Today was a celebration of the release of my book, 1776, Heartache, Heritage and Happiness.The temperature soared into the 100’s and the walk from the house to the ‘shed’ was baking.Daughter Callie, prepared us a wonderful meal of home made Pizza’s, – well to be honest more like gourmet delicacies. Prawn and feta with a…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Kits and Crazy
50 kits completed… (for two classes) now they are packed ready for class. The temperature is in the 100’s outside,the water bomber is flying overhead to attend a fire somewhere. I haven’t got time to be curios, quilting comes first. !!!It brings to mind the time my friend Joan and I drove through a Tornado…
Illuminated letters
This is one of the Illuminated letters that will be used in my class in Melbourne.Students will be given a detailed illustration, but it can be added to or simplified at any stage. An illumination is an EMBELLISHMENT, or additional decoration that enhances the pages of a written, or manuscript page. The term, Illumination comes…
Reply to Elizabeth
Note Elizabeth’s comments on her guild activities. She wrote that she received mentoring in her guild but sometimes the volunteer duties tend to take more time than she anticipated.I guess that happens to king folk who offer their services, it always seems that the busy person seems to be the one that gets things done…
Are you a member of a Quilt Guild.
At the risk of being controversial, I wonder how many of you are members of Guilds?What role does your guild play in education in Quilting?Is your Guild aligned with a certain sewing machine company? I’m fortunate to attend Guild meetings throughout the world. Often my hosts say "you don’t have to sit through the meeting"…
She
She went out on a limb,had it break off behind herand discovered she could fly Celebrate her faith
The weekend
A weekend with friends is like a breath of fresh air.We ate too much, changed the world, discussed quilting, woodwork, scrumbling, cooking and the others discussed native plants while I worked on the computer…..!!!There were four couples and our paths have crossed in many directions over the years. In some instances it has been through…
My Assitant
A toddler in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
The construction of Illuminated letters
I began this piece with a beautiful rich blue background fabric from Cherrywood.The gold fabric comes from the stash from the past. Rose and Hubble gold. It’s actually gold overprinted cotton.The green fabric underneath the gold filigree is a batik fabric overlaid with Gold.I’ve cut out the filigree images and used pigment ink to enhance…