tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206339682024-03-08T10:06:23.380+09:00Adventures of a girl from the NakiTreeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1950125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-54305119027354589872018-07-24T17:33:00.003+09:002018-07-24T17:33:56.942+09:00Farewell....Hello to anyone that may still be following this little blog of mine, I've decided to finally close the doors on Adventures of a girl from the Naki - it's been fun - but it's not for me any longer.<br />
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However, I have decided that rather than give up on blogging entirely, I'd like to start afresh with a clearer focus - so if there is still anyone here that's interested (or if there's anyone here at all) I will now be blogging about sewing and my travels over at my brand new blog <a href="https://travelandthread.com/">Travel and Thread</a>.<br />
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Farewell!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-22325149409872684122018-03-08T08:13:00.001+09:002018-03-08T08:13:13.243+09:0052 Week Sewing Challenge - Week Seven - Sew Something with HeartsMuch to my surprise, I'm mostly keeping up with my 52 Week Sewing Challenge, but I'm not really keeping up with blogging the challenge! I'm trying though - the them for Week Seven was sew something with hearts.<br />
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I did actually have some heart printed fabric in my stash (which isn't really surprising, given the size of my stash) but I didn't have a lot of it. I should have really made a blouse with it, but for some reason I had my heart set on (no pun intended) making a dress, which meant it was colour blocking time.<br />
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I decided to use this pattern, I've had it in my stash for a while, but I haven't made it much as in needs to be cut on the bias which uses more fabric than most of my patterns. I figured seen as I was colour blocking anyway, I felt ok using additional fabric.<br />
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Here's my fabric choices, the heart shaped fabric is actually batik (but I didn't buy it when I was in Indonesia, I got it from a Facebook group), although the colouring of the fabric tones went together well, when I was finished I decided that the two types of fabrics didn't really look that great together.<br />
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Here's the finished dress, and while it came out well, I just don't like it very much! On the upside it's well sewn, but on the down side I don't really like it and it's a little bit too big for me.<br />
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I did decide to share my interfacing with you though, I added bias binding for the first time and I really like it - I think I will be doing this in all of my dress facing in the future.<br />
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I have completed my week eight challenge which is up-cycling, and I'm pretty happy with it, so I will post about it soon.Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-5343010739382551292018-02-25T08:15:00.001+09:002018-02-25T08:15:41.284+09:0052 Week Sewing Challenge - Week Six - Sew Something Red or PinkI have been doing pretty well at keeping up with my 52 week sewing challenge in terms of making - but I've been doing not so well at posting pictures of what I've made! I guess the making is the most important part and the photos/blogging will come in due course!<br />
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For week six the theme was "Sew something red or pink" and for some reason I don't have a tonne of either in my stash! I ended up choosing this mostly pink fabric I bought some time ago from Made <a href="http://www.mademarioncraft.co.nz/">Marion Craft in Wellington</a>, it caught my eye because it looks like a bunch of fun lollies.<br />
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I chose to make the dress from one of my favourite tried and true patterns, the <a href="https://papercutpatterns.com/collections/dresses/products/sigma-dress">Sigma Dress by Papercut Patterns</a> - this dress fits me so well, I really should sew up a few more of their patterns (currently I have two more Papercut Patterns in my sewing pattern stash!).<br />
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I trimmed the dress around the neckline and sleeves with some cute lace I bought from<a href="https://fabricabrac.wordpress.com/wgtn/"> Fabric-a-Brac</a> (it was in some random bag of trims, I can never resist a cheap bag of trims) and I wore my cute little bunny brooch from <a href="https://www.deerarrow.com/">Dear Arrow</a>.<br />
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Also this seemed like the perfect outfit to wear with my <a href="https://www.19black.co.nz/category/110647?nav=shoppingnav&page_start=22">"Lucy in the Sky" Hot Chocolate Shoes</a> - Hot Chocolate Shoes are pretty much the only shoes I wear now, they are comfy and actually super fun! I feel like it's taken forever to find comfortable shoes that don't look "sensible".<br />
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I wore my new dress out in the big wide world for the first time to go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OutintheParkWellington/">"Out in the Park"</a> which is part of the Wellington Pride Festival.<br />
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I had my photo taken with the New Zealand Police Pride Police car, like the super dork that I am.<br />
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There were a lot of fun stalls from food, craftspeople and local community groups (including Cats Protection League, the shelter we adopted Mia from) and there were also a lot of amazing performances - honestly, the performances were SO GOOD! I would have happily paid to see them.<br />
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We finished up having a selfie at "Out in the Park" before we left - because that's who we are as people!<br />
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Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, I'm off to finish up this weeks sewing challenge - the theme is "Sew Something Upcycled".Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-24079384936160325012018-02-23T06:04:00.000+09:002018-02-23T06:04:03.419+09:00Seoul - Part TwoIn our second day in Seoul we decided to walk up to the summit of Mount Namsan, it's really accessible from the city and easy to find as Seoul Tower as at the summit.<br />
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The walk to the summit wasn't too difficult, there were a lot of stairs, but they were all well formed and easy to climb. Also it was worth walking up them all for the views!<br />
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The view from the lookout which was about halfway to the summit was pretty amazing, it gives you an idea of just how big Seoul really is!<br />
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One of the fun things we saw at the summit was these fancy padlocks - so many padlocks!! They weren't on Mount Namsam when we used to live in Korea, but I thought they were really fun. Also we met at cat whilst checking out all the padlock (pat all the cats!).<br />
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We were lucky enough to visit Seoul in autumn, so the leaves were changing colour and they were so pretty!<br />
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We finished up the day by hanging with our friend Joseph, I didn't take too many photos as we were just hanging out and catching up! But later in the evening we went to get an ice cream at Bistopping, I had been obsessively following their instagram for months, so I was so excited to visits!<br />
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This ice cream was pretty expensive (I think about $NZ13) but it was worth it! You get to choose a fancy cone and toppings - I loved my mermaid cone!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-15671186772505198012018-02-21T05:04:00.000+09:002018-02-21T05:05:04.103+09:00Seoul - Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been meaning to write a series of posts for a while about our trip to South Korea and Japan in November/December at the end of last year - looks like I'm finally getting around to it!<br />
