Month: July 2007

  • Wish us luck

    Photo from a shoot this week for indice. The past couple of weeks have been so packed full of things happening. Lovely NZ has taken off – especially Lovely Blogs and Lovely Shops – as I’d imagined. Whip Up did a post on it and everyone said they had a big spike in blog traffic.…

  • More Koharu no Fuku

    Well I decided to finally look up the meaning of my favourite book, and it means clothes of the early autumn. And here I am making things from this book in wool. But it’s the easy book and a good one for me to become reacquainted with sewing again. Astrid’s green woolen dress also doubles…

  • Of feathers and pillows

    Remember the feather pillows I was talking about making – the ones in Simple Sewing with a French Twist? Well, I made one. And I’ve made the covers for two more, but I’m putting off the stuffing part. Yes, the stuffing part. Next time I’ll be wearing a protective mask and glasses. And maybe a…

  • And the winners are…

    The cards and prints go to Maria in London and Veronica in Las Vegas (next to the beautiful desert). I have flown over that desert many many times and it is an incredible landscape. These are the last remaining full sets of these cards from my 2004 run – making way for the new edition…

  • Salvage

    If you haven’t managed to have a look yet, do go and check out my new post on Salvage – our local vintage fabric shop which has had a few mentions so far on this blog – now it’s got a permanent home with lots of photos over at Lovely Shops. And watch this space…

  • Link to Lovely NZ

    If you would like to put a link to Lovely NZ on your blog please copy and paste the code below. There have been a few problems with me putting the code on this page as the characters keep converting themselves grr! I think this form text box should sort things out. Please email me…

  • What I’ve been doing

    This. I’ve been making Lovely NZ websites. And I’m excited about it! It’s all part of coming back to New Zealand – I feel the need to rediscover this place. Really, I feel more at home in London than I do here and this is a way for me to go out and talk to…

  • Loop sale starts Saturday

    Debbie Bliss Baby Alpaca Silk DK & Cotton Cashmere Louisa Harding Kimono Angora & Kimono Angora Pure, Kimono Ribbon & Kimono Ribbon Pure, Kashmir Aran & Kashmir DK Lana Grossa Piccolo K1C2 Jam RY Classic Cotton Jeans Noro Cash Iroha Laines du Nord Opaline, Modella and Madras Starting this Saturday 7th July, from 11am, they…

  • There’s a new Fred in Town

    If you haven’t read it over at Yvestown, Fred has appeared on the blogging scene just recently. Hi Fred! He emailed me a couple of weeks back telling me about his fabric collection and the next day his wonderful blog materialised just brimming with posts! I am so glad Fred and WordPress have become such…

  • Cards and prints giveaway

    To celebrate the arrival of my prints (for the soon-to-be shop) I am giving away a set of ten mixed greeting cards from my 2004 edition and a 5 x 7 print each to two lucky winners. To enter simply send me an email or leave a comment below. Two winners will be drawn at…

  • Productivity

    Today got off to a brilliant start with the arrival of Alison’s famous Mandarin Jam. Alison’s [quote] enthusiastic packaging material included some rather delightful items, which have come to a happy new home. I was very surprised to find all of these little extras propping the marmalade up, all beautifully colour-coordinated and nestled in a…

  • The magic of flickr friends

    And new ones at that. I was blown away by Jen of String and Scissor’s generosity and her enormous vintage fabric collection that she must have been just bursting to share. I am so so so lucky. Really lucky 🙂 Here is part of my thank you email dotted throughout the photos. The care that…