August 2015

A Bluebird!

Midway through March this year I was contacted by the mother of a young lad who dances locally. Master S is a pupil at Chilton Dance Centre in Lower Hutt. His teacher, Bronwyn Bennett, had entered him in the Alana Haines Australasian Awards which run biennally. This time they were in Wellington. Master S needed […]

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Exquisite work

My talented Aunty J has been part of the Thames Valley Embroiderer’s Guild for over 30 years and the Waihi Embroidery Group for nearly 50 years! That’s a lot of stitching  🙂  Over the years she has learned many types of handwork. When we were visiting in March Aunty J took me down to her room

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Gathering Supplies

Back in March I wrote a post about receiving some Tambour supplies from overseas. I’m one step closer with having found a local source for the herringbone twill tape. I rang Cordall, a local company here in New Zealand, who make all sorts of elastics and cords. I’ve bought various elastics from them over the

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