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It took us a while to actually get to Seoul, we originally bought flights on Qantas to travel to Wellington to Tokyo. However, we decided we wanted to go to Seoul as well so our flights were from Wellington to Sydney to Tokyo (Haneda) to Seoul (Gimpo) by the time we finally arrived, we were exhausted (the photo about was taken at Haneda airport).<br />
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However, when we arrived in South Korea it was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepero_Day">Pepero Day</a> which means when we arrived at out hotel we got free Pepero (my favourite type, with almonds).<br />
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When we arrived in Seoul, despite being exhausted, we decided to start our adventures by exploring straight away.<br />
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We decided we'd spend our first afternoon/evening exploring Dongdamun - beginning with the amazing gate. If you are ever in Seoul, you should check out the city gates, they are really quite striking.<br />
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After the gate, we decided to check out the walkway along the city wall - the city wall had been destroyed but the city has begun to recreate the wall with accompanying walkways and it's pretty amazing. If we had more time in Seoul I would have loved to have walk the entire walkway.<br />
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After checking out the walkway for a while, we decided to have a look around some the shopping area and I made a new friend.<br />
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We also check found a light show display, which was a fun surprise! The weather was a less fun surprise (it was raining on and off).<br />
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We decided to have some dinner in Dongdaemun and came across a small stall where a lady was making some delicious buchimgae (Korean Pancake).<br />
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We finished off the evening by wandering back to our hotel, taking in all the sites of the city.<br />
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<br />Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-69913527534600068382018-02-15T15:02:00.000+09:002018-02-15T15:02:12.287+09:00Happy Valentines Day! Happy Valentines Day folks! Rich and I didn't really celebrate this year as we were stranded at an airport Monday and Tuesday, so didn't feel much like celebrating on actual Valentines Day - but we do have some plans on Saturday.<br />
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Although, I did come home to a "Snarky Valentines" swap package from a swap I recently did on Craftster and it was pretty great. First up is this snarky handmade garland with some conservation hearts.<br />
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I also got this cute handmade card (which I'm thinking I may frame) and some "conversation heart" jelly beans!<br />
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I've been trying to do Facebook/Instagram posts of Mia for each holiday/season, as we'd been trapped away from home in the days leading up to valentines I didn't have time to make/buy anything - but then this snarky garland arrived just in time!<br />
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I hope you all had a lovely Valentines regardless of what you did (or didn't do!).Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-66338731204309160862018-02-11T18:26:00.001+09:002018-02-11T18:26:45.871+09:0052 Week Sewing Challenge - Week Five - Sew Something from a newly purchased patternI'm still here and I'm still working on the 52 Week Sewing Challenge, I've fallen behind a bit, mainly due to my set back with week five and to be honest I really wanted to quit. I've decided, though to keep going! The theme for week five was "sew something from a newly purchased pattern" and I'd most recently bought this book of sewing patterns, so I decided to make something from this.<br />
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I bought the book online and when I arrived I was a but bummed as it had a lot of fun projects, but unfortunately it came with a sloper patter you needed to alter rather than a pattern for each project. I've never really been that interested in altering sloper patterns, but I thought I'd at least try.</div>
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I decided to make this dress, the construction didn't seem too hard (lots of casing and elastic though) and while there were a lot of alterations, it didn't seem like rocket science.</div>
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The changes to the pattern wasn't rocket science, but it did take FOREVER! Tracing out the pattern, moving darts, changing the shape of the pieces, creating new pieces. What a PAIN!</div>
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The final dress actually came together fine, although the casing for the elastic was really tedious! But the final product is unwearable for two reasons. The first reason is - this dress is HUGE on me and I really can't be bothered mucking around with the sizing and fitting (I should really know better now and check measurements as I go) and the second reason is this dress is just plain unflattering.</div>
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There just isn't enough shaping and so much billowy, blousey effect - it's basically all elastic and just something I'm not ever going to wear (even if it looked beautifully styled in the book!).</div>
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So this is a fail from me, even though I'm not 100% the failing is all my fault! I'm still counting this as a completed challenge - even though it's heading straight to the op shop (who knows, someone else may find it and it will fit them and they will be super happy!). One things for sure though, I'm not in a hurry to make the other 20 dresses in this book!!</div>
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I'm currently a bit behind with my challenging and I've been away all weekend, I'm hoping that I can catch up with this challenge. I've made good progress with last weeks challenge - make something pink or red (even if I've not finished yet!).</div>
Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-10901597845689790572018-01-28T15:48:00.000+09:002018-01-28T15:48:12.713+09:00Las Vegas Sigma DressSo Las Vegas dress is kind of a lame name for this dress, but, whatever I couldn't think of anything better!<br />
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This dress isn't entirely new as such, I made it on my "blog hiatus" - there's a few other things I've made on my "hiatus" as well but seen as those are mostly dresses with three quarter sleeves they probably won't be making an appearance on here for a while because we're having the hottest summer I've ever experienced in Wellington (and we moved here mid - 2006).<br />
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I bought the fabric from a store here in Wellington called "Carly Harris" which isn't a fabric store, but from time to time they seem to have fabric for sale. I bought this at a time they had a random pile of fabric for sale and everything was $5 a metre - the fabric I bought for this dress cost me the princely sum of $10.<br />
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I decided to pick up this fabric because it's a boarder print, which I LOVE and I see quite often in dresses from Lindy Bop, but I don't really come across boarder print fabric very often.<br />
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I've called it the Las Vegas dress because of all of the cocktails and casino chips, but it also has hula girls as well? Whatever, it's kind of fun - I didn't really notice and casinos in Hawaii when I was there - but then I wasn't interested in them. Side note - I don't drink or gamble...so this print is a little weird for me so I'm just running with it.<br />
