ne of the things I love about being in the states is the readily availability of everything.I spent a day shopping today. I have kits to make up for Long Beach. A visit to Crafts Direct in St Cloud left my head spinning… For my friends in Australia, England and South Africa. This store is…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
t’s a rare day today. I sat in front of the computer for ages writing an article, I caught up with my emails, organized my work folio, sat in the sun to collect vitamin D and watched a scary movie.I think it was in the 90’s today. I’ve been away from home for almost 6…
The Quilt Show.
Last year I was lucky enough to be on Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims The Quilt Show. I flew in a day too early somehow… but took the opportunity to spend a day extra there and shoot some film. It was a wonderful experience. Ricky asked me if I would be their "Roving Reporter", I…
Fourth of July here in the USA and it was my first day of "stay at home, relax". The body clock hasn’t allowed for time change and I was awake at 3.00 am ready for the day. I decided to work an my blog banner and I changed it in preview and it won’t go…
It’s hard to comprehend
Isn’t it amazing, one day you’re in England, hopping on and off big red buses… driving through streets of white 5 story Victorian buildings with blue doors, brass letter boxes and embellished with the most mazing color hydrangea’s in pocket size gardens. We ate English fare and were surrounded by many different accents. Just 24…
Chintz
What is Chintz? My first impressions of Chintz was heavy English floral furnishing fabric with a shiny satin finish. However – I was incorrect. The word Chintz first appeared in the 17th century records of the East India Company. It could possibly have been derived from the plural north Indian word chimt ‘splattering, stain’ It…
seem to get one job completed and then just when I think I have some spare time – another one pops up.!!!!I finished my assignment and posted it…. Then……It seems there was a problem with my web page.I have two Apple computers… a lap top that I use on the road and a desk top.I…
Chintz
No blog tonight, I’m writing an assignment on Chintz "The painted cloth"…. sorry. This first piece was one I viewed today at the Victoria and Albert Museum is embroidered over the painting. The bottom quilt is just painted…. I told you drapplique is an old method.
Leaving France.
Leaving on a jet plane!!!!! First you have to actually GET to the airport. We had a hire car in France and driving to the airport wasn’t really a problem… but the traffic was beginning to build up as we approached he airport…We did go around a couple of times but finally the GPS got…
Taking photos to create quilts
One of the things we do intuitively when we make quilts is pay attention to detail.If you are piecing a quilt you know that it’s important to have an accurate 1/4" seam other wise you’re going to end up with a dog of a quilt. If you come to one of my classes, we alway…