The diary entries in The Australian Flower Arrangement Calendar Diary 1967 begin on the 14th of August starting with The building of “Distant Hills” Martin took levels and put up profile. Charles gave a hand. … Good weather. The last entry is on December the 4th with drainage dug (rainwater) ….Very warm Was the house … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
love vintage
Yesterday my very beautiful and decorative friend Jane and a young Japanese friend of hers Hanae and I trawled through the Aladdins cave that is the Love vintage fair at Canterbury race course. Colour, texture, movement it was a sensory overload of the best kind. I lost track of the time trying on mad hats. … Continue reading
serendipitous
When I wrote my little post about Ikebana last week I didn’t expect to find a serendipitous treasure at a great junk shop in Ulladulla called Dee’s funk and junk. Dee is a woman after my own heart. She knows that everything has a use or re-use. I took my students there for inspiration for an … Continue reading
ikebana
My Aunty Pat made lovely domestic interiors for her family to enjoy. She had a great eye for beauty and style. One of the many creative things she did was flower arranging. Pat was influenced by Ikebana and I wish that I had taken the time to appreciate her work better. My lovely neighbour Dottie also … Continue reading
Carrickmacross
Carrickmacross is a beautiful Irish form of lace which is made by darning into net fabric. The darning creates opaque areas against the transparency of the net. I have been playing around with this idea in a much less intricate and (skilled) way. There are lots of possibilities with this technique…for this veil I overlaid … Continue reading
Pearl Button Bridal 