Month: November 2009

  • Back in the groove

    Almost. There are four piles of fabric. My sewing room is organised. Tomorrow I’m going to look at linen. For curtains. And tonight I’ll start pinning Astrid’s new quilt. Today I placed my first order from Purl in a very long time, with not a care about import duty or English postal taxes. I got…

  • The sweet sweet smell of Rarotonga

    Into our fifth day at The Beach Place – fittingly right on the beach – at Tikioki, nestled between Muri and Titikavaka on the south eastern coast of Rarotonga. We arrived to blistering hot sun, a lovely long afternoon walk along a tropical plant lined road, on a grassy footpath, up to Muri village shops…