Does this happen in your house….? Have you done the Christmas cards….?You need to get a move on….XXXXXXXXX!!!!! For the past couple of years I arrived home late in December… and to be honest, the heart just wasn’t in it… The tradition now is to send a long letter, sometimes with photos, sometimes just a…

agapanthus bud   –  Caroline asked me what  inspiration I gained from the photos  I took the other day…. I’m sort of playing at the moment….!!! But they will be used in some of my fabric designs… I would also like to reproduce the colors…

Each day when I have a little time to spare, I do a little quilting on the collage…The essence of the project allows it to be heavily quilted and embroidered.I’ve added a couple of images to share on the blog.The cactus was originally cut from the base fabric… and by that I mean the fabric…

I was working in the shed…. it was 7.15 pm and the light was perfect.So I raced outside with camera in hand….and the slide show on the right is the result….Now what does this have to do with Quilting? Inspiration.ImpulseInfluenceIncentiveIngenuityimaginationInsightinformal

The aggies outside my door have a big influence on my latest designs.

The past few days have been busy… this jacket is one I purchased from my favorite store in the USA…J Jill. I had some bits left over from the Frida Kahlo  collage and decided to add them to the jacket…  along with some vintage rick rack…

I now have a sense of freedom to pursue my passion, the Bayeux Tapestry. Major work behind me, I’m surrounded by my reference books and getting a little lost in translation. I try to work for a coupe of hours each day on my project but it’s been a little difficult over the past few…

I made DVD’s for "the girls" today (well over the past few days really) 15 of my friends… It’s made up of beautiful music, and photos of most of the quilts at Houston… all they need to do is sit down with a cuppa and enjoy. The little bags are moda paper that I bought…