You might recognize this fabric – it’s the fabric I’m using for my mum’s Caroline pajamas (still in the making), and part of my #MakeNine2016. I actually finished this a couple of weeks ago and put a photo on Instagram, but since then I’ve been wandering around some more remote parts of Angola, and haven’t… Continue reading BHL Zeena Dress
Oh my god another year has begun… 2016 feels so much like we are in the future. And this year I am going to be 27… I am not ready to be 27. I had a little less than three weeks leave over Christmas, and spent part of that time in Sweden (just because, ok.… Continue reading Christmas makes
I’ve been pretty busy with work, and an impromptu trip to Menongue (six hours there, six hours back, just to spend a day taking minutes on a meeting… painful). On the other hand, I have managed to go out and see some more of life in Angola. So all my sewing recently has been little bits and bobs… Continue reading Bits and bobs
So I’ve spent the last four weeks wandering around Angola, doing various jobs in my organisation’s location offices and out in the minefields. I love getting out and about, and this time I got organised and prepped a bag full of fabric, patterns and sewing supplies to keep me occupied. I completed four projects in… Continue reading Grainline Studios – my favourite for basics
I’ve been out of my normal city for the last three weeks, spending quite a bit of time in the remote camps. It’s always fascinating to go out and see the country, meet people from different places and try to speak a bit of Umbundu or Gengela. Of course, as the only white person for… Continue reading TIA
I’ve always enjoyed sewing – my grandmother taught me the basics on an ancient (like, turn of the century) Singer sewing machine when I was a child. Ever since I’ve made bits and bobs – cushions, curtains, toys and patchwork. But a few months ago, I moved to Angola (not Luanda), and decided to learn… Continue reading Learning to sew… in Africa… without a machine
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