Everyone has been sick in my household. Both kids simultaneously, then me. Then them again. Then all of us at the same time. It has been a hardcore fortnight, and I am just coming up for air. I wasn't up for a challenge, and this coat pattern in the Burda Easy Autum/Winter 5/2015 was the instant … Continue reading Faded from the Winter
My husband came to visit. It was all very sudden. I was going about my day when I received a text saying to fetch him from the airport the following day at 11am. Although there had been talk of a visit within the next few weeks, I had then thought it optimistic (probably in the interest … Continue reading Where I Found You
Ever since I was a teenager I've had an inexplicable fondness for epaulettes. As soon as I had mastered the ability to "bag out" when learning to sew (well, truthfully, before I had quite mastered it), they were a common decorative detail in many of the garments that I made for myself while I was at fashion … Continue reading Civilian
I have never aspired to live in the in the desert. Growing up in the lush subtropical greenery of Kwazulu Natal with its dry, sunny winters and the oppressive humidity and debilitating heat of its summers, the experience of the changing seasons that I encountered when moving to the Western Cape was a welcome novelty. … Continue reading Basic Space