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While I was making this dress I realised I didn't have enough of the plain blue fabric, or the patterned fabric for the sleeves. So I went for one of each, I think it actually looks pretty fun, even if I did it as it's the only way I could actually make this dress happen.<br />
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For anyone who may be wondering, the patter I used for this dress was my tried and true <a href="https://papercutpatterns.com/products/sigma-dress">Sigma Dress</a> for the bodice. The skirt is just a gathered rectangle, I wanted to showcase the boarder print as much as I could and thought that was the easier way of doing that, I've hemmed the neckline and hem with bias binding and put an invisible zipper in the back.</div>
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Hope you guys all have a great week, looks like there's more sunshine on the way for us, just as well the freezer is stocked with ice blocks and our offices are air conditioned! </div>
Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-77725300114648458212018-01-22T16:20:00.000+09:002018-01-22T16:20:51.525+09:0052 Week Sewing Challenge - Week Four - Sew Something for a BoyIt's time for this week's update on the 52 Week Sewing Challenge, I did finish week three too, but it's a gift for a friend so I will need to blog about that one later when she's actually received her present. This weeks challenge is "make something for a boy", which is kind of perfect, as it coincides with a visit from my nephew Lukah.<br />
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I decided I wanted to make Lukah a hat from this map print drill, I chose a pattern from <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Sew-La-Tea-Do-Pip-Lincolne/9781740668606">Sew La Tea Do</a> which is probably one of my oldest sewing books, I've made a lot of patterns from this book so I thought a hat would be a safe bet.<br />
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The hat itself was a pretty simple make, unfortunately, there were only two sizes - "child" and "adult" I made Lukah the child's version and hope for the best. He's only ten so I thought I'd probably be ok with the sizing.<br />
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Unfortunately the hat is too small for Lukah, which is a bummer, I feel like the hat is a bit too tall and the brim is a bit too wide (although that may be more of a personal preference). I am going to give this to friends that have a young son whose obsessed with globes and learning about countries. Perhaps it will fit him eventually, if not, it's off to the op shop to find someone else who loves it.<br />
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I have to admit in the past I may have viewed this as a loss, but I'm trying to take a more positive approach to sewing. In this case, it was right fabric and a good idea....but the pattern wasn't right. I learnt something from making this hat and now I can move onto my next project.<br />
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I don't have a sun hat myself and I'm planning on making one for summer festivals and hiking, although I will definitely be choosing another pattern (I'm pretty sure I have a kwik sew one somewhere).<br />
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Next weeks theme is "sew something from a newly purchased pattern" and I've got something in the works for this already - fingers crossed it works out ok!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-29975910128926474552018-01-14T07:07:00.000+09:002018-01-14T07:07:02.978+09:0052 Week Sewing Challenge - Sew something from the last fabric you purchased I made it to week two of my sewing challenge! Two down 50 to go, I can do this right? The challenge for week two (January 8-14) is to sew something from the most recent fabric you purchased.<br />
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For me this fabric was so lovely, but super bright seeksucker I bought from the <a href="https://www.spotlightstores.com/nz">Spotlight</a> sale table for $4 per metre. I didn't have anything in mind when I bought it, which was during my Christmas/New Years break, but I was inspired to buy it as we have had a really HOT summer (well by Wellington standards at least) so I thought a fruity summer frock would be kind of fabulous.<br />
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Like my last challenge, I decided I'd use my sewing book collection to try and find a pattern. This time I chose the "Plaid Rockabilly Dress" <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Gerties-Ultimate-Dress-Book-Gretchen-Hirsch/9781617690754?redirected=true&utm_medium=Google&utm_campaign=Base1&utm_source=NZ&utm_content=Gerties-Ultimate-Dress-Book&selectCurrency=NZD&w=AF7CAU96SU4Y69A80R7PAL8S&pdg=kwd-309526196534:cmp-710646238:adg-42660986568:crv-163904097987:pid-9781617690754:dev-c&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-ebSBRC8ARIsAGuxJIoNq9ZxIXe0ENHGdb7SxkJL-ARkz6qlv6EXbP1QaLZLsoVFfk-hwpcaAqgnEALw_wcB">from Gertie's Ultimate Dress Book</a>. So confession time, I have all three (at least I think she only has three) sewing books published by <a href="https://blog.bygertie.com/">Gertie </a>- but this is the first time I've made anything!<br />
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This book is pretty great because all the pattern pieces are completely interchangeable, so you can use the pattern pieces as suggested in the book or you can make up your own design.<br />
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Also I've recently worked out why I don't sew much from my sewing books, it's because I still haven't found a decent tracing technique/paper. I recently got a hot tip about using frost cloth (which is used in gardening and is cheap) so I'm going to see if that works out better than a tracing wheel and art paper.<br />
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This is a finished dress, with bonus "Mia Bomb" I made the bodice based on what was in the book, and added some cute trip I got in a craft swap. It is a wee bit too big, but overall I'm pretty happy with it but will probably size down next time I make one of Gertie's patterns.<br />
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I did have every intention of making the pleated skirt, but I had so much fabric left, I opted for a gathered maxi length skirt instead. I'm not honestly usually one for maxi dresses, as for some reason I feel like they are a hot weather thing, but it's been so hot lately it seemed like the right decision.<br />
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Obligatory selfie - but also you can see the puffy sleeves a bit better and the orange trim as well - yah!<br />
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Overall I'm pretty happy with this make and will probably keep making it as long as the sun keeps shining here in Wellington, hope you all have a lovely weekend!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-1681876021534865132018-01-13T07:39:00.001+09:002018-01-13T07:39:40.854+09:00TaiyaKiwi and and Aztec Print Laurel Dress Last weekend Rich and I visited "<a href="https://www.taiyakiwi.co.nz/">TaiyaKiwi</a>" I've been wanting to go here forever! It's a Japanese Taiyaki and Matcha Bar, I first saw their sign up before Christmas and really wanted to go, but it's one of those things we didn't "get around" to until now.<br />
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I should have really taken more photos inside as it's tiny, but cute! There's a small Japanese style bench, which is where Rich and I sat to have our matcha and taiyaki.<br />
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Like the sign says, TaiyaKiwi only does matcha and taiyaki, but they have a few variations of each. We both got iced matcha because it was a really hot day when we went and it was delicious - not at all sickly.<br />
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There were three options for the Taiyaki - traditional Japanese (bean paste), Kiwi style (filled with Whitaker's dark chocolate) and a "special" - when we went the special was chicken and cheese.<br />
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I went for the Kiwi style taiyaki and can confirm, it was delicious and Rich went with the chicken and cheese, which he said was like a toasted sandwich.<br />
