Fabric Friday: ‘Grocer #5’
This fabric, ‘Grocer’ cotton drill from spotlight is bright and cheery. Spotlight has a few colorways of this but I chose the red version (#5) for making some Christmas presents, such as oven mitts, aprons, gardening gloves and hot pads – you know, useful kitchen stuff. I thought it might also make a good iPad […]
6/8/12 – 12/8/12
12/8/12: The Neck – a roaring, desolate expanse of beach – except for some sea gulls and a fisherman. Such a good place for a game of family football, sandcastle making and writing in the sand. 11/8/12: so many adventures in one day – like this adventure at Adventure Bay! 10/8/12: heading over to Bruny […]
Fabric Friday: purple
I have been bursting to sew myself a new skirt. It needs to be a heavy weight fabric and it needs to be made with wintry colours. I am going to make a simple skirt. I will. Once I have given this purple fabric (‘vintage dreaming’ cotton drill from spotlight) a wash and an iron. […]
Baking: muffins and date loaf (recipe)
It has been a little while since I baked, due to being sick and busy etc. This weekend, all my baking was performed with wholemeal flour and less sugar, to make everything healthier. I made blueberry muffins, without chocolate or nuts, so Elora can take them to Childcare. The children were eager to taste these […]
30/7/12 – 5/8/12
5/8/12: such a beautiful, sunny morning! Monte and I went out to work in the garden together, whilst the kids and their friends played inside or in the carport, riding their bikes. Things are starting to bloom and I feel like spring will actual come! I hung the washing on the line (hence it began […]
Fabric Friday: Georgie’s choice
I went to Spotlight with Georgie a few weeks ago. She chose this fabric, after going a bit dizzy with all the choices of colour, weights, patterns and styles. Georgie’s idea is to make a skirt for herself and a dress for Ella, so the two girls match. I bought 1.5m of this lightweight cotton […]
Eggs!
Recently I was walking around the property, when I heard the strange yet familiar sound of a chicken laying an egg. At first I wondered what all the fuss was about, and then I remembered. Eggs. They carry on a bit when they are laying, don’t they! Well, there you have it. One of our […]
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