COCKATOO STYLE

Isn't this fabric yummy/gorgeous?

Everyone who knows me, knows I love Birds and I love Pink.

Thus the love affair with this heavenly combination in fabric.

Cockatoo Hot Pink and Black is a heavy cotton duck and makes wonderful cushions.

Look over to the right side-bar, and you will see this cushion looking

very much at home on my back verandah.

While I would like to keep this great fabric all to myself,

I think you would like to see it with its colourful friends, available online at

http://www.fabrictraders.com.au/

Their stuff is a riot of up-to-the-minute fabric choices.

Happy Sewing!

FLOWERS, CUSHIONS, AND MARGARET OLLEY

Dear old Margaret Olley died last week -

I really liked her and her paintings of interiors and flowers.

She was a National Treasure, and a wonderful Bohemian Eccentric,

loved by everyone.

Can't afford one of her flower pics,

but I make do with this poppy painting:

and a print of a beautiful painting of pink roses by

Nora Heyson:

Here is Margaret's portrait by Sir William Dobell, 1948,

which won the Archibald Prize.

(Art Gallery of NSW)

Like bookends to her career, another portrait of Margaret by Ben Quilty,

won this year's Archibald -

just in time for her to see it before the end.

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I've been making cushions again -

Thank you Beach Vintage for the fabric on the left - love it.

Off to see Dr Zhivago, the Musical this weekend -

Do I have something Russian to wear???

 

A TOUCH OF COLOUR

The First Bloom opened today, on my Mary McKillop rose bush -

and only ten weeks since I planted it!!  Well done, Mary.

I'll be speaking to the other roses nearby, who are Under Performing this year.

Mary came into our lives after The Accident in April.

As our bodies slowly repair on our journey of recovery,

 I like to think of Mary as a sign of  new growth and regeneration.

In a burst of creativity, I produced a cushion over the weekend.

Just love this stunning cockatoo fabric from Beach Vintage.

This blue glass bowl is back in favour, after years languishing in a back cupboard.

Its Time Has Come!

I found a blue wren to keep it company.

The bowl was a wedding gift, one of the few to survive.

We have been married nearly 40 years .... I know, I can't believe it either!

Practising to be a bride - my First Communion Day.

Getting cold here - might have a fire tonight...