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This post isn't just about treats though, it's also about sewing! I'm trying to share a few things I made last year but never blogged about.<br />
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This isn't actually the best photo, but oh well, you all get the idea! The Aztec print fabric is from the Spotlight sale table and the pattern is the <a href="https://sew-indie-nz.myshopify.com/collections/colette/products/laurel-dress">Colette Laurel Dress </a> which I've made many times before!<br />
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My favourite thing about this version, however, is the sleeves! You can't see them so well in the earlier photo so here's a bad close up photo of them - I think they are kind of fun (and the first time I wore this to work I found out they were also "on trend" who knew?).<br />
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Hope you all have a fun weekend, I started back at work this week so I've just finished my first working week on 2018 and I am exhausted! It will begin to get easier again at some point right?Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-55267658655646573302018-01-08T15:00:00.002+09:002018-01-08T15:00:43.516+09:00Christmas Stocking 2018 - Part OneIf you've been following my blog for a while, you may remember last year I went a little crazy and made a LOT of <a href="http://adventuresofagirlfromthenaki.blogspot.co.nz/2017/01/christmas-stocking-sew-thon.html">Christmas Stockings</a>. This year I only made two, one for Ria and one for another yet to be named recipient (as she's not yet received her stocking and I don't want to spoil the surprise).<br />
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Like last years stockings this one is fully lined, I chose some more of this Santa kangaroo print as Ria as originally from Adelaide and also because it's so cute, the kangaroo fabric is from fabric-a-brac.<br />
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The stocking is lined with some heart shaped batik fabric, which I'd like to say I bought when we were on holiday in Indonesia a few years ago - but when we were in Indonesia I didn't find any batik I actually liked! This fabric is from a Facebook destash fabric group.<br />
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I filled the stocking with treats that I bought for Ria during our trip to South Korea and Japan in November - I really should do some posts about that trip right?<br />
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I really wanted to give Ria her Christmas Stocking before Christmas, but I was feeling pretty sick the week before Christmas (endometriosis again!) so we weren't able to meet up for our present hand over until last week.<br />
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On the upside, when we did finally meet up for our delayed Christmas date it was really sunny and we got to have freakshakes at <a href="http://www.crocbikes.co.nz/shake/">Crocodile</a> - so it's not all bad right?<br />
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I've been sewing for a while now, but I still get nervous about giving handmade gifts, especially when the person I am giving them too is a costumier! However, Ria was so happy with all her treasures including her Christmas stocking.<br />
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As you can see, we both ended up with the same freakshake - it included a whole ice cream and I pretty much didn't need dinner afterwards!<br />
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I also got my presents from Ria and I was so stoked with them! I got some cat print spandex (yah!), a kuromi (my favourite Sanrio character), a cat note book and a cute purse that's styled like a pattern envelope.<br />
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It was such a fun, but later Christmas get together - also, I think this selfie is the cutest!<br />
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Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-18169374070038405292018-01-05T11:23:00.000+09:002018-01-05T11:23:03.238+09:0052 Week Sewing Challenge - week one - sew something warm/softI've been thinking a bit about what I want to do this year, one thing I really want to do is sew more and specifically sew more from my collection of sewing books. That bookcase is pretty much all sewing books and I've only really sewn from a few of them, I love books in general and craft/sewing books are my favourite. However, when I want to sew something I generally reach for my patterns (paper or PDF) and don't consider all the gems in these books. So 2018 is the year of sewing from my sewing books!<br />
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I felt like my general idea of sewing from all my sewing/craft books was good, but it kind of lacked any structure which basically meant I wouldn't end up doing it - because I'm just the kind of person that needs some kind of structure!<br />
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While searching through a few sewing blogs for something to give me some kind of structure, and I came across the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/192544541303173/?fref=nf">52 Week Sewing Challenge</a> and decided it was what I wanted to do this year in terms of an ongoing creative challenge.<br />
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As the name suggests, the 52 Week Sewing Challenge gives a sewing challenge for each week of the year. I really liked this particular challenge as the challenges are fairly diverse, and there's some easier challenges and more difficult one. I think basically that even a beginner sewer (with maybe six months experience) could even do this challenge.<br />
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As this challenge is based in the Northern Hemisphere, the challenge for the first weeks challenge is sew something warm/soft. It's currently summer in New Zealand so making a snuggly cardigan or something similar is out of the question.<br />
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So I did make something that kind of fits the warm/soft theme, but maybe not entirely, I decided to make an oven glove! The project is from <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Learn-Sew-with-Lauren-Lauren-Guthrie/9781845339272">Learn to Sew with Lauren by Lauren Guthrie</a> and to be honest, I didn't really pay that much attention to the instructions! I used the pattern pieces and kind of just winged it.<br />
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I used this Japanese style fabric from my stash, I've had it for a while, but I never had enough to sew a garment so it's just been sitting there waiting for the right project.<br />
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I had most of what I needed for the project, but I did need to buy some batting, which I got for around 10 a metre at Spotlight. The instructions for this project called for drawing the quilting lines on with a pen before sewing, but I just free-handed it and while it's not perfect, it's pretty ok for my first attempt at this type of quilting.<br />
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The worst part of the project was, by far, adding all of that bias binding around the outside! The sewing of this is a little wonky, I think I'm going to try sewing it on a different way next time around (hopefully that will make it easier).<br />
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One of the nice things about doing the 52 Week Challenge is that it comes with this planner for all of your projects, which is super helpful as it's easy to look forward to upcoming challenges and think about what you're going to do. For me, it's also helpful to know which weeks I can have a "quick win" and which weeks will require more planning.<br />
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Well that's it for now folks, hopefully be back with some more sewing or other stuff soon xTreeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-79037946468751575672018-01-03T13:04:00.001+09:002018-01-03T13:04:41.591+09:00A return to blogging for 2018 - Orange Moneta DressHello anyone who may still be reading my blog! I don't want to lament too much about the lack of blogging in 2017, but instead look towards 2018 and my New Years Resolution of getting back to both sewing and blogging (about sewing and life in general).<div>
