Podcast no 8. – Quilts as gifts of love.

The next podcast is up. My memory was jogged by the small quilt on Mums bed in the hospital that was generously made and given by a local group. In this podcast I'm talking about quilts given by strangers to strengthen. Download Podcast No 8 Quilts as gifts.

Challenge block No 7. – Mexican tiles

Thoughts and process:- It's been unbelievably hot today, I think I've mentioned that quite a bit this week. I've not been able to achieve all that I wanted to do, but I may be able too tonight… I've been working on the notes for a class called Mexican tiles and I decided to make another…

A special Thankyou.

We quilters share our ideas and talents. Yesterday I came face to face with that very thing. My Mother is very ill in palliative care in hospital. I chatted to her on the phone the other day and she said that she had a lovely quilt put on her bed and she really appreciated it….

Quilt marking finished.

Power outages put an enforced stop to work today… Visits from friends and grandchildren and I should stay out here till the wee hours but I'm not going to. SO I didn't get as much done as I wanted to today. BUT the marking of the quilt is finished, it took about 20 hours to…

You much watch this.

Grab a cup of coffee… sit down for a few minutes and watch this video… As artists we can appreciate the art, creativity and beauty of both the artist and her work. It gives new meaning to the humble light box.

The beginning of the day.

5.00 am and still very dark… It's going to be very hot today so an early start is the go so I can have a little time in the pool in the heat of the day, it's also a good time to ring the USA for business.  I'm getting old… the body is falling apart….