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French Film Festival 2015
As I'm learning French, each year I try to go to at least a few films at the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival. Although it's a carefully curated selection to pick from, it's always a bit of a...
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Books of 2014
"Miss Auras, The Red Book" by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)I got so close to my target of 52 books (1 book per week) last year, missing out by only one book! Each year I try to read some books from the...
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Finally! - Finished Femme Fatales
I can't believe it's been over six months since I last posted here. After all this time I'd be surprised if anyone was still reading this, but I thought I'd get things up and running again. The last...
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Femme Fatales in Progress
I've been really busy over the last few weeks working on an illustration project. You may remember last year I drew a short comic about mice. It was for Bordertown, a little journal with poetry, art...
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The Catherine Cardigan
Here's my newest knitting project, the Catherine cardigan. It's a rather nice longsleeved cardigan with a deep v-neck, four buttons at the waist, and a garter stitch collar and revers. I'm knitting it...
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Sensible Sewing: Skirt and Half Slip
Earlier in the year I realised that what I really needed to be sewing was sensible things: plain, mostly black things that would go with all the crazy patterned stuff in my wardrobe. Well, finally I've...
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Some Goodies
Wheeee! New makeup! When Ms Edgeley went to New York recently I begged her to bring me back some makeup, as it's so much cheaper in the US than it is here. So I was very happy to get my hands on this...
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Aztec Pin Ups
Last weekend I went to see the new Aztecs exhibition at the Melbourne Museum with my father. It's well worth the (rather steep I thought) admission price as there are some real treasures on display,...
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Cropped Jacket from 1954 Finished.
I finished this bolero/cardigan ages ago but the weather was too warm to take photos. The pattern is a Cropped Jacket from a 1954 issue of Housewife magazine, and can be found it on Vintage Chic.The...
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French Maid
This is a birthday card I made for Mr Macska. I don't know why I went with a French maid particularly, he loves France and I always think that a sexy lady is the best thing to put on a birthday card...
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Call the Midwife - Nurse Trixie
A while ago I did a post about some of the outfits in the BBC series Call the Midwife. While I previously covered Nurse Jenny's very classic and conservative wardrobe, this time I'm going to look at...
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Why I Need to Do Some Sensible Sewing
A little while ago I was looking in my wardrobe and wondering why when I have so many clothes does it seem like I have nothing to wear? Then I read this post at By Gum By Golly and realised what was...
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Holiday in Tasmania
Last week Mr Macska and I went down to Tasmania for his parents' wedding anniversary and a little holiday. It was a lovely refreshing break from all the hot weather in Melbourne. I'm terrible at...
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Heatwave
You may have heard that Melbourne is experiencing a heatwave this week. Temperatures have been over 40 degrees from Monday onwards - today is going to reach 44 C (111 F). What can you wear on a day...
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My First Knitting Project of 2014: Cropped Jacket from 1954
2013 was not a very good year for knitting. I started the Cherry Cardigan, but I ended up abandoning it because I decided it would probably gape at the buttons across the bust. Also, knitting all that...
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Books of 2013
"Woman Reading" by Torajiro Kojima.I was a bit disappointed that I only managed to read 49 books in 2013, missing my goal of 52 books (one books a week) by only 3! Each year I try to read some books...
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"Dance For Me" - My Noir Comic
I've been shamefully absent from this blog for a while, due to a combination of family things and work. I've been meaning to post the entire Dance For Me comic for ages now, so without further ado,...
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Noir Comic Finished and Launched
Finally the little comic is done and printed. It was two weeks of hard work, more time consuming than I thought (of course I still had to go to work, etc). Here are some peeks at the two pages of...
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Sketches for Noir Comic
I'm working on a very short (4 page) comic at the moment, which is a new experience for me. I've been reading comics for years, but I've never drawn one, and it's certainly a learning...
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Librarian Ken
Meet Librarian Ken: he likes coffee, cats and dystopian-future novels. I made Ken's outfit for a competition at work, which was to raise money for charity. He even has a tiny Melbourne Uni staff card...
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