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This used to be a Japan blog. Now it's about craft, kittens, babies, sustainable living, cooking and other stuff like that.
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the study

My study used to look like this. Well, not really, it was usually messier than that, but that was the general configuration of furniture. Then, about two years ago I had a built in desk and shelves p...

29 apr 12

a mostly unphotographed easter

Happy Easter! We spent our long weekend in Thredbo, a little village in the mountains about 500km south of Sydney, with a group of friends. In winter it's a ski resort, but at this time of year ...

10 apr 12

there are many things wrong with this skirt

Whenever I sew from a commercial pattern I go through a routine in my head that goes something like this: "Oh, it's the first time I'm making this pattern. I suppose I should check wha...

28 mar 12

corduroy pinafore

A pinafore for Miss Milla, made from Liberty babycord that I bought at Shaukat when I was pregnant with her. And using a Butterick pattern that my mum has had with her sewing things for as long as I ...

20 mar 12

autumn knitting

I'm not quite sure how, but it seems to be March already and I know that since my children are getting bigger and my knitting remains woefully slow I had better get on with making them each a ca...

07 mar 12

a new pincushion

The tomato pincushion on the left has served me well for many years. Ten years in fact. In 2002 I was doing the most soul crushingly boring graduate job ever at a television station in Sydney, and to...

06 mar 12

a dress for humid days

I finished a version of New Look 6775 this week, just in time for a few hot humid end-of-summer days. I've lost count of how many times I've made this dress, it has been a great pattern. Th...

02 mar 12

long overdue

The past couple of weeks have been chaotic here. New preschool and daycare routines. Good things like houseguests visiting from overseas. Bad things like a sick husband and sick kids. I feel like I&#...

16 feb 12

the nephew quilt

The nephew quilt is finished, and has been safely dispatched to America with my mother-in-law, who is visiting the new baby. It is soft and snuggly and will hopefully keep him warm. The fabrics are a...

11 feb 12

daiso in sydney

I always loved pottering in Daiso in Japan, so I'm very excited that there's a branch in Sydney now. Masses of ridiculously cute (and some surpisingly useful) Japanese stuff for $2.80 a pie...

02 feb 12

greyness

There has been a lot of fabric swapping going on around here. As well as the kids swap, there was the handprinted swap that Leslie organised last year. And then following on from that Di organised a ...

31 jan 12

kids fabric printing swap

The boy child is very interested to watch me sew, knit and print things, and often asks if he can join in, so when Kirsten organised a kids fabric printing swap I signed him up straight away. I expla...

30 jan 12

australia day + a quilt

It's Australia Day here, a public holiday I have mixed feelings about. It's always nice to have a day off work. And I can see the benefit in taking time to reflect on and celebrate the coun...

26 jan 12

lazy days

We're coming to the end of the summer holidays. They have gone so fast. We've had lots of playdates, trips to the beach and the zoo and the museum, some cooking & crafting and hanging o...

25 jan 12

pyjamas

Why have things been quiet around here? a) I'm still obsessed with The Killing, and because it's subtitled I can't play on the computer at the same time. b) When not watching The Killi...

12 jan 12

recharge, renew (and ramblings about movies and books and food)

We stayed at the beach from Boxing Day to New Years Day, and it was so good to have time to relax together*. I didn't knit, sew or play on the computer. Instead we got up early to paddle in the ...

03 jan 12

goodbye 2011

Goodbye 2011. You were good fun. Thank you for introducing me to Amsterdam, and for turning Milla from a squarky newborn to a hilarious bundle of mischief. And Ali from a quiet almost-toddler to a la...

01 jan 12

felt ball wreath

I finally finished the felt ball wreath. I love it, although I might change the bow. Ali's campaigning for gold, and I think he's right. I am very happy that I made this, even though it dro...

22 dec 11

my new baby

There are pros and cons to a birthday that's close to Christmas. But one of the advantages is being able to claim an extra generous gift as a "Joint Christmas and Birthday Present", wh...

22 dec 11

christmas books

The tub of Christmas books has been out for a few weeks. My favourites are the Dick Bruna Christmas Book and Another Night Before Christmas with Rob Ryan illustrations. Ali's favourite is The Gr...

19 dec 11

christmas is coming

Christmas is creeping up quickly, and I'm feeling surprisingly relaxed and well organised*. Ali and I collaborated on the cards this year - I printed the trees with the gocco, and then he decora...

13 dec 11

weekend sewing

Here's what I made last weekend: A dress for Milla from a Clothkit (I know I just said she doesn't need any more dresses, but I made it big so it will fit next winter) A Tova top for me, in...

29 nov 11

sandbox shorts

As delightful as it is to sew pretty little dresses for the girl baby, I have been forced to admit that she doesn't need any more clothes. Not in her current size, anyway. Between things I'...

24 nov 11

clothkits skirt

I made this skirt months ago, and have been meaning to take a photo of it being worn but I keep getting blurry shots so this hanger photo will have to do. I do love Clothkits. The directions and pre-...

23 nov 11

7 years, and 800 posts

Seven years ago I was twenty four years old, had been living in Tokyo for six months, and had just got married. I was teaching English for a big eikaiwa chain and doing an internship at a magazine, w...

17 nov 11

love lace

Last week, when we were dodging the painters, Milla & I went to the Love Lace exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. Such beautiful work, most of it not traditional lace but very lovely. Well worth...

16 nov 11

yellow brick road

Handprinted fabric for the swap organised by Leslie. I had less time than I expected to make this, because we moved out of our place for most of last week while it was being painted. I knew we would ...

14 nov 11

kcwc - better late than never?

This is the only thing I finished from the long list of things I wanted to make in KCWC - the week got busy with Milla's birthday and other things, and then I was out of elastic, so this languis...

02 nov 11

halloween rockmelon

I never celebrated Halloween as a child, and hadn't planned on doing anything with Ali, but I didn't count on peer pressure. When I picked him up from preschool yesterday it seemed that the...

01 nov 11

amsterdam with kids

This is a post I've been meaning to write up since we got back from our holiday in August, so it is a little out-of-date. But it might be useful to anyone else heading to Amsterdam with children...

31 oct 11

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