What's that I hear you say? Another close-up shot of linen with red embroidery? I do seem to have a bit of a mania for it at the moment...

Is there anything, anything , that sucks up more time than fooling around with your blog layout? I'm having 'fun' with the new ...

There have been some great posts recently ( here and here for example) about the ethics of crafting - what should people be able to copy o...

...is sometimes always the best policy. Or so I'm lead to believe. I had a bit of a moan about my photos in the last post and so I th...

We're heading off for my father-in-laws 90th (!!) birthday party this weekend and I thought I'd take along some handsewing to do. I...

Spring primulas , originally uploaded by Hazelnutgirl . Autumn's coming to Auckland, it's in the air. Still hot during the days but...

When I was in Visby (Gotland) for a conference a couple years ago I bought some fabulous handleless mugs from Szilasi Keramik . I love the...