You know, I guess we take it for granted that our parents do things… Mum embroidered all her life… I thought "every Mother does that" Just like all my children thought that every Mother had a shed and went out there to play with fabric. Joshua, aged 33, had one of my books in his…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Block No 17 completed.
Beginning with the lips, and a rayon thread, I first began quilting with a straight stitch and very quickly changed to a free motion zig zag. I change the stitch to 1.5 stitch width and 1.5 stitch length, feed dogs up, free motion foot on the machine and go for it… You will the width…
Block No 17 completed.
This block is based on a blog comment. "Before Rumors start…. I thought I would get in first. My upper lip has swollen to interesting proportions….. NO, it's not surgery, simply an allergy reaction to eating too many fresh tomatoes… I'm allergic to fresh fruit and veg….. often with interesting reactions…!!!! I can normally eat…
Tomato lips.
The ear problem is sort of solved… It seems my jaw is out of alignment and pushing on my inner ear…. I mean to say, how darn whacky… now what to do… visit the chiropractor for a face massage… it conjures up all sorts of images…!!!!! So no work in the shed today until a…
Methodical Mania.
I go through the day with methodical mania. It's just a way of checking off the "To do" list, but the past couple of days have been a little different. On Sunday, my Siblings and I spent the day clearing out our Mothers unit. of course now in her 'resort' she just has one room…
I’M COMPROMISED
It's been a frustrating day today… I had a little surgery on my ear yesterday and I'm in pain today. I find it hard to concentrate because my balance is compromised. I've found a little comfort in the antibiotics… so lets hope they work…. SO I CAN'T WORK ON THE RHINO. I'll explain how I…
Luscious lips
Before Rumors start…. I thought I would get in first. My upper lip has swollen to interesting proportions….. NO, it's not surgery, simply an allergy reaction to eating too many fresh tomatoes… I'm allergic to fresh fruit and veg….. often with interesting reactions…!!!! I can normally eat tomatoes, but with a bumper crop in the…
Gabriella Goodness and her Angelic friends. FREE BOM
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Challenge block No 10 – completed
I created an illustration from one of my photos, originally I was going to put the illustration on fabric and then thread paint it, but I decided to leave it as a drawing and it will be framed and exhibited with the photo at the exhibition. via pamhollanddesigns.typepad.com
Challenge block No 10 – completed
This is NOT a quilted block, but it's part of the challenge for me… I created an illustration from one of my photos, originally I was going to put the illustration on fabric and then thread paint it, but I decided to leave it as a drawing and it will be framed and exhibited with…