The Sewphist
@thesewphist.bsky.social
Drawer of birds, designer of fabric, sewer of gorgeous things you might want to buy from me.
I also really like food, walking and cycling.
www.thesewphist.com
I also really like food, walking and cycling.
www.thesewphist.com
Little late night sewing pop-quiz for you.
Can you spot what’s wrong in this photo?
Can you spot what’s wrong in this photo?
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Little late night sewing pop-quiz for you.
Can you spot what’s wrong in this photo?
Can you spot what’s wrong in this photo?
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Did you know that it's Buy NZ Made Week?
At Bird and Beach, we're committed to local. We do as much of our manufacturing processes as we can in our own workshop, we use local printers for our cards, calendars and art, and we're licensed to use the Buy NZ Made logos on many of our products.
At Bird and Beach, we're committed to local. We do as much of our manufacturing processes as we can in our own workshop, we use local printers for our cards, calendars and art, and we're licensed to use the Buy NZ Made logos on many of our products.
Bird and Beach Ltd Official Buy New Zealand Made
Buy New Zealand Made helps consumers recognise the provenance of your goods. Apply for a licence to use the Kiwi trademark and gain a market origin advantage.
membership.buynz.org.nz
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Did you know that it's Buy NZ Made Week?
At Bird and Beach, we're committed to local. We do as much of our manufacturing processes as we can in our own workshop, we use local printers for our cards, calendars and art, and we're licensed to use the Buy NZ Made logos on many of our products.
At Bird and Beach, we're committed to local. We do as much of our manufacturing processes as we can in our own workshop, we use local printers for our cards, calendars and art, and we're licensed to use the Buy NZ Made logos on many of our products.
It needs to be sewing o'clock, but my workroom is still all packed into the garage for the renovations (the floor is done now, but we're getting a fancy ceiling and there's painting still to happen).
So, who wants to send me to my bedroom and tell me I'm not allowed out until I've finished?
So, who wants to send me to my bedroom and tell me I'm not allowed out until I've finished?
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It needs to be sewing o'clock, but my workroom is still all packed into the garage for the renovations (the floor is done now, but we're getting a fancy ceiling and there's painting still to happen).
So, who wants to send me to my bedroom and tell me I'm not allowed out until I've finished?
So, who wants to send me to my bedroom and tell me I'm not allowed out until I've finished?
This is a trickier one, unless you count needlessly stressful situations, empty skincare bottles and abandoned to-do lists?
I do collect fabric, but have more than a reasonable life-time's worth of stash already.
I do like recipe books and mid-century design books (I have 2 copies of GH already).
I do collect fabric, but have more than a reasonable life-time's worth of stash already.
I do like recipe books and mid-century design books (I have 2 copies of GH already).
Question time #SecretSantaAoNZ
What do you collect? If you were a dragon what would you hoard?
What do you collect? If you were a dragon what would you hoard?
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is a trickier one, unless you count needlessly stressful situations, empty skincare bottles and abandoned to-do lists?
I do collect fabric, but have more than a reasonable life-time's worth of stash already.
I do like recipe books and mid-century design books (I have 2 copies of GH already).
I do collect fabric, but have more than a reasonable life-time's worth of stash already.
I do like recipe books and mid-century design books (I have 2 copies of GH already).
Whoops, I'm a couple of days behind. Absolute faves would be turquoise and red. Someone took me literally on this once, and sent me some beautiful buttons with both colours!
In general, anything bright and primary or jewel-toned will make me feel happy.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
In general, anything bright and primary or jewel-toned will make me feel happy.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Today's question for #SecretSantaAoNZ
Especially great for all the crafting Santas we're blessed with when they're sleuthing.
Especially great for all the crafting Santas we're blessed with when they're sleuthing.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Whoops, I'm a couple of days behind. Absolute faves would be turquoise and red. Someone took me literally on this once, and sent me some beautiful buttons with both colours!
In general, anything bright and primary or jewel-toned will make me feel happy.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
In general, anything bright and primary or jewel-toned will make me feel happy.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
And it begins.
