Author: Pam Holland

I travel the world teaching and talking. Photographing and writing, Sharing experiences What a way to go.

What a day….

It's been just one of those days…I went out to he shed at 5.00 am. it is pitch dark at that time…. it was blowing a gale and the rain was running sideways. We live in a semi rural area surrounded by huge eucalyptus trees. We have no street lights so at that time the…

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It’s not too difficult.

Kathy to be honest, it's not too hard or fancy…. you can draw on fabric the same way you draw on paper.These are the pens I use. They are pigment ink. The black was done with the uni pin .5 pigma pen. In the USA you can use a Zig pen…. you can buy them…

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Quilt Finished – Journal to Quilt.

I began by quilting the the door quite intensively. I wanted a lot of detail.I used Masterpiece thread by Superior, a 50 weight cotton. The brown in the background is a little lighter than the color of the fabric, because I wanted it to give some movement to the piece.The swing doors are quilted on…

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Photo to journal to quilt.

It's been an unusual day. I had to down tools and go inside because we had a tremendous storm….I've just watched the news and trucks were tipped over, power poles bent in half and a lot of damage has been done in the area.Then the power went out for a couple of hours….. This photo…

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New Ideas…… 99% there.

I've been writing for the past couple of days… I have a deadline… but in writing I need to illustrate. Rather than do new ones, I decided to use my journal drawings. This drawing is a collage of images in Mexico. I want to teach my students how to create a collage in this form…

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Shading.

  I've been working on my Alphabet today…. NO, they don't have heads,  BUT, they do eventually find  them at the end of the story … and then its a puzzle as to which head belongs on which letter!!!!! I'm not giving away the story. OK, this is the beginning of the letter "J" for…

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