Blue birds of late August

Be vulnerable and soft-hearted. See beauty in everyday things. Live life like you're in a movie. Don't be afraid to begin again. A late August watercolour whimsey....blue cardinals. 

The amateur lepidopterist

I'm painting moths and butterflies with watercolours. It's an ever-expanding collection which makes me happy. 

Working on some new embroideries, which I'm very excited about!

Meanwhile many of my previous embroidered works are on exhibition at The Hive in Muizenberg.

A pocket full of stars

This August I created two new handmade items for my 'me made' wardrobe, my Orian's Nebula dress and my Hotel of Bees Shawl. The Orian's Nebula dress is made from the Zeena dress pattern designed by By Hand London, it's the third time I've made this dress and I plan to make more. The pattern is fairly simple to construct and I find the shape easy to wear. The fabric, a stunning print of Orian's Nebula, is a silk cotton blend that was very kindly given to me by the beautiful Sian of the Kittenish Behavior podcast when I won her subscriber giveaway (if you want some serious sewing inspiration I highly recommend her YouTube channel).

My second make, The Hotel of Bees Shawl, is a crochet shawl designed by Christina Hadderingh from A Spoon Full of Yarn. The shawl pattern is inspired by a book, 'All the light we cannot see' and references bees throughout. I used three types of sock yarn in making my shawl (Nurturing fibers, Cowgirl blues and a small amount of Elle for the gray) which gives it a lovely drape.

Love Cats

My embroidery has weaved it's way onto the tummy's (and tails) of the cat cushions.  I honestly feel this is some care bears throw back influence from my youth....but I like it. It's fun to find new places to stitch your embroideries, yay for embroidered cat tummy's!  I feel many more of these...um...love cats are in my future.

Oh, so flower power!

Love Cats!