Messages sent through the "Contact Us" form offering a proposal to improve our brand new website's visibility. From someone who can't even fill in the form correctly and uses gmail addresses (yes, 2 addresses; see above re filling in the form) instead of mail from their own domain.
Messages sent through the "Contact Us" form offering a proposal to improve our brand new website's visibility. From someone who can't even fill in the form correctly and uses gmail addresses (yes, 2 addresses; see above re filling in the form) instead of mail from their own domain.
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
And it begins.
Messages sent through the "Contact Us" form offering a proposal to improve our brand new website's visibility. From someone who can't even fill in the form correctly and uses gmail addresses (yes, 2 addresses; see above re filling in the form) instead of mail from their own domain.
Messages sent through the "Contact Us" form offering a proposal to improve our brand new website's visibility. From someone who can't even fill in the form correctly and uses gmail addresses (yes, 2 addresses; see above re filling in the form) instead of mail from their own domain.
Starting to think about shopping small and local for presents?
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Starting to think about shopping small and local for presents?
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
Reposted by The Sewphist
Any must see/do things happening in Wellington this weekend?
There Friday afternoon till Monday midday.
There Friday afternoon till Monday midday.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Any must see/do things happening in Wellington this weekend?
There Friday afternoon till Monday midday.
There Friday afternoon till Monday midday.
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Tahetoka Limited (my very small business) is expanding. Our team is now offering Bookkeeping services with a focus on Māori Pakihi and Charitable Trusts. Ensuring we get mahi done quickly with pricing that works for you.
Interested? Let us know.
tahetoka.nz/bookkeeping
Interested? Let us know.
tahetoka.nz/bookkeeping
Bookkeeping | Amber Craig
tahetoka.nz
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Tahetoka Limited (my very small business) is expanding. Our team is now offering Bookkeeping services with a focus on Māori Pakihi and Charitable Trusts. Ensuring we get mahi done quickly with pricing that works for you.
Interested? Let us know.
tahetoka.nz/bookkeeping
Interested? Let us know.
tahetoka.nz/bookkeeping
I can’t remember if it was WINZ or IRD, but I do remember being very surprised by the irony of hearing Simply Red’s “Money’s too tight to mention” as their hold music.
I once - no word of a lie - heard Simon Bates play All Around The World immediately after Radio 1's Newsbeat had featured a story about a baby going missing from a hospital. #totp
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I can’t remember if it was WINZ or IRD, but I do remember being very surprised by the irony of hearing Simply Red’s “Money’s too tight to mention” as their hold music.
I have questions about whether this article was written by a human who gardens. Some parts seem rather unusual with regards to asparagus (but exactly right for the spring onions I grow on my windowsill).
www.evergreenseeds.com/how-to-grow-...
www.evergreenseeds.com/how-to-grow-...
How To Grow Asparagus From Cutting: Learn the Easiest Methods - Evergreen Seeds
Learn how to grow asparagus from cutting in this comprehensive guide. Not only is it fun to watch your plant grow, but it's also easier than you think!
www.evergreenseeds.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I have questions about whether this article was written by a human who gardens. Some parts seem rather unusual with regards to asparagus (but exactly right for the spring onions I grow on my windowsill).
www.evergreenseeds.com/how-to-grow-...
www.evergreenseeds.com/how-to-grow-...
Glad I thought to check the garden for strawberries today. This was all I found.
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Glad I thought to check the garden for strawberries today. This was all I found.
Just dropped a bunch of calendar orders off at the courier depot. 😊
Here's your reminder that the Bird and Beach 2026 Calendar is a great option for easy to post presents, and Ryan's illustrations of his favourite spots across the motu will bring the recipient joy throughout the year!
$29 + postage from birdandbeach.co.nz/product/2026...
$29 + postage from birdandbeach.co.nz/product/2026...
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Just dropped a bunch of calendar orders off at the courier depot. 😊
I hadn't heard our ruru for a while, but he's out there telling the world that this is definitely his patch tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I hadn't heard our ruru for a while, but he's out there telling the world that this is definitely his patch tonight.
