SALLIE SILK IN SHIGAWAKE

Something really, really special came into my life recently. Last month, I opened a package from Texas, filled with 5 yards of hand-painted silk from my beloved Sallie Oh. How did this small miracle come to be? I made an offhand comment about some sort of silk trade after seeing her truly magical Satsuki dress, not really expecting her to actually take me up on the offer. But I guess long-distance...

Just so freakin' pretty.

Hello loves,I have a very busy day planned. I've already been up since 5:45 to have some breakfast with my hubby, soon my kitchen table will be delivered, and then I have more shopping expeditions planned. Moving overseas stinks. You have to buy all new appliances with the switch in plugs/voltage... so I'm off on a hunt for lamps and the perfect waffle iron.But first, I saw this on Pinterest this...

Don't give up on me! I'm still here!

Hello my lovely readers!This is just a quick post today to let you know that I'm still here. I haven't really been in much of a position to blog during our overseas move. The husband, the kitty and I have all made it safely to Monterey, California and are trying to settle in as much as we can to our new house. All of our furniture (including the entirety of my studio) is half way across the ocean...

WHAT'S DOING (2013/08)

Happy day everyone. I'm toying with starting a new blog feature. I generally only post when I have a new sewing project but I thought it might be fun to share other stuff as well. Sometimes I feel like I'm everywhere on the internet (seriously, my browsing history at the day job would alarm anyone - the perks/curse of being a curious, creative, prowly brain type) and I'm going to start cataloguing...

CRUSHING ON ANNA

I'm in love. So, so, so in love. With Elisalex and Charlotte from By Hand London, of course. That love affair has been going hard across the ocean all year. But when my Anna dress showed up and I started seeing her in various iterations around the web, I realised I had to make room in my heart for another London girl. Anna.... Is this my favourite pattern of all time? It very well might be. I've...

AUTUMN ANORAK

August is always a bittersweet time for me. In July, you can still fool yourself into thinking that autumn is forever away, but the nights have been getting chilly enough for me to pull my duvet out of storage (our weather has been so schizophrenic this season - its troubling) and my mind can't help but turn to a sewing plan for the cool to come. I have one last very, very, very special project to...