Month: January 2008
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Tote bags
In the shop. And for those of you who are wondering, no Swedish linen bags yet. Soon.
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Nani Iro sewing patterns + Paris
Thanks to Jen for the link to the nani iro site, I happened upon a heap of patterns for download. Follow this link and navigate by clicking the pictures or the dates on the top nav (as long as you stay within the sewing section). I want to make the baby bloomers! And a few…
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Out with the old…
This weekend I have at long last had the time to sit down quietly and sew to my heart’s content. And because I’ve been having such a big clearout on TradeMe (our eBay equivalent) I’ve been able to return to Linnet again (just in case I’d forgotten anything) – although really I need to be…
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Today it’s raining
It was good last week. As I said, some shop money came in. November and December worth from two shops, which of course afforded me a trip or two to Linnet. Today I am feeling so so drained. Today I will curl up on the (linen) sofa, drink chai spice tea and let my pisces…
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Making. Making.
As well as shopping, sometimes I make things too. Like bags. With echino and re:form and trefle linens and cottons. All mixed up like. With heavy lilac dkny linen handles that fit just nicely over the shoulder. And then I might make other bags from vintage swedish linen, a dash of japanese fabric, a piece…
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Two books
I ordered these early October. They’ve just arrived. The first ones got lost in the post somewhere along the way but book orders are never a rush – there are always plenty to read right here. The first book; one piece + smock blouse is the only clothing book I’ll be needing, at least for…
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LINNET
I’m officially in Love. I knew I would be. LINNET is most definitely in my top ten shops in the whole wide world. No, make that top five. My parcel arrived early this morning. It was probably more exciting than Christmas. Up we got Astrid and I, and out to carefully and slowly unwrap and…
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The “lining the vintage-swedish-linen bags and purses with really cool fabrics” project
Today heralds the beginning of another new project. It ought to be noted this does not fall under the “delicate and natural” brief – that’s my other project. Every evening over Christmas I sat down in my new reading nook with my favourite book and looked at everything over and over. Then I spent two…
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Drawing inspiration
This year my overriding goal is to spend more time on things. Mainly the design process. I’ve been thinking these past few days about a subject. Something to provide a framework for my thoughts. Yesterday I revisited Alison’s and Hilary’s cotton ribbons; which led me, via google to LINNET. It was like walking into the…
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Hello oh eight
New Year’s around our house was about as exciting as last year with me making cushions. Earlier in the day I ran into Leslie’s latest project and thought that would be a brilliant way to display some of the favourites in the Swedish linen collection. They’re not usually this squished up next to each other.…