quilting, knitting, sewing, fashion and design
Or in this case, beach art.
Congwong, near La Perouse.
A running: it’s Winter here, remember.
There’s always a bit like this near a beach – sand, half-dead grass, charcoaled bbq remains, concrete, rolled up wet legs, sandy shoes.
1. Sea plant #01, 2. Sea plant #02, 3. Sea plant #03, 4. Sea plant #04
Haven’t you seen these plants at every beach you’ve ever visited? I’m sure I have. Actually, these plants might be confined to just Australia, or even just NSW … anyone know?
I found a newsagent that happily stocked foreign language sewing, knitting and fashion magazines. They weren’t disconcerted that I can read languages other than English. And I found a great Italian sewing magazine in the style of Burda World of Fashion, Patrones or Knipmode with multi-size sewing patterns and instructions sandwiched between photos of the great clothes you could make. And I truly like the clothes… simple, stylish, I’d love to wear them.
But. (You knew there’d be a ‘but’, didn’t you?) But the magazine is from 2005, and the distributor can’t / won’t get any more issues, maybe because it’s no longer published. And I’m having a tough time finding any recent information about the magazine online, making me think the distributor’s right. The only possibility is this, it looks like a totally-French-language version, reasonably recent. Is it worth ordering it all the way from France, I wonder… sight unseen?
Mood: Sometimes I like German more than English. Although ‘schade’ covers a somewhat different range of meaning than ‘pity’, I think. ‘Pity’ is more sentimental, ‘schade’ can also relate to damage.
Street art, some night recently, on my way to buy dinner after Uni. And speaking of Uni, it’s exam time again … so no fun craft to show you.
If you live in my area, it’s the Marly on King Street, Newtown. (And if you don’t, Marly = Marlborough Hotel, ie. a pub. Do other countries call their pubs/bars hotels, I wonder? Probably not.)
You’re not the littlest baby any more – I saw someone even younger than you being carried in a frontpack yesterday. I still love the way you hang on for the ride, ‘tho 😉
Indeed. There really is a lot I haven’t said.
Actually, I love reading about other people’s pregnancies, and I’ve particularly enjoyed Sooz’s and Alison’s thoughts at the washing line. But I’m not comfortable writing for you about my own pregnancy. Least ways, not until it’s over, safely, and everyone is healthy. Don’t be too disappointed, friends I haven’t actually seen for some months probably don’t know, either.
And no, there’s no secret baby knitting you haven’t seen … She was born in the height of Summer, so there’s still plenty of time to knit for her, if I’m not too tired 😉
Mood: The astute amongst you will realise I haven’t made any softies / plushies / dolls … indeed anything figurative or vaguely human-like for sometime. It just didn’t feel right.