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So here's my first make of 2017 and the blog post to go with it, another <a href="https://sew-indie-nz.myshopify.com/collections/colette/products/moneta-dress">Colette Moneta dress.</a></div>
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I've made a number of versions of this dress already so it's a tried and true pattern (no risk of messing it up and losing confidence) and also it's easy to make a short sleeved version as it's approximately a million degrees right now.</div>
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I bought a tonne of this fabric when Spotlight in Porirua was closing down, because I love orange and I love stretchy fabric and I love retro prints and I also love fabric for $3 per metre!</div>
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Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-79622978513831988572017-08-08T15:56:00.001+09:002017-08-08T15:56:35.444+09:00So hi, I guess? So it's been a long while since I blogged anything, I do admit I've missed it and I do really want to get back into it to keep running record of all my sewing and craft projects if nothing else.<br />
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The first eight months of this year have kind of gone in a BLUR to be honest and I hope to be able to take some time to post about some of the projects I've made (both garments and other things) as well as go back to blogging more regularly - who know if it will happen but I will try.<br />
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As for what I've been getting up to since I last blogged in MAY (YIKES) here's a really brief snapshot.<br />
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I've spent a lot of time hanging out with this ridiculous chubby cat - do you think she's high on catnip in this picture? She's not, she's just REALLY loving the heater in this cold winter weather.</div>
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I've been reading a lot and Ria introduced me to the world of True Crime podcasts so now I'm obsessed with serial killers (not weird at all) - this is my recent haul from a recent book fair.</div>
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I had a midwinter Christmas celebration for my birthday and it was a fun time as I hardly took any photos (that's a sign of a good party right?).<br />
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Rich took me to the <a href="http://www.wcf.co.nz/">Wellington Chocolate Factory </a>for a factory tour as a birthday surprise, it was really interesting to learn how they make chocolate from bean to bar and it was also incredible how different the chocolate tastes depending on where the beans were sourced.<br />
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We went to a Regency Ball that Ria organised, I made my dress and altered some op shop finds for Rich's costume (it was a lot easier to pull together a men's regency costume that I thought!).<br />
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Ria and I also went to <a href="https://www.armageddonexpo.com/General-Info/Wellington/">Armageddon</a> in Princess themed outfits, mine is made from vintage Snow White Fabric and Ria's is Belle inspired.<br />
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I have been continuing with craft projects and craft swaps, like this wee fox in a tea cup cross stitch.<br />
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So that's a REALLY brief update of what I've been doing - hopefully I will be spending more time blogging about stuff I'm making and doing. In the meantime, how have you guys been? <br />
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<br />Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-30155622860762690462017-05-05T16:20:00.000+09:002017-05-05T16:20:31.119+09:00Fundraiser Tea CeremonyA few weeks ago I read about a fundraiser at the innermost gardens, the fundraiser was to repair a castle damaged by earthquakes in Japan. <br />
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The fundraiser included a traditional tea ceremony and lots of Japanese goodies so I had to come along and Ria was happy to come along with me!<br />
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When we first arrived a tea ceremony was already underway, so decided to check out the stalls which we selling a lot of cute treats.<br />
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Sorry the picture is slightly blurry! I thought these rice balls were so cute, once you bought one you could draw a face on the glad wrap that they were wrapped in with a felt tip pen.<br />
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Ria bought one of these bears and drew a face on him, I looked up this character and he's call "Kumamon" and is <a href="http://web-japan.org/trends/11_culture/pop130812.html">"Japan's most popular bear"</a>.<br />
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There was a bit of a wait before we could join the next tea ceremony, but it was ok to wait as there was cute stuff to look at including these cute cranes.<br />
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As part of the ceremony we got to have the most delicious matcha ever and these crunchy sweet biscuit things (no idea what they really are!).<br />
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The team ceremony itself was pretty amazing to watch, there was so much ritual involved. I just wish I knew more about what each movement and action actually meant.<br />
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Before leaving we decided to explore the innermost gardens where the event was held which is a community garden, it's a little over grown, but that's part of it's charm.</div>
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Before we left we asked a couple of the ladies if they would mind having a photo with us in their beautiful kimono.</div>
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It turned out all the people in traditional Japanese clothing were just as excited as we were about photos, so for the second photo a bunch more people joined in!</div>
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I just thought I'd finish up this post with a Selfie, because that's who I am! Ria made her adorable dress and mine is from Lindy Bop. I'm also wearing a bunny because this was the weekend before Easter!</div>
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<br />Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-26226340328098063582017-04-24T11:25:00.000+09:002017-04-24T11:25:53.837+09:00Being a tourist in your own cityIf you've been reading this blog for a while you probably know that I love traveling, but I also try and treat as many of my weekends as possible as if I was a tourist in Wellington (even thought I've lived here for over ten years).<br />
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You know what's more fun than pretending to be a tourist in your own town? Have friends visit from overseas and acting like a tour guide, it helps you see the place you live in a whole new light.<br />
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A few weeks ago my long time friend Vany (AKA Craft Ninja) and her husband Thorsten came to visit New Zealand and stayed in Wellington for four days and I took some time of work to show them around.<br />
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One of the first places on their list to visit was <a href="https://www.visitzealandia.com/">Zealandia</a>, which is a wildlife reserve in Karori, I haven't visited here for years! In fact I've only been here once since we returned from living in Asia.<br />
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Zealandia is home to a huge number of native birds (and one of the reasons we have so many native birds in Wellington city) and we got to see quite a few up close. We arrived at Kaka feeding time and it was awesome to see so many of them up close.<br />
