The quilt is finished. Styles change, and my older Monet's garden samples are interesting, but I wanted to add some of the new techniques I've added to my resume. I like this piece, it flows, it has direction and I like the way i was able to achieve the softness in the background. It's…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
New Monet garden sample
I'm preparing for South Africa and re-vamping the Monet's Garden class… Considering that I have just been there I felt I should make another sample. So I took a hard photo to re-create. I dyed the fabric to similar to the background of this photo. It's not exactly the same but it gives me a…
Just good stuff.
While I was in Mexico, I purchased some of the "Meximerican style" Garments… The cut is super, the fabric is great but it needed oomph… so at 4.00 this morning I was out embellishing one of the tops. I used Thai silk patches and to balance the color, a little black and white spot stripe…
It was a super day.
Mr Kaiden is 6 months old and dressed in his finest koala suit. Big brother kodi doesn't like his photo taken Savannah kept us busy extracting her from the highest point of the play gym and back fence Matisse loves swinging and playing tea parties Tilly climbed high on the play gym The boys, Kodi…
Drapplique Letters….was this the beginning of the Alphabet blocks…?
I actually did these for Alex and Ricky ….2007!!!! woow I spent part of the day doing the drawings for a couple of Medieval blocks…. for some friends. They are only 6" blocks… so it will be interesting to see how they come out. I've never done them that small before. via pamhollanddesigns.typepad.com
“MMMMM” they said…. the kitchen smells like Russia…
I am tempted to sit at the machine. I feel the need to draw something. I have so many ideas I need to get down in fabric and discipline states that I have to write a program for something else before I can play. But the body would only let me sleep, do the washing…
Almost home….. enjoy each day.
I'm sitting in the Qantas club in Melbourne. I'm savouring, yogurt and poached fruit, toast and vegemite…. it's just those small things that are so important..Heaven…. We've been traveling for 36 hours so far and a shower makes such a difference. It seems like I will have a welcoming party at the airport and I'm…
Leaving on a jet plane
Demonstrations in the streets and zocalo… today they intensified and I'm sort of keen to leave. Unexpected Festivals, in the street. studying textiles…. walking, walking, walking… filming, photographing and walking, walking, walking. The bags are packed for a huge trip home - and there is the sadness of a friends passing this morning. I purchased…
Is it really 6th of June? The year is almost half way through and I've achieved so much this year but when I look at what I still have to do I get dizzy. Somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind something is telling me to take life a little slower…. but it's hard…
Take a walk through the city of contrasts.
This is just a small part of what we saw yesterday afternoon…. the serenity of the hotel and the churches and the cacophony of sound at the demonstration… right outside our door. Leaving Mexico city. Past the volcano that erupted yesterday…. and we arrived in Oaxaca at about 2.00 this afternoon. It was very…