Sam died aged 5. He had a rare degenerative disease that took his life earlier than we anticipated. We bought him to Australia from Sri Lanka when he was just two years old and after a year of medical assessments, hospital stays and at times a lot of angst he was diagnosed with a condition…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Quilting, hand quilting and International Womens Day Lecture.
This is one of the best jobs in the world. This year I travel to USA, Caribbean, France, Ireland, India, Dubai, Italy, Russia, (Thailand I hope)…. gees Louise… it just doesn't get any better. Despite the anticipated adventures this year I am just as excited to be going to Maleny in Queensland on the 6th…
One could say its an obsession.
I'm not pushing myself too hard for a while. I scared myself last week after a little stress related health worry, but I'm on back on track ready for travel. My old passport was full and the new one arrived yesterday. It expires in 2023. Its scary to think that I'll be really old by…
Music and being creative.
I think my creativity is enhanced by a connection to music. I have special music playing for each project I'm working on. Medieval of course for the Bayeux. By today's standards we were poor when I was a child… but there was always music in the house. My dear Dad, loved all sorts of music…
Fabric, food and fun
Its a delight to be in 'my' place, listening to Nora Jones and working on projects. 'my' place really could be anywhere. but of course for me its in the 'shed' Surrounded by the things I love and are special 'things' However, I'm tying to DE-stress a little and we decided to go out to…
Designing fabric on the Ipad.
Further to my blog yesterday I thought I would share just a little of the range I've designed to make the Alphabet quilts. The image above is the one of the fabrics I designed on the ipad and has been sent off for printing today. This is a test, if the range works well for…
illustrating on the Ipad.
How lucky am I. My friend Kaye ordered a Sensu brush for herself and one for me!!!!! Lotus I created this image on my ipad last night. It has wonderful applications. I could create a quilt from this image… This is a sketch of the packets of sugar in a bowl at the restaurant yesterday,…
Back to Quilting. A new method for me.
Back to quilting. I suppose its a bit of a risk quilting a special quilt in a new format, however, I had to take the plunge sometime and after a few hiccups I'm growing in confidence with the Sweet 16. I changed to a smaller needle yesterday, a size 14 instead if the 16 that…
Quilts on canvas.
I've managed to finish 12 things on the 'To do list' Its taken two days of travel and co-ordination…. but I achieved it… I've got a heck of a headache, but its done. One of the things was to have prints made of some of my photos and quilts. I mean B-iiii-g prints on canvas….
“You haven’t written your blog for a few days”
Last night, a voice from depths of the home office says. "You haven't written your blog for a few days" OK, I know Keith… but I've been busy and to be honest I had nothing to say ……..really!!!!! We had a long weekend for Australia Day and there was little creative work done other than…