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We also got to see the Takahe up close, which was awesome as they are pretty rare and I'd only even seen them in photos. I know I will never be a wildlife photographer, but trust me, it was awesome to see these guys in real life.<br />
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I really want to make more effort to go out to Zealandia now I've gone back, it's such a great place to visit for the views along as well as all the creatures you can see.<br />
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Another place Vany and Thorsten wanted to visit that I hadn't been to for years was the <a href="http://www.wetanz.com/">Weta Cave</a> in Miramar. I'm sure that even if you've never heard of Weta, you have watched movies they have made like Lord of the Rings and Avatar and about a million other movies, including Ghost in the Shell.<br />
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We did a tour of Weta workshops which was awesome and a lot more hands on than I expected, we got to hold chain mail and one of the "guns" from District 9 and all kinds of things - unfortunately photo's weren't allowed due to copyright issues, so I can't share any with you all.<br />
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But photo's were allowed in the Weta Cave, which is largely a store, but it did include a mini museum.<br />
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There were also a few creatures hanging around the Weta Cave that were familiar to most people...like this guy.<br />
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My favourite thing about the Weta Cave was the giant trolls/orcs that are outside of the building - these things are huge!<br />
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We also got to go to Cuba Dupa (the Cuba Street Carnival) together, Rich and I go to this each year, but it's always more fun to go with friends!<br />
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I also took the opportunity to introduce Vany to a bunch of my favorite crafty people!<br />
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This is just a small snippet of what we got up too during Vany and Thorsten's visit - who whats to visit next?Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-12023841693015825782017-04-17T13:36:00.001+09:002017-04-17T13:36:23.412+09:00Made by Me - Simple Stripe TopHello its me, I've been making stuff and doing stuff and not blogging about any of it so forgive me - I have a big backlog of stuff to blog about, but for today let me show you a really simple top I made to wear with a skirt that had become a wardrobe orphan.<br />
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It's also kind of crumpled in this photo from me wearing it all day - oh well, no smoke and mirrors on this blog.<br />
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I made the top from knit fabric that I bought on a recent road trip to <a href="http://www.levana.co.nz/">Levana</a> in Levin, the pattern I used is the <a href="https://sewindienz.com/collections/colette/products/laurel-dress">Colette Laurel</a>, however I was incredibly lazy and the top I've made isn't really what I wanted because:<br />
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1) I've lost about five kilos, but I didn't bother to remeasure myseld<br />
2) I wanted something closer fitting and this pattern is for wovens, so I should have remeasured myself and then gone down a size or two for negative ease<br />
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So this top is ok, but not my favourite and it works until I get something else to work with this skirt (I do have some orange sparkly vintage stuff that would probably look great as a pussy bow blouse, so perhaps that's what the next top will be) and once I'm over wearing it with this skirt I will be able to wear it as a gym t shirt.<br />
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Also someone tried to steal the show, as per usual, my favourite cat model Mia.<br />
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Also I wore my oldest hot chocolate shoes (they are now looking a little sad, but I still love them).<br />
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Hopefully I can update you all with some more posts soon - I have had quite a few busy weekend lately. I hope you all has a really great Easter and enjoyed lots of tasty treats!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-71116166374909613852017-03-29T06:42:00.000+09:002017-03-29T06:42:04.452+09:00Recent Craft SwapsSo this year, I've been doing a few craft swaps I thought I'd share what I've made and received so I have a record I've what I've made and received.<br />
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<b>Valentine's Swap</b><br />
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The first swap I did was a valentine's swap, it was a pretty simple swap where you had to make a small item - I choose a couple of pouches that I made from some scraps I had in my scrap bin that fitted into the whole valentines theme. <b> </b>I also sent some chocolates and a card, as that was part of the swap, but I didn't take any photos of those.<br />
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<b> </b>I received a tote bag as part of the swap, which has become a pretty great lunch bag.<br />
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I also got some popping candy, the packaging was super cute! I also received a sweet card and some lip gloss.<br />
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<b>Box of Sunshine Swap</b><br />
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The basic premise of<b> </b>this swap is to fill a box of stuff to bring some sunshine into your swap partners life.<br />
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I didn't really take a lot of photo's of what I made, so I took these photos from the link on Craftster where my partner shared what I sent.<br />
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I made a tote bag, a drawstring pouch, a patchwork scarf and bow, and I sent a bunch of extras.<br />
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<b> </b>I received a lovely package of sunshine from Japan, including this Studio Ghibli inspired hoop, some trims, Guedetama glasses cleaner and seal-able bags, phone charms and some lollies.<br />
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I'm currently finishing up a Galentines, Easter Basket and Woodland Swap - so a lot of crafting to do in the next few weeks!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-15725296864534781522017-02-27T15:53:00.000+09:002017-03-26T09:40:08.023+09:00A weekend in HamiltonA few weeks ago, Rich and I ventured north to Hamilton for the wedding of our friends Stu and James. The wedding was at a place called The Living Church (that wasn't really a church) and it was a lovely day and very relaxed and I even got to wear a hat, because its not ridiculously windy in Hamilton!<br />
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We also had time to check out other things in our university city! One of my favourite things to do in Hamilton is visit the gardens, they have a whole lot of themed gardens and its amazing. These first photos are taken in the children's playground, the second photo is a fairy house that you can look into and see a tiny bed, table and chairs and everything else a fairy may need.<br />
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The first actual themed garden we visited was the Japanese garden, I think this is one of the original themed gardens - it was already in the gardens when I started university in 1998, so its been there for a while.<br />
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One of the gardens that wasn't built when I actually lived in Hamilton is probably my favourite, the Indian fragrance garden - its absolutely beautiful! So many colours!<br />
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I also love the Tudor knot garden, I went through a phrase of reading a lot of Tudor and Stewart historical fiction (so many Phillipa Gregory books) so it was nice to see what a knot garden actually looked like in real life!<br />
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There's so many other fun garden's I could share, but I think I will leave it there for now so I can show you some other fun Hamilton things.<br />
