Rain for 8 hours straight

It was summer last week. It might come back later in the week just in time for Christmas.

The upside of all the rain is that I am forced to stay inside and sew - bugger.

The stitchery comes from Sarah Jane Studios - here's a more accurate link to them. (I have updated the link in the earlier post). There is a cute Autumn stitchery there too.

I discovered that the sashiko thread was too thick and when I tried to 'strip' it back to two or three strands it just fell apart. I went back to the old DMC thread.

The one impediment to sewing today was Lucy the Cat. Who tried sleeping on the ironing board on top of the half square triangles in process (notice the angry ears). Then she remembered the well-placed cushion on the sewing table.

Too wet to mow the lawns

Any excuse really ...

Whipped up these little Russian nesting dolls yesterday avo. The pattern is designed by Rachel Measham-Pywell and can be downloaded here.

They will live in front of the blue books. I need a bit more practise at sewing curves so next time it doesn't look like they have ears!

Then this morning I went in search of some nice linen to make a diary cover. Patchwork Passion in Onehunga has a great range of Japanese fabrics. At the moment, they also have a huge range of kits ... very tempting espec the big wool owl. I found some nice linen and red sashiko thread and I will stitch the girl onto the front of the diary cover. The free stitchery pattern comes from Sarah Jane Studios. Her drawings are very, very cute. Wish I could draw.