As we admired the blue of the sea and the red of the pohutakawa we spotted something you don’t expect to see near shore at midday: a kororā (little penguin, also known as the little blue penguin or fairy penguin)
I’ve been very silent here on the blog lately. The world has been very overwhelming for the last few years, as has my personal life. While the first still terrifies me, the latter, thankfully, seems to be settling down. Some things are changing because of what happened and is happening. Here’s what they are: First, I’m going to be moving myself, The Dreamstress blog & Scroop Patterns off of Meta owned platforms as much as possible. Instead of FB and Instagram, I’ll be redirecting my energy (when I have it!) back to this blog. So hopefully that’s a good change! Second, if you get the Scroop Patterns newsletter you would have heard about the changes to the free Frances Rump pattern. Because of bot attacks I’ve changes it from a free pattern to a ‘choose your own price’ pattern, which are less likely to be subject to attacks. So now, you can choose any price from free ‘Students & Artists in Garrets’ to a supremely ridiculous price with the label ‘Look I just really love …
The Summit Dress is inspired by the Medieval garments excavated at Herjolfsnes in Greenland, but with a modern update that includes roomy pockets, fully machine-sewn instructions, thoughtful finishing details, two necklines, two lengths and two sleeve options.
