Month: July 2007
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…