Why is it that I feel that I've not achieved anything if I haven't actually sat down at the sewing machine.? I feel like this dragonfly that was caught in the pool. If I think about it positively and sensibly, the day has been full of excitement and surprises. With the general house…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Floods in Queensland Australia
This You tube video was taken yesterday in the city of Toowoomba, which is located high in the hills some 100 kms from the city of Brisbane. Workers filmed from their office window as the wall of water began to speed through their town… it's incredible. The water built up to a 21ft high…
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A quilt Artist Journey in France.
Join me on a Quilters tour of France…. I can guarantee you will have a wonderful time… All the things I share on line will be actually "experienced" as we tour. I will instruct you:- on how to take photos to put into your quilts… How to look at things just a little differently… Where…
The hat lady – quilt illustration
OK, it's interesting, it's not predictable, it's not my favorite, but I've enjoyed the experiment. That's what creativity is about. In making this quilt I've discovered a technique I want to take further. But that technique will come later….. I decided to write directly on the quilt. It balances with the illustration. The dyed cheesecloth…
Preparing the fabric.
I purchased 5 yards of cheese cloth…. $1.99 metre. I cut strips…. 6" wide and dyed them with pigment ink. I used all purpose inks by Tsukineko. Even though I had a pinny on I managed to color my orange T-shirt. I splattered the ink all over my shoes and had to wash them…
A Fact so Charming
In going back into the blog archives…. this was the blog relating to the hat lady…. whoops nothing, so I will have to recall the mind image and write a story. Our second port of call was St Maartin. via pamhollanddesigns.typepad.com
Where to now.?
I felt I needed to create more samples of quilt illustration. So I finally went with that idea…. I dyed a piece of shadowplay fabric by Maywood (one of my favorite fabrics to use) I just used pigment ink on a brush and created movement with a darker blue. I didn't wet the fabric first…
The hat lady.
I've decided to add illustrations to most of my projects…… I think I can get a better feel for the image rathe than just stitching it. This lady was selling hats and bags on the beach in the Bahamas and I whipped out the camera and took the photo…. Now to quilt it…. I'm…