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Kalahari Nostalgia | Studio Bloem
This nostalgic farm theme was born from our family’s roots and personal history with sewing. Growing up on a farm in the Kalahari with lots of time and a mother who could, from every magazine picture we brought her, design a pattern and bring any dream dress into realisation, the sewing bug is literally in our blood.
My whole family suffers severely from Acute Cluttercollectus with a result that we each have a room dedicated to sewing, that is so FULL of sewing stuff that you still end up sewing  on the kitchen table. And it’s not just my mom and my sisters. The antique lace petticoats and colllars, blowing in the breeze, are from my late uncle Howard’s collection., Who also through his life, collected a veritable museum full of vintage fashion and fabrics.
Our love for fabrics and all things related to sewing is evident in the little details. The bottels of buttons, the thimbles, measuring tapes under glass domes, almost as if they are kept in a time capsule. The lovely gift boxes my sister Lee-Ann made from old dress patterns. The flowers were kept to a minimum and whisper softly about the good old days gone by. It may look like the photos were taken in the Karoo, they were actually also taken at Babylonstoren.
Turksvye laat dink my altyd aan die plotte van my kinderdae. Lanings turksvye wat tussen die erwe langs elke slap draadheining in gelid staan. Wel skeef en krom, nie juis in gelid nie. Turksvye maak mos soos hulle wil. Turksvye laat hulle ook nie onverhoeds betrap nie. As jy ‘n turkse vy wil pluk, moet jy goed voorbereid kom. ‘n Lang stok met ‘n leë jam blik vooraan vas gespyker. En ‘n emmer. Dan moet jy ook nog weet hoe om behendig met die draai van jou pols daai hoë turksvye af te sny en in die blikkie te laat val. Nooit ooit word hulle met die kaal hand aangepak nie. My Pa het die turksvye so vir ons ge-oes. Dan skil hy hulle versigtig met ‘n mes en vurk, hy het die nodige geduld gehad daarvoor. Ons moet maar ons lus nog bietjie inhou, want sulke kosbare skatte kan nie sommer net so warm ingesluk word nie. Nee, eers moet hulle yskas toe en ys, yskoud gemaak word, voor ons aan hulle kon smul.
one comment for Kalahari Nostalgia
March 26, 2015 at 11:12 am
Dit is n ongelooflike mooi troue!! Blomme pas perfek by omgegewing!
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