Sometimes a fabric just screams to be scooped up and taken home to be loved and stroked and perhaps even made into a garment that makes you squeal hell yes!

Special fabrics. Delightfully soft and spongy woolly fabrics.

In the most unusual and vibrant shade.

A golden shade. A shade of perfection.

SEWN: THE LOTUS COAT

Sydney has been doing its darnedest to freeze my butt off this winter.

I know, I know, compared to other places in the world it's positively balmy.

But seriously, it's been the coldest it has been in 20 years. There's no snow, no sleet, not even a true cover of frost in the morning. But my poor body is not coping.

Me shivering and looking grumpy about being outside in the cold