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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 8h

Well, my porch goose outfit is done. And I've got a matching overshirt thingy (the #readytosewjames which I think she's actually just decommissioned - a shame as I adore it). Now we need to fill the goose up with a bit of sand and then they can live outside for summer.

I'm standing on my porch, wearing an overshirt with flamingos on it. I'm holding a porch goose who is wearing a dress and sunhat made of the same fabric.

Lefty the porch goose, with his little pink dress. It has a collar and patch pockets on both sides of the front, and was actually designed to be a raincoat.

The back. It's a bit pooh bear, I think it ought to be longer.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 16h

Today's Des pūtangitangi update is not a great one sorry team: we have lost 2 since about 3pm yesterday 😞 You do expect attrition, it's nature after all, and they live in a public space - but it's sad when it happens. This morning everyone seems in fine spirits though. Pragmatic little guys 😅

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 15/10/2026

Making a porch goose outfit and I HAD wondered about the sleeves but no arms 🤔

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 15/10/2026

I have a pūtangitangi update! The Deses Nine are still 9, and oh my gosh they're all just little mischief puffs. It was really horrendous weather this morning when we kitted up and went walking but it was so worth it to see my little darlings! They've been in the creek for days but it's well up.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 14/10/2026

Ngaire's porch goose analog is going to get a flamingo themed dress 😂

The pieces of a dress cut out and a porch goose sitting next to them. The pieces are pink linen with watercolour flamingoes printed on

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 13/10/2026

& get this: Gladys the goose, who left the park a while ago and has been a lot more mobile around town lately, has hooked up with [what I'm .. unreliably told is] a young male in the park across the road. We go and see her every so often and discovered the new boyfriend ALSO has a busted wing? 🪶🇳🇿

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 13/10/2026

And, one of the Goldie sisters hatched her clutch the other day and she's managed to keep all 8 so far. Which is frankly a miracle, seeing as she's a mallard. I think her boyfriend is helping out though. Interestingly none of them are yellow (Goldie was a yellow!!! chick) #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 13/10/2026

My darling pūtangitangi ducklings are still thriving, and they're huge! Still 9 little Deses. They've mostly been in the creek, and I think it's safer as they're still being targeted by enemy females. Today one dive bombed them as I watched, rude. But Lefty saw her off. #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 12/10/2026

I finished my #sewliberateddungivendress the other day and have worn it ever since as a duster, despite my suspicion that actually I made a fashion labcoat. It's comfy as. Like a robe, basically. I recommend.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 11/10/2026

This morning it was swimming in the creek practice for the little pūtangitangi Deses (still 9!). They'd managed to get the whole clan up a little waterfall even. Might pop back this evening to see if they're back at the pond. #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 10/10/2026

Right!! And also get a load of how quick on land when mum calls them lol.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 10/10/2026

Listen I'm a pūtangitangi fan account for the next little while. Do you blame me? Seen here, two of the wee Deses try out grazing with ... Results. Ngaire and Lefty coach. The other Deses mill in the background. #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 10/10/2026

Today we sat down with Ngaire, Lefty and the nine babies (all named Des) for half an hour. I got these 3 minutes of true pūtangitangi whānau ASMR - one clip is muted sorry because you really don't deserve to be subjected to the AI Parkrun songs. But otherwise lots of lovely Ngaire clucks #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 09/10/2026

I do have it! Might move it up the priority queue

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 09/10/2026

I did actually get some #garmentsewing done too. This is the #sewliberateddungivendress, sleeves and collar and hem facing still to add. I love these weird little pleats. I've got a set of leggings + sports bra for a test too, that I have to get photos of tomorrow and hopefully can share soon 👀

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 09/10/2026

Okay would we want more pūtangitangi content then..? Here they are having swimming practice when we stopped in this afternoon. Lefty on lifeguard duty up on the bank! #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 09/10/2026

Here are some more pics from the pūtangitangi maternity ward. #nzbirds A day old 🥹

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 09/10/2026

Best best news! The pūtangitangi babies have arrived! Ngaire and Lefty are very proud parents, chicks are bold but well behaved little dudes and dudettes. 9x dear little stripeys. #nzbirds They've still got their egg teeth and they were still all eggy scented when we met them this morning 🥹🥹🥹

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 06/10/2026

Everyone* deserves someone who looks at them the way our cats look at our dinner. *Nearly everyone 🐱🇳🇿

A tabby cat lying on the back of the couch, staring at a plate of omelette

A silver tabby cat staring at another omelette

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 03/10/2026

Doing a #garmentsewing test at the moment, two very cool patterns that will both I think have a place in my wardrobe long term. But jeeeeeez spaghetti straps?!

4 spaghetti straps, 2 pink and 2 grey. They have been painstakingly turned with a bodkin that is also visible.

