It must be spring. The picnic basket is dusted off. My family has returned from holiday, just in time to enjoy the last few days of the cherry blossoms. There was muffins, sandwiches, cherry hair clips and much running.
Miss H is wearing a dress smocked by Grandma for Aunty E. Little E on the other had was not going to dress up, no way. At least she was well dressed for tree climbing.
I have been putting the finishing touches on lots of little sewing projects. An afternoon of kids printing onto fabric has been turned into a dozen little zipped pouches.
I think I might have got it down to a fine production line*. I am sucked by the bright colours and expressiveness of their little art works. I think we may need to make some more for Christmas and end of year teacher presents. However, the next task is to match each pouch with its maker.
*I sometimes wonder if the wed needs yet another zippered pouch tutorial, but I am sorely tempted to write one, including measurements, printing techniques, ink setting process. What do you think? Should I?Would you use it?
I think I might be the sort of person who would buy a Ferrari, just because it matched a spare tyre I was given. In this case, I picked up an oven to go with my speckly enamel ware.
This little beauty is a NZ made gem - a bench top oven by National Electric and Engineering Company (NEECO). While I can't determine where in New Zealand this was made, one of the manufacturing branches of NEECO was in Temuka. Their insulator kilns had a handy sideline in ashtrays that grem into Temuka Pottery*.
While the oven is decidedly stylish it screams fire trap. The top plate is used to heat the oven as well. There isn't a skerrick of insulation to the door or sides. I could imagine it in a workshop, being used to keep the kettle and pies warm, though a jug and a trip to the pie shop might be a little safer.
