I can’t create every day. The work is rotated.Prepare the applique, Put it on the quilt.The preparation for just one foot X twenty five inches takes about 4 hours depending on my degree of stick ability. I also spend time researching each day and this is what I’ve learned about the garments I’ve created in…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Dedicated Bayeux Discipline blog.
Now I'm wrting two blogs a day. This one and the dedicated Bayuex Discipline Blog. One of the meaningul things about this journey is that I have visited and photographed 95% of the places depicted on the tapestry. In the next few days I will be creating Mont Saint Michel, and in this blog I…
It’s raining it’s pouring.
It's been raining all day, great for the garden, the olive trees and the tomatoes say "thank-you" But I hate it. I don't like to look out of watery windows. Tomorrow will be better. It's the first day of Autumn and already some of the trees have turned. NO, I'm not ready for winter yet…….
Yet another costume to create
I created a different costume today.It’s hard to know, but I think it’s a form or armour.In the tapestry there are 8 different designs for the armour. It’s thought that the costume I created today could have been made from pieces of leather.This part of the Tapestry depicts Duke William and his men passing into…
It's been an amazing day today. More excitement that I can cope with and it had nothing to do with the excaped prisoners being hunted in our area.!!! I'm going to give myself an early minute tonight and have a coffee by the TV. I had to update to a new phone so I think…
It worked.
The overall effect of machine embroidering the garment has worked out well.Once constructed each image will be illustrated with pigment ink, however, I won’t do that until it’s appliqued because the thread will be dyed at the same time.I couldn’t resist trying just a little illustration, you can see how it adds depth and interest…
What are those helicopters doing?
I hope you enjoyed the coloricious video…. I was transfixed and I'm going to try it. I will use pigment inks though. Well, the helicopters have been overhead for 2 hours now. I wondered what it was there for. It used to be common place to have a helicopter go over when my son worked…
Visit Colouricious a wonderful site for Textile Artists.
Talking Threads is one of my favorite sites. The videos are wonderul and I just found out that I can share them. Visit Myfanwy's website here to find out more about her and her work, click here. You know when you need just that right shade of colour for a certain project, well she has…