Show Your Workings

A while back now I started up Frida's Wardrobe flickr group. Now a year and a book later I'm starting to sew again.

I made this shirt using Alexander Henry fabric and this Built by Wendy pattern that I really like and have used before.

Its not exactly period Frida but I think it captures the spirit of Frida and she would have loved it!

Have any of you got some Frida style to show me?

Stellar likes to decorate her own cakes now. Hard to believe my youngest is 7 years old, 7!

N. Z. Best Yule Tide wishes. [Card. 1900-1919].
Reference number: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-1900/1919-01
Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

This lovely vintage Christmas card is from the National Library, they have a whole flickr set.

I think this is my favourite.

Seasons Greeting, Happy Holidays and all that jazz!

I love this little birdie my friend Billie gave me.

If you click on him it will take you to flickr and you can select "All sizes" and print him off.

Well I had some money in my PayPal balance when I spotted these cute vintage patterns, I just couldn't resist.

I can't wait to sew them up in the new year!

My online store Red Rag will be closing for good at Christmas. Thank you so much to all my loyal customers, I've really enjoyed meeting you all over the last few years.

It's time for me to go to work back in the real world now the kids are both at school but luckily I still have Show Your Workings and Helen Squared to satisfy my online cravings!

So, if you always meant to but didn't get around to it, now is the time to head on over and pick yourself up a Mooncup or some cloth pads. Your body will thank you for it (not to mention the planet).

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Welcome to the new site. I've been wanting to try something new and Mr SYW suggested a Drupal site. We're big fans of Open Source software so it seemed like the logical step.

You'll notice that there have been some changes but it looks almost exactly the same, that's because all the whizz-bang stuff hides behind the scenes (like Mr SYW).

So please come on in and have a look around, update your rss feeds, take a seat and have a virtual cuppa.

I have some great vintage give-aways lined up for 2010 - including new ephemera scans along with new sewing and knitting patterns for all you crafters. In the meantime why don't you revisit my cute vintage Christmas gift tags free download.

For the readers why not join in my Book Club? We are starting with a new New Zealand novel - Somebody Loves Us All by Damien Wilkins. Grab a copy, have a read and join in the discussion.