new items in shop

Ginkgo dress
Organic cotton dress size 1-2

Merry Christmas!

Here's our new Drewart doll's house

For Santa

And the second one, in Robin's egg blue, now in my Etsy shop

Here's the first one in the Etsy shop now

My little model

Mmm, new fabric!

Weekend parcel deliveries are great at Christmas! This morning there was a parcel of new fabric waiting for me in the letterbox, inside a recycled paper envelope, from Ink & Spindle. It's 2 pieces of hand screen printed birch forest fabric, by the talented Lara Cameron, and some natural basecloth, made from cotton and linen. The Ink & Spindle girls print their fabrics in Melbourne (not too far from here), with environmentally friendly solvent free inks, and they are carbon neutral. So I'm happy to be supporting them.

Stay tuned to see what I turn this fabric into...

Playgroup Christmas party

The first time the girls have sat on Santa's knee

And one from Livinia's birthday party on Wednesday

12 months

Where has the time gone? Happy birthday Livinia!

First sunflower

Just in time for Livinia's birthday

Saffron Craig dress

Another project I'm working on, showcasing Australian designed fabrics, this beautiful 'Dandelion Fields' fabric is by Saffron Craig from Sydney. I'll be working on some more dresses shortly in hand screen printed fabric by some girls from Melbourne. This dress is size 4, and is now in my Etsy shop.

Geelong walk against warming

A small, but dedicated group of Geelong people met today for the annual walk against warming, to coincide with the Copenhagen climate summit. Before the walk, my girls dressed in green and blue.

Demonstration of rising sea levels

Formation of a moving wind turbine- there will be aerial shots of this, to see it better.

Post walk refreshments

New little organic birdie skirt now in my Etsy shop

Organic kids clothes

Peasant dress size 3 now in my Etsy shop sold, thanks!

2 pairs of newborn pants for a special order

Peasant dress size 4 now in my Etsy shop

Exciting new range!

I've just received a package of gorgeously printed organic cotton quilting fabric from cloud 9 fabrics. I've washed it and it is hanging on the clothes horse outside to dry- shame it arrived on a rainy day, it normally only takes a couple of hours to dry. It will probably take all day to dry before I can cut into it, and make some pants, dresses and skirts for my Etsy shop. Stay tuned.

My Folklore little pants

Now in my Etsy shop

New dress in shop

"My Folklore" by Lecien peasant dress in size 3, now in my Etsy shop. Sold, thanks!

Rose geranium and patchouli soap

This is my favourite scent, and I haven't made it since early last year! I ran out of the vital essential oils, and only bought some more when I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. It's nice and musky, and coloured with pink Argiletz clay. My second batch of soap free from palm oil.

Christmas tree and Evie's dress

Being the 1st of Christmas, Evie and I brought the tree inside and decorated it this morning.

And here is the matching dress I just finished for Evie

Christmas sewing

Some super cute Riley Blake snowman fabric from USA arrived in the mail today- I've washed, dried and made some little pants out of it for Livinia. I'm about to start a matching dress for Evie.

Sandpit

My dad spent this afternoon constructing a sandpit in our backyard for the girls Christmas present. It will get some sand in it next weekend. Andrew has finished installing the rainwater tank now, and in this last week, has almost filled up- that's 4,500 litres of water for the garden. Should be a bit easier to grow our own food this summer.
Liv is becoming more mobile now, she's figured out how to get up the step to the kitchen (in order to chase the cat). 2 1/2 weeks until she's 1! Eek!

Kindergarten

Evie had her 1st kinder orientation today, I had to drag her home kicking and screaming she loved it so much! I hope she's ok with being left there next year.

Myer Christmas windows

The girls, mum and I went on the train today to Melbourne, to see the Myer Christmas windows, this year's theme was Olivia the Pig. Evie quite likes Olivia, so this was a treat for her.

Too hot

We've jumped straight to summer here it seems, with temperatures well into the 30's since Saturday, and no real change in sight. The garden has already dried out, and the grass/weeds are dying. Most of my hardy plants are surviving, with the sunflowers doing well next to the concrete path. Our natives up the back are doing well, especially the red kangaroo paws. The tank is in position now, just needs to be plumbed.
This cheeky monkey can't be left alone very much now, lest she fall and crack her head on the slate floor behind her! She's pulling herself up on everything. No crawling yet though.