tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77162000654784501182024-03-06T00:25:33.966+13:00Sooziesuzy Cooks and Sews and Gardens...Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-66434158158572274352024-01-20T07:30:00.001+13:002024-01-20T07:31:36.270+13:00AI is Nuts!<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am tired of people, with little knowledge of crafts and the amount of time they can take, going gaga over images of cute grannies decked out in crocheted garments alongside their car or motorcycle also wearing crocheted stuff, and then suggesting, in all seriousness, that I might like to create such a garment. This type of AI example seemed to flood my now gone social media sites. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today this find is on Nancy's Notions, once a very reputable place to go for information. While a gem in the AI genre, this statement will likely have the fabulous late Nancy Zieman extremely perplexed, along with concern from health and safety experts.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;"><i><b>"Position your fabric under the needle, aligning the starting point of your stitching with the desired location on the fabric. Gently rock the machine back and forth while guiding the fabric, allowing the needle to create the stitches. Maintain a steady rhythm and avoid jerky movements to achieve smooth and even stitches."</b></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;">This is part of an instruction in a free motion quilting article and clearly the reason I have failed with free motion quilting!!!</span></p>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-76580375276109896562021-04-17T10:54:00.000+12:002021-04-17T10:54:01.768+12:00And before you know it, it is Saturday again!<p>During the last 18 months when I was "not working, not retired" then suddenly "retired" (due to illness) the weekdays and weekends melded together. Sometimes I needed to see the neighbours' rubbish or recycling bins out on Sunday night to realise the next day would be Monday or have the kids organise to come from town to stay, to be in tune with which day it was.</p><p>The last two weeks have been quite different with travelling to town for radiation. It was blissful this morning to wake and realise it is Saturday. That feeling of knowing there are two days when I can stay home, sew or knit or read or garden, (raining so now unlikely) without interruption. No radiation for two days, no 2 to 2.5 hours driving (traffic dependent) for a five minute appointment. (it takes longer to get changed in and out of the gown and the bed adjusted than the 6 zaps of radiation take)</p><p>During my working life weekends were often crazy, kids, housework, supermarket, garden, mending, however, they were pretty much in my control and looked forward to. Clearly after treatment I need a scheme to reclaim the specialness of a weekend.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy70jq_B7d6B-ae_YZECKdq2Gdm30BmcogUTxn1NclIIPieWQtsORQU1V-ywrwtzF1JfjdX_L8IelqmTcuMQI75ktqXOGYpDMWmxiWb8BIgWfWCuxwi9pdj6Poe9iCvD8xxfdgZsHi3pgV/s4896/P1020059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy70jq_B7d6B-ae_YZECKdq2Gdm30BmcogUTxn1NclIIPieWQtsORQU1V-ywrwtzF1JfjdX_L8IelqmTcuMQI75ktqXOGYpDMWmxiWb8BIgWfWCuxwi9pdj6Poe9iCvD8xxfdgZsHi3pgV/w400-h300/P1020059.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-51682945365020860662021-04-03T09:59:00.016+13:002021-04-04T10:05:38.254+12:00Saturday of Easter<p>It turned into a crazy day, unexpectedly the kids arrived a day early. Mad panic to make the bed and extend dinner, bake cookies and generally tidy up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQ9yPW4OpaEV0XH_rzLC_Czy4ekhwtzJiEZae_i05W9gLZAvXSkYyeZ5ecZRsBMllU3qIZgqyFJlZB2hd_y_I6M3zeRWEvQfnow-LP5m4ismiIkEUKupqe01KY8SE2B0PEWv2WOh4xxXt/s4896/P1020062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQ9yPW4OpaEV0XH_rzLC_Czy4ekhwtzJiEZae_i05W9gLZAvXSkYyeZ5ecZRsBMllU3qIZgqyFJlZB2hd_y_I6M3zeRWEvQfnow-LP5m4ismiIkEUKupqe01KY8SE2B0PEWv2WOh4xxXt/w400-h300/P1020062.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW2FKtVeYJmcAV8yyeLAA1-Le_RRSAlIucfv7mr85OONdjffZh1rj8f1JFY1mEWjfTiAHz5AdNS0_UGXZ9UNOpeASjAlE7y8Biud9DcSFAYEufc6SA5ZMGHKgZFdXTuRi3JCgANsHUZE4/s4896/P1020063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW2FKtVeYJmcAV8yyeLAA1-Le_RRSAlIucfv7mr85OONdjffZh1rj8f1JFY1mEWjfTiAHz5AdNS0_UGXZ9UNOpeASjAlE7y8Biud9DcSFAYEufc6SA5ZMGHKgZFdXTuRi3JCgANsHUZE4/w400-h300/P1020063.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Loving the pansies that have replaced the summer petunias in my pots. Once I was not a fan of the multi coloured pansies but as I have aged so has my appreciation of their cute faces.</p>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-75046591845548499392021-04-02T09:15:00.075+13:002021-04-04T09:58:15.776+12:00Good FridayWhat a rainy day! Autumn rains are a good time to have seeds in the ground and this year I managed to sow a cover crop (oats, mustard and lupins) that will be chopped at ground level and help with conditioning the soil. (sand!) I sprinkled more generously than the recommended weight. I must have known the pukekos and sparrows would be keen for a feed. <div><br /></div><div>I have other vege seeds that have sprouted but now the nights seem to have cooled their progress may be slow. