image: hand printed brooches : antique buttons : sage
This Saturday (14th November) I’ll be at the Rathkeale Christmas Fete. Drop by and say hi if you’re in the vacinity.
image: stitched + printed lavender hearts
I have now confirmed two dates now fully booked for this summer’s ‘Printing Images onto Fabric’ Workshops. You’ll find details here.
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Can’t quite believe that it’s time for October’s Craft 2.0 already. You can find details of where and when here. Also, I can’t quite believe that my beloved sewing machine broke a few days ago! Panic over – it’s all fixed but it means that I’ll be sewing right up until the last minute on Friday evening so my mind is sort of focused on that right now. Here are some pretty pictures to tide you over until normality has resumed.
image: freshly picked rosemary – we use fresh herbs from the garden to cook with most nights
image: candyfloss clouds above our garden
image: pots - my first attempt at wheel pottery
image: hand printed lavender hearts
image: alpacas - I took some time out from sewing and accepted an invitation to meet these beautiful creatures
image: chippy paintwork on an old cottage door - I love how the red pops
image: the shop - a lick of paint in preparation for another magazine photo shoot
Thank you to those of you who left smashing comments on the last post – always valued and appreciated. Will be back again just as soon as the dust has settled.
~Alison~
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image: king street artworks workshop participant
image: printing directly onto vintage linen
image: gathered linens and fabrics
It was wonderful to teach and work with such an amazing group of creative artists last week at the ‘Printing Images onto Fabric’ workshops. Because feedback was so positive, I plan to run a couple more this summer to be held at my studio. Am also thinking about offering lunch – perhaps to be eaten on the studio deck if the weather is kind?
Until next time…
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image: printed artichoke with hand stitching
image: ‘dear freda’ - hand printed lace cuff
image: ‘dear freda’ cuff detail
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image: wairarapa from the top of mount dick
image: mr tread softly on the way down
image: lichen
Looking down last evening on the flat plains of the Wairarapa from the top of the mountain, I realised that in just five days time, we would have lived here in New Zealand for three years. My heart will always belong to England but this beautifully, stunning, diverse country is really starting to feel like home.
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image: daffodils at middlerun
This morning I visited Middlerun, a beautiful old farm in Gladstone. It was a girls only morning where we celebrated the coming of Spring, drank, ate and wandered through the fields gathering daffodils for our homes. Such a special morning – can’t stop smiling.
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images: magnolia blooms
a perfect start to the day – coffee with a friend and the gift of a beautiful bunch of magnolia blossom from her tree
wonderful…it makes me smile
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image: printed hankie with reverse applique
image: sampler detail
This week I’ve been working on some samples to show at next months workshops(now fully booked). I’m thouroughly enjoying working on one off pieces with more planned for next week.
image: ‘new to us’ bench in open plan living area
Even though gale force winds have been forecast for tonight and we’ve been advised to batten down the hatches here in Wairarapa, I’ve been feeling particularly spring-like of late. Am wanting to throw open those windows and doors and take deep satisfying breathes of fresh, new air.
Have a great week wherever you may be and whatever you have planing.
Until next time…
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image: linen layer dresses
Just to let you know that I’ve restocked my website with lots of hand made goodness including the above limited edition pure linen layer dresses.
Thank you for your lovely comments regarding my last post. I wish that you could all zap yourselves over to New Zealand so that you can attend the fabric printing workshop as well. I’ll make sure that I take lots of photos for you to make up for it.
I have decided that from now on I will reply to comments within the blog. I usually like to email people but it seems that more often than not, I bypass your inbox and end up in the junk mail! So, unless it’s a personal question you#d like the answer to, please nip back to the comments section of the blog for your relies.
Until next time…
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