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downtomysoul.wordpress.com
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I’m a wife/mother/graphic designer/law student. All I want from life is to live with my family in a house built by our own hands, with a vegie garden, a horse and an Aga stove. It really isn’t all that much to ask is it??
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In the Making

Finally managed to buy some Nani Iro Fuwari double gauze from Patchwork on Central Park. Going to use it to make up the Wiksten Tova top pattern. The bottom is some second hand linen which I’m ...

2 days ago

Hat and Pants for Archie

Luuk hat pattern by Annis Jones. Quick change pants pattern by Anna Maria Horner.

15 feb 12

Pinafore

Ikat weave cotton pinafore dress using pattern from Happy Homemade vol. 1. I’m not sure whether I should have matched up the yoke pattern now. I didn’t do it because I don’t like th...

11 feb 12

Pebble

Knit using Celeste – Merino, Alpaca and Silk blend from Bendigo Woollen Mills. Based on Fitted Cardigan by Jo Sharp with my alterations. Wooden button from Est Australia, other buttons from my ...

31 jan 12

Just an Ordinary Home

Curtains I made from a Japanese muslin sheet and some remnant 50′s polyester weave that was my Nanna’s. On my desk. My new/old pocket watch keeping time and my most favourite things, my w...

24 jan 12

Jewels

Lettuces, tomatoes and “bubby carrots” all from the garden.

24 jan 12

Navigational Skills

I have been feeling a little lost of late. It being the season of new beginnings and all, I have been feeling like I should be getting on with something. But with life being what it is, I find myself...

12 jan 12

Midsummer Garden

31 dec 11

Marvel

I have taken to slipping into F’s room before I go to bed at night, sitting quietly on the end of his bed and watching him sleep. And just marvelling at him, lying there, breathing quietly. He&...

18 dec 11

Waiting, waiting.

So. I am scheduled for more surgery (the third round) on my cervix next month. Then I have to wait for at least two clear check ups before we can start trying for another baby. This means no baby nex...

18 dec 11

The Meaning

I’m really having trouble with Christmas. Perhaps I could be accused of over-thinking it but I’m struggling to find the meaning of Christmas for our family. G was baptised Catholic and I ...

15 dec 11

Beets

The beetroot has grown incredibly fast. The white and yellow ones especially. We had these roasted for dinner a few nights ago, delicious! We also have ripe zucchini, squash and alpine (white) strawb...

13 dec 11

Vanilla Bean and Dark Chocolate

Yep, I finally got one. And it is THE best. My Dad took the old Kenwood and said he’d give me some money for a new one in return. It was all the excuse I needed.

05 dec 11

Another Wiksten Tank

Wiksten Tank pattern by Jenny Gordy in Silk/Cotton bought from Tessuti in Melbourne. Much more appropriate for the season.

29 nov 11

Easy Peasy

Peasy Pattern by Heidi Kirrmaier. Knit with yarn reclaimed from an op shop jumper. Buttons from the wonderful Button Mania in the Nicholas Building in Melbourne. Finished on a 33ºC day, oh well it...

29 nov 11

My Table

Lemon Myrtle and Cornflower.  

14 nov 11

Wiksten Tank

Wiksten Tank, a photo by dwntomysoul on Flickr. Jenny Gordy really is lovely. My Wiksten Tank and Tova patterns took a month to arrive from the U.S. via priority mail. A little worried that they̵...

08 nov 11

Progress of the Plan

So, before the descent of the plague upon this house, we had been working hard in the garden establishing permanent vegetable garden beds. We live on the side of a mountain with very little top soil ...

17 oct 11

Progress of the Peony

I love peonies, does anyone NOT like them? It was in fact as a result of a google search on how to plant a peony that I discovered one of my favourite blogs (and ladies of the internet) Peonies and P...

17 oct 11

Free Eggs

Keeping chooks had always been part of The Plan. We’d discussed getting some many times, I’d even researched the best breed and where to buy them from. But for whatever reason in the six ...

17 oct 11

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{Preventative measures – pre epic malaise of 2011. Note to self: oranges don’t do shit.} First two weeks of a nasty virus that made it hard for him to breathe (and hence sleep) then this ...

02 oct 11

Little Things

Enjoying the view of this tree for the first time ever (good riddance pittosporums!) And this view from bed. My wisteria finally flowered after six years.    

26 sep 11

My Boy

I am now the proud mother of a two year old. Big hearts.  

26 sep 11

Afternoon Light

Buttercups and Borage. Busy. Backyard. We went out to plant some potatoes but instead this happened. Yeah. That was a good idea. Now we have a big, dusty, hole in the ground for a backyard. But now t...

26 sep 11

Forget-Me-Not

{growing all over my backyard right now} No, I haven’t. But I’ve had lots of things going on around here ok? Plenty to write about, it’s all coming. Soon. Actually, sorry. A Girl ha...

08 sep 11

Garden II

Along with levelling and paving this Summer I’m planning on doing a lot of ornamental planting. To begin with I tried planting out the garden with the types of plants traditionally found in var...

18 aug 11

Garden

Living where we do on the side of a mountain, having big trees in your garden is kind of a given. We’ve got a few huge beautiful eucalypts in the front garden, I love them so much I used the si...

18 aug 11

School or…

It’s still some time before G and I need to be thinking hard about decisions regarding Finn’s schooling but I have been thinking about it for some time already. My mother used to tell me ...

16 aug 11

Heide Ho

On Sunday Finn and I drove over to meet A and her little boy J at Heide the Museum of Modern Art. It’s been one of my favourite places in Melbourne since I was studying and we used to visit and...

16 aug 11

Puddles

Today (after weeks of screaming whenever I tried to put them on him) F finally discovered the joy of gumboots.  

07 aug 11

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