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm9eUhuAneZ4We5zShwQ2vp6cyVo-DkdNeK6ME6kEkWpSx4Ntj6kIMTeKNFbZlrWLJRDRnUNwnu1D03L66gSgJVrLAZcnrRe-qUVCNy32cn_moHysc2q4L_YOyyJ-8qQncsZjZiaQy5FC/s4896/P1020066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm9eUhuAneZ4We5zShwQ2vp6cyVo-DkdNeK6ME6kEkWpSx4Ntj6kIMTeKNFbZlrWLJRDRnUNwnu1D03L66gSgJVrLAZcnrRe-qUVCNy32cn_moHysc2q4L_YOyyJ-8qQncsZjZiaQy5FC/w400-h300/P1020066.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This tray, ghastly plastic that once was once a cherry container, has a lid which is closed at night, becoming a mini hot house. This seed raising mix was like wood chips not a fine mix. I will not buying that brand again. It has spring onion (the direct sowed ones are thriving not these), broccoli, lettuce and kale. These seeds courtesy of the supermarket promotion last year. They come enclosed in little tissue sections and generally you get six or seven plants. I think the promotion is aimed at children but as we shop there already I am happy to receive them.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRJROoSyXGmLPcikXHYhad9_8EroHTCYKatWJQ-EbTOaQzRMgQhtC-WPyVE0g9I6qn0_EJ_kJ5qZN98q7zvp0ZzGX02mK8k5tOB6Qmi27pzP0BkGAx8e535wGGIuslepB59GbIdVw0x32/s4896/P1020068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRJROoSyXGmLPcikXHYhad9_8EroHTCYKatWJQ-EbTOaQzRMgQhtC-WPyVE0g9I6qn0_EJ_kJ5qZN98q7zvp0ZzGX02mK8k5tOB6Qmi27pzP0BkGAx8e535wGGIuslepB59GbIdVw0x32/w400-h300/P1020068.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These are clove scented dianthus and I only need one plant for the seeds to have paid for themselves! They are unfussy and our conditions, sand and gales, do not seem to upset them.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-1474472542950789212021-04-01T14:21:00.021+13:002021-04-02T09:09:12.754+13:00A New YearThe last 25 years of my working life, when I was at the height of my career, I always thought of 1 April as being the start of the new year. The time for new budgets, reviews of the previous year's business, accounts and much more. I transferred that to my personal life, less about resolutions more about action!<div><br /></div><div>This year should be no different but it certainly is. Day four of radiation was completed today, and if anything is going to shock you into thinking about the new year and life it is cancer. It has been a long journey since the diagnosis last year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Each day of this journey I have made sure I complete a positive task. It is easy to slip back to too much surfing or phone scrolling.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today I started the double crochet rows on the small blanket I started last August when I was ill with shingles. I planned to finish it and store it for a gift, however, I will be a grandmother in a couple of months so it needs to be finished😀 I had been given a Nancy's voucher when I left work and as I really needed no more fabric (Unless I know specifically what I want, I try to restrain myself!) so I bought the most gorgeous fine yarn, 50 percent wool and 50 percent mohair. It is beautiful to work with and not at all "over" fluffy like the ghastly mohairs I had worked with in the past. 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Snapchat just in from my sister. Today's delivery to my parents who are in their eighties. Glad to see she has prioritised brandy and home grown and home made raspberry jam.</div>
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Practising social isolation. Level 3 heading to level 4 and total lock down at midnight tomorrow.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a "not working, not retired" person I have plenty of time that to many may be considered as spare time, this does not mean that my days have not filled to the brim with useful pursuits, however, since the Covid 19 outbreak I have started spending far too much time reading news and following social media, much of which is fake news and rumours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This leads to worry about the state of mankind in reactions to each other in these times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems beyond belief to find a Trade Me (N.Z.'s equivalent to EBay) listing among Textiles and Linens (I get new listings emailed to me each day) for four rolls of toilet paper, budget brand, photographed with a bottle of Corona, start/reserve price $50. It seems there have been many exorbitant listings for such items. