I've been sorting through the important stuff… Video This is the video of the next part of the illustration process. You may have to wait about 3 minutes for it to buffer. Just go and make a cuppa…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Stained glass window…
This quilt was made after a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I took a photo of a 13th century stained glass window… it was small, about 15" square and I wondered if I could re-create it as a quilt. I enlarged my photo… Made a drawing of the original by putting…
Instruction sheet No 1.
INSTRUCTION NO 1. in pages on the right hand side of the blog.
Drawing No 1.
This is an experiment…. I sort of know how it's going to turn out, but then again !!! it could be a flop. I enlarged my pencil drawing to fit on an A3 size sheet. It's 11" square. I have a piece of high thread count cream moda fabric that hasn't been washed and I…
Page on Ideas
When I give a presentation I talk about threads and things, but it's hard for the participants to remember everything in that short time… so I've added a PDF page on the right hand side of the blog.
Pams ideas on quilting.
PDF page on some of the things I talk about in class. Download Pams ideas
Textures…
I've been working on some new classes to teach students to create their own textures. hen the idea would be to quilt them….!!!! This is a project on creating some of the textures I've seen as I travel. Stones, fields from the sky, wrought Iron. Rivers, Gardens, Roads. This will be blown up to A3…
Selvedge
Now I have the time to go through those special things I purchased… I purchased several Selvedge magazines. They were back issues, but full of the most wondrous things to make and view. The booth captured my imagination it was just wonderful. It was draped with big printed pieces of fabric that I would have…
It's fun unpacking the bags…. this is what I had to look forward to… fabric collected during the travels. Cottons and hand dyes… wonderful silks and of course… the fabulous Cherrywood fabric. We had sent a few boxes on ahead, most of this was in those packages… It's 3 in the afternoon and I've hit…
HOME
Home through this this morning. We were diverted to Brisbane, an hour away…. and sat on the tarmac for 3 hours…!!! and for me, a photographer, the cameras were packed away and I could only use my iphone. Image by NSW Maritime via Flickr