band and fly. Then I ironed the fabric and turned it into this dress!
There was a little patch on the back heel of the pants where they had been rubbed through and repaired. I’ve put these colourful buttons on to cover up the marks.
Joh and I are heading over to Maree’s house tonight for dinner, I can’t wait to see what she thinks when I tell her what i’ve done with her pants! I wonder if she will recognise them?
Remember, if you want to support the Australian Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation during the month of Frocktober you can. Click here to donate.
My registration number is 539381. (you can put the registration number in the final page of your paypal payment).
Frocktober Day 3 October 3, 2009
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It’s really horrible weather here in Sydney today. High winds, huge amounts of rain. Just all round not very nice.
So, when I got up this morning I knew just what dress to wear for today’s Frocktober challenge.
This Kyotap tunic is lovely and soft, and being pure wool it’s just the thing to keep me toasty warm today.
It was especially brisk when we were outside trying to get a shot of today’s dress.
Remember, if you want to support the Australian Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation during the month of Frocktober you can. Click here to donate.
My registration number is 539381.
Stay warm and dry friends.
PS – yesterday was my best day for blog traffic ever! 120 hits. Yeah!
Harriet October 1, 2009
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EDIT: Harriet has now been listed in my Etsy store. Go on, make our day and buy her!!
Meet Harriet.
Harriet is a door snake.
She keeps you toasty warm by staying close to the door and keeping drafts out. She’s also very useful if your city happens to have a dust storm.
She likes: boys, new stockings and peanuts.
She dislikes: dust storms, things that bite and sneezing.
She’s made from completely recycled materials.
She’s now in the craftyllama etsy store. For now, she’s keeping guard at our front door, making me laugh every time I walk past.
Taking advantage of the weather September 17, 2009
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The behemoth got a long overdue wash today. It’s rather windy, hence the need for several of Joh’s shoes to act as weights.
I’ve broken out the pretty summer dress, and am heading to Hyde Park for lunch with Joh. Don’t you just love sydney weather!? It’s 30 degrees today and it’s only the middle of September!
Treeeesa May 24, 2009
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Rosa-May is an incredible friend, talented artist, and one of the funniest people I have ever met. I really wanted to make her feel special for her birthday this year. She really does love trees so I thought what could be more appropriate than a tree softie?
I got the inspiration for her from this lovely book.
Patchwork knitted blanket May 12, 2009
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This blanket started life because I wanted to try to use up all the half balls of wool that I had. I used some recycled wool from a previous project. I soon realised that I didn’t have much wool after all. After numerous trips to the yarn store to buy yet more wool, and much procrastination, my blanket is finally finished.
The thing that held me up the most was the sewing together of pieces, but one last push a couple of months ago made it happen.
It’s a giant measuring 82″ by 66 ” (that’s 208cm by 167cm)! That’s 4100 stitches per square, 82,000 stitches in total. It weighs 2kg! That’s so much wool!
My friend Rosa crocheted around the edge for me, and that really makes the whole piece look lovely. I’ll have to wait for a good sunny day before I can get any pics up of the lovely edge.
It’s so heavy, it just traps you under it, making getting off the couch to head to bed quite hard. It’s definitely going to keep both Joh and I warm all winter. We love it.