A scrunchy seam with spaghetti straps popping out the top. When they're pulled tight the fabric either side of the seam scrunches

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 30/09/2026

We frequently carry on down the creek at the moment, to check on Mrs Goose from the park (she seems to have made her way down in search of love and got stranded (insert 'Where the hell is my Husband' here). Yestrday we also found a PENGUIN (who was collected by the colony). And ducklings. #nzbirds

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 28/09/2026

Oh boy oh boy I've made the most extra pair of jeans I've ever owned #garmentsewing These are made in Liberty denim and they're mostly the #truebiaslanderpants, but with the curved waistband from #sewhouse7oxbowpants. Also I adjusted the hell out of them, they have a pretty challenging crotch.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 26/09/2026

#garmentsewing project coming up... #truebiaslanderpants. This is Liberty denim 💀💀 I adjusted the absolute daylights out of this pattern and I'm looking forward to this pair of jeans. I think I'm even mentally committing to flat felling the seams ...

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 25/09/2026

Detail and inside pictures! I love making shirts 👀 collars and plackets and cuffs, oh my (no cuff on this iteration though). This is such nice soft cotton. Flat felled and fully finished throughout. Handmade Liberty tag. #garmentsewing

Tag made of abstract leaf print fabric in purple and cream, sewn into a white+purple shirt collar. KF 26 written on it.

Short sleeve shirt hangs, inside out. It has fully enclosed sleeve and side seams. Collar and button placket are visible

The back, inside out, you can see the yoke which cuts across the high shoulder. And the flat felled sleeve seam and double fold hem.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 22/09/2026

Here's another of my #garmentsewing outfit videos. Things I've been wearing in September. We're coming into spring in NZ now and yeeeeeah It's very evident I have seasonal faves 😂 Loafs of #greenstyle, #sewhouse7 and #fibremood featuring this month.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 21/09/2026

Today I might just cut out my final Landers in this Liberty denim. This was a real Find at the Fabricabrac, and so funny because I'd been eyeing up that denim when it was for sale retail. I managed to talk myself out of it then regretted it 😂 got it in the end! #truebiaslanderpants #garmentsewing

This photographs a lot redder than it is. It's a warm, bright orange 🍊. It also has multicoloured splatter type speckles.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 21/09/2026

I had this fun, wafty sort of macrame mesh that I'd picked up at the destash sale. And I've had the idea stuck in my head about a fashiony tabard. The #fibremoodhodatop filled the brief pretty well. I went rogue on the instructions and bound the whole thing with FOE. Surprisingly little fuss.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 20/09/2026

I finally got on the bandwagon and sewed up a #sewhouse7remyraglan. With the gathered sleeves. This is lovely lightweight cotton and will do nicely for summer! It didn't take as much fabric as expected, even with the extra big sleeves. Only 1.8m on narrow loom cotton.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 18/09/2026

The other thing I have been turning Liberty scraps into: scent sachets. Very low waste if you're open to irregular shapes. Long life laundry scent beads in them, you know the ones that are pretty rough on your washing machine but smell outrageously good 👀 scrap busting woo! #sewing

4 scent sachets, all different random vaguely trapezoidal shapes. They're made of liberty poplin with an abstract leaf print and they're purple black and cream. They have purple hanging ribbons. They're laying on a pile of scraps of a liberty lawn called Crescendo. It's blue with flying swans on it.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 17/09/2026

I've been enjoying cutting my tiniest liberty scraps into very cute tags. I do a batch up every so often between projects, then I've got a nice stack to sew in, no muss no fuss #garmentsewing

18 tags and 2 cardboard templates for this tags. Some of the tags are a purple, black,cream abstract leaf print and some are white with a tiny leaf print. Some are small landscape format tags and some are tall portrait ones.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 16/09/2026

I made up another #patternemporiumonrepeat woven tee. I had only a short length of this fabric and I was delighted to get this out of 1.1m. I could have done longer sleeves but I wanted to try the short. It really feels like a tshirt, I love it. And such a pleasant speedy sew #garmentsewing

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 10/09/2026

I made up the new #patternemporiumonrepeat woven tee. This is a toile (hence this oddball fabric.. reminds me of 90s bus seat covers) which had a few purposes. Fit, ofc, but also I tried a full bicep adjustment. I would say reasonably successful. I love the boatneck. I want armscye one size bigger.

In wearing a stripey top. It's tshirt shaped with a boatneck, cutting wide and high over my shoulders, and 3/4 sleeves. The print is abstract stripes and the colour palette is sort of brutalist disco.

Hands by my sides. This has a one inch hem on sleeves and bodice. Bodice also has a little slit in each side seam and I like the method used for this, though I'll mod my next one to have a double fold hem.

Side view. I'm very happy with the amount of ease in my sleeve. The length is just north of my wrist.

The back. This neckline is faced btw. I also quite like the method of doing the facings. You sew them onto front and back separately and then cleverly fold them together when you sew the shoulder seam.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 08/09/2026

Here's a lovely Ngaire video (to convince you to vote pūtangitangi!). She was going hard on ruffling up her feathers this morning. Once she was done she flew back to the nest on the island. Maybe nest lining? +She's started making a sweet chirpy new sound. Māmā voice? Vote: www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 07/09/2026

Here's a very speedy run down of what I did with 5m or so of viscose knit. I use this for base layers so tshirts and leggings, oh and undies. I have a wee bit more. Maybe more undies, maybe boxers. #garmentsewing

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 07/09/2026

This is your first (mute me if you have to 😅) reminder to vote for Ngaire and Lefty, a.k.a. pūtangitangi/ paradise shelducks #birdoftheyear2026 - they are the absolute biggest personalities and unsung heroes in Aotearoa. Overseas friends, you can vote too! A BIRD ELECTION. www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

Ngaire, a chestnut coloured shelduck with white head, and Lefty, a black shelduck with chestnut tail feathers, are standing amongst fallen orange leaves and sparse agapanthus. There's a food box next to Ngaire and a pond in the background.

