The paltry, blogging dribble coming from this cyber spot has been largely due to the paradox of blog. I am awed and inspired by the many fantastic blogs out there – and it is bitter sweet – because those very blogs have also frozen me. They are so lovely that i immediately feel inadequate and I [...]
Archive for the ‘south africa’ Category
Blog Lassitude flatitude!
Posted in south africa, tagged blog, creative, Glory, Madiba, mandela, talent on March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No more pity party
Posted in art, craft, south africa, tagged africa, canvas, fabric, fantail, paint, shweshwe on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ok, so I have recovered from my malaise and am feeling joyful once again. Sun is shining, weather is fine and I had a lovely school outing with my daughter Ruby to the local stream that runs by Paekakariki Queen Elizabeth park. Children just thrive in murky, muddy, buggy environments don’t they? Listening to their [...]
new workings
Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, sewing, south africa, tagged doll, Have you seen these?, sew on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here are a few bits I am pulling together from the ShweShwe fabric
Molo (hello in Xhosa)
Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, sewing, south africa, tagged fabric, Have you seen these?, parcel, sew, shweshe, south africa on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
while beavering away at my sewing machine, my husband came in carrying a big brown box -( one with stamps all over it) that make my heart go pitter patter. It was a lovely parcel from my aunt Julia in South Africa – I had asked her to please send me some shweshwe fabric – a traditional african cloth. Well [...]




