I had to use fabric from my stash and I only had black and white spot. The orange is delicious and as you can see I used two greens for impact and a light brown to show up on the black.The black and white spot was cut to 6 1/2" square… originally I was going…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Creative License No 3. Breakfast oranges
The placemats in my dining room are blue toile with bright yellow lemons and even brighter oranges..The toile looks super with those colors…Its a busy print and I observe that the business of that print sets the boundaries for the simplicity of the picture.So a quick, rough sketch at breakfast this morning.Simple, to the point…
CBS video of Quilts.
Quilt Show with Ricky and Hollis on streaming video. http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/sunday/main3445.shtml I’m in a rush this morning, I composed the Creative license post in pages and it has jumped into the main blog…..!!!
Ricky on CBS
There are never enough hours in the day. However with temperatures in the 100’s (40’s) for the past 15 days I took time out to watch movie this afternoon.Both studio’s are air conditioned… but I think it’s the day to day work in the heat that’s tiring. I spent most of the day today completing…
Creative license No 2. Journal.
So hopefully you have a journal. My favorite journal is a brand called Moleskine, it’s a small black leather covered book made in Italy, the paper is fine grain and it has an envelope in the back for notes… it fits into my bag and I have a smaller one for my purse. They can…
New Page, New Idea
I have decided to add the information about "creative License" on a separate page. If you wish to look at the page it is in the side bar under "Creative License."
Natural Needle
Joan got it right…. I believe it is part of the yucca plant. I remember my grandmother bringingone from Mexico many years ago to show me "how the needle was alreadythreaded." The 170-plus species of agave in Mexico are the country’s original multi-purpose plants and for centuries people throughout the country have found many good…
Creative License
Almost everyone drives a car. I was a late starter and learnt in our suped up cooper S when I was 19. That was a dangerous combination when I finally did get my license…. It was frustrating when I was learning, I had no confidence, several times I just got out of the car and…
Do you know.?
Does anyone know what this is? Candy says "Is it a needle for making a wig?" No it sure isn’t…. I’ll give you a hint though, it comes from a plant.