Lefty, a black shelduck, is floating in a pond. He's contrasted in a bright white reflection with circular ripples around him and he's lifting his bill up taking a drink. You can see the ghosts of stones below him, but the water is murky.

Ngaire stands on a brilliant green lawn, weight on her left foot. She's looking to the left, showing her full outer selection of wing feathers which range from white through bottle green and chestnut, all the way to charcoal and black.

Here's a screenshot of bird of the year showing the pūtangitangi candidate. Who ought to be your number one, but if you're repping another lovely manu Ngaire is happy to accept second 😇 she's so humble.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 03/09/2026

I got: new boots The cats got: new boot box 🐱🇳🇿

Toni, a silver tabby cat, sits in a shoebox with the lid up. She's gazing vaguely towards the camera.

Now she's looking over to the left side of the frame.

Twiggy, a black highlight tabby/white ruff cat sits in the same box. She has her eyes closed and face tilted as if into the warm sunlight. In fact she's just really enjoying her new box

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 02/09/2026

Okay so we want some duckling content, right? First ducklings at the park!! And Ngaire and Lefty are definitely nesting, possibly since as early as Aug 13, so their little cutie humbugs aren't far off. Two of the Goldie sisters AWOL too so I suspect we might have little yellow babes coming. 🪶🇳🇿

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 02/09/2026

Haha thank you! I was planning to just finish and take to the op shop but I fear I'm getting attached 👀 I'm making the final copy out of the all time coolest denim I've ever seen and I'm like do I need two flamboyant pairs of these? Honestly, maybe

BRIGHT! ORANGE! Denim with Pollocky paint speckle print

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 02/09/2026

Here's my #truebiaslanderpants toile. I really like these and they're comfy - and I think I got the fit 95% of the way there on flat pattern adjusting. A few little amendments before I go into the good fabric. I love that it matches my #nhpatternsaprilblouse toile too lol but prob won't pair often 🌈

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 31/08/2026

Did you guys know you can search on New World by emoji?! The steak one goes a bit wrong though 🥝🇳🇿

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 30/08/2026

A week and a bit of #garmentsewing projects and how I wear them. Also featuring my two treasured retro Jazzbo jumpers - picked up the cardigan one of these today 🎉🤩

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 27/08/2026

Okay I've finished the first of two toiles in my mini matching toile project. This is #nhpatternsaprilblouse and I'm glad I toiled it because it's marginally small & I'll go up a size on the shoulders & armscye for my next one. This is a cotton voile or Batiste or something. Lovely!

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 25/08/2026

Hahaha I AM having fun! Endless, endless possibilities.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 24/08/2026

In #garmentsewing news I've washed these two fabrics for wearable toiles. The stripes are trousers and the flowers a blouse. And I thought, potentially quite nice if they match. #truebiaslanderpants and #nhpatternsaprilblouse are the patterns.

Two fabrics hang in the sun. They're both green. GREEN. LIME GREEN. One is a canvas with stripes, and one is a voile with little abstract flowers in a ditsy print.

The front side of the flower fabric, and you can also see that it's quite sheer

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 23/08/2026

They claimed them before I even cut them out 😂😂 Thank you! I must admit I am pretty well furnished with house clothes (and yet still plotting to turn a quilt into a dressing gown lol). The other thing I'm considering is dying them darker. I'd initially thought black but a deep forest green?? 🤔

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 23/08/2026

I had to make another pair of my park walking pants and so I whipped these up. Cotton French terry #greenstylevolareleggings - exactly the same as my other pair except that those are dark blue. Pale grey feels like quite a departure lol. Will I be brave enough to wear out of the house? Hm. Comfy tho

I'm wearing grey leggings which are fitted over the butt and upper thigh and then loosen off above the knee to a flared hem.

The front, with my cream coloured polka dot asymmetrical tshirt untucked over the waistband.

The back, tucked in. Very nice fit for the curvier of arse like me

Front again with my top tucked in. They have a faux foldover waistband.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 20/08/2026

I've been continuing to film my #garmentsewing outfits when I remember to and it's actually quite funny that I wear the same patterns constantly. I have a type I guess 😅🫠

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 19/08/2026

Here are some bonus pics lol. The back of Teddy's head 😱😱😱

Back of plushie animals. Teddybear has a very alarming gathered situation going on with his head

Zoomed out turtle, the shell has been made with bits of felt zig zagged on

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 19/08/2026

Sewing bee this week had real "tag yourself I'm the ______" energy (Patrick doing, on location, what everyone watching at home did in real time) #sewingbee Suddenly I have a real urge to make a cursed duck 🤔

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