We had a flying visit to Adelaide with the express purpose of …. doing absolutely nothing! I booked an apartment within walking distance of the Adelaide Central Markets which we last visited many years ago, and they are as good as we remembered. We spent a few hours just wandering, drinking coffee and eating the […]
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There’s been an initiative taking place in the UK called “Small Beginnings, Great Expectations”, which I discounted when I first heard of it because it seemed that I needed to be in the UK to participate. Once I had all the details I changed my mind and had a chat to Jill, the organiser. I […]
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Tauko Magazine number 17 is out today with the theme of “Happiness” and it certainly made me happy as it’s full of some really lovely patterns. I chose the Vibes pattern by Lauren Merceris as I felt it would fit perfectly into my wardrobe. It has two styes – a sleeveless version with a double […]
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Fibreswest has moved to a new venue – the Narrogin Agricultural College, which is situated on a beautiful 1,404 hectare commercial farm which supports both crops and livestock. They run commercial Merino sheep, a Suffolk stud, Black Angus cattle and a free-range commercial egg production enterprise. Much of the food we ate came from the […]
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Special Edition Number 4 of Fibremood has been released and it’s all about sportswear. I chose the Boreal sweater which I thought would be a useful addition to my wardrobe. The Boreal has a bit of an edge – it’s cropped and has balloon sleeves which are in three pieces. All the seams are topstitched […]
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The minute I had finished my first Liz Haywood zero waste jacket I knew I wanted a spring/summer version. I dug out a piece of Marimekko I had bought in Stockholm and which I ruined with some reckless cutting. The design is quite lovely but I have these bias cuts all along the edge as […]
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When Liz Haywood showed a jacket that she had published in the Jaanese magazine, Cotton Time, I knew I needed it in my wardrobe. I could only find the magazine on Amazon Japan, which is a bit upsetting, but I bought it anyway. It’s a lovely magazine and there are several things in it that […]
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In October I’m going to be at the Fibreswest residential retreat in Narrogin, a country town in the wheatbelt and I keep hearing about how freezing it is (thermals are mentioned), so I decided that new pyjamas were in order. I have been meaning to make another hooded robe from Liz Haywood’s excellent book “Zero […]
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I received a paper making kit for my birthday and I have to say I have enjoyed my foray into recycling paper enormously. I have been getting increasingly upset about the amount of paper I have to dispose of after pasting patterns together, as well as all the envelopes, bills, etc, which I discard. I […]
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The latest Fibremood magazine, Edition 35, has been released and some of the patterns have been organised into families, where one pattern can be made a few different ways, which is such an interesting initiative. The Thalia comes with a crossover front, but it’s family member, the Tiany, doesn’t. The similarities between the two patterns […]
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