For Lemon Lovers - Printable Recipe

This used to be the time of year

I'd be jealous of everyone  

with a lemon tree

that was until our 23yr old lemon tree 

decided it actually was a lemon tree

when it started fruiting two winters ago

now at this time of the year 

I'm looking for ways to use them

and people to give them too

my all time favourite recipe is 

the Buttery Lemon Flan

which I'm renaming the 

Lemon Lovers Buttery Lemon Flan

unlike alot of lemon inspired recipes 
which ask for a squeeze or two of lemon  
this one's hard core 
requiring the juice of 10-12 lemons

thankfully 

it turns out I'm not the only lemon lover in the family

the teen & I are similar in more ways than one

if you're a lemon lover too

lucky enough to have a proliferation of lemons 
looking for a delighful way to devour them 

you might like the recipe

with the printable version here.

How To Wear a Change of Heart Skirt

To celebrate
The Change of Heart Skirt 

having been immortalised in it's very own stop-go-animation

I am offering the pattern
with free shipping 
to anywhere & everywhere
for the next 2wks 
just use the COH code at checkout

and for those who would like to do some creating of their own 
here at the Studio 
these are the next lot of dates 

Fridays
9th & 14th May
or 
23rd & 30th May
9:30-2:30
$290 

The Change of Heart has proved to be a very popular Skirt
due to the good fit, being fun to make & flattering to wear
and here's some we prepared earlier.

They Came to Create….and Did!

They came

on Fridays & Weekends

All Weekend Girls - l-r Sue, JoAnne, Lisa, Jeanette

they talked & laughed, 

ate lunch, drank tea & indulged in chocolate, 
shared life stories & their bias binding 

all the while creating personal storms of
chosen projects
such as 

cushions & bags

Ruth

Lisa

Lisa

 Pieces of Cake

Rennae

a shirt into skirt
with cute polka dot pocket

Jessica

denim skirt into sleeveless vest

Jessica

and worn out cords
 into wearable skirt

Jessica

a Collette pattern
from favourite fabric
became a sweet top

Jeanette

and the perfect pink 
garage-sale-sourced cashmere jumper with an unfortunate hole 

transformed into a 
trend setting, stylish 
improved version of itself

the too-small pure silk designer label frock

merged with a wrap skirt

JoAnne

becoming this floaty Jane Austin look-a-like

and english manor houses

turned into a tea frock

JoAnne

some serious shirts lacking personality
became the life of the party
with splashes of lace

Sue

strategic stitching

tucks & tabs

Sue

and goals were kicked 
when a-soon-to-be-favourite-tunic
was potato printed with doilies

Sue

Yesterday saw the last of the 2day workshops 
for Term 1

and with a few weeks up my sleeve in which to focus on the next stage in the building plans
and a sneaky visit to my favourite city & person in Melbourne

I'll be back in time to open the doors for [possibly] the very last lot of Studio Workshops 

in Term 2...

what would you like to create. x

REinventing a REinvention Idea

I had an idea for a REinvention

it involved 
a vintage 
semi felted pure wool satin ribbon edged coconut-ice pink cot blanket  
and
tweed jacket sleeves

it did not involve flowers

after pulling out and pawing over every jacket & coat in my collection 
and then trawling every op shop within cooee
it became evident my idea of tweedy jacket sleeves 
wasn't going to happen

it was at this reluctant realisation 
I started looking through everything else I have filed with sleeves 
and settled on a woollen cardigan

with flowers



and made a start
by cutting armholes
in the cot blanket

and carefully separating the sleeves from the cardy

keeping the scraps
to create a Frippery




which once the sleeves were reshaped & attached
I pinned in place



and stood back to admire the blankey wrap 
that had emerged from an idea 
although it didn't seem to matter at which angle I stood 
I wasn't admiring 

there was no spark
no sense of satisfaction

as much as like to try and keep the intregrity of the original garment/item intact throughout a REinvent

this just looked like a cot blanket 
with sleeves

so I took some of my own advice
and walked away
slept on it
and in the morning
unpinned the Frippery
and set about
REinventing the REinvention



after REcutting, unpicking, stitching and trying on & off
I settled for a more cropped, better fitting
dare I say it slightly more funky version
of a blanky wrap

still not exactly the idea in my head

but a pretty good interpretation of it

and with plenty more woollen blankets to play with
knowing what I know now
I'm looking forward to next time...