It's been a very long day…..!!!
It's been a very long day…..!!!
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Machine Illustrated project No 2. is finished.
Simple, but effective.
Illustration with the machine.
No it's not a computerised image…. it's freehand drawn with the sewing machine. How do I do it….. Shhhh my secret. for the time being. One of the things I love in being a teacher is the thrill of working out how to create something and then…. share it with students.I come out here into…
Machine Illustrated project is finished.
This year I want to explore the use of different fabrics…. How does ink react on silk and linen? This project is linen top and cotton back with 100% cotton batting. The fabrics came from Ikea. You can see the cotton seeds in the batting through the linen, I quite like it. Somehow it has…
There’s something in the air….
I went to put the Christmas tree away today… I can't get into the store room…. So in my jamas, I began to filter through the old school uniforms, school books, discarded cases… and part of our children's youthful experiences, like skateboards, tents, backpacks, boxes of CD's and videos and motor magazines (I'll just store…
My own Marathon – What a way to start the year.!!!!!
OK guys, this is a bit embarrassing, But then who am I kidding, - I love it…. This is the link to the Quilt Show and my first video of the year, part 1 of the Houston Quilt Show. The Show I was on a few years ago….. Forget football and journey…
The beginning of a New Year.
No snowflakes, Just sun. No scarves, just shorts. No drinks and food by the fire. Instead our State was on shut down due to what we call a "Catastrophic Fire Day" Catastrophic fire warning in southern statesFriday December 31, 2010 – 07:30 EDT The bureau says a cool change will reach Adelaide tomorrow after the…
Today I'm working on the new Janome Horizon. Its wonderful, I trialed it in Houston and Its the best machine for the genre I work in. I think the first thing you notice are the huge bank of lights, I can count 5 halogen lights. There is the luxury of space on this machine… Sitting…
Finished the illustrations.
Done….. I've finished the illustrations for this quilt, now I can post it off…. whoopee. I'll explain again these are illustrations I found in my Mothers sketch book… she did them in 1994. I think she might have copied some of them…. (from photos or other illustrations…) but no doubt she added her own shading…