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I really loved this sculpture outside the Waikato Museum - it reminds me of the simple blocks we used to use for counting in Primary School.<br />
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Fun fact about Hamilton, Richard O'Brien wrote Rocky Horror Picture show whilst he lived there, so there's a statute of Riff Raff and some instructions how to do the time warp in the city - Rich and I went to the unveiling of the statute MANY years ago and it was pretty amazing.<br />
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We also hung out with my brother and had some ridiculous bubble tea at an amazingly cute cafe!<br />
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Finally, we got to spend times with our dear friends that just moved back to Hamilton, which was the best! They even let me take selfies with them.<br />
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I hope you all are doing well, I shall return soon, I know I say this ALL the time but I really am going to try to get back to blogging more frequently!Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-44334990112715434752017-02-22T15:26:00.000+09:002017-02-22T15:26:07.032+09:00Karori Cemetary - Penguin Shipwreck WalkThis is a very photo heavy post my friend, a few weeks ago (well maybe longer than a few weeks...) I met up with some of my sewing blogger friends for a walk in Karori Cemetery. The plan was to do the <a href="http://wellington.govt.nz/recreation/enjoy-the-outdoors/walks-and-walkways/beyond-the-city/penguin-shipwreck-memorial-walk">Penguin Shipwreck Memorial Walk</a>, we did the walk in a round about kind of way, but I'd love to do it again and spend more time (and also perhaps read the information in the brochure to get a better understanding).<br />
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Although we did not follow that path of the walk particularly closely, it was nice to spend the morning walking and spending time with friends. <br />
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<br />Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-57930086187252653992017-02-20T15:43:00.000+09:002017-02-19T15:51:53.343+09:00Strawberry picking day trip!In my most recent post I mentioned that I have been doing a few day trips, in my part of the world its currently summer (although you would be excused for thinking other wise, Wellington weather has been pretty average) and it had been a while since I'd caught up with a group of ladies who were really my first Wellington friends - so we decided to head over to Masterton to visit Jess, go strawberry picking and catch up.<br />
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First up was the strawberry picking at a very cute place called the "Wee red barn" - I usually end up doing a lavender picking day trip in the summer, but that didn't happen this year, it was strawberries instead and it was pretty great. <br />
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The Wee Red Barn was pretty great, they grew a bunch of different berries at the farm, not just strawberries - but of course we were there to pick the strawberries!<br />
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The strawberries were growing under shelters and were growing off the ground, so we didn't have to bend over too much before we picked them - which was a bonus!<br />
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I was also really amazed how huge these strawberries were, we were also allowed to eat strawberries as we picked them which was a bonus!<br />
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Once we had eaten all the strawberries we could and filled up our cartons of strawberries it was time to leave.<br />
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The cartons seriously held A LOT of strawberries, look at this container, I can't imagine even being able to buy strawberries like this back in Wellington (and if you could buy them it would cost about a million dollars).<br />
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We stopped at the store on the way out, there was fresh fruit, jams and a lot of other delicious things for sale. I bought a BIG container of blueberries - we couldn't eat them all so I ended up freezing them - perhaps I can make blueberry muffins?<br />
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Also I couldn't resist saying goodbye to these guys on the way out - even if they didn't really their photo taken!<br />
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We stopped for lunch at Paper Road Winery, even as a non-drinker I can't resist a lunch at a winery. There's always lovely, relaxing views of the vines!<br />
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We finished up our day at the park in Masterton, I had no idea the park in Masterton - there were deer in the park (I did actually know that) and they made the strangest noise (I had no idea deer sounded so weird!). Also much like goats, deer really don't like posing for photos!<br />
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I had such a fun time out with these girls - hopefully we are more organised and don't wait so long before catching up again x<br />
<br />Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-47071968248978745302017-02-19T14:36:00.001+09:002017-02-19T14:36:13.689+09:00Sophia the First dress as worn by Sophiia!Hello All! Just a very quick post of something my brother sent me this morning I thought was worth sharing! Back in 2015 my niece turned five and before her birthday I found some Sofia The First fabric. I imagine it's pretty excited for a princess obsessed girl to have a princess with the same name as her (even if its spelt differently!).<br />
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I blogged about the dress I made <a href="http://adventuresofagirlfromthenaki.blogspot.co.nz/2015/08/princess-sophiia-dress.html">here, </a>but it was too big for Sophiia, so I don't think she wore it too much. However, I guess with kids clothes its better they are too big rather than too small!<br />
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Fast forward to this morning, when my brother sent me this photo and told me that the Sofia dress now fits Sophiia and it's her favourite! Yah!<br />
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I guess I should probably start thinking about what I should do with the Frozen and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fabric I bought my niece and nephew at a recent sale, I'm thinking I should make them some Easter presents (because let's face it, they will get a tonne of Easter eggs) my brother said they could do with some pajamas, time to get hunting for kids patterns! Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-66520719642380349692017-02-06T12:02:00.001+09:002017-02-06T12:02:16.409+09:00Sweet Tooth Cross stitch Hello there! This week has been so busy for me so far - I've had a couple of day trips, a weekend away, been to two amazing concerts, have a friend stay, finished an old job and started a new one. Plus I've sewn stuff that I haven't yet blogged - I will catch up eventually!<br />
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For now I thought I'd share my latest completed cross stitch which is a really late birthday present for a friend.<br />
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I made this cross stitch for a friend who is a big fan of baking and also has a sweet tooth (just like me!). The pattern is from one of my favourite cross stitch pattern companies, <a href="https://www.thefrostedpumpkinstitchery.com/">Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery</a> - every pattern they have is so cute! I kind of want to make all their patterns.<br />
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As this was a small cross stitch, I didn't follow the colour of the floss as I don't like buying new floss for every single project (especially when I have a big bag of the stuff) so I just matched the colours as closely as I could with what I had.<br />
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The wee slice of cake is my favourite part of this cross stitch, he's just so cute!<br />