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are constantly told there is no interruption to the supermarket supplies, we even have two manufacturers of toilet paper in N.Z. but still the trip to the supermarket for the usual supplies we would buy finds the shelves empty of many many items. Toilet paper, flour, yeast, baking powder, rice, pasta, canned products, even pharmacy type products like toothpaste. I did wonder if the supply trucks were concentrating on food products not toothpaste and deodorant:-) One can only wonder about people's mindset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The resultant economy downturn is of concern, and when you have family members working in hospitality etc it is concerning with people staying home and not able to socialise, and of course we have no idea how long this will last for. Some of these businesses will manage to change their menus to allow UberEats or the like to service clients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there are the family members who work in the health sector to worry about. Their high level of training and resources implemented to keep them safe should be sufficient, however, the public need to play their part and follow instructions. Stories of people barging into medical facilities demanding to be tested or turning up at a pharmacy and abusing staff because they cannot be vaccinated, because not all vaccine providers have received their supply of flu vaccine for upcoming influenza season. Priority is being given to the over 65s, those with chronic illnesses, etc, to be vaccinated earlier than usual. Patience is a virtue!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the Prime Minister and others were reported saying yesterday "Be kind." The world is dealing with a pandemic, this is the new "normal," and we all need to think of others and prepare for any eventually, not easy, but stockpiling toilet paper is not the solution, after all we have the Kapiti Observer delivered free each week😉</span><br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-24052527278612576722019-11-28T10:11:00.000+13:002019-11-28T10:11:47.113+13:00Blogging!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To blog or not to blog? I deleted many posts some years back which now I regret. It is a great form of diary record and a chance to keep any skill in expression going. I now wonder if I will make a concerted effort to return.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is nearly 4 months since I left my job of 17 years, and an industry I had worked in for 43 years. I am not working, not retired though. I have intentions of applying some enthusiasm to looking for some sort of paid work next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The four months has flown by, the house is the tidiest it has been since we moved here seven years ago, which in turn brings it own problem. It is starting to look tatty and needing some interior decoration, I guess that happens after ten years, the age of the house. Rather like our flag that needs replacing, however, we will wait for the serious spring winds to disappear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been great having a designated sewing room and I spend many hours sewing and listening to the radio. We have a wonderful non commercial station and many longer format items give me something to ponder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The garden is still a work in progress....some patches are garden tour worthy but mostly it is still a jungle. Now the weather has settled the intention is to work harder in it, though I have two trips away before Christmas.</span><br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-45413102676528771462019-05-19T11:45:00.003+12:002019-05-19T11:58:05.895+12:00It has been two years!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two years since I last blogged! I have not stopped reading blogs, they are still my favourite read but no writing here by me, just the odd Instagram entry. I expect my blog could do with a more modern format, though I am not sure I can even remember how to upload a picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No doubt a lot has happened in those two years but the most dramatic happened just over a week ago when I resigned from my job just one month into 18 years at that company. I loved the work, but sadly there are multiple other reasons why it was not going to be the job to see me to retiring age. </span><br />
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For the first time in a long time I am working on a quilt! I love watching Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny Doan create on YouTube and this is one of their designs. Jenny is inspirational and for a time short quilter such as me she takes the stress out of creating a great project.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-51391507264088863042016-05-29T18:18:00.001+12:002016-05-29T18:18:54.576+12:00A dreary weekend weather-wiseA damp, windy weekend makes an ideal environment for crafting. Today I found some lovely blogs to surf between rows of knitting. I am on the homestretch on the scarf I started in Queenstown during my holiday in February. The yarn, merino, silk and possum, is a dream to work with. <div>
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It is nearly June and "proper" winter is close. Summer has lasted through autumn and even as late as last weekend I was still wearing shorts.<br />
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Early January saw my sister come for a quick visit for a 70th and 80th combined birthday party. She landed in winds that saw the airport closed 25 minutes later, which for a freaked out flyer like her was brilliant.<br />
