Honestly

Once upon a time there was a brave young knight that set out into a new world he didn’t understand, a place where all new adventures were exciting and exhausting and while the his mother wished she could keep him safe in the castle she knew he had to go out and be his own man. She spent many a year trying to build him armour, but there are some weapons that penetrate more than steel. How does one make it strong enough to keep out words and judgement but soft enough to breath in air and feel the sunshine. The knight was strong and pure of soul and she knew at the dusk that he would return triumphant, but that didn’t make waving at the gate any easier. There was comfort in the rising of the sun and the rising of the stars and the knight rode high and proud until he realised that he didn’t ride alone and that his quest was of value.

It would be a lie for me to say “yes my beautiful boy with Asperger’s Autism went to school and it was all rosy” and some part of me feels like I have to honest to any other family going through the same thing. After Sally’s post, it really struck a cord with me. Weighing up what to share is a constant juggle and the more people that read, the more guarded it is. He is working really hard, but it is hard for him to sort out where he really fits in and who is a friend. There is only so much guiding and preparing for situations, but it is just going to take time.

From Me to You

Surely there should be some benefit for sitting through 300 of my ramblings, so if you head over to the shop and let me know what you would like and the size, I will draw a winner next Tuesday 16th March – easy!

Thanks so much to everyone that has made this such a fun place to visit. Hearts in ordinary places, reminded me.

My Creative Space

The wool from last week is all cut out and just in time as the Melbourne weather is doing it’s erratic change of seasons thing. It is another Japanese pattern from the same craft book as the shirt from the other day.

There has also been playing around with the blocks for Poppy’s quilt. It is going to be 3 x4 different squares and there was this ‘great’ idea to do button features on 3 of them, but after talking to the ladies at Perle’s they were thinking the weight may be a little uncomfortable and would have ninja weapon like properties. What do you reckon, Andi suggested perhaps wall art? (Perle 8’s meets every Thursday night at Bentleigh if you are in the area and want to come along, new faces are always welcome).

More creative spaces at Kirsty’s house, the best ho   st around who is even making cushions to make sure we are all comfy when we visit.

PS. The post number is near a round number so I think a giveaway will be in order tomorrow.

First Autumn shirt

The autumn weather is fast approaching so I thought I had better start clothing these sprouting children. I used a pattern from a book I got from Pomadour. It is quite a small fit, as most of the Japanese ones are but I really love it and it only took about 3 hours, a great staple of winter. I got the purple-grey fabric from the Amitie sale last week, 50% off – yippee.

You may not know this about me, but I am a fabric tight-ass. I managed to squeeze this shirt out of half a meter of material as opposed to the 1m recommended. The sleeves couldn’t make it out in one length so I had to add a cuff. I don’t think there was a thread of fabric left!

I also got some seriously cute tights and socks from here too, great services and really quick delivery.

Summer Daze

Technically not summer anymore, I know but I couldn’t resist one more post in Jodi’s summer update. I have been admiring lots of lovely blog-gy vege gardens, but our little rental courtyard doesn’t allow too much growing action. The kids loved getting involved in our new herb pots with Glen, especially Poppy.

First we had to clear out the pots!

Poppy had a great green thumb, determined to plant them green side down. Lots of delicious herbs for the new slow cooker marathon.