Oh joy, I finished the shopping. Oh joy, I had to do a little personal maintenance. !!!! nails etc.Oh, Joy, my studio lighting arrived today…. now I have a 'REAL' film studio.Oh Joy, the sushi I had for lunch is better than sliced bread. I think it's official….. it's Christmas.
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Our special people.
Many years ago, our lives changed with the anticipation of the adoption of son Joshua from Thailand. We were transformed by experiences that are not offered to many. We experienced the joy of parenthood once again but there was a deep sadness that his Mother was unknown to us. She missed the special things we…
Launceston Tasmania
I come back to Launceston at least once a year… and the beauty never ceases to amaze me. I hope you enjoy my small photo scrap book. This was a much needed break.
Against all odds.
Against all oddsDespite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability. This morning on my walk I noticed a small pink geranium growing from the tiniest crack in huge rock. The leaves were bright red, and it stood out in profile against the dark grey rock. Against all odds. I saw the finest cobweb in a dead tree…
F for Fairy.
F for fairy.!!!!!!! Part of the Alphabet….!!! I began with "F" for feather and as we flew across the ocean, she became a fairy. I like her skirt…. Each letter has it's own personality. Now what am I going to do for 'G'? Girl, Grace, Grumpy, Graceful, I have some video to upload, but I…
I guess many of you are like Keith and I, we have teenage grandchildren…. Well, we're sharing our trip to Tasmania with our almost 18 year old granddaughter who just learned a few minutes ago that she got a wonderful score in her final exams… here we sit in the Qantas club, each of us…
Professional Quilter
The Professional Quilter. A great magazine for those of you who wish to learn about the art of quilting in a professional Genre. There are some wonderful articles offered in the magazine. Reviews of quilt shows, book reviews and even Teacher of the year nominations… Some of my peers used to put "nominated Teacher of…
Quilt finished.
I only had time for a few hours on the quilt today… but it's finished … the binding can be put on over Christmas. I'm off to Tasmania on Wednesday, so I'm looking forward to a break… Now, the hair is stitched in several ways,… I followed the three colors in the fabrics… and…
working on the portrait
I'm quilting the quilt.First I appliqued with a small zig zag…. 1.3 stitch width, 1.3 stitch length. Now I'm adding the contour lines with free motion quilting. I leave the feed dogs up. I'm using the new free motion foot from Janome….It gives wonderful vision, the double spring allows for a very smooth sewing…
Small slide show.
I've been experimenting at putting slideshows on the blog as you noticed with the small thank you slide show yesterday….You just need to click on "play", and sit back and share some of my enjoyment of taking photos in Mexico…You may notice a button on the top right hand side of the screen.Click on that…