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We headed south in February for two weeks, flying in and out of Christchurch.<br />
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We caught up with my family, celebrated my mother's 80th birthday early and generally played tourists in my hometown Dunedin, before moving onto Queenstown, Hokitika and back to Christhchurch. It was a fabulous break.<br />
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And a very small amount of gardening.<br />
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Hard to beat a cheese board with ginger beer in a beautiful garden at Akaroa or<br />
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brunch on the waterfront at Lake Wakatiupu, Queenstown.<br />
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Our usual weekend at W.O.M.A.D. in New Plymouth in March which usually signals the end of summer, so to have a further 2 months of warm weather has been rather special.<br />
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And this week I entered my 60th year....I am trying to keep the thoughts positive! 59 years old seems rather ancient.<br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-47350078009776596102015-12-27T16:46:00.000+13:002015-12-27T16:46:15.744+13:00Learning to relax<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The craziest work year is over and I am struggling to relax and switch off and do more than go between projects, reading and napping. I also have the worst hayfever I have had in years.<br />
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I ended up working 60 hour weeks not including the 20 plus hours of travel time each week, a combination of the job getting busier and disasters with computer hardware and software. The software has been renewed, (not an upgrade but brand new) and I finally got an assistant two weeks before the vacation. I am hopeful 2016 will at last become a better balance of work and life outside work!<br />
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Every project during the year was done at a frenetic pace, such as this hat that my daughter ordered based on something she had seen Taylor Swift wear. The alpaca and silk wool was a dream to knit though rather expensive.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-62419312201980545422015-12-25T10:09:00.000+13:002016-10-14T18:56:45.831+13:00Happy Christmas 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Made it to Christmas! The worst work year ever, I am exhausted, however, the plan is two weeks relaxing, reading, crafting and gardening, and perhaps a blog or two. Bliss if I achieve the afore mentioned:-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pohutakawa in our front entrance decided to be festive on cue. The flowesrs on the other trees we have are being slow to open.</span></span><br />
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Happy 2015! May it be filled with lots of craftiness.</div>
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Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-3504161728664758942014-12-28T10:13:00.000+13:002015-12-27T16:48:54.713+13:00Happy Christmas! (belated)It is the fourth day since I stopped work and finally I feel like I could manage Christmas, but it has been and gone for another year:-)<br />
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Some Christmas cheer, a modern arrangement of mint, which is flourishing with all the rain we have had.<br />
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Last weekend before work finished I did bake Gran's biscuits (as we call them in my family, my great grandmother's recipe, a version of German, later known as Belgium biscuits), to give as gifts to my colleagues. Alas they are still waiting for the raspberry jam and brandy butter icing.<br />
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Peace and joy from the "wise man" of the house!<br />
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I made the "ten minute table runner" on Christmas day, which this photo indicates needs another press after it's outing with the "wise man."Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-54300963723137265622014-12-20T09:24:00.000+13:002015-12-27T16:49:14.214+13:00A little sewing at lastFinally some sewing, three aprons completed.<br />
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Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-14868729029066486052014-10-01T18:52:00.000+13:002015-12-27T16:49:53.131+13:00Spring day at its sunny bestWe have sun in Wellington and at Waikanae Beach tonight but we also have work so I have been enjoying my sister's outing with her daughters and my parents to Kaka Point in South Otago. The blue sky is stunning!<br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-72609951971818408212014-09-28T20:16:00.000+13:002015-12-27T16:50:25.722+13:00Daylight saving time is hereMy blog has been neglected. The blog that started as a way of recording what is going on in my life for me to remember, as much as for a wider audience. <br />
