Author: Pam Holland

I travel the world teaching and talking. Photographing and writing, Sharing experiences What a way to go.

My Big Fish Quilt in process.

This is how the quilt began late last night. The background fabric was sandwiched and then I fused the cut out fish onto the  quilt. I had to shift the pins on some occasions. I was anxious to see what it was going to look like so I stitched a few lines through the centre…

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Is there a right side to batting.?

  Is there a right side and a wrong side to batting? "Yes. The side with "flecks" (plant and leaf particles) is the top side. The whiter side is the bottom side. If you iron a quilt or wearable made with Warm & Natural, press with the top side toward the iron and make sure…

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This little quilt is finished now. I've just sat it on the pinned large quilt. I"ve left spaces to allow the background fabric show through. The small strip is part of the quilt when I sqared it up…. it's off the side of the quilt so I zig zagged it down. The back. Now I…

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An Audition – is the fish under the water?

  Do you Audition your quilts.? Most of my quilts need an audition… and in this sample I wanted to see if I could create a feeling of fish in water, behind the '"Big Fish" I have layered pieces of hand dyed muslin over the top of a fish…. and quilted over it. I've manipulated…

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working on my fish.

I'm working on my fish quilt. i have this darn big fish and I'm auditioning it on how to set it in a quilt. I love mckenna ryan fabric and this is the last piece I have of this color. I'm auditioning creating a school of fish around my illustrated fish, but they need to…

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My big fish.

It's a darn big fish…. 36" long….. Drawn with Pigment ink on a Maywood Shadow Play. I used Tsukineko Pigment ink pens. I quite like it… I love the process and I really like the fact that I begin with a design and I never know if I can do it…. by that I mean…

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