Woolly winter cushions

Finished the cushions, so cosy, so satisfying.

Crossed cushion

Creating new cushions for the couch in a chunky wool with embroidered graphic images to keep me occupied on the winter nights.

Props: 10,000BC film

I made these brown baby props for the film 10,000BC in Wanaka, NZ in 2006. They were for 'mothers' to carry around in the background.

Owl 2

Ollie the Owl for new nephew number two Anthony [sadly never made it to its destination, lost in the post or stolen in the post, grrrr]

Owl

Oscar the Owl I made for my new nephew Charlie.

Tropical Exterior: Dickens St

Before: entrance to Dickens St, far too much brick and pipe action for my liking.

The rose petals [many many hours of plucking rose heads apart at work were scored as left overs from the TV show The Elephant Princess's coronation day] were sprinkled on the ground to welcome my book club gals one Sunday.

After: many many plants that love the afternoon sun.

Prop - Possum fur blanket

Possum fur blanket that I just made for a documentary about convict William Buckley living in an Aboriginal community near Geelong, Victoria in the early 1800's. The skins were sourced from New Zealand where there is an endemic possum problem killing off all the native forests. They are a real pest in NZ and it is great that there are now many cottage industries using possum fur... mixed with merino wool, tails as scarves or made into the groovy slippers that I wore as I sewed!

Stitched for many hours with waxed linen thread. Approx 2 metres square.

TV Series - The Elephant Princess

I created and fitted the costume for the lead character in The Elephant Princess TV series, Anala. [otherwise known as Siam who lives at the Australia Zoo in Queensland.]

Banquet creation to topple over....

I created the bagpipes, and flute.

The crown for the Princess that I created.