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Xanthe came home for three and a half weeks. It is always special having my daughter home and we fitted in a break for all of us in Napier during that time. She has now returned to start her third year in Japan.<br />
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I have been wanting to sew clothes again for me for such a long time but the days of being a size 14/16 and no difficulty fitting patterns as drafted have long gone. I have not stitched for myself for 10 years and while I continue to battle loosing weight, it is slow and the depression and hunger that accompanies is not always fun.<br />
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I have discovered plenty of blogs and competent sewists who are plus size. And with the help of this <a href="http://curvysewingcollective.com/curvy-blogroll/" target="_blank">site</a> I am in the process of learning how to adjust patterns and am hopeful I can again sew for me.<br />
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However I have made some cosmetic purses as gifts. This Echino fabric is a fabulous weight for these purses.<br />
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Winter has come and gone and come back again today with daylight saving time. It is bitter here today, gales and rain however Cecile Brunner has her first flower, a reminder that better weather will come.<br />
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I have not planted and grown roses before, and was uncertain with our sand base how they would grow, but with a large trellis to cover I was hopeful that I could establish a rambler. I planted her mid winter and am happy to report she is flourishing, as is Clair Matin, who is in a pot and also covered in buds.<br />
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And then there is Boris...<br />
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The days come and go and not a lot changes in my world. It is now time to think about getting organised for the work week, 4.30 a.m. and the alarm ringing is not far away:-)Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-6234358152572803732014-07-06T16:30:00.000+12:002015-12-27T16:50:52.405+13:00Winter or is it really springThe winter so far has been mild and very spring like, (complete with spring winds!) though the bugs continually circling at my office are winter-like, and for the first time in years I have been the recipient of one of the variations. A three plus week cough that resulted in me finally giving in and having a couple of days home and just when I thought I was way better and had returned to work I experienced some severe pain that an ambulance ride and seven hours at the emergency department concluded was not heart attack.<br />
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So I planned a stress-free weekend of calm and apart from a neighbour backing into my car, I think I have succeeded.<br />
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I am managing to keep the lettuce and kale growing. This raised and very sheltered bed, that was built for chillis, makes a great winter garden.<br />
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Leeks, rocket, silverbeet, celery with parsley behind and more leeks in front, spinach, kale and masses of self seeded borage.<br />
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Neglected hyacinths from last year, the pot having been relegated to a forgotten corner of the garden. Their scent alerted me to their presence.<br />
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Fuchsias still performing despite being in a very dry patch.<br />
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A passion fruit that forgot to grow and ripen in season.<br />
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Cheeky violets creeping through from the neighbours. I do not mind.<br />
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A perfect laundry day. Fantastic to have washed, dried, and folded straight from the line. <br />
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And so to the new week....Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716200065478450118.post-17103744555021348692014-05-31T11:30:00.000+12:002015-12-27T16:51:18.176+13:00Finally a blog and some cushions.Finally some cushions to brighten up the window seat corner of the dining room using the Cuzco line from Kate Spain. I had bought a jelly roll on a whim with no idea how I would this fabric.<br />
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The longer cushion is made in the quilt as you go method. Of course making such non standard sizes meant I had to make and stuff the inners. And as I am on a "use up stash" drive and the calico stash is gone I made use of the fabric below that is not me at all. (it is a mystery now it came to be in my stash even)<br />
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We have a visitor staying. She is very entertaining!<br />
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Never a dull moment. Even Boris seems to enjoy her antics.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783461922126990376noreply@blogger.com0