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My new years resolution to blog more regularly may be off to a bit of a slow start, but its not due to a lack of things to post about! Hope you all have had a great weekend x Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274204951528344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633968.post-54940060843606245392017-01-26T17:28:00.001+09:002017-01-26T17:28:49.243+09:00At the Beach - Exhibition Every so often, the <a href="http://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/">New Zealand Fashion Museum</a> will have an exhibition pop up at the <a href="http://dowse.org.nz/">Dowse Museum</a>. I've been to a couple of these exhibitions in the past, the latest exhibition is <a href="http://dowse.org.nz/exhibitions/detail/at-the-beach-100-years-of-summer-fashion-in-new-ze">"At The Beach"</a> and last Saturday my friend <a href="http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/">Jo </a>and went to check it out.<br />
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On display in the exhibition was 100 years of New Zealand beachwear, mainly togs (that's what we call swimsuits in my part of the world).<br />
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The togs from 1890 that were both woolen, Jo and I were both pretty into the togs on the left - as in we could both see ourselves in a cute sailor dress (we do not want to wear woolen togs). While most people know that in this time people were much more modest and covered themselves up when swimming, its something else to actually see the types of things women wore swimming and think about how impractical it would be by modern standards.<br />
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I guess the thing that got to me most about this swimsuit is the woolen tights, I last wore woolen tights in high school as they were part of our school uniform and I remember them being so uncomfortable (and I wear tights most of the year!). The thought of wearing woolen tights to swim makes me want to cringe.<br />
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The togs on the left were from the early 1900, again much more of a dress than togs but at least there are no woolen tights involved! <br />
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I also took a photo of what men wore around this time, while still make of wool they aren't too far from what men wear currently to swim (at least here in New Zealand where men generally wear board shorts).<br />
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I have to admit that I don't remember the date on the next pair of togs in the exhibition, but they were still woolen so it must have still been pretty early on.<br />
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Can we all take a moment to admire the towel cape - why isn't this still a thing? Why did I not know about towel capes? I feel like this is a thing that needs to make a come back.<br />
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I took a close up of the label on this pair of togs as I thought it was rad. A lot of these earlier togs had really cute labels.<br />
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The next piece that caught my eye was this 1940s play suit, its so cute with the contrasting cuffs and trim.<br />
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The hat on this mannequin was something pretty special too, why don't they make hats like this anymore? Can you think of a better hat for a day on the beach?<br />
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My favourite part of this play suit was the fact the print was upside down and it was handmade! This fills me with all kinds of joy as its a mistake I've made myself and its a mistake someone made a long time ago but their garment is still beautiful and worthy of being in a museum. Who knows? Perhaps at some point in the distant future some of my less than perfect garments will end up on display somewhere.<br />
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Another rather lovely pair of togs, again woolen, but I was rather taken with these the straps were a little tired on this pair - not sure I'd trust them to hold up very well in the ocean anymore. I also have to say I love this swimming cap! I remember seeing people wear these types of swimming caps in old movies when I was young and often wish that's what I could wear to the pool instead of the boring modern swimming cap I had.<br />
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If I remember rightly, these togs were all from the 1950s/1960s and I thought that the women's togs in this part of the display were all amazing (not so much the men's togs, they don't change much really do they?).<br />
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Jo and I were both pretty smitten with this pair of pinstripe togs, I love the piping detail so much! I never find togs I actually like and this pair makes me feel ALMOST brave enough to try sewing my own togs, just so I can try and create something fabulous.<br />
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This was the first bikini and its pretty incredible and yes it is faux fur. The mannequin didn't really do it justice, but it looks amazing in the photo below where it was worn by its original owner. <br />
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I can't help but this this was a bikini for lounging rather than swimming - that top could have resulted in some major wardrobe malfunctions in the waves.<br />
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These cotton togs and play suit were all from the 1950's and they were all beautiful, I could totally see myself wearing togs like these (although I'd prefer they were made from stretch fabric, not cotton).<br />
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These togs both had shirring around the back to help with fit (I assume) and all kinds of beautiful details like top stitching and piping (to name a few).<br />
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This little play suit was just beautiful, I love the fabric and the pattern placement - especially the flowers along the top.<br />
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The next group of togs were from the 1960s and were made of Bri-Nylon and I pretty much loved them all.<br />
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However, I have to say the blue floral version with the detachable skirt was my favourite.<br />
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There were also a couple of "summer scenes" in the exhibition - that featured more than just swimsuits and summer dresses.<br />
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I would totally wear both these dresses now and I especially like the one on the right - I love the little matching bolero and the crazy print of the fabric.<br />
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There were more 1960s/1970s togs, I really like the ones in the bottom photo too - very cute, also not only do we not have towel capes, we don't have towel bags either! I love the towel bag (I suppose I could easily make both a towel cape and bag if I REALLY wanted too).<br />
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This bikini was also on display from the 1970s, if I remember rightly, it was bought from a market so I'm assuming it was handmade. I guess its just for lounging like the fluffy 1950s bikini because swimming in suede just seems like it would end badly.<br />
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The next group of togs from the 80s until now were less exciting - although those sparkly speedos were pretty exceptional!<br />
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There was also some information about various New Zealand swimwear companies, some that no longer exist and some that still make swimwear today.<br />
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The exhibition finished up with a display of a "traditional" Kiwi summer holiday, complete with caravan.<br />
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Just to finish up, here's so selfies Jo and I took, because we always have to take a selfie or two!<br />
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