This, right now... except the skies that cleared earlier have clouded over again. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This, right now... except the skies that cleared earlier have clouded over again. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Good thing I just opened a Publisher file to update our with compliments slips... apparently it's being retired next year, and you'll no longer be able to even open the files...
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Good thing I just opened a Publisher file to update our with compliments slips... apparently it's being retired next year, and you'll no longer be able to even open the files...
Reposted by The Sewphist
Here's your reminder that the Bird and Beach 2026 Calendar is a great option for easy to post presents, and Ryan's illustrations of his favourite spots across the motu will bring the recipient joy throughout the year!
$29 + postage from birdandbeach.co.nz/product/2026...
$29 + postage from birdandbeach.co.nz/product/2026...
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Here's your reminder that the Bird and Beach 2026 Calendar is a great option for easy to post presents, and Ryan's illustrations of his favourite spots across the motu will bring the recipient joy throughout the year!
$29 + postage from birdandbeach.co.nz/product/2026...
$29 + postage from birdandbeach.co.nz/product/2026...
Kia ora #kikorangi!
A while back I started a starter pack for working artists/creative businesses. It could really do with an update. Who should I be adding?
(Because others have done starter packs for NZ literature, I haven't been including authors in this list, but focused on visual/tangible)
A while back I started a starter pack for working artists/creative businesses. It could really do with an update. Who should I be adding?
(Because others have done starter packs for NZ literature, I haven't been including authors in this list, but focused on visual/tangible)
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Kia ora #kikorangi!
A while back I started a starter pack for working artists/creative businesses. It could really do with an update. Who should I be adding?
(Because others have done starter packs for NZ literature, I haven't been including authors in this list, but focused on visual/tangible)
A while back I started a starter pack for working artists/creative businesses. It could really do with an update. Who should I be adding?
(Because others have done starter packs for NZ literature, I haven't been including authors in this list, but focused on visual/tangible)
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It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
I mostly like most foods, and am willing to try new things.
I abhor coffee, and mostly stick away from anything with caffeine (except 🍫).
Intolerance = 🫑 and 🐐🥛.
I will be travelling with my parcel, so probably best to steer away from anything that wouldn’t survive a long, maybe hot, car trip.
I abhor coffee, and mostly stick away from anything with caffeine (except 🍫).
Intolerance = 🫑 and 🐐🥛.
I will be travelling with my parcel, so probably best to steer away from anything that wouldn’t survive a long, maybe hot, car trip.
Time for another question #SecretSantaAoNZ
What are your favourite foods? Least favourite? What can't you eat? What are your go to foods FOR MORALE?
Quote or reply with your answers.
What are your favourite foods? Least favourite? What can't you eat? What are your go to foods FOR MORALE?
Quote or reply with your answers.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I mostly like most foods, and am willing to try new things.
I abhor coffee, and mostly stick away from anything with caffeine (except 🍫).
Intolerance = 🫑 and 🐐🥛.
I will be travelling with my parcel, so probably best to steer away from anything that wouldn’t survive a long, maybe hot, car trip.
I abhor coffee, and mostly stick away from anything with caffeine (except 🍫).
Intolerance = 🫑 and 🐐🥛.
I will be travelling with my parcel, so probably best to steer away from anything that wouldn’t survive a long, maybe hot, car trip.
Reposted by The Sewphist
🧵Hey lovely people. I know some Nelson Tasman people follow me here, so this is for you.❤️
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🧵Hey lovely people. I know some Nelson Tasman people follow me here, so this is for you.❤️
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
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Lying on the beach watching the Aurora dancing fast & pulsing vertically above me, like Scandinavian Aurora.
Insane, New Zealand.
Insane, New Zealand.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Lying on the beach watching the Aurora dancing fast & pulsing vertically above me, like Scandinavian Aurora.
Insane, New Zealand.
Insane, New Zealand.
I forgot to add the hashtag! #SecretSantaAoNZ
We do! Pīata is very much a part of our family. (Please don't tell her the Companies Office wouldn't let us add her as a shareholder to the family business though. We do compensate her generously in kitty bikkies and temptations.)
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I forgot to add the hashtag! #SecretSantaAoNZ