Happy spring! *cue ubiquitous Daffodil photograph* I took this photograph at Mount Lees Reserve which was a-romp with daffodils. I don’t even like daffodils! but they are eye-catching en masse…. Here is a recent op-shopping haul: I’ve been looking for some kind of baskety receptacle for when I pick things out of the garden – … Continue reading receptacles, ted hughes and a pony
1. The women who come to my yoga class are all naturally generous, thoughtful souls and every week someone brings plants to share, or bags of clothes, or magazines to pass on…and last week Barbara bought me this wonderful 1960s cloth from her home country of Germany. I love it, thanks Barbara! Yoga classes grow … Continue reading three things from recent days
I might have been gadding about enjoying summer lately but it doesn’t mean the mattress project has stopped! Here are some recently spotted mattress textiles: My favourite of this batch is that last one – the rose is wonderfully bright and then look at that insane background – turquoise, hot pink, gray….woah! There’s even a … Continue reading mattress textiles lately
In the interests of clearing out a bit of ‘chi’ in THE CAVE OF FORGOTTEN CRAFT, I finished off two skirts I had half-made ages ago (like, years…) One was a simple wrap skirt, but I used three different fabrics for the three panels (why stick to one??)…two thrifted bits and one piece of new … Continue reading a spot o’ sewing
Here’s the latest of my ‘mattresses in op-shops’ finds – a sunny 70s floral. The bathroom of my childhood home had wallpaper very similar to this. 70s florals are like an instant time-travel to being a kid again for me. My flickr group of mattress photos is slowly growing, come and play HERE if you … Continue reading sunny side up
A couple of fabric collages I made. (Photos are a little blurry – I think my ancient camera is starting to fail me.) I’m not sure if that is the right term – I’ve seen similar things called ‘mini-quilts’ but that seems a little absurd to me…unless they are quilts for dolls or mice. Continue reading collage with fabric
It was a big harvest weekend in the garden – I did a lot of garden/kitchen stuff which I will tell you about over this week. Here’s a start: I pulled all the dying summer crops out of our biggest garden bed – all the tomato plants, harvested the pumpkins, the last celery, lettuces going … Continue reading harvest weekend
Yes, you can take the clutter away from the girl, but you can’t keep the girl out of the op-shops. To be fair, where I used to op-shop weekly (even daily when I had a small baby I needed to walk to to sleep in the pram and we lived two blocks from an excellent … Continue reading so I went op-shopping again…
My clothes are wearing me. Trying me on, shrugging me off. I don’t fit right – although the mirror is kinder than the mind. Who are these clothes, with their demands and attention-seeking pin-tucks? The synthetic sparkle sloughs my skin, glamorous sandpaper. The Mexican dress makes me all the more gringa. I have woken up … Continue reading peeling
This weekend I’m having two blissful kid-free nights in Featherston at my friend Emma McCleary’s house. It’s my little treat before the school holidays and a whole lot of intensive parenting begin! Emma is a great host and we always have a good time. Emma co-runs the Craft Country Fair in Greytown (this Saturday, 10-3,Town … Continue reading Craft Country this Saturday! Yeeeeeha!
Helen Lehndorf 