After I made the house cushion cover in my last post, I realised that when I wash the cover, my cushion will be bare. I hate being without it in bed, so I decided to quickly whip up a spare cover out of a piece of old sheet I had in my cupboard. I tested out the freehand sewing feature of my sewing machine and wow - I love the way the writing turned out! A nice little touch for a spare cover. Actually.. maybe I like it better than the main cover! Pity I didn't look carefully at the sheet before I cut out the pillow - there seems to be a stain centre front. Bummer.
Sustainable Living
- How to preserve local food for winter
Eat delicious, local, sustainable food from your pantry all year round. - How to really grow food in your backyard
Here I share with you the secrets that have transformed me from a gardener with a not-very-productive vegie patch, to growing most of my family's fruit and veg. - A simple composting toilet
Find out how to make a really simple but effective composting toilet for very little money.
About Asphyxia
- Guide to this blog
Read this to help you find the posts on my blog that will be most interesting to you.
The Grimstones
- My Shop
Buy my books about The Grimstones: Hatched, Mortimer Revealed, and the Artist's Journal. Also available: postcards and CDs. - The Grimstones
The Grimstones is a gothic fairytale about a girl who can read dreams, a baby boy with three legs, a mother who sew garments lined with warmth and joy, and a grandfather who heals people with his magical concoctions. I created The Grimstones as a marionette performance, and now it's a book series too.
Food and Nutrition
- Traditional Foods
My health has dramatically improved after changing my diet for a more traditional way of eating, as advised by Sally Fallon. - Food Flower Poster
Forget the food pyramid! It was developed by the agricultural industry, not by nutritionists. Instead, print this Food Flower poster, which shows a visual guide to choosing nutritious and satisfying traditional foods. - Sourdough bread Recipes
I make delicious sourdough bread in my bread machine - recipes and tips here. - Raw Food
Should we be eating a diet of 100% raw food? Here's what I found by way of "scientific proof". - Raw garlic to cure colds & flu
If you feel a cold or flu coming on, eat a whole clove of raw garlic, three times a day - it works miracles.
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26 April 2011
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asphyxia thankyou for your blog i really enjoyed reading it check " Ixchel bunny" for a way to trim your bunny. Charly live at Gilderoy in the Yarra Valley and farms angora rabbits in a sustianable way she spins and weaves and gardens and i think you would both like one another.She may be able to help with an easier way to shear your bunny. I will be interested to see how you go and will certiantly keep reading your blog. keep up the spinning you are doing welland so is your knitting it is lovely i finsihed a lace shawl today, and am half way through another one but havent made any clothing for ages, dont like my size and am trying to lose weight, reasonably well at the moment. Your garden looks great and the bird by your son is outstanding .keep enjoying life as you seem to be doing.
Posted by: elizabeth | 26 April